KI Pembroke Employee Reviews

long 10 hour shifts in the summer, very hot inside, very repetitive job duties standing on a cement floor, lean manufacturing- you have to make a certain number of the product per hour. layoffs when orders drop.

Pros

warm inside job in winter

Cons

shift work

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Worst

Assembly Line Worker (Former Employee) - Pembroke, ON - 28 February 2018

This place is honestly the worst place that I have ever worked at. I do not recommend this job to anyone. The management is horrible, the hours are awful, good money though.

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factory life but good money

Production Technician (Former Employee) - Pembroke, ON - 28 December 2017

A lot of hard work. 10 hour or longer shifts everyday in steel toe boots and constantly standing in the same place for long periods of time doing the same thing; welding or putting something together.

Pros

good money

Cons

early and late hours, physically demanding and tiring

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Difficult place to work

Labourer (Former Employee) - Pembroke, ON - 15 August 2017

KI was a difficult place to work, long hours, extreme heat in the building. Salary and benefits were adequate. Management is a challenge sometimes depending which job you are doing.

Pros

free lunches

Cons

long hours, hot inside building

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very short

slave (Former Employee) - Pembroke, ON - 22 January 2017

lost for words here , no life, no balance. they do not care, very very long hours, 10h days for 8 months, working in 35 % pluss in summer with little or no heat breaks

Pros

Cons

very very long ours. did I mention long hours

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Insights into KI Pembroke

Based on 3 survey responses

What people like

Energizing work tasks
Ability to meet personal goals

Areas for improvement

Inclusive work environment
Trust in colleagues
Fair pay for job

Powder painter of office furniture

Production Technician (Current Employee) - Pembroke, ON - 12 August 2013

I work 40 hours a week, painting and operating powder coat equipment with 3 other techs.our company produces over 60 million dollars in office furniture.

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Poor place to work

Laborer (Former Employee) - Pembroke, ON - 4 December 2012

worked there for 18 years the place was not secure employment ( some week I would only work 2 days) co worker were great but management had 1 train of though there way or the highway

Pros

great co-workers

Cons

poor management

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Good place to learn fast paced environment

Cell Production Supervisor (Former Employee) - Pembroke, ON - 2 June 2012

Day consist to manufacture large quantity of filing cabinet.Learned extensive method of Lean manufacturing.Hard part of the job was to lay off people

Pros

great place to apply lean manufacturing tools

Cons

constant lay offs

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the cafeteria was closed

Labourer (Former Employee) - Pembroke, ON - 13 May 2012

The worst environment I have ever worked in, A typical day was not knowing if you would have a job the following day.I learned not to voice my opinion in fear of losing my job.Management is run by a clique of people who usually didn,t have a clue how to delegate the workforce..My co workers for the most part were hard working people who managed to get the job done despite management.The hardest part of the job was watching and feeling the depressed atmosphere in the plant.The most enjoyable part of the job was working with my fellow labourers on the weld line... and quitting time.