Laguna Tools Reviews

Pros

flexible hours, Sick Days & 15 minute breaks twice a day.

Cons

Poor Management. Bad CEO. Family is very dysfunctional.

Pros

There are really no pros to working here. They do provide free food to employees sometimes.

Cons

low pay, harassment, creepy men in the office, condones racist rhetoric, degrading to women, highly patronizing, toxic "boys club" culture, nosy office management, poor upper management, lack of company cohesion, runs on favoritism, overwork employees

Pros

Small company, if you’re willing to learn they’re willing to train you on new machines.

Cons

Reviews are not done often, a lot of disorganization currently

Pros

I enjoyed working here, the benefits and compensation were good, nice work enviroment

Cons

Alot of unplanned manual labor gets piled up onto you

Pros

Relax culture, free lunches and holidays

Cons

Small company goes too big

Pros

Laguna Tools is an industry leader in innovative products and they are growing at an uncontrolled rate which forces a very fast paced and disciplined work-place. There is a ton to learn, and many intelligent people available to help.

Cons

Some employees, in positions that should be careers, are under the impression that the job they hold is temporary or non-vital and their work ethic and attitude reflects this. It is no secret that Investors are heavily involved, which is a large portion of management's plate that takes space away from what is important. The future is foggy.

Pros

The company is small and family owned. This can be a Pro AND a Con. They specialize in servicing their customers with typical Chinese factory items you can find on Alibaba. The difference is that Catherine and Tor are nice people and this helps. The environment is Ok and most of the staff are pleasant and hard-working. Occasional BBQs are nice.

Cons

What really can be grating is that since this is a small family business things are rather chaotic. There are 1 or 2 family members that seem to be out of control and run things amok. They have a habit of not treating their employees with respect and seem very out of control on minor issues , which allows major flaws in product and service to occur. They employ people that are good at only one thing and innovation is not something they excel at. If you watch some of their videos you will notice that Mr. Alsup is in most of them. That is because he would be the only one that wants to show you the CAD/CAM systems. If you ask any other customer service rep they would refer you to him. Not exactly a great way to build a business. If innovation was something akin to selling common run-of-the-mill products then they win the BLAH Award. Don't expect much out of this group. They service a specific customer base and cater to them only. Its more of a production "punch the clock" & sales business and will remain that way since they are a smaller player in the woodworking field.

Pros

Pretty easy to get away with anything there. Not many people know what’s going on. Maybe 3-4 Sales guys are qualified. JC, AM, RC, JF about it. They have great interns, Newps is the best most honest at the company.

Cons

They buy Chinese machines literally scratch the labels off and paint over them then resell. No joke! Customer service staff not respected. Warehouse guys hotbox the trucks coming in. Only 2 engineers in the company. Design staff is sub par and a joke. No rules/ regulations. Safety is violated time and time again.