North West Rubber Employee Reviews

My experience at North West Rubber was a once in a life time experience. All the nice people I met, skills I learned, all of the friendships I’ve made with my co-workers was incredible. Going to work felt good because you get to be with respectable people and operate forklifts. It was fun operating the Auto-Cut machine.

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Best Work in Abbotsford

Matmaker (Former Employee) - Matmaking - 14 September 2023

Great management and coworkers. Good starting pay even if you dont have very much experience. They will train you to operate forklifts and overhead cranes. Everyone is treated fairly and its a fun place to work. As long as you are able to not miss many days of work you will be successful. This can be tough because it is very fast paced and heavy, but the pay is worth it. Really enjoyed working there and miss all the guys.

Pros

Great work environment

Cons

Shift work

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Below average employer

Compliance (Former Employee) - Canada - 22 August 2023

Below average employer with poor management. High turnover and high risk industry especially environmental and fires. Old equipment, not well maintained.

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If your a strong guy willing to go home in pain everyday it’s a great place to work

Mat maker (Former Employee) - Abbotsford, BC - 18 July 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Put it this way, if you bring a new person in and they get the job and make it past two weeks you get a 500$ bonus. It’s backbreaking work.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Pressure to not write up injuries and mess up the “days without incident” sign is immenseWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?Not a comfortable workplace for women AT ALL. Discrimination against girls in the workplace is awful I felt bad seeing them get made fun of by all the guys for not keeping upWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?Wake up, work, take painkillers, go home, sleep, repeat

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Great place to work.

CNC Operator and Power Engineer (Former Employee) - Abbotsford, BC - 11 July 2023

This was the best work place I've ever had. Management is willing to talk and listen to employee concerns. Hard work and competence is rewarded and earns promotions.Over time is often available by they never pressured you into it.I reluctantly left to move closer to aging family.

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Insights into North West Rubber

Based on 20 survey responses

What people like

Ability to learn new things
Time and location flexibility
Ability to meet personal goals

Areas for improvement

Support from manager
Sense of belonging
Trust in colleagues

Diecut

Die cut (Current Employee) - Brantford, ON - 8 June 2023

Bonus. Enough said. Can make lots of money if you work hard! After your target it goes off % of your total number and you can make some serious money and they allow lots of OT

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Good people, Back breaking work even on the best days

General Labourer (Former Employee) - Abbotsford, BC - 20 May 2023

The people when I was there where accommodating & great. Unfortunately the work isn't for everyone, & is back breaking. Biggest complaint was the timer over my head

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Somewhat easy work

Machine Operator (Current Employee) - Brantford, ON - 22 April 2023

The job is pretty straight forward but there is no room for growth here. On your feet for 12 hours straight. Continental shifts so not much of a life outside of work

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Production driven

Production Worker (Former Employee) - Abbotsford, BC - 21 July 2022

Lots of hours, really filthy work environment. Offer forklift training and internal advancements. They do pizza lunches and offer incentives for high production

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Great people, broken equipment.

Machine Operator (Former Employee) - Brantford, ON - 9 March 2022

I did not intend to stay at this job long, but the job was not difficult, and most people are great personally. Did get frustrated eventually tho, because equipment is always broken, always the same way, never fixed properly....again and again. If you are chill cleaning up the same issues all the time, its the place for you tho!

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great place to work

Millwright (Current Employee) - Brantford, ON - 15 November 2021

I love working here, The people are great and there's no end of new things to learn I got an apprenticeship here very clean I was expecting a rubber plant to be super dirty and the smell is not bad at all

Pros

people are great

Cons

zero

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Great Culture

Sales (Former Employee) - Canada - 17 September 2021

Respect For AllResults FocusedOwn ItIf these core values align with you, NWR is a place for you! Every person from the executives to production labor live the core values. Although NWR is a large company, it feels like a family. We all work together to achieve one goal.

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Busy, but very accommodating company to work for.

Industrial mechanic (Former Employee) - Brantford, ON - 26 August 2021

A lot of opportunity at NWR. I was treated well, and enjoyed my time there. I worked in the maintenance dept, the bosses and people were great to work with.

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Diverse scope of work - Millwright

Millwright (Former Employee) - Brantford, ON - 9 June 2021

Working at Northwest Rubber was an overall good experience. I gained more knowledge about electrical systems aswell as hydraulics. Maintenance team is filled with great people.

Pros

Lots to learn

Cons

Production management hard to deal with

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Great Company to Grow and be Challenged

Engineer (Current Employee) - Abbotsford, BC - 3 June 2021

Fast-growing company that is constantly expanding and improving operations. You wear many hats here and learn all sorts of new skills. Very common to see promotions from within once you've proven yourself. It's a team / family work environment where you're treated fair and your efforts are valued. Compensation along with benefits, bonuses, and perks are competitive. Can see myself working here for many years

Pros

Flexible, good management, fast-growing, growth opportunities, team-building, BBQs, work with great friends

Cons

Rubber smells

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Good people from the top down

Driver (Current Employee) - Abbotsford, BC - 29 April 2021

Management is very fair and approachable. Every one I've worked with here from upper management to division managers are fair and easy to work with. Do your job and no one bothers you, if you have questions there is someone there to answer and help.Overall, a good place to work.

Pros

Relaxed and friendly people

Cons

I'll let you knw when I find some.

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Great Place to work! Feels like a family.

Specialist (Current Employee) - Abbotsford, BC - 17 June 2020

Some amazing people who will be friends for life, some small instances of managerial, bias and maybe questionable actions. But I would blame the individuals, not the company. Overall, the community here is key, friendly and approachable staff. I have learned many valuable skills and made a lot of good friends.

Pros

Pizza Days / Games Days / Friendly People

Cons

Hot / A little Smelly but you get used to it.

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Dont waste your time here

Mat cutter (Current Employee) - Brantford, ON - 13 June 2020

Hated working here co workers will bully you from the day you start, team leads micromanage employees and if they dont like you they give you false information so you either miss a day in get in trouble or the give you the wrong times to show up to work

Pros

Absolutely nothing

Cons

Complete slack from management

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Garbage people work there

Die cutter (Former Employee) - Building 2 - 13 January 2020

People step on other people here they laugh at your numbers make you clean up other peoples bullcrap boss ssid i qas complaining about the job when i was trying to tell him that another worker wasnt working properly and what not

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strong attention to detail and good support from management

book binder (Former Employee) - Abbotsford, BC - 10 January 2020

delivery of outstanding product to market. Local and worldwide coverage it felt good to be a part of workforce. Hard work worth the effort to show up.

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bad management

Labourer/Operator (Former Employee) - Labourer - 14 December 2019

Impossible to move up in the company even if you work hard their management sucks and expect the world for little in return. Unsafe conditions that are constantly ignored due to their goal of making profit

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