If you get hired, expect the worst company you have ever worked for - Maintenance Technician Alene Candles Employee Review

1.0
Jun 25, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Nothing pros except no test for recreational use. So I can use during lunchtime and breaks.

Cons

Management is the worst, they keep on changing priorities left and right. Maintenance is treated by operations like 2nd clas citizens. Operations is constantly breakiing machines and blaming maintenance. I have fixed the mengibar 1837988 times and they keep on messing the same thing saying we don't fix anything. The plant manager in this building has no idea what he is doing. At first he is a nice guy, and whenever the powets above pressure him, he comes in threatening to fire people. People in the other building take defective candles home, but we can only take 2 or 3 wall flowers before ppl get annoyed. Either they don't plan for busy season or they have no idea on how to so the work because there hasn't been a year where busy season is the worst. They spend money on parties and big management bonuses (15%-20%), but they keep on laying off people every year. All of the investment goes to NH, which doesn't make any money, and hasn't made any money in years and our plants that do make money (and us who make money for you) are treated like second class citizens in salary, benefits, and respect. Safety here is a joke. People give gift cards to avoid recordables. Nothing sits well here. They keep on pushing on line 302 and over the years it has yet to do what's expected, which results in plant manager here losing his mind on us and blaming maintenance for everything when the operators are better handling a lego instead of production equipment. C suite top guy is a micromanager.

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5.0
Nov 3, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Alene Candles was a great company to work for. People were nice and everyone contributed to the best of their abilities. Alene did a lot of work promoting a very positive culture and added a lot of activities for associates through the years. The company was not perfect, but what company is? Everyone was doing there absolute best and that's what counts. It is amazing to see how a senior leader like the COO knows the people on the floor by name.

Cons

It's a small company with a very seasonal product, so work can be a little hectic at times. This should not be a dealbreaker for anyone who is thinking about coming to Alene. Also, it is a small company so career opportunities are less. But Alene spends a lot of time compensating this by providing a lot of training and development like the leads program.

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Alene Candles Response
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Thank you for sharing your experience and kind words about Alene Candles. We're happy to hear that you appreciated the positive culture and our commitment to training and development through the Leads program. We acknowledge the challenges of working in a seasonal business and appreciate your advice on planning for peak seasons. We’re always looking for ways to improve our processes to make the busy season more manageable for everyone. Thank you again for taking the time to write this review, and we wish you all the best in your future endeavors. Sincerely, Human Resources
1.0
Jun 22, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

None, I was misserable every day I was there. The pay was so bad, and the benefits a joke. They said it was because they are a small company. Directors and above make so much more money than line workers. Hence, it is more about priorities rather than anything else. At least we can take home "defect" candles as long as we keep it quiet.

Cons

Leadership is TERRIBLE and culture is even worst. There is no real plan there's just reaction. Ohio keeps on changing plant managers (3 in 3 years), and each one is more incompetent than the one before. Safety is a joke. A temp got hurt and management gave them a gift card to avoid a workman's comp claim. Quality is BAD. The company makes 3 dollar candles that the client sells for 24 dollars. Multiple times whenever we ran short of frageance the manager told us to just mix with a different fragrance because "no one cares" and "we need to make quota".

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