JELD-WEN Reviews

Cons

Raises are slow, a lot of temp workers

Cons

Lack of communication from the top down, seemingly no strategic long-term plan, corporate level executives making impulse decisions to protect their jobs regardless of the negative impacts they may have on the rest of the team, claim that "safety takes precedence over everything" but safety usually takes a back seat when capital is required to eliminate the hazards. Unethical behavior from several members of executive leadership far up the chain setting poor examples for middle management. Poor planning from regional leadership regularly creates a vast imbalance between work and home life, i.e. lots of overtime and weekend work. In short, the company was an incredible place to work before going public. Since incorporating, it seems as though Jeld-Wen has abandoned all people-centric ideals and replaced them with greed and fear management. BUT if you are willing to deal with all of the above, your family will be well provided for even if they never see you.

Cons

same job, not much change.

Cons

long hours, lots of weekend work

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During my time at JELD-WEN, the culture ranged from bearable to toxic. The employee turnover rate was astronomically high and it was disappointing to see great people leaving the organization due to mismanagement and poor leadership.

It was also uncomfortable to feel the growing pains of a company that recently made the transition to becoming publically traded. Layoffs and hiring freezes seemed almost routine.

Cons

They will run you into the ground

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no wage growth opportunity for long time employees. I had been promoted into a new position a while ago and things were good. The problem is a friend of mine applied for a position with my group and during the interview they were given a hiring range which the bottom was 15K more than what I currently make.

I asked my manager why we are hiring people with no industry experience into this role at a significantly higher wage than what I'm making.

I was told that the hiring wage was market based wages, when I was promoted from a different position the company has a 'cap' as to how much of an increase can be given to an employee which I hit this limit. I asked why this wasn't resolved at annual increase time and was told that there is a 'cap' of how much can be given during annual reviews (3.5%) and basically I will not ever be at the same wage as new employees into the group, even though I've been in the industry for years and know our business really well.

My best course for wage growth to be at 'market' wages is to go somewhere else. Apparently many places also pay bonuses which JELD-WEN does not unless you're one of the elite group of directors or above.

Cons

Incredibly unstable work environment.
Upper management does not seem to care about the folks on the floor.

Cons

fairness...being harrassed and I got let go. They say they follow policies..

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Lazy incompetent management. Everything from a production stand point revolves around managing the labor hours. The salaried managers goal is to minimized how many hours the hourly's work so he can get a bonus. They don't care if you want to work the full 40 they send you home. The hourly staff works part-time even though they are supposed to be full time so the salaried staff can keep their salaries. It's a total joke of a place.

Yes labor is the biggest cost but your can't tell me that ignoring all the other ways that money can be saved doesn't matter. But in order to fix those issues the lazy incompetent manager has to work for a living. Jeld wen is a joke of a company