COOPER STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE Employer Reviews

A fast paced environment, that is a very hot work environment. Very repetive tasks working on a press or line. This type of job was very rigid with little ability to do things outside of a set routine. My co-workers were very good at giving an extra hand if needed and was very willing to help show me how to do things I might not know in the running – more... of the presses. The hardest part of this job beside the swing shifts was the constant lay offs due to work shortages. This placed a lot of stress on me specially financially. The most enjoyable part of this job was when I worked in the assembly section of the plant where I assembled different components as well as the great pay and benifits. – less

Goal is to maintain the highest overall efficiency of each platform with safety being first, quality second, and meeting customer demands third

A typical day at work for me is always doing something different, whether it be working on a line, or doing other jobs on the floor. The supervisors I have a great, very approachable if there's a problem. The people I work with are a blast. Always having a good laugh. The hardest part of the job would be working in the heat, but with regular breaks – more... its not so bad. The best part about the job is working with fun people. Working with great people makes a job that much better in my opinion. – less

8 hours of repetitive work
to drive lift truck and work wih others in teams.
Highly stressed our management , unorganized at times.
fun to work with employees
Hard to keep up with orders when machines are down...
The best art of the job was getting the pay check ...

horrible working conditions, poor management, uncooperative coworkers and just a bad environment to work in.

It is still in the beginning stages of what it needs to be to become a successful fortune company. Still needs major structuring and more area to operate in.

Required to work long hours, no job security, if you get hurt, they fire you, not many advancement opportunities.

I was the Specification Clerk. I maintained the specifications. This included working with Engineers and Quality staff to create specs that the production workers followed to do their job. I helped with the creation, approval process, distribution, and filing of the specs. I also entered data into different data bases. I was able to keep an organized – more... work setting so others could also utilize the information I kept. I enjoyed coming up with new ways to make my area easier for others to find information. – less

Very low turn-over rate. Average length of employee is 10+ years. Clean environment and safety conscious.

This company changed ownership frequently. As it was sold it became harder to work for them. I did a lot of walking on a cement floor and very seldom got to sit down. I liked the work I was doing and had fun with the other employees.

good place to work very productive good bosses friendly people

Became very productive an able to work efficently. Had to teach my self alot i felt i should of been trained. Paid well, but required alot of overtime.

I began working with Cooper in August of 1999. Through the years, I had many opportunities for advancement. I owe all of my experience to the management of Cooper. Each of my managers took me in, led by example, and taught me everything I needed to know to be successful. The hardest part of the job was dealing with the people that just didn't want to – more... work. Some of the efficiencies for certain areas were lower than others and some people would take advantage of the fact that we (management) would take that into consideration and not discipline as we should. The most enjoyable part of the job was knowing that each morning when I left, I had achieved a goal. Knowing I did something that actually mattered, made a difference was always a huge accomplishment for me. From dealing with employees that made things difficult for others, to making a sound decision on how to handle machinery errors and downtime, to working with the people to allow them to spend time with their families. It was always enjoyable to know I helped with all of these things. Due to the amount of people that worked at Cooper at the time, making a flexible schedule for people was very feasible. The biggest love of Cooper was my direct managers. Being on third shift, I was "alone" the entire shift. My managers trusted that I would not make a bad decision. That I would always know what to do and how to handle the situations that presented themselves. And each morning all of management would have a detailed report of how the shift ran that night. If any questions arose or anything needed to be known, the communication was always there for them to review. – less

Cooper Advanced Technologies in Colorado, Research for vibration & noise control. Fun job, great work associates, to bad office was closed.
Company offered decent pay and great benefits, one of my top 3 positions in my career!

Here's another job that I excelled in. Production was 100 percent. I was a molder and my productivity was 130 percent. I learned hot to run a multistation injection mold machine. the hardest part of the job was the extreme heat and the easiest was the work itself.

A Typical day at work was never typical. My day could start at Midnight, 3am or 8am and could end at 4pm , 8pm or 11pm. During the course of the day I was supporting end users in Europe (France, Germany and Poland), Assisting with application errors, and Approval (BizRights) Requests; Also was supporing New Financial Implementation in process here in – more... the states which included working with developers and the RCC and CCC Teams during the pre-integration, integration and UAT testing. Have been through 2 Go-Live cycles from integration testing,UAT, Data Migration Testing, Pre Go Live, and Hypercare. From day to day I had to be extremely flexible to accomodate the needs of other teams. The hardest part of the job was knowing that there was so much work to be done, that not everything could be done in one day. The most enjoyable part of the job was working within the security team. We supported each other at all times, and communication amongst our team was very important to each of us. We all had some idea what the other was working on so at anytime we could jump in and assist if needed. My other enjoyable part of the job was assisting the end user in resolving their issues in a very timely manner. – less

You get payed a lot of money to work there, but you sure will work yourself into the ground doing it. You never once got a "good job" from anyone in the plant, they only demanded more. I watched guys tear up their shoulders left and right. If you want excellent money and fast hire on with full benefits, Cooper Standard is for you. Just prepare for a – more... ridiculous work environment that seems to bring itself home with you every night/day. – less

A typical day's work includes, but is not limited to, reviewing and final approving all appropriation requests, as well as each fixed asset disposition requests; reconciling all North America construction in progress accounts; tracking all capital project spending and verifying they are in budget and in compliance with company policy and US GAAP regulations – more... for useful life terms when the project capitalized. Some other tasks throughout the month include global reporting and reconciling on all capital projects from SAP BPC (a business planning consolidation software application) that I administer globally, creating project and capital work orders in all legacy applications. From this job I have gained the experience of upgrading and developing a new forecasting software application from scratch, working closely with our international counterparts not only with project management from the SAP BPC implementation, but from the day to day global project tracking, and upholding our K2 workflow application; ensuring all appropriations are compliant with our company's delegation of authority and hierarchy. I have been with this company for the last seven years and been fortunate enough to develop several close relationships with my colleagues and most recently grow with a team that has not always seen eye to eye, but has prevailed to be an exceptional group of people. I have learned through team work and perseverance there is not a lot one cannot accomplish. The hardest part of my job is dealing with the time changes globally. Working with a global application you are dependent on data from around the world, it is hard to be available at all hours of the day and I do not like for my internal customer to be delayed when waiting for system maintenance from me. The most enjoyable part is working with the people. As I mentioned above, I have been with the company for quite a while, I have grown up with these people and learn a lot from many of my colleagues. I have built amazing rapport and working relationships that will last a lifetime. – less

A good place to work but I was on third shift and it was hard for me to be to work on time.

It was a good paying job.Physical and challaging work. Fun while it lasted. Had oppertunity to learn many parts to a effecint company.