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PLI (Plasticard - Locktech International)

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PLI (Plasticard - Locktech International) reviews

2.6

31% would recommend to a friend

(147 total reviews)

Mark McEachen

27% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

PLI (Plasticard - Locktech International) has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 147 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The PLI (Plasticard - Locktech International) employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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147 reviews
1.0
Dec 24, 2017

The Sinking Ship

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Pros

Many of the lowest level employees and shift leaders are good hard working people. Easiest job you will EVER have. I'm surprised they aren't training chimps to do this stuff. As long as you wind up in the right building and on the right shift it can be laid back. Emphasis on right building and shift.

Cons

Upper and Mid level management are incompetent in nearly every way, but will go out of their way to talk about how great they are every chance they get. ESPECIALLY Peter Krauss, he LOVES talking about himself. The pay is garbage. They claim to pay a living wage, but cherry pick the lowest data-set they can find to justify that claim. Raises are almost non-existent. They got rid of the cost of living raise that used to be given out every year to every employee in order to make way for merit raises (Because us lowly peasants weren't deserving of that extra 20 cents a year) that are either never given out (I don't know a single person who got one in the 2 years it's been going) or are given out so infrequently that they shouldn't even exist. Go ahead and bust your tail for a year doing everything you can possibly do and I promise you, you'll get 50 cents or less for your efforts. There is no opportunity at all to move up in this company if you are in the production sector. I challenge anyone interviewing with this company to ask your interviewer to tell you a CLEAR path to promotion as a production employee, and don't be satisfied with buzzwords and diversion tactics. Tell them to lay it out for you, they won't be able to. Overtime is BRUTAL when it comes around. Upper management does not care AT ALL that you have a life, and a family, and other things to do than spend 12 hours a day 6-7 days a week feeding cards into a machine. You will work for weeks without a break because someone in sales (who doesn't care how hard you work by the way) made a boo boo and over-promised, they will get a bonus for making a sale and you will pay for it with ALL of your time. This industry will be dead in 10 years or less, and that is being generous.

2.0
Aug 23, 2018

unfortunately, things have taken a dip.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The immediate supervisors are relatively communicative, and try not to pass the buck. I am lucky to have the supervisor that I have. Most people there are pleasant enough and can relate to the communal concerns.

Cons

Not recognizing the difference between the quality employees that can take PLI to the next level, from the ones that are holding us back and impeding the progress necessary to become special, and rewarding the lazy underachievers. It's often said, if you want a promotion, just do a subpar job or be a problem.

4.0
Jun 25, 2016

No company is perfect.

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Pros

I like working at PLI. The sales group I work with feels like a family. I've developed some great friendships there. I come in every day with a positive attitude ready to work. My supervisor is great, not a micro manager at all. We get monthly bonuses if we reach a certain percentage of our goal. We are an ESOP company which should be good for us when we retire.

Cons

There are 2 different "cultures" at PLI. There is the sales department and office staff; and then there is production. It's like working at 2 separate companies. Sales people are treated differently than production. Sales people can be a few minutes late and production gets written up for it. The production team is treated like a group of kindergarteners (come on, a sign on the break room door that said "if it's not your break time you shouldn't be in here") Some people in sales can basically do whatever they want, wear what ever they want, work if they feel like it and management doesn't do anything about it.

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