High career hopes dashed by poor management team. - Anonymous employee Chris Craft Employee Review

1.0
12 Jan 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The snacks by the vending service are reasonably priced, if poorly stocked.

Cons

Production management team is grossly incompetent. Line supervisors are promoted based on seniority and personal friendships, not team leadership or other management skills; at least one supervisor is a convicted felon for grand larceny. New production staff are brought in on a 'sink or swim' model, with no methodical training provided. Quarterly hiring sprees based on speculation of sales goals, quickly followed by staffing reductions before new employees reach end of 60 day probationary period to save on costs. Capricious firings of production staff by supervisors. Bogus claims by upper management of interest in hearing employee suggestions for quality improvements, as even the simplest ideas are ignored or quashed. Production line reference materials are skimpy, out of date, or nonexistent. Completely unrealistic productivity and quality goals; finger-pointing and blame-shifting among sections are the rule. Inventory control is a joke; Just-In-Time here means that critical parts arrive the day before boat should be delivered as completed. Slapdash fixes on seriously deficient hulls would give informed customers heart attacks and strokes. If a new boat doesn't leak on first floating in the test pond, it's a miracle. Filthy and disorganized facility is an EPA Superfund site in progress.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

regular work, 40 hours with some mandatory overtime as management needs. airconditioned factory, tools provided, Safety is a top priority and ppe equipment is provided and training as needed.

Cons

New tiered pay structure that does not adjust for inflation so no pay raises some years. Pay does not keep up with inflation ever so have to quit and find another job to increase pay. Supervisors are unqualified with some exceptions and management similarly. Hard to hire qualified people at current pay levels. There is a divide between salary and hourly people that causes friction and an attitude that they can say one thing and do another and everyone will be fine with it. Management thinks everyone below them is stupid. Some disrespect. HR seems to think they can hire people off the street and they will figure out how to build a boat with poor supervision and little information. Manuals are in english and usually unused or useless. There have been several layoffs over the last couple of years, the marine industry is not a stable industry. The work can be dusty and hot depending on what department you hire in for. The company follows an EMPLOYEE code of conduct that really is a weapon to use against you as needed and to protect the company from lawsuits but doesn't apply to management equally. Also have a company vision that they state and posters are on the walls but only works when it suits them. DEI policy is random and they would rather avoid it.

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