80/20 Reviews

He is being taken advantage of being deceived by upper managment. Id be shocked if he even knew about this site, and if it wasnt being hidden from him. Cindy is very power hungry and is hurting the business in everyway. She is literally counting down the days until the owner dies and she can take over. In general there is a huge disconnect between normal workers and management. Upper managment is very deceptive and will do anything to make themselves look better... even post bogus 5 star reviews on glass door, or have other coworkers do it for them. Management will talk behind workers backs and complain but never give workers a chance to fix problems or to even know something is wrong. You are always secretly being tested and will be fired at a moments notice. They recently let go over 30 people, most long time employees, but not before having those employees train replacements to take their spot at a lower pay rate. Pay rate is a joke with most places even 20 min away offering almost twice as much salary for the same job. Many employees have taken notice and several are tired of the toxic environment and are currently in the process of interviewing elsewhere. Only way you can make even remotely decent money is if you work overtime, which if you are on the floor, will be every Saturday plus 10 hr days. Opinions and concerns go unnoticed. People are let go weekly just because sales are currently way down. But don't worry, there is always the company breakfast consisting of low grade microwave quality selections, to look forward to as your yearly "bonus".

Knee-jerk management - Every decision upper management makes is based off of the first knee-jerk feeling they get when they receive news. "Looks like we might get busy, *knee-jerk* hire a bunch of people and make the salaried ones work mandatory Saturdays. looks like we made a mistake hiring so many people! *knee jerk* Cancel bonuses for all those people, ahhh didn't work! *knee jerk* Send them home, ahhh didn't work! *knee jerk* Fire everyone who is still hourly or makes a lot of money. You know? The ones that have been there for nearly two decades! And we'll call it restructuring!" That's their MO, zero thought and poor follow-thru Hypocritical management. They have no issues spending an obscene amount of money on their office desks, furniture, fridge enclosures (yea, that's a thing) but will not foot the bill to upgrade software, both internal and external, provide necessary training for employees, increase base pay, or the equipment to make the job easier on the floor for production. If they do make a capital investment, it's for flashy things like new building additions and a fun new Web chat toy. They discourage leadership. The senior management makes the calls, as it should be, but to a very extreme level to where they hire staff that are not allowed to independently think and act on their own. It saddens me when I see a dedicated worker take the lead of supervisor or team leader with great ideas and intent only to find out their new job is to be deligated as a number collector or a seat warmer for the meetings they are to attend 70% of their day. It's a waste of true talent! Finally and most importantly, they manage by snuffing out an employees self worth. What better way in keeping an employee in their place and keeping their pay low than making them feel like they can not do better than 80/20 and they they should only be lucky that they have a job. They lose the self confidence that they are something special and hold self value. They make them sign non compete forms 2 to 3 times a year under duress, making the employee think that they are legal and binding, further discouraging them to look for new employment. They falsify stories of the people who leave for better jobs and by terminating them before they announce their resignation or completing their two week notice. People are scared and are fearful whenever they are in the sights of senior management. Depression among employees is a real issue within this place.