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Western-Extrusions

Mostly Spanish only speaking people. They will only hire leadership, if they are bilingual; that is even if you are the leader of the century. HR does not want to do anything. They completely rely on a staffing agency to staff. No job fairs, social service workers not contacted, or any other promotion, other than placing a sign outside. When supervisors and experienced leads get these people, they end up being terrible. Once they are there, it is almost impossible to get rid of them. They are allowed to show up late, walk off site, and lie. If they are about to be terminated, HR will investigate leadership, with a confirmation bias that supports the worker. They cannot be disciplined, due to HR's retention quota. Safety does not make recommendations, they dictate what the departments do. MOC process is ignored. The CSR's are allowed to talk to anyone, any kind of way; and they do. The pay is becoming like socialism. They have eliminated merit-based raises. No personal life for the employees, because of the staffing problem that HR refuses to fix. They blame the supervisors, managers, and foremen. Leadership staffs the same positions over and over. Eventually, Leadership and experienced folks leave. The biggest problem here is that the HR director has to fix the generalist's behavior. In order to have a better turnaround, he needs to take a step back, get rid of the "top down" executions on leadership, stop being manipulated by the generalists and yes men, and check the generalist's processes out. IE: Using the blue lunch truck coins on themselves and 3 hour lunch breaks are unacceptable, but not seen. Maybe then they could afford background checks. management personnel are doing an OK job at dealing with this craziness. Hopefully, the support groups get better, especially HR.

The Company favors the top echelon of the company, providing them with company vehicles and such that are honestly unnecessary while neglecting more important things such as providing and stocking replacement parts for machines so that when they break down they can't be fixed in a timely manner. The work environment is harsh especially in the peak of summer and winter. They attempt to negate the problem but honestly go to cheap to achive any reasonable quality change. But like I said before they needed money to buy cars for the management. There are some good things, though. It is an easy place to work, and as long as you don't hurt yourself in a way that violates a safety protocol or just not show up to work you will be ok. They give out all the water bottles you could dream for and even have little popsicles you can eat. In the winter time your screwed, bring extra clothes and pray you can get some of the coffee that is to be had. Pay is ok for certain departments and way underpaid in most others considering the work and the environment. Opportunities for growth in the company are truly hard to come by. You may make lead or supervisor as they call it but any real higher position is impossible without some sort of degree to go along with it. Overall for me it is ok, but I have a better position than most, but for the every day lay worker is should be just a stepping stone until something better comes along. Half the employees cant even speak english which is frustrating if your someone who can't speak another language and someone who has to interact with these people on a regular basis. 

The pay is not bad in my department. You can get a lot of overtime. The oppurtunity is there to put food on your table I'll be honest. However this comes with a price. If you want a a lot of time off and a good check the answer is no. Work life balance is horrendous. The work is completely entirely severely dangerous for everyone working the floor that much is very true. I thought people were lying on here because they were just upset or something but no they are telling the truth. There is a whole lot of open moving machine parts I.e sprockets chains etc not to mention "holes" in the ground. People literally get hurt bad I mean dismemberment type bad, near fatal accidents. Not just in my department. This is not all the company's fault sometimes it's a lack of communication however there are some things that could easily be fixed. The insurance is completely outrageous to me anyways and a lot of others. You're looking at about 200wkly, Just for health. Other than that the bosses are easy to talk to and will help you as much as they can. If you don't feel comfortable doing my something you can tell them and no one will blame you. Like I said though it's a decent paying job and they do give people a chance.

Western is a great place to work, the ownership is always investing in the employees.  In the past two years, they have invested millions of dollars into wages and benefits.  The company offers a free employee wellness center to make it easier for employees to obtain basic healthcare services.  The company also has a structured pay rate system, so that employees can promote and progress through the over 40 positions offered at the company.  Most employees make more than $50,000 per year.  Remember this is a manufacturing job but the company is sustainable and offers tons of opportunity to those in manufacturing career fields.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Pay for upper management. Lower level employees will have to work a lot of overtime to make up for the low wages. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
You have to produce everyday.  Management is inexperienced.  

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Not climate controlled.  Culture of high turn over. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
High stress levels in extreme weather conditions.  Loud and dirty work for little pay.  Modern day sweat shop.

Absolutely the worst kind of company to work for. This includes every department unless you are related to a manager. If you are anything other than hispanic or an Illegal korean immigrant you wont be there long. Just stay away entirely, Its a private company and its only way of being successful is thru hiring illegal koreans and paying them less than minimum wage. They do not care for anyone's safety or American law. Look them up thru OSHA and you will see what I mean. They are borderline being shut down. Stay away.

Maintenance pay is at the top of the spectrum but turnover is extremely high and there is more required overtime than time off with your family. 80+ hour weeks are the norm. No background checks performed. It’s easy to get a job there but it is extremely hot and dirty, working conditions are terrible and the benefits are a joke. The one and only positive thing that can be said is that there is as much overtime as you can stand. Management is laughable.

Never make western extrusions a career job. Reason why is that they don’t allow you any room for advancement and there’s a slave like mental in the work place and I’ve came to notice that the company doesn’t make management follow the company’s policy

What is the best part of working at the company?
Employees appreciation, safety first , awesome co workers.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Cold season and hot season the weather sometimes 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Friendly nice and helpeful HR , appreciation of employees 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Safety first of course and planned workers for the week preparing

Western extrusions is a company in which many opportunities are given to any and all employees.  
They give ample amount of hours to any and all employees.  
Although not lenient with the work schedule or personal day to day life situations and crisis, it is a great company to earn good money, and great benefits for your family.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Laborer 7 salaries reported	$14.54 per hour
Forklift operator 2 salaries reported	$19.10 per hour
Maintenance technician 5 salaries reported	$35.48 per hour
Cnc machinist 1 salary reported	$24.04 per hour
Customer service/sales representative 4 salaries reported	$25.50 per hour

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