Linamar reviews about "training"

Pay raises suck Management is often confused

low pay, no value, send other plants frequently

*Corporate IT* If you are searching for a high energy, organized, and a learning environment to grow, or start your career Linamar is not your best option. There is a lack of organization and accountability when it comes to work-related tasks and projects, with no repercussions for low performance. Some employees are measured differently than others, meaning some are expected to complete work on time and with management requiring deadlines; while others can simply delay progress on their assignments while collect their pay cheque. The lower performing employees suffer no consequence for missing deadlines and get a pass, regardless of project importance and complaints from colleagues. If you are looking for a job where you can show up, do very little work with low impact, and leave then this might be an environment for you. I found that there were very few colleagues capable of learning from, although this may be different depending on team. Career development is solely your responsibility and only a select few employees will receive any funding for training/education. I found that many of the new, exciting, and challenging ideas were championed by the newer (< 5 years) employees but would receive no traction from management and heavy resistance from senior employees for various reasons; mainly due to an increase in accountability. So it is discouraging to know new ideas won't be embraced and colleagues are comfortable improving the culture as little as possible. Lastly, it was evident that those receiving highly visible promotions were more outspoken and theatrical with their verbiage rather than being the subject matter expert. Routinely a question would be posed to them, or their work would indicate they lacked even a high level understanding of their discipline. There are many employees who play the corporate game and are rewarded for it, so be aware if you do choose to accept a position as it can lead to some frustrating situations. Other notes: -No flexibility in regards to work hours, you work what the plant hours will be. -Typically lower wages across various departments -Lackluster benefits

You are under paid for all positions unless you are an operator. They arent very good with getting extra training for robots or controls. They dont care about seniority, and make so many excuses as to why you cant get training over somebody else.

Corporate human resources are like sharks and do not care about your health when (work related) you need their help. You lose bonus pay for mistakes that are out of the production workers control no matter how many millions of parts you make. They import visa'd workers continuously for over 2 years now from Hungary paying them 5-6 dollars per hour working them 7 days a week, 12 hours a day with NO days off for their 6 month visa work permit taking away millions of dollars from Guelph families. My estimate at minimum is 50-200 MILLION PER YEAR in lost community revenue from wages to taxes to spending money back into our city. 1% wage hike per year if lucky. Wages are low considering there is no Union and mediocre benefits. There is no work balance at all even though its part of their core values(#2), mandatory 6 day weeks for years on end. Hundreds of GREAT HARDWORKING people fired for not wanting to continuously work 6 day weeks forever. Always pushing to the maximum making up to 200-300 parts per hour. Lack of quality personal protective equipment that has stitching and lets chemicals touch your skin They expect you to train people that dont speak (zero English) English and visa-versa. Zero training when you get on the job which is very unsafe and results in poor quality parts. Engineering does not update the files for the workers and try to get you to sign off on training even if the paperwork is very inaccurate. Lunch breaks are 20 minutes minus walking time which can leave you as little as 8 minutes after washroom break and heating up your food. Some management will bully you if your sick. Appeals process is a joke. The Linamar DIRTY SECRET of coolant rashes that can last a lifetime and corporate does not care and will actually put you back on the same jobs or threaten to fire you. Management will pass faulty parts continuously to improve their bonuses and then we lose bonus money after weve been caught the bad parts when GM and Ford notices(non stop).

Manufacturing is generally a 24/7 industry. If you are responsible for a machining line, you are on call pretty much all the time. The salary isn't anything spectacular but living expenses in Guelph are pretty reasonable so it doesn't put you at a disadvantage.

Standard vacation. Average salary. Some bonuses.