-Long hours.
-Horrible shift times.
-Too much mandatory overtime.
-Not paid enough for the quality of work expected.
-Dirty / borderline unhealthy work environment.
-Extremely high turnover rate.
-Long walk to employee parking lot.
This place doesn't care about the employees. In the nearly 6 months I was there, I witnessed more people come and go than I care to talk about. The point system keeps you under the company's thumb, you aren't allowed to take time off unless you've been there long enough for personal days. Managers can fire you without any justifiable cause (they make you sign "at will" contracts), favoritism is rampant, and generally power-hungry team leaders.
At the start of the day, you are forced to walk quite a distance from the employee parking to the building. If you are on first shift, you can normally park closer if you get there early enough. Second shift has barely any close parking, but you can move your vehicle closer after 6 PM. You are expected to work on extremely cold days, and you're expected to work when there is a big snow storm and travel is dangerous.
Working in summer is excruciating. There are only large fans offered, no air conditioning. The factory can get up to and over 90 degrees on an average summer day, so wear shorts. If you're working in an air conditioned part such as apparel or colorprint, you're in luck.
Your typical day consists of 10 hours. You only receive a 20 minute lunch break, and on-site cafeteria, while good and reasonably priced, is extremely slow. You get 10 minute breaks every two hours, but again it's not enough time to relax. You will be standing the entire time you're there, except for your breaks. The floor mats given to stand on are no better than the concrete floor underneath. If you work in silkscreen, color print, or any other department that uses ink / chemicals, the ventilation is poor and you had better bring some Excedrin with you. If you work in the warehouse, expect to be breathing in dust and experience a host of respiratory problems.
You will work weekends, sometimes, as well. Weekends are much preferable to work than standard days, you don't have to meet any particular ship deadlines and everyone is really laid back, however there are times where you will work both Saturday AND Sunday.
Your pay is low, around $8.50 an hour if you work on first shift, second shift you get 50 cents more. Raises only come once a year, and the highest is 3.4%.
If you work on a machine you will receive a higher wage, however I was there for almost 6 months and never received my higher wage, and was told it was because my numbers were lower than average (kind of hard to achieve when your machine doesn't work properly).
HR doesn't help much, even though they generally are good people who want to help. They are at the mercy of a few particular managers, one of whom is involved in a relationship with the overall factory manager.
Theft is high. You are told on your first day that stealing is a federal offense, since it's a Federal Trade Zone and none of the product is taxed until it leaves the warehouse. This fact, is often disregarded, yet management doesn't seem to care.
Stay away from this company, but if you have no other choice, it's a good place to work if you don't mind sacrificing your social life and integrity. You will be stressed, overworked, and underpaid.
