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Terrible place to work - Loom Maintenance Technician JPS Composite Materials Employee Review

1.0
Aug 17, 2021
Loom maintenance technician
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Plenty of overtime if that’s your thing since nobody wants to work at this terrible place jobs are always empty.

Cons

Incompetent management. No home life. 6 or 7 day weeks. Old run down machinery, some of which are literally in textile museums. Trouble keeping parts to maintain antiquated equipment. Constant problems with ac not working in the summer. Roof leaks everywhere with trash cans sitting under the drips and plastic covering machinery to keep water off. Takes years to move to jobs that are awarded. Management picks favorites that get away with everything. The company is so crooked they don’t even give employees a handbook, you have to go to HR and request to see the handbook. They have even went so far as to hand write things in the handbook when people ask about it. No reward for hard work and dedication. Corporate decides to give some employees in entry level jobs that require no skills a 13% raise which equals over $2/hr while others who actually run and maintain machinery and contribute get nothing but a hotdog and hamburger. Literally.

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JPS Composite Materials Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We absolutely acknowledge that our employees have been working very high overtime during the Pandemic. It hasn’t been easy, but our employees have shown a tremendous work ethic as we work through the many challenges. We have been steadily investing more resources in the Statesville plant and working to hire in a challenging labor market. We’re glad that we’ve been able to eliminate some of the upcoming Saturday work in Statesville. We’re also glad we were able to recently offer : no increase to health insurance premiums last year, a 50% pay out our 2020 bonus (even though we technically did not meet the goal, but it was the right thing to do), a 3% hourly increase in July, and added an additional Holiday on Dec 22nd to give employees some additional family time around the holidays. We were very glad to celebrate an employee appreciation day on 9/22 across all locations with a meal, as well as provide a meal in Statesville in August for 100+ safe days working. If you have other specific concerns that you’d like to chat about, feel free to use our “I need some help” board posted in all locations which will give you photos, names and contact information for HR, Supervisors/Managers, Sr. Leadership, a 24/7/365 monitored e-mail address, or an 800 number to report a concern.

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5.0
Jul 28, 2023
Weave clerk
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great workforce and encouraging coworkers.

Cons

My job is great. I have no complaints yet.

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4.0
Apr 24, 2026
Director, hr and ehs
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fantastic people, genuinely good hearted and sought to do the right thing, while still balancing that it is a business and we have to be profitable. Great commitment to communicate how the business is doing and be transparent. Good pay rates and incentives...we all won together! Strong internal promotion possibilities for top performers. Many employees are longer tenured and extremely knowledgeable. Strong partnership with the Management Team and fellow employees. In general, we did not shy away from tough conversations, which is appreciated. Despite having older facilities, newer leadership has fought to invest in the business. I was able to lead a pretty awesome group of individuals and was proud of where I worked.

Cons

JPS related - Tough industry where the products that are produced are lower in the supply chain, and thus can be impacted by a lot of different factors. JPS is heavily dependent on direct, blue collar labor, which is increasingly difficult to find and retain (and that is true for any manufacturing operation these days...not just JPS). Steel Partners (Parent company) struggles with giving autonomy at the OpCo level. Rolling out well-intended programs, systems or processes without TRUELY listening to the needs of 12 very different organizations can lead to frustration and burnout. I expressed interest in growing within the parent company multiple times, but I was never given the opportunity to interview. My bonus potential was cut 3/4ths of the way through the plan year without warning.

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