Previously a Great Place to Work, but Low-Staffing, Micro-Managing, and Expectations Plague the Production Environment - Production Coordinator Pella Employee Review

2.0
Jul 2, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-- lots of overtime work available -- plenty of advancement opportunities

Cons

-- often work lots of overtime during the year -- lots of micro-managing from desk jobs to production floor jobs -- no Years of Service pay difference (a 20 year worker and 1 year worker get same pay if on the same work review tier) -- hiring process often does not fully disclose correct information, including amount of overtime work, staffing shortages, job bidding process, etc. -- no 3rd shift benefits/differential -- slowly becoming quantity over quality due to short staffing and large increase in orders -- due to staffing, opportunities for 3rd shift coordinators to grow is very difficult, and it affects pay. Reviews have sections based on being a part of teams/projects, and it's incredibly rare for those opportunites to happen for 3rd shift -- management often treats lower level employees as expendable

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Pella Response
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Hello, thanks for sharing your feedback and for your continued commitment to serving our customers. We are thankfully experiencing high customer demand and favorable business growth. As a result, our team members are working very hard on many lines—many appreciate the added income and job security. We are actively recruiting team members for all shifts as we work through the growth at our Sioux Center facility. Additionally, we continue to reward our team members’ hard work and dedication through our pay-for-performance culture. Many recent growth and development opportunities have been available to our third-shift team members including 85+ job position bids and opportunities to participate on our Kaizen Teams. We continue focus on our people and making resources available to our third-shift team members. If you’re willing to share more specific feedback, please reach out to your manager or email us at employerbrand@pella.com.

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