Not sure anyone knows what they are doing - Machine Operator Formaplex Employee Review

2.0
3 Aug 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

On the actual shop floor there are quite a lot of nice hard working people and the Immediate supervisors are good to work for

Cons

The management couldn't care less about you, since we have been taken over we were made to change from 5 x 8 hour shifts to 4 x 12 hour shifts with virtually no notice of it happening, we went to working 8 hours a week extra and even though I have a contract for a 40 hour week they didn't pay us overtime rates for the extra 8 hours as my contract states, but we were basically told that's what you're doing if you don't like it then leave, they laid off about a third of our staff as we went to two shifts not three, now they are reverting to 5 x 8 hour shifts and are looking to hire new staff, this new management team are trying to save the place and are just attacking it with a sledge hammer, they want you to work every weekend and they don't like it when you say no, always under pressure to do more but then they don't look at what people are actually doing in terms of output, and while the people in general on the night shift are good to work with as far as the management are concerned we don't exist, we are never consulted and are blamed for everything

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1.0
26 Jan 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It's a job that pays the bills

Cons

It's an old boys club. Somewhere that if you are buddies with the boss you get promoted, even if you are as useful as tarten paint. They are totally disorganised. The management should all have been sacked the 1st time it went into administration. There is very much a culture of if you brown nose you will go far. They lie to their employees, recently telling people they were safe and business was doing well, only to have administrators turn up last week. Low and behold after 110 employees lost jobs in 2021 another 174 were dismissed today. They will not be getting paid by the company. However this company is happy to pay time and a half for overtime this weekend. The health and safety aspect is a joke.. Electrians told the managers following the electrical box being soaked to leave it off for 24 hours, but not 8 hours later it was turned back on and workers were forced to work in an unsafe environment.

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