Shift mechanic - Shift Mechanic Niagara Bottling Employee Review

2.0
May 9, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good pay for the area.

Cons

Not an equal opportunity employer. It does not matter how long you have worked there or how much experience you have. What seems to mater is who you become buddy buddy and best friends with to work your way up and get the training needed to do your job. We do machine rebuilds yearly on the machines and that's how you learn how the components of the machine come apart and go back together. Some mechanism are involved in every rebuild and sent all over the country for training yet others as myself are not included in any of this. It seem as though the senior Factory focus mechanic runs the maintenance crew. If your not in his click you get nothing. If your his buddy and do favors outside the work place you get what ever you want. I talked with my supervisor about this and was told as long as I get my paycheck that's all that matters. This is total bull crap we should all get the same training opportunity and then be judged on our performance after that. With over 30 years in blow molding with some management experience it is a shame to see this happening in such a big company.

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Niagara Bottling Response
9y
Thank you for taking the time to write this review. We want you to know that we read them and discuss your feedback with our leadership teams. You are right that we do not promote based on tenure and instead on performance. Our high rate of promoting from within is what makes Niagara a great place to grow. In addition, we are a culture of continuous improvement and we strive to provide every Team Members with the same access to career development and training. We take pride in being an Equal Opportunity Employer (an employer who agrees not to discriminate against any employee or job applicant because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age) so if you feel that you are not being treated fairly, please contact HR or an Executive.

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Thank you for being a part of the Niagara Family. We appreciate your feedback.
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Cons

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