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Many laid off, few quit, and others pushed out from Ipex Clarkson...
Warehouse Worker (Former Employee) – Mississauga, ON – 22 October 2018
This has got to be the most despicable warehouse I have ever worked for in my entire life. Years of mismanagement and wasteful spending had culminated in the laid off and dismissal of so many, so that the seniors could keep their positions.
Who’s really to blame here?
Forget about filling your grievances with Human Resources you will get the usual bureaucratic runaround. Management overworked and understaffed and wondered why their employees were burnt out and not preforming well.
Do yourselves a favor and do your due diligence before working for such evil scumbags!!!
Who’s really to blame here?
Forget about filling your grievances with Human Resources you will get the usual bureaucratic runaround. Management overworked and understaffed and wondered why their employees were burnt out and not preforming well.
Do yourselves a favor and do your due diligence before working for such evil scumbags!!!
Pros
None
Cons
Negitive work environment, double standards, no job secutity, disorganized, substance abusers, and much more...
Worked on a wide variety of products - very interesting
CAD Technician (Current Employee) – London, ON – 6 December 2018
I learned to have each day to be a different challenge. The culture is very difficult due to the union employees. Very hot in the summer months due to hot machines and lack of air conditioning. Very poor air quality due to PVC plastic and propane lift trucks. Very much enjoyed working on a variety of different piping system products.
Pros
Profit sharing
Cons
Poorly managed
Great team
Service à la clientèle (Former Employee) – St Laurent, QC – 16 September 2018
It was a great team I used to work with. My previous co-workers were very supportive, friendly, team-orientated. Salaray was great and so were the benefits. Small intern-team but very efficient. My then-supervisor was the sweetest and funniest lady. Always there to help you and was would take time to listen to you if you ever needed to talk. I loved working there.
management there is none
Shipper / Operations Supervisor (Current Employee) – Toronto, ON – 25 October 2018
management has no clue, regional manager is a bully, ops manager has his head so far up regional manager its bad. promises were made yet never fulfilled had to wait a month for my first weekly pay check bad company
Management needs a lot of work
Technical Sales Representative (Former Employee) – Montréal, QC – 8 June 2018
Overall this is a great company with some very innovative ideas and they strive to try to be the leaders in the market. Management in B.C. has dropped the ball by becoming complacent about the market and have gone from being the "only manufacturer" in the market that everyone trusted to "just another manufacturer of pipe" allowing the competition to creep in and take over under their nose.
Cons
micro management
Worked production and packaging
Packing Operator (Former Employee) – Edmonton, AB – 27 August 2018
Great Company, provided on the job training in different areas. The environment was clean and well organized, making your job much easier. The company has a strong focus on production output, and in order to achieve their goals, they looked after their employees well.
Pros
Good organization
Cons
shift work change overs (although to be expected with this type of job)
stressfull place to work
Maintenance Technician (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 1 December 2018
It was a lot of politic in the day to day operation
Professional jealousy
low wages
health concern working with PVC materials and off gasses
hot during the summer
Professional jealousy
low wages
health concern working with PVC materials and off gasses
hot during the summer
Pros
close to home
Cons
low wage
job
Operator - Full time (Former Employee) – London, ON – 7 November 2018
We got the flexibility of rotating every 4 hours. Work is very good, we don't realize time. Employees are very friendly. Good break times. Only default is the temperature is hot and loud noises.
Good company to work for.
Machine Operator (Current Employee) – London, ON – 25 March 2018
The hardest part of the job is that the machines do not stop when you go for break, so when you come back to your machines the parts are piled up and you have to spend almost an hour getting caught back up.
Pros
Good benefits and paid breaks
Cons
Long shifts and work schedule is hard to have a life outside work
Productive and fun work place as well working hard
Manager, Safety and Environmental (Former Employee) – Mississauga, ON – 21 March 2018
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Work to achieve our monthly safety goal target ,
Work to achieve our monthly safety goal target ,
Pros
pleasent environment
Cons
long hours
Professional, productive and result oriented.
