Clean comfortable place to work, but poor wages - Anonymous employee Sparton Employee Review

2.0
Jul 31, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The 4 10 hour shifts Monday to Thursday is great with the longer weekend giving more family time. its clean and the work is not overly strenuous, so you don't leave work looking or smelling like you would in most factories.. Its varied work never gets boring

Cons

Wages are about the lowest factory wages in the area and health care cost are very high compared to other local employers. It can be frustrating working with the lack of equipment in some areas. Different areas of the factory don't work well together. Because of the 4 10 hour shifts a week employees usually don't get extra days off for scheduled paid vacations, instead you get an extra days (8 hours not 10) pay at flat rate (no shift differential or over time when forced to work the full 40hrs during a vacation week) but when you use PTO you are force to take 10 hrs per a day off rather than the 8hrs the company pays for scheduled days. Office politics allow employees that perform poor to continue disrupting an otherwise smooth operation

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