Nightshift Year Review - Department Manager Pella Employee Review

4.0
Jul 28, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Upper leadership is caring and understanding. Pay is above average in my experience starting out. Recently changed schedules to work only 40-45 hours on salary. No Overtime pay anymore.

Cons

Hot environment. Summer time the factory is easily 90 plus degrees. 2nd shift can cause personal issue with family/loved ones. Not really a con but operations is not for everyone, especially in leadership. A good leader can inspire and convince bad behaviors. Poor leaders can get burnt by bad employees. Emotional intelligence and great poise is needed in any operation leadership environment with difficult employees. You really supervise 40+ team members but Pella has been able to acquire more DM's to lessen the roster. IMO, more team members means more problems, stress, and coaching. It's operations so most cons applies to most operation environments. You have shift wars, people issues, staying late.

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Pella Response
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Hello - Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. At Pella, we strive to ensure that every team member has an opportunity to reach their full potential and grow their career. What you describe doesn't reflect our expectations for the team member experience, and we'd like to look into this more for you. Please email us at employerbrand@pella.com. We will share your feedback with the appropriate team. Thank you! -AH

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5.0
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Pella offers a strong culture with a genuine focus on people, quality and community. I appreciate the collaborative environment and the pride people take in the work we do. It’s a place where your contributions matter and you feel connected to the bigger picture.

Cons

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3.0
Jul 11, 2026
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Pros

Great UX/UI interfaces, generally easy to navigate systems if you have general computer knowledge but can navigate multiple systems and screens. Great metrics which make it easier for as coordinators to not feel so stressed out to get to the next call, but to also know we do still need to take another call. Team leads and trainers at Pella Corp are amazing.

Cons

Remembering to constantly have to clear cache and cookies it a little annoying to get everything to work apporpriatly. But it is part of technology sometimes and everything being web based. Also, during training when you go peer to peer, some of the peer's are not really the best mentors an will really push you to do take calls when you are not ready to, which may be good or bad. For me it ended badly. Not for everybody else, but sometimes people just are not ready and people need to know when to listen to someone as to now cause an anxiety or panic attaack because it can be nerve racking when you genuinely do not feel ready to take that first call.

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