Death of a great company - Manager Herff Jones Employee Review

1.0
Aug 8, 2015
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Pros

The greatest pro was the ESOP but that is gone now.

Cons

The ESOP is gone, they no longer match 401K and their insurance is not that good. Their product line is dying and the new ownership will not allow them to stay in business when their sales declined $3 million dollars as they did last year. The outlook is bleak for the company as I doubt very much it will be around in 2-3 years as the investment group will probably start selling off the pieces. Employee morale is very low.

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Cons

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Pros

My immediate supervisors were great. My teams were amazing. Even the temporary staff we hired for the season were usually pretty awesome. 11 paid holidays. 3 weeks vacation after 5 years... A week PTO .. that's 31 work days as paid time off! And if you schedule it right during holidays you could be off for 3 weeks and only use a week vacation 😂

Cons

Upper Management took the lean manufacturing process too far. Six Sigma processes have their place and can be beneficial when applied properly. However when it came to redistribution of responsibility and telling employees they would now be responsible for not only A, B, C, but L, M,N, O and Z as well with no increase in pay or benefits. They also expected everyone to not only accept their new responsibilities but did not allow for any additional time in the day to complete the extra work. I thought that's taking it a bit too far.

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