Material Handling Systems (KY) Reviews

Overtime is expected company-wide in all positions, from manufacturing to engineering to administration and HR. Working 50-60 hours/week is considered typical. You will get some weeks where you can log "just" 40 hours, but if there are too many of those, management will increase your work load. Benefit package is not very generous when you look at the details: - 2 weeks of use-it-or-lose-it vacation per year, with no increase until after 10 years of service. No carry-over is permitted, so every January you have 0hrs vacation and if you need/want time off in the first half of the year, you can take it - but you will basically carry a negative balance while you earn that time with each pay period. - Employees pay a large portion of cost for health benefits - and get health insurance with a high deductible (minimum $1000). There is a 401(k) plan, with a match - dollar for dollar for the first 3%, and then 3.5% match for 4% withholding and a maximum of 4% match for 5% or greater withholding. - Don't count on year-end bonuses for either performance or company growth, despite what corporate says. The corporate doublespeak and out-and-out lies are constant and tiresome. Don't be fooled - the company wants blind loyalty and will take everything you have to offer. In return, they will say they care about and for their employees, but do not expect more than the minimum, legally mandated support.

This was a small company that couldn't keep up with its growth. The people that founded the company don't know what it is to manage a global company. This is the type of place where you hear frequently "this is how we've always done it". Until that mentality changes, there will continue to be challenges for those that come from larger companies.