Great place to work but management is really bad!!! - Machine Operator ALBAform Employee Review

2.0
Apr 16, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

There is a lot of work to do at this company because companies are always needing frames for their cars but thats about it. Some supervisors/shift leads are good but don't really pay much attention to employees, unless someone directly asks them, because they are always given so much to do at any given time.

Cons

This was my first manufacturing company that I ever worked for and hopefully my last, I will stick to retail. The facilities are always dirty and lets not talk about the bathroom that place was gross. Unless one of the employees cleaned it would stay the same. They have people to clean their offices and their bathrooms but left the employee areas for us to do it. The only thing that an employee its supposed to keep clean is his work station and whatever they get dirty but not take turn to clean the facilities. It seemed that the only time they really want the place clean was when the company owner came for a visit. They overwork their employees they have only two women running six machines and on top of that they also have to count them and put them into boxes and write down whats in each box. I have never seen so many people come and go from this place. A lot of people only went for a day or two and then left because it was too much. They expect the machine operators to get as many frames done but the problem is that the machine are not good and it didn't matter how much they tried to fix them, they never seem to work properly and a lot of frames had to be rework. I could go on and on about this company but they are just not worth my time.

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5.0
Aug 2, 2022
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Pros

Terrific bilingual HR contact. They Also care about their employees they often do small things for us to show they appreciate us. They are also very fair regarding attendance.

Cons

It's a bit hot in the summers - but every station does have a fan and they allow you to have water jugs.

1.0
Dec 9, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Pays decent and overtime, upper management did acknowledge progress sometimes

Cons

Supervisors and some managers could not balance the employee work load. I would notice one employee would be trained for a short amount of time and then be let loose on their own, kind of learn as you go. Ive also notice alot of favoritism in the work place, come to find out a few employees were related. With that said I've seen some employees work loads get heavier due to the related employees slacking. I've noticed the related employees would get a good training buddy system vs the non-related half day training. The damand of product is hard to meet, due to the machines failing. Most of the mechanics failed to keep the machines running smoothly and would create downtime not allowing numbers to be meet.

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