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Unless you kiss upper management, are related to someone important, or good friends with someone in upper management it's next to impossible to move up Unless you are really lucky there.
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It’s ok

The days here run together because there is little change. I go in, I research invoices, do a few other things, and watch a co worker play on his phone and do nothing. The only thing I have learned here is that if you do a good job they assign more work. A co worker left the company and I was told that a replacement would be hired “when the economy gets better.” I now get to do that job as well as mine. Some management is better than others. Our HR department is a joke. They let employees get away with threatening other employees and they do nothing. This happens in front of the employees supervisors. The culture here is good if you are in the cliques and in good with the maintenance manager…then you can do whatever you want and get away with it. There is no room for growth unless you are in this clique. The pay is descent although from what I see all employees in a department make the same. You are not paid based on the length of time you are there, you are paid what that department happens to make at that time. The best part of the job is that there is an on site nurse that you can see when you need to. That is free so it is definitely a perk to the company.

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On-site nurse

Cons

Favoritism at its finest
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Very great place to work

Simple job go in and work then leave no problems they have decent management and will train you on anything you need to know overall a great experience
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Decent Pay with Great Work/Life Balance

All-in-all, Auriga is a pretty decent place to work with somewhat laid-back management. They of course, like all employers, have little hangups about certain things, like writing "tickets" to employees that back into parking spaces instead of pulling into them. Lol Trivial stuff. Pay is O.K...not keeping up with current inflation, but probably not the worst you'll find. Those on manual labor crews work a 4 on/ 4 off schedule, so the work/life balance is about the best you'll ever find. That is generally the saving-grace. There is however, a pretty big disparity between the manual jobs and the salaried staff. Auriga sports a heavily bloated blue-collar staff, most of whom are there to hold down a desk or participate in brainstorming sessions that accomplish nothing. I have personally seen entirely new positions created for middle-management to entice former manual labor employees back to the company, after they left for being undervalued, and upper-management had no idea how to run the shop, further bloating the desk-jockey issue. There are probably more salaried staff at this manufacturing facility than there are manual laborers. This is coming from someone with a decade of experience at the company. Another issue is the legacy employees. The plant, having been built in the 1960's has many older employees age 50 and up, that have worked at the plant for 30, 40 and even some nearing 50 years. Right or wrong, these employees are entrenched into the best positions, in the best departments available, and unfortunately if they aren't your supervisor, they started working there 35 - 

Pros

Decent Pay, good work/life balance

Cons

Hard to advance career, apathetic management, less than stellar job culture
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its a good companty

its a good company, the pay is great, long hours, you have to switch from day to night shift but you get rolling 3 days on 4 days off stuff. friendly
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Auriga Polymers insights

Based on 32 survey responses

What people like

  • Clear sense of purpose
  • Time and location flexibility
  • Ability to learn new things

Areas for improvement

  • Sense of belonging
  • Trust in colleagues
  • Support from manager

Good Benefits

Benefits are good and while starting pay is low once you've proven you'll stay more than a year or two and they are more generous with raises/bonuses.
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Easy work, decent pay, and good co workers, but…

For the amount of work you do the pay is pretty good, but it doesn’t seem like there’s a lot of room for advancement. Also, it seems that the only way to move up is to be the “teachers pet” so to speak. I work with some great co workers, so it’s not all that bad.
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Auriga is good, Indorama is not

The people at Auriga was always very friendly. I can't say the same about the ownership group at indorama. Their business needs came before your life at any time. American holidays doesn't matter to them. You are a number that belongs to them and they do not care for you other than a robot.
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Not a good place to work

Pay is decent.. managers do not care about their employees. Mandatory 16 hour days even if you work your scheduled 12 hours and have something come up and leave it still counts against you…. Hardly ever get breaks..training is a joke. There is a buddy system here, managers talk down on employees. Can’t get help when a machine goes down.
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Job security

Always had job security had overtime but loved the work schedule 12 hour rotation shift work 4 of 4 unless working overtime. Switched every 4 weeks .
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Productive, is a good place to work.

Is a very easy job to do sometimes like everywhere we have hard and busy days, but most of the time it is a good day.I learned a lot here. The hard part is that they have a swing shift.Days and nights
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Auriga - still living in 1979

This facility is literally falling apart. Roof leaks, paint chipping off the buildings, even the visitor center looks like something from the early 1980's. To try to recruit new employees, the exterior of the facility and the interior (especially the main canteen) need to be upgraded. There are a lot of good people that work here, however, the hiring process, orientation and training seem to be somewhat dysfunctional. No signage in the plant to tell where to go, even still have a smoking booth...... who still does that?

Pros

Benefits were ok, good employees and some management cared about the employees

Cons

This place is literally falling apart. Needs an update ASAP
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Company with outdated views on employee compensation

Auriga has withstood multiple buyouts over a 50 year period. Unfortunately compensation is outdated with new employees being offered higher salaries and hourly rates than long term employees. Seasoned and experienced employees have walked off of the job to restart their careers elsewhere due to an increasingly toxic work environment. Most of the actual workers are forced to deal with making outdated equipment and systems work for the time being. This company needs to quit hiring so many managers that sit in meetings all day and get an HR department that will actually hire competent employees.

Pros

Good 401k matching program and benefits

Cons

No incentives for great work, outdated equipment
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Decent money. Bad management

Management is lackluster, it’s always trickle down with no one really knowing what’s going on until the bad has already happened. Some days are better than other but usually it’s the same old same old

Pros

Benefits

Cons

Bad management, bad production planning
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Good benefits if a true employee. Contractors are treated very differently

I was hired through a recruiter service to work in the accounting department during a transition to 3rd party. I felt like there was a lot of flexibility for the full-time employees. However, the contractors were picked out for any errors or time off needed, no option to work remote even though it was a option to anyone else in the department. When people write reviews saying this place is flexible, if you work for the administrative side of it, be expected if you are a contractor/temp to be handled strictly as opposed to the actual full-time employees. There is not a lot of transparency. I was only there four months I was told by the recruiting firm that I would be there are at least eight months and I was told 2 1/2 months into the job that they were going to be done with contractors at third-quarter. Think twice about working here unless you’re getting directly hired. This place while some employees were great to work with there is a lot of issues outside of accounting management many folks dealt with because of their years of loyalty to the company. In the time I was there 4 people in 2 years were in the same role. Do research first for this company.

Pros

Company lunch

Cons

Being a contractor, expecting flexibility, and overall work stress that could be avoided with better employee count and mangement.
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Not alot of room for advancement

U cant move up very quickly which keeps ur pay the same management is poor no encouragement and pay is way too low..has trouble keeping people hot in summer and freezing in winter and way too much overtime!!

Pros

Schedule