Novolex reviews

2.9

37% would recommend to a friend

(390 total reviews)

Stanley Bikulege

43% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

Novolex has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 390 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Novolex employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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390 reviews
1.0
Jan 8, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

2 years ago this was a great bright place to work with lots of promises. Decent benefits minus the cost if you have kids then not so much.

Cons

Recently the company instituted mandatory overtime for all employees regardless of any reasoning behind such overtime not being voluntary. Then they adjusted everyone's lunch to 15 minutes and thanked everyone for "volunteering for the shortened lunches". So people are now working 11 hour shifts with a total of 30 minutes off for the entire day. The moral is horrible, the management has no care for the employees and continues to hire externally for positions that the internal employees already qualify for, support is miserable, and the HR department is sooner to assist management than employees with any issues they may be having. Recently the company has been firing people who return from maternity leave, and people who serve in the National Guard are discouraged from applying, or not hired. The HR department has issues with state accomodation for the learning disabilities and for medical FMLA. Threatening employees with termination if they do not become a team player, and that "everyone suffers the same". If what management does is suffer I think I can handle their "level" of suffering compared to mine. They set ridiculous standards on the employees and fail to lead by example.

3.0
Mar 16, 2010

Fair and Balanced work place in tough industry

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good Financial Position and large market share. Well kept equipment and production facilities. Sales force has good customer relations in a buyers market.

Cons

Low margin business makes being successful very difficult. Industry is price driven so there isn't much profit left to help employees be financially successful.

2.0
Aug 24, 2009

Hilex Poly

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The pay and benefits package was above average for the location of this position. Communication between management and employees was very open.

Cons

Very un professional work environment, company was at one having financial difficulties and entered chapter 11 bankruptcy, they have since come out of this.

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