Seems like the unfavorable / bad reviews come from seasoned / higher ranking people like ex-managers, production team leaders, and engineers who have been in a wide variety of manufacturing environments for more than 10 years while the "positive" reviews are written by anonymous people who are still there due to their sheer luck, lower position and / or salary, or simply because their position that has not yet been targeted for termination due to the failed business climate and transition into new ownership that still exists.
Funny how one reviewers claim that "more talented managers and engineers have been hired". Wow, they must have hired some serious well seasoned Ivy League talent to replace all of those under educated and unskilled graduates from schools in the S.E.C. , Big 12, & Big Ten .
Does that reviewer know how many highly skilled and experienced managers, engineers, and maintenance technicians have quit on their own in the last 6 years to escape the climate and pending demise of the Jacksonville facility. Almost all of the original team and even the second generation team who were there for 2-4 years are gone in a short 6-7 years.
I can claim that due to the lack of relevant manufacturing experience and general manufacturing savvy of those now in certain positions of authority and title, it has had a direct influence on the downward spiral of culture, production, employee turnover, and talent pool that currently exists. It is easy to say things are better now but when the plant is not even capable making their own lithium-ion cells that go into the products they sell, that takes the effort of all those who had to work since the plant opened with a flawed cell assembly design, process, and serious equipment issues out of the equation.
My self and many of the others who have been terminated or quit did not create the poor culture that exists, we inherited the mess and worked hard to try and correct the countless issues that plagued the plant since its inception.
It is interesting that those who support the current plant culture cannot even write about why it is better, what is their position in the company, or what they have done to change it. Terminating dozens of staff level people who are not / were not in a position of authority are not / were not responsible for the current situation, lack of sales, poor culture, and the inability to manufacture the very products that the plant was built to produce is not a credible answer.