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Generac Power Systems

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Generac Power Systems reviews

2.8

40% would recommend to a friend

(823 total reviews)
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Aaron Jagdfeld

56% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Generac Power Systems has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 823 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Generac Power Systems employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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823 reviews
1.0
Sep 16, 2015

Engineering.

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

good product. they provide hourly work to people is rural area.(very low pay but still work in an are with not much else)

Cons

Where to start? A lot of management works here for a reason. Most would never make it anywhere else. Very low class. Absolutely no career plan, don't think they even know what that is. HR will end up getting sued soon. Lying to recruiter employees isn't right, starting off with the location and job the employees will be doing. No drug testing brings in an interesting crowd. Racism and misconduct is allover the manufacturing floor and HR things its funny. They don't pay for driving your own car, even after one month, 7 days a week and over 130 miles per day. My car sure did like that. Company over all is way behind in every level. They like people that present well and run their mouth and ignore the once that get the job done and keep the company going. They had the nerve to tell an employee to stand by a machine and open the door to push the part back on if its about to fall off. When they got busted by OSHA they blamed the employee and moved him to a different line. Its not safe to work here. One of the reason I left is they were ignoring my warning about the chemicals they are using. Some of the manufacturing work is no better then China level. Why do you require Engineers to dress professionally and tell them to do maintenance work??? Do you know how much close is ruined per year? There is a very strong old boys club but very low class, and a big hinder to the growth of the company.

1.0
Dec 4, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very skilled and resilient support staff.

Cons

When events do not go as planned or problem on an existing line within the plant there is absolutely no culpability by the management team to fix the underlying problems or take a step back to fix what is broken; only to band aid the visible symptom and reprimand an overloaded support staff. The support staff is never given a reasonable timeline to properly implement projects, especially with projects that require multiple departments to coordinate without any real guidance or prioritization coming from those on top. There has been an office staff turnover of ~45% from April-December 2018 but at no point has the management group gotten the support team together and given us any vision or guidance of what is being done to fix any of the issues. The only thing keeping the plant even marginally running is the resiliency of the support staff. They continually push through to make the best out of bad situations despite the extra work added due to attrition or the over-promises by the management team. There is zero leadership or communication for short or long term goals, let alone a roadmap on how they plan to get there. This management staff is either unwilling or unable to identify and address the underlying problems within the plant. In short, the management group in Jefferson is not only ineffective but clearly do not understand the sheer scale of work that exists or have a plan to get this plant even remotely close to world class and are utterly overwhelmed.

2.0
Dec 10, 2015

Engineering Intern

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Only work here if you’re interning or for an entry-level job, but do not stay here for more than 3 years. Good exposure to a wide variety of products, people, and departments. It’s an easy opportunity to gain experience. There’s a handful of nice and cooperative individuals.

Cons

*Most managers don’t know what they want, which makes it extremely difficult when presenting work to them. *You’ll work two months on something, follow every instruction, and your “manager” will look at it for a second and say they don’t like it – without providing any reasoning or alternative. *Too many micro-managers working for themselves rather than working for Generac, each with their own style of running things which leads to chaos and confusion – resulting in projects walking in circles and nothing getting done. *Extremely poor and minimal communication between managers and employees, and an extreme case of people talking behind backs instead of confronting the problem and moving forward. *People share way too much information about their personal problems rather than staying professional and on-task. *Don’t be fooled by the interview, you won’t be doing any of the appealing work mentioned. *Lack of technology, and strict internet blocking - reduces learning by blocking YouTube videos. *Don’t be fooled by the pretty renovations and your own desk with nametag, it’s a trap. *I know of an individual who has lain with one or more married managers to be promoted. *I’ve seen many talented individuals leave for better companies. *Two types of people here; entry-levels who stay for less than 3 years and move on to better, and burnouts who stay here 15-20 years only to collect a paycheck. Engineers come here to end their careers.

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