HYDRO-GEAR Employer Reviews

My typical day of work starts off with overseeing the loading and paperwork for our sister plant in Kentucky that they need for daily operation. Then it is off to customer orders and all the overseas shipments which require documentation. Daily BOL and invoice preperation along with loading the customers orders on trucks. Other daily duties include – more... customer relations, computer data entry and load scheduling, tracking shipments and Receiving duties too.
I have learned a great deal about the logistics field during my tenure here, and I am ready to take on new responsibilities and learn more. I have the best co-workers around. We are like a family and all of them are really good people. The hardest part of my job would have to be the overseas orders. Various documentation for specific countries can be a challange, but I get it done. The most enjoyable part of my job is the fact that I ship our products all over the world. – less

Long hours and a lot of standing, but very productive.

I learned the manufacturing process from raw materials to final testing.

Day Shift managers seem to be more about work structure and collaboration.

My co-workers were a great group of people to work with.

The long hours of standing in one place.

Definitely, learning something new - nearly everyday.

Terrible, terrible, terrible company! Basically, you're going to stand in a small, uncomfortable space by yourself or with one other person and assemble a lawn mower transmission. Eight hours a day. Five and six days a week. I learned that Hydro-Gear doesn't play fairly, they give misleading information to certain groups of employees, the company practices – more... favortism and harassment religiously, the company's Supervisors and Supervisor Assistants know LESS about the assembly line than an employee with ONLY 2 months of experience does, an employee has to practically beg for more advanced training, the space available for parking is EXTREMELY insufficient (which only causes more stress and frustration), the absenteeism point system (occurences) is a pound and a half of bologna, the chance for advancement is slim to none, and the company's idea of a "clean and friendly work environment" is a bleached and sparkling restroom. My Supervisors were terrible. All of them. A majority of the time, they had NO IDEA what they were doing and had to have employees of much lower stature guide them through processes. About 90% of my co-workers were great, easy to work alongside, easy to please, concerned with the safety of everyone else and themselves, dedicated, and respectful. The other 10% of my co-workers, however, were awful. Entirely rude, misleading, judgemental, stressful, lazy, careless, disrespectful, kniving, nosey, unhelpful, unproductive, and too concernced with running off to the restrooms to talk on their cell phones. The job ITSELF was easy, boring, and repetitive. The most enjoyable part of my job was coming home at night. A ten minute break and a twenty minute lunch period are just not enough to make up for the stress and weight you feel applied to your body during your shift. – less

A typical work day consists of standing on concreate floors in one spot putting on the same part all day every day. Not bad if you like repetition and boredom. The only thing I learned from this company is I will never work for another like it. The management is terrible. Supervisors will harrass you and put you down and give little to no compliments – more... or incouragement on top of that they took away all the perks of working there. They are constently laying-off employees, but there are people who have been working there 10+ years and they barely make $12 an hour. So there is no job security and very little room for advancement. 90 percent of the employees act like immature bratty little teenage kids that are quick to insult and slander you. If you do have problems the HR department will do NOTHING in it's power to help you out. Hydo-Gear is a lawsuit waiting to happen. The hardest part of the job was putting with all of this on a daily basis, and most enjoyable part about the job was knowing that I got to go home at the end day. PLEASE, PLEASE don't work for this company you will regret it as I did. They will take you in chew you up and spit you out because they don't value their employees nor do they value the community of Sullivan, Illinois. – less

Hydro-Gear's a pretty good place to work. They're safety conscious, and I felt like the management was generally interested in keeping the employees happy. The building and grounds are clean.

Learning the job seems difficult in the beginning, but you quickly get the hang of it.

It's was a good job I had fun working there. The people there nice and friendly.

Go to meeting, go to work area, start work by picking parts and assembling them in lawn mowers.
How and where the parts go in the mowers.
They leave you alone except when test products came down the line.
They help out anywhere they can.
Testing the units in motor oil and then lifting them up to finish the process to ship them.
Being able to work with – more... others and help out where needed. – less

Mornging team meeting, on production floor, T.P.M.'s of machines, checking oil and coolant levels, relieving of last shift's employees, Learned quality checks of products machined, learnded some maintaining of cleanliness of inside machines, safety first, inside and outside parts of hydro-static transmissions, good management team, nothing hard bout – more... job, people worked with made job most enjoyable. – less

clean work place good family orinted fast passed work good hours