Good afternoon, Since my first day at BAE I have not been able to get a straight answer from HR or anyone I met with the day of orientation . My first day of orientation I have been excluded from my new hire group on many things. I was told I was not on the list of hires by every department. Since there was no record of me I was excluded from safety items, such as a flash light and hard hat. I was than told on my second day we will be meeting in same building and we would be introduced to our managers who would talk to us about our schedules, what we would be working on and how to clock in. I arrived at 7:10 on my second day at the training building with the other new hires and no one was there to great us. After waiting 30 minutes I walked to the 2002 building with the other new hires. After one of the other new hires asked what we needed to do, a man told us we can't weld without a respirator and we need to do a OSHA safety class. He than looked at me and asked " are you supposed to be here?". I responded "I'm a welder". The man than said I don't have you on my list. I said to him" I was hired with the others. I just haven't been given a helmet yet". I was then given a helmet with what looked like was previously puked in. I was than told I'll have to wait for a manager because I can't weld until I've gotten a respirator. While I waited for a manager I asked where do I go to get PPE because I was told the day before the company will supply it. I was pointed to the tool shop and asked for Weld sleeves a mask and a helmet. I was told they are out of sleeves and they don't give out weld helmets there. Since it is so hot an humid its not wise to weld in a full weld jacket. it's all they had and since I was told not to bring my equipment from home I took what I could get. The tool shop lady than told me I could get a helmet from Airgas down the road. Once I got to Airgas they told me I would have to pay for a new one. I told them I was told by tool shop to go to you. The cashier at Airgas said no and to go back. I told the tool shop what Airgas told me and they finally gave me a welding helmet to put on my hardhat. Why they wouldn't give it to me the first time,idk? That's been my experience for the past two days so I moved on. Once 12 rolled around there was still no manager and still I had no answers. I didn't know when I would start second shift or even if I was supposed to be there. I've felt like the lack of communication was so bad it was dangerous. If got hurt I didn't feel confident that the people around me would able to communicate to each other an help. I also felt discriminated against and left out of the entire onboarding process. I never got a hard hat, never shown how to access my time card, never shown how to punch in, never told where to fill up my water.... The list goes on. I've been a working professional for 14 years an I've never been treated so poorly. The way each person in every department has treated me shows me ethics and safety are a big issue at BAE.
