They also started disciplining people for showing up late on heavy snow days regardless of how early they left and howany times they notified management of their situation. We have a lot of off shift people here that depend on these days to see their kids plays/baseball games/birthday parties/graduations etc most of which cannot be scheduled at the beginning of the year, essentially cancelling family time for many people. Vacation time is also now accrued over the year under this new ruling (you can't use your vacation whenever you want, you have to schedule it based on your accrual).

They then moved on to forcing us to schedule all of our vacation time at the beginning of the year with no leeway as well as no more shift changes. They started small, taking away gym memberships, cancelling the company picnic, cancelling the Christmas party, getting rid of retirement parties. Employees used to love coming to work because it felt like a family environment, they treated you so well and they cared far more about safety as opposed to production (which was still important and, given the general morale of the plant, was booming with great customer satisfaction numbers as well). Communication was never it's strong point, however at one point, before the new upper management took over, one felt as though they not only had a voice but their opinion and work ethic mattered because it did. You don't get paid holidays, even though they are scheduled plant-wide holidays and you aren't even allowed to come in because no one else is there. My boss tried to raise my pay to the same as the other co-ops, but HR just avoided him on the issues. Although my group liked me, I was told not to come back because the company is so bad.Ĭouple things for co-ops: Not everyone is paid the same although you basically do the same job. I think the full time employees may not see you as someone who is actually part of a department since you'll be on your way out in a few months. The culture around co-ops/interns/rotational students is positive and we all got along very well.

Although I was only there 6 months, many people I met at the beginning of co-op had quit by the end of it. There was a lot of tensions between departments, salaries were low unless you've been working there for 30 years, and although management made a big fuss about safety they only cared about making profits at the end of the day. I worked at JM as a co-op for 6 months and I had a great time, but everyone who worked there full time hated the company.

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