Linamar Employee Reviews

If you can get past the politics and mandatory overtime and shift changes on short notice, there is a lot you can learn here as an apprentice. You have to push a little to get people to open up and allow you to work on the more advanced stuff but it's doable.

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Great Place to work

Buyer (Current Employee) - Guelph, ON - 25 September 2023

Good place to work, great work life balance, good management, pay is decent and average. Over all a good experience to work here. It is different with different plants though

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Insights into Linamar

Based on 111 survey responses

What people like

Supportive environment
Ability to learn new things
Feeling of personal appreciation

Areas for improvement

Fair pay for job
Energizing work tasks
Time and location flexibility

managment

Machine Operator (Former Employee) - Windsor, ON - 5 September 2023

The Management needs some improvement due to their wrong decisions potential and dedicated employees are also getting demotivated and leaving company as they don't see the scope of development career, management cares for the sweet speakers but in reality, they don't deserve the place. rest work is quite tedious but ok as pay is also good

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No Job security

Machine Operator (Former Employee) - Guelph, ON - 4 September 2023

The can fire you any time when they don't have orders and hiring process is not good, at time they will hire a lot than needed and will start firing once there jobs are done.

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Pay is less, enough working hours, bad management

Project engineer/setup tech (Former Employee) - Linamar - 1 September 2023

A typical day at work is exhausting, with micromanagement from clueless management. The workplace culture is toxic, and there's no work-life balance. The hardest part is unrealistic expectations, and there's hardly anything enjoyable about the job. Avoid this place if you value your well-being.

Pros

Hours

Cons

Management

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Stressful workplace

Program Manager (Current Employee) - Guelph, ON - 20 August 2023

Linamar is a company with a strong foundation, encouraging innovation, fostering teamwork, and providing competitive benefits. However, there's room for improvement in terms of managing workload pressures and optimizing decision-making processes. As an employee, my overall experience at Linamar has been positive, and with some refinements, it could become an even more exceptional workplace.

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Not great working environment

Project Coordinator (Co-op) (Former Employee) - Guelph, ON - 18 August 2023

Not a best place to work, if you wanna have growth. You got to push extra for everything in the job, even the easiest task in the plant are difficult to execute.

Pros

Didn't had any

Cons

No advancement in career

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Great place to start

Quality Engineer (Current Employee) - Guelph, ON - 18 August 2023

-Great place to start and learn.-Pay could definitely be better but not much you can do as it is their pay scale-Linamar offered training and development programs to help employees enhance their skills and advance within the company.- Good Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans were typically provided to employees and their families.-The company's culture often encouraged a performance-driven mindset. Employees were typically expected to meet high standards of productivity, quality, and efficiency in their work.-Linamar encouraged employees to identify opportunities for process improvement and contribute to making the company's operations more efficient.

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Fun workplace

Operator (Former Employee) - Guelph, ON - 8 August 2023

There were good people but work was boring. And pay was not good for living. Many people quit often and this workplace was so noisy. But management was good.

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Good Place to Work

Quality Engineer (Former Employee) - Guelph, ON - 1 August 2023

Great place to start and learnManagement is supportivePay could definitely be better but not much you can do as it is their pay scaleAbility to move up

Pros

Work BBQs and Supportive team

Cons

Low Pay

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Jobs at Linamar

Productive

Mechanic/Operator (Former Employee) - Guelph, ON - 30 June 2023

Good place to work with all people. All people are nice and fun. The task is easy and straightforward. They had given a lot of overtime for you to work

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Hopefully they have improved

Millwright (Former Employee) - Guelph, ON - 26 June 2023

Haven’t worked there for nearly 10 years. But at the time, each plant was run by the plant manager, sometimes without adhering to company policies. Having worked in 4 different plants over 6 years, overall they didn’t value employees.

