JELD-WEN

Staff turnover was high. 
The best week was when a whole department of 7 quit. This was because they were all finishing casual probation and got told the full time salary was higher than it actually was so after pay day they all walked. 
Another notable moment was watching a senior manager telling a head of department to fire the apprentice because of budget cuts, in the middle of the factory floor, with the apprentice right beside the department head.
Sums up the place, management ruined the place by not taking responsibility and stringing staff along, making false promises.
Stay away from Jeldwen Rowville, unless you want a bunch of stories about how awfil the place is.
Also safety last attitude, work there long enough you'll see some seriouly bad stuff.

You go to work happy you and go back home messed up in the head. 
Learning a lot and giving 100% does not pay back because you are dealing with “Managers” who of their point of view are GOD’s gifts for the organisation but from everyone else’s especially those under their direct supervision, are a nightmare. 
With simpler words they are just machine operators with access to email and no people skills whatsoever. 
You should never say what you mean but only what your manager wants to hear.
No training plans at all and full with false promises. Very little people and management skills, what is leading to extremely bad recruitment process. 
Thankfully most of the co-workers are friendly and trying to help each other so you can push trough the day.

Large Multi National company with potential to control market place, but lacked vision and know how to control market.  Market forces where imported and price driven.  Product similar making JELD-WEN just part of the pack (death in the middle).  computer aided programmes where owned by JELD-WEN however not utilised and licences has lapsed.  This would have been able to improve productivity by up to 50%, there by improving work life balance.
Logistics and manufacturing at peak in current environment.  
Returning home every day after 8 hours on the road and hand drawing quotes and emailing prior to next day could take up to four and five hours extra per night.

Jeld-Wen was a great place to start my IT career. An established global company specializing in the manufacturing industry, seemed to have unlimited career progression opportunities, however after 3 years I found that I hadn't been able to advance. The salary wasn't very competitive, however the atmosphere and colleagues made the job enjoyable, although challenging and stressful at times it was a good place to start.

Learned the following: 
 Issuing street alignment levels - This involves taking driveway levels with a
digital level, preparing longitudinal sections using AutoCAD Civil3D and
designing adequate levels and grades to match street, footpath and building
levels.
 Responding to phone enquiries and inspections associated with driveway
designs.
 Assisting council design engineers and surveyors with collecting field data for
the construction of roads, drainage, parks and footpath projects.
 Preserving underground survey reference marks.

The work and the co workers are good but the plant is very dis organized and managers are in competent and let some people get away with everything. If you are a good worker they will take advantage.  Treat workers like kindergarteners when it comes to safety!!  Any system that works well they will screw around with till it doesn't work as efficient anymore.  The plant is well lit and warm in the winter. It does get very hot in the summer.

Worked for division in Melbourne. Worst company I have ever worked for.  Staff camaraderie is the only reason it was bearable.  Low moral, loads of staff moving on, lack of training, poorly managed, lack of respect for the workers who gave 100%.  The company has lost good staff, lots of staff.  One new employee gave notice within 7 days.   There was no feed back from management, preferred to talk amongst themselves and not communicate information openly.

DO NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR WORKERS ON WORK OR PERSONAL MATTERS. 

Managers & leading hands walking around thinking they a GOD, and no one is equal to them. They hold grudges and don’t give people second chances.

NO PROGRESSION. NO MATTER IF ITS DESERVED 

There is discrimination, harassment, fights both verbal and physical and racism out in the floor, and it’s NOT dealt with by the company at all. 

If you want to be miserable every day you leave the company then that’s the place to be.

Management & upper management don’t listen to your concerns and when you voice a complaint or even make a formal complaint about management, you will be fired to cover their butt’s. Pay & hours were great, a few friendships I’ll treasure, but the workplace itself is horrid, and you will be micromanaged. You also receive practically 0 training & then are scolded when you make a mistake. 

busy
making windows,frames,joining frames.
management is fair
the workplace culture is perfect as no harrassment, bullying
the hardest part is when there is NO ENOUGH materials, hardware,other products, 
Enjoyable part is when all workers are IN, working as TEAM, having good relationship between the team,positivity, all materials,and other work related material is enough.

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