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Tesa is something else. The plant i work at is a bit of a joke. The other plants may be great. There is alot of new leadership here that doesnt seem to know anything about manufacturing or have any actual manufacturing experience. The supervisor that does the interviews does a horrible job placing potential employees in job roles. Many operators that have no idea what they are doing. Many packers or converting assistants or customer packaging associates whatever they feel like calling them that day that have great experience and work ethic that get overlooked. Some operators start at higher pay rates than others for no rhyme or reason. Leadership in your specific department will make back door deals with terrible employees and pay them more for no reason. Material handlers that dont know how to do their job start at a much higher payrate than the average operator or packer. Material handlers screw inventory up not moving things correctly or at all in their computer system and it for some reason falls on the packers to fix it in real time when confirmations cant be made correctly. Most of the employees dont have a strong grasp of sap, this includes members of leadership. Sap for those who dont know is a warehousing and manufacturing software used to keep track of orders and materials. It seems like leadership should have a good idea of how it works but many dont. They reward great production numbers with nonesense pizza. Some people are happy here, many arent but very few say anything because its close to home. The bonus system they have is a joke. They passed around a piece of paperwork explaining how to talk to millennial employees. And someone in leadership forgot it in the breakroom one day. Apparently tesa doesnt understand that everyone working wants fair pay and decent benefits. Instead the paper outlined telling younger employees good job and to reward them with pizza. They have high turnover and lie about it in interviews and orientation. They lie about other things in orientation also. They will tell you you get a raise when you get signed off and then try playing dumb when you ask them where your raise is.

This is the first company where everyone is trying to work together to solve issues on the day to day. Definitely feels like a great team culture. 

In the past few years the company locally is growing at a crazy rate. Some of the reviews about management culture is probably due to this. Lots of new faces, rushing in training, and everyone is juggling a lot. They are trying their hardest to keep the same small company feel, but it will take a few years of ups and downs for them to grow into the expansions and stabilize. All the support staff is newer, as almost everyone was hired in the past 3 yrs. It makes for some inexperienced decisions, but the will is there to get things solved.

I’ve enjoyed working here, and even with the ups and downs of growing pains, it’s better than anywhere else I worked. 

Making sure my floor was  running smoothly. To put products away and pull product for my area. And stage finish goods for shipping. I learn how to use there system there to find products. And management need to learn how to treat there workers. They choose who they like there at the job. And let them knock people self esteem down. There was a lot of trumps support there at the job starting trouble. He became president and they start showing they true face. The outting with the company was fun. The Christmas party downtown Grand Rapids. The hardest part of the job was not knowing wear to put products away there or finding what you need for that day.

Working at tesa has been great so far. tesa plant Sparta is growing in leaps and bounds! Even though this location has been here for 40 years it feels like I'm joining at the ground floor with nowhere but up to go. The management here believes in fostering a positive and expressive culture and is serious about, not only, preserving the culture but also continuing to improve it as the organization expands. The biggest challenges here right now center around managing growth in a positive manner. Those are exciting challenges to have!

In my opinion- The hourly employees that have been there more than 5 years are holding the place together while the new manager tries to destroy everything positive.  They’ve hired so many inexperienced engineers that we’re tripping over them.  For some reason they only listen to these inexperienced noobs or the angry senior engineer that often smells of alcohol.   If they really cared about profits they would do better to retain the current employees and start listening to the logical ones.

tesa has great over qualified people, great products, good software, and a good reputation in the marketplace.  But if you are not in sales, marketing or under age 30 then forget about getting promoted.  They also have super high expectations of their long term employees and you will work extra hours and take work home with you.  It is a German based company and Germany doesn't always want input from their North American employees.  They do allow you to be autonomous in your daily activities.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Management needs work.    No Support!
Its not what u know its Who you know! Sad but true 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
No support, told they will but no never any support. New management needs Alot of work 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Clean environment 
No structure

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Shift Team work needs help from shift to shift
Lie about overtime
Can be a genius but its Who you know not what you know!

I liked that I get my own trainer as long as I need and got an increase each time I learned a new machine. Ive been promoted 4 times in 2.5 years ($4.25/hr increase). The work is interesting and  when you're the only operator on your machine, you own it.   Managers talk to you like an adult - no micromanaging. PTO and Sick time is above average especially first year. 

Tesa is a German based company that provides an environment that seeks to take care of the employees as an incentive for them to take care of the company and their customers. An environment where you are given an assignment with little supervision which made for a stress free work place.  Not a lot of opportunity for advancement as most people in leadership tend to stay. This company had the highest tenure amongst employees that I have ever seen ranging from 15 to 30 years.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The bonuses, pay and time off 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The management do not communicate with the employees 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Clean and easy going but the harder you work the less likely you move up

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Run different set ups depending on the job

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