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Only good for an apprenticeship opportunity

Millwright (Former Employee) - Comtech - 16 June 2023

I did my apprenticeship here and also worked for 7years so I know the environment well. Management sucks and don't care about the people only the company. Production had to work mandatory OT on Saturday and had to take a vacation day too have it off. Next once you get licensed leave cause they will not pay you fairly. They offered me $26 an hour when I got licensed when instead when I looked around i found job in the same field with minimum $33 average and I ended up getting a job just under $40 an hour. So if you want an apprenticeship this is the place to go but not a career they don't treat you right and don't care about you and work you too the bone

Pros

Apprenticeship opportunity

Cons

Pay is unfair and everything else bad also

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Challenging

Automation Technician (Former Employee) - Guelph, ON - 12 June 2023

Great company to learn with, just remember to use them as they'll also use you. Long shifts, little under paid, but getting better. It's a good stepping point to get experience

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good stable company

Automotive Technician (Current Employee) - Ontario - 31 May 2023

Lot's of overtime and stable company. pay is good but not that great. rotating shifts sucks. lot's of opportunity to grow if you have talent and off course reference.

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Opportunity to learn and develop

Manufacturing Technician (Current Employee) - Guelph, ON - 17 May 2023

Some management are in their positions not because of qualifications but because they have connections. Worked there a long time and feel I’m missing out on other opportunities.

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Terrible Place to work

Truck Driver (Former Employee) - Guelph, ON - 29 April 2023

This place was a terrible place to work, the equipment is old, the managers are horrible very bias and do not appreciate their truck drivers. The company will also not pay you vacation pay without a fight. I would avoid this place at all costs.

Pros

Nice warehouse people

Cons

Equipment malfunctions, managers, an hr team that rips employees off.

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Decent Company

Machine Operator (Current Employee) - Guelph, ON - 26 April 2023

Linamar operates roughly 21 different locations so there is a wide variations in experiences.For me, I did the walk in interview at the Center on a Wednesday and was called on the Friday for an interview on the following Monday. I did the interview with one of the shop managers and an HR representative just to learn about my work experience and expectations, then I was hired on the spot to start in 2 weeks.Once on the shop floor it is incredibly disorganized until you're found a permanent spot to work in which can also change depending on order volume. The pay is mediocre at $18.50 plus a performance incentive which can be as high as 25% extra of your pay based on the lines production, scrap and 5s (cleanliness) scores which can be a decent pay cheque IF its a high PI payout. There is also a ton of overtime usually which is mandatory which you agree by signing the excess work hours waiver during the orientation.Benefits are great which start on day 1 and continued to be increased including a $700 healthcare account to cover what the benefits don't. As a machine operator I work alone as the machine does the work which I verify the dimensions and other specification throughout the shift. The work can get mundane and repetitive though I can't complain as i work at my own pace and am left alone by management since quality is good. I also appreciate roughly every month there is an event like pizza day, coffee and cookies , BBQ etc

Pros

Lot's of free/discounted perks, independent work

Cons

very repetitive and mundane

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Do not work

TEAM LEADER(LINE SETUP) (Former Employee) - Guelph, ON - 20 April 2023

They can fire you when they want without any reason. Would tell not to work there. Not a good place to work. The people will place politics and top management half of them do not know anything just because they work there from 30 years they think they are expert.

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Great Job if you want to coast for the rest of your career

Systems Analyst (Former Employee) - Guelph, ON - 19 April 2023

If you want a place where your brain can shut off and get paid, the Linamar is ideal for you. Management has no metrics to evaluate you or your colleagues, which means the bad apples remain, and you will be stuck with them.I worked with a developer who did not comitt a single line of code for an entire year. When this concern was raised, absolutely nothing changed.I could go on, but it's a waste of time. If you want to coast this is the place for you.

Cons

In office

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Good

Quality Engineer (Former Employee) - Guelph, ON - 19 April 2023

Prestigious company. It was very technical experience working in this company. Camcor produces cam shaft for various OEMs of various design and various sizes.