Seriously Read This: what I wish someone had told me - Thermoforming Machine Operator Electrolux Employee Review

I had really high hopes for Electrolux when I first started working. I was given an easy, though fast paced job others found difficult and I loved it. However it became tedious after six months and I wanted marketable experience. After a rollercoaster of maybe, maybe not I was transferred to the thermoforming position. My line supervisor gave three different answers in one week as to what machine I'd be operating and when I'd start my training. This wasn't their fault, given upper management is a cyclone of disaster. I brushed off a lot of complaints people had, but it was harder to explain away when we had to start staying for two hours over on Fridays without prior explanation and discovered we were staying over when the bell didn’t ring at the end of our shift. The other line had been given the courtesy of being notified we were staying over half way through their shift. New workers were not told of the additional hours and there were several walk outs on Friday mornings. We would be told of a Saturday shift on Friday and notifications were word of mouth or by meetings you had to be in the right place at the right time to be aware they were occurring. The supposed written schedule was often incorrect and changed multiple times by the scheduled shift's date. The line could be down for ten hours and we would have to stay the entire shift or we would come in and they'd tell us to clean for a few hours or we'd arrive and be told to go home within an hour. It would be time for lunch and the bell would not ring because the supervisors got into an authority measuring contest and we would have to wait an additional thirty minutes. My department was gathered for a post work meeting in which we were notified that our position was going to cease to exist and instead we could do exactly what we had been doing in addition to maintenance work for our machine for a few dollars more, although our pay would be determined by a score on an assessment regarding prior knowledge we were not given any study material for and a failure to not possess prior knowledge was not taken into consideration. In my department, temperatures reached 96 degrees Fahrenheit. I would arrive at work and seeing an ambulance in the parking lot was not a rare occurrence. At least twice a week we'd hear of four to twenty people having fallen due to heat stroke in the previous shift. I saw someone have a heat stroke and be wheelchaired into the bathroom, the coolest place in the entire building. Bathroom breaks were once tried to be enforced with paper passes allowing four trips a week, but collectively the entire staff did not bring their passes. We were encouraged to drink water and the favorites got free water and half melted electrolyte popsicles. If you did have to go to the bathroom and there wasn't someone available to take your place, and your coworker had any trouble doing the additional work, you would be given a disciplinary action for trusting them. If someone was not available to take your place on the line, you had to wait for a break to use the restroom (which was by company standard twenty minutes for lunch and one additional fifteen minute break) or take a chance that perhaps your coworker would help you out. Our line supervisor allowed us to go to lunch and to our additional break five minutes early if the petty supervisor who liked to stare at people for uncomfortable lengths of time (profoundly ungifted in all areas of common sense across all opinions) wasn’t there. The cafeteria line was not rushed in the slightest and people had to hide food on the line to be able to eat in a shift if they weren't close enough to the front of the line. The company allowed the lines to go to the lunchroom in different break time slots, but if the supervisors held us back, we would be extra cramped. Inconsistency in rule enforcement contributed to a chaotic workplace. Some months supervisors wouldn't care if you were on your phone while the line was down, other months you could have a phone charger in your hand and get written up.There is a point system where you are given a point for being absent, half a point for being late, etc. Human Resources is notorious for failing to keep an accurate record of your points. You can check them right outside the human resources office, however you are only granted a ninety day grace period to fix your points. If your supervisor is fired before you can change your points, they will remain as they are. Honestly, this was just my experience and there was more to it than what I’ve stated, but I’ve given the general idea and it might be completely different for you, but at least you won’t go in completely blind. Best of luck :)