Hunter Douglas
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Great experience
Assembler (Former Employee) – Cumberland, MD – July 7, 2018
It was my first real job and made me realize there is no real way to prepare for a job other than just getting out into the workplace. I started off an assembler and got cross trained into other areas.
Pros
Paid days off and overtime
Managemant
Rail Cutter/ Trainer (Former Employee) – Bessemer City, NC – July 11, 2018
Management was cool they understood my work ethic was strong when preforming a task. They allowed me my space to work because they knew my work would be done.
Pros
mangaement
Cons
Point system
long hours with not much benefits
Assembler (Former Employee) – Cumberland, MD – June 19, 2018
The work environment is the worst part about Hunter Douglas don't expect to keep anything private reminds me of high school but its a bunch of grown men/ women besides that the work isn't hard just repetitive
Pros
understanding management
Cons
two 20 min breaks for the 10 hours that you work and the quality of the people
Good, stable job with good benefits
Level 3 Manufacturing Technician/Shift Lead (Former Employee) – Broomfield, CO – June 1, 2018
Hunter Douglas provides a structured job environment. They provide a lot of benefits that employees are encouraged to use. Mandatory overtime is sometimes required. Workplace culture depends on the department you are in.
Secure employment with some advance opportunity.
TEAM LEAD (Current Employee) – Salt Lake City, UT – May 29, 2018
Work is pretty standard for manufacturing. At the beginning of the day and after lunch there is time for a shop meeting and ergonomic stretching.
I was given constant opportunity to cross train within the shop and learn numerous skills of the manufacturing process. As well as getting to attend a number of manufacturing trainings.
Management is wiling to listen to most ideas for improvement, and consider the most plausible options. They do a decent job of relaying information back to employees.
Workplace culture could use some work. There doesn't seem to be a huge initiative to work with employees who don't care about things like good housekeeping or area/process improvements and sustaining them. Most of that gets loaded onto the few employees who are willing to do it. Music is not allowed, which could vastly improve the mood and motivation of employees.
The hardest part of the job is the long term monotony. When opportunities to advance and move around happen, it's not much of an issue, but staying more than a year or two in a single position leads to a lack of focus and difficulty staying motivated.
The most enjoyable part of the job is when the whole shop is in sync, and running smoothly. You're never too overwhelmed with work, and you never run out. When you have a good rhythm in the shop you can just keep working and time goes by quicker.
I was given constant opportunity to cross train within the shop and learn numerous skills of the manufacturing process. As well as getting to attend a number of manufacturing trainings.
Management is wiling to listen to most ideas for improvement, and consider the most plausible options. They do a decent job of relaying information back to employees.
Workplace culture could use some work. There doesn't seem to be a huge initiative to work with employees who don't care about things like good housekeeping or area/process improvements and sustaining them. Most of that gets loaded onto the few employees who are willing to do it. Music is not allowed, which could vastly improve the mood and motivation of employees.
The hardest part of the job is the long term monotony. When opportunities to advance and move around happen, it's not much of an issue, but staying more than a year or two in a single position leads to a lack of focus and difficulty staying motivated.
The most enjoyable part of the job is when the whole shop is in sync, and running smoothly. You're never too overwhelmed with work, and you never run out. When you have a good rhythm in the shop you can just keep working and time goes by quicker.
Pros
Yearly raises, regardless of position.
Cons
Few opportunities for advancement.
Good place to work
CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE (Former Employee) – West Sacramento, CA – May 18, 2018
Hunter Douglas was a good place to work. The pay was good and adequate for the work you were doing. Advancement was not a really something that was available as much as I would have liked. Overall the just was fairly decent and I would recommend it to others.
Productive & Learning environment
Project Management Specialist (Former Employee) – Norcross, GA – May 13, 2018
Employer, focused on communicating key-performance and efficiency objectives and results was Top-Priority, weekly; across all production / fabrication departments.
Pros
Monthly, luncheon all employees to review current status, projects in pipeline and %Complete in-process
Cons
Cross-functional teams were not held to the same, similar standards as required to be maintained by all production personnel.
Not a fun place to work
Customer Service Representative (Current Employee) – West Sacramento, CA – May 11, 2018
I have worked for this company for 13 years and it is not an enjoyable place to work.
The turn over is high.
The pressure for the management is high.
They are always micromanaging the employees.
There’s is a lot of drama in the office.