CAD Operator (Co-op) (Former Employee) – Oakville, ON – 19 April 2018
- Design modelling with Solid Works
- Hardest part was trying to work with paper standards as they have not been digitized
- Learned to liason with upper managment, plant managers to fill the digital library of CAD parts that were previously only in 2D drawing formats
- Hardest part was trying to work with paper standards as they have not been digitized
- Learned to liason with upper managment, plant managers to fill the digital library of CAD parts that were previously only in 2D drawing formats
Pros
Worked in new office with new furniture and computers.
Cons
Didn't give enought responsibiliy at times.
Good pay, but unorganized management and very repetitive work
Standard Fabrication - Machine Operator (Former Employee) – Mississauga, ON – 16 October 2017
My supervisors and QC department had no experience in machining, thus many of the times communication gets confusing. The work environment was terrible, on hot days my station would get extremely hot with only a small desk fan to help, and on cold days I cant wear long sleeves as it is a danger when working on machines with fast rotating parts. The work itself is very repetitive but is simple, but with 44 hrs a week the repetitiveness out ways the simple.
Pros
simple tasks
Cons
long hours, repetitive
Amazing place to kick start you career
Engineering Intern (Former Employee) – Scarborough, ON – 1 December 2017
Working for IPEX allows new graduate to start working on bigger and more complex challenges, while receiving the necessary support from colleagues.
IPEX is a leader in PVC market and therefore, there is alot to learn in every are, probably a recommended place for a Mech-eng to kick start a career.
IPEX is a leader in PVC market and therefore, there is alot to learn in every are, probably a recommended place for a Mech-eng to kick start a career.
Pros
great work enviorment
Cons
not a huge growth factor
Terrible place with no advancement opportunities
Machine Operator/Assembler (Former Employee) – London, ON – 6 November 2015
Pros:
- More than minimum wage pay rate
- Steady hours (12 hour continental shift work)
Cons:
- Little to no advancement (unless you've been there 10+ years, or you're extremely high on the seniority list)
- Management does not care about employee well-being.
- Work load is extreme with very little time to rest.
- Other seasoned employees take advantage of new people, supervisors do not care.
- Little to zero chance of switching from night shift to day shift (unless you're high on the seniority list)
- Complete mental and physical exhaustion causes days off to seem not worth it.
- More than minimum wage pay rate
- Steady hours (12 hour continental shift work)
Cons:
- Little to no advancement (unless you've been there 10+ years, or you're extremely high on the seniority list)
- Management does not care about employee well-being.
- Work load is extreme with very little time to rest.
- Other seasoned employees take advantage of new people, supervisors do not care.
- Little to zero chance of switching from night shift to day shift (unless you're high on the seniority list)
- Complete mental and physical exhaustion causes days off to seem not worth it.
Very negative environment.
Set up technician (Former Employee) – London, ON – 29 September 2017
Brutal work environment. management are the worst I have ever seen. Pay is okay, good benefits, but nobody knows what they are doing in this place and they let the union run the plant.
Quality/Tool and Die
Process/Quality Manager (Former Employee) – Mississauga, ON – 9 April 2018
Great place to work, very knowledgeable employees and great location in Clarkson, Ontario. Face Pace and great place to work with RD dept. and a full sales
Pros
Great Place and Company
Cons
None
Great company
Technical Sales (Current Employee) – Canada – 18 March 2018
Good work environment, lots of different challenges. This company has a strong future with PVC products and new technology. They are a main player in the thermoplastic pipe market.
Pros
Free lunches
Cons
lots of travel
A very stressful work environment
Management Systems Co-ordinator (Former Employee) – Toronto and Montreal – 17 December 2013
A work day consisted of 10 hour days and being on call 24/7. I learned a lot about Management Systems implimentation and auditing. Co-workers were great to work with. The hardest part of the job was dealing with the union and the most enjoyable part of the job was seing the systems I implimented showing dividens.
Pros
Great co-workers
Cons
Long Hours
Not a bad place to work once you get the hang of it
Mould Operator (Current Employee) – London, ON – 17 March 2017
I have been working at Ipex for nearly a year and find the people in the shop are great and helpful. Sometimes management can be a pain but I sense they are trying to make Ipex the #1 company in plastic piping
Pros
Wages are fair
Cons
Long hours