Everyone is looking for new jobs.
They do not care about their employees.
The turn over is high.
The pressure for the management is high.
They are always micromanaging the employees.
There’s is a lot of drama in the office.
Everyone is looking for new jobs.
They do not care about their employees.
Pros
The people
Cons
Micro managing, Management
Newly hired mgt team took a 'our way or the highway' approach and did not respect SMEs.
Division Packaging Engineer (Former Employee) – West Sacramento, CA – May 3, 2018
VP of Engineering (FAB Div) came in with a hard approach toward people that turned many off. People left as a direct result and then there were layoffs. Not a pleasant working environment, everyone felt the pressure to perform or be fired.
Pros
first 3 years under a respectful mgt team that allowed you to do your job
Cons
last yr under a disrespected mgt team, questioning your every move, very constraining, limited creativity
n/a
Production Shift Lead (Current Employee) – Gastonia, NC – April 24, 2018
highly stressful, poor management, pay is horrible and they like to over work their people. The job I do is pretty easy, when we have the work to do.I don't have an enjoyable part of my job anymore .
All business and lots of room to grow
Printing Team Coordinator (Former Employee) – Broomfield, CO – April 24, 2018
Very fast pace and constantly changing form one product to the next. Starting the shift with some stretching, briefing the group on task for the day. Management have high expectation and show positive support.
Stressful
Fabrication Inspector (Former Employee) – Bessemer City, NC – April 18, 2018
Some supervisors don't do their jobs their to busy showing favoritism. Their more in your personal busy rather than helping you with your job. HR needs to look into who their just giving Position too.
Pros
Discount Shades
Cons
Short Breaks, Don't get paid for your breaks, Have to clock out to go smoke, HR don't care about your opinions.
Good Place to work
Salesforce Administrator/Developer &SAP BO/BI (Former Employee) – Denver, CO – April 9, 2018
I worked at Hunter Douglas as a Contractor (5 months)
Pros
Work culture is good
environment is friendly
Cons
No cons i have seen
Advice to Management
Please provide a better helpful environment
Pros
Work culture is good
environment is friendly
Cons
No cons i have seen
Advice to Management
Please provide a better helpful environment
Productive and Organized
Independent Contractor for Window Coverings (Former Employee) – San Diego, CA – March 23, 2018
Hunter Douglas is a big company that is spread throughout the country.It is a well maintained and friendly environment work area.Overall is a good company.
It is not a fun place to work, the moral is very low and they really don’t care about there employes.
Customer Service Representative (Current Employee) – North Carolina – March 14, 2018
There is just too much drama. Management looks for fault in most of what you do.
Management really needs an major overhaul
HR dept makes numerous mistakes on most of the paychecks. I have been here for 19 years now and have done numerous jobs with no pay raises. That has been mostly in the past 10 years. Different management now. There has been a lot of turnover since then. I have even been offered another job recently in one of the other depts and my manager at the time held me back and didn’t even tell me about it.
Management really needs an major overhaul
HR dept makes numerous mistakes on most of the paychecks. I have been here for 19 years now and have done numerous jobs with no pay raises. That has been mostly in the past 10 years. Different management now. There has been a lot of turnover since then. I have even been offered another job recently in one of the other depts and my manager at the time held me back and didn’t even tell me about it.
Pros
Pretty good benefits
Cons
Pay raises are near to nothin, moral is awful and HR has no clue what they are doing
fast paced environment
Customer Support Representative (Former Employee) – Cumberland, MD – March 13, 2018
Loved the entire environment. The employees, all the way to the customers. Nearly every call had a challenge. It made for constant learning of new products and customer experience.
if you like factory work this is the place for you.
ace picker (Former Employee) – Cumberland, MD – March 12, 2018
Long hours and you get two 20 minute breaks .great pay. Quick paced.has its own gym available to employees. Once in a while they will have free lunches available for employees
Fast Paced Environment
Member of the decision making process (Current Employee) – Slat Lake City – March 5, 2018
If you want to learn a lot very quickly, this is the place for you. This is a production environment where you will need to be able to make decisions quickly and effectively.
It was a fair job
General Laborer (Former Employee) – Cumberland, MD – February 21, 2018
It is a good job for someone who needs one. To many rules and regulations. To dependent on otgers to get your job done. Just needed a career to get into.
Pros
Good breaks
Cons
Not enough pay for the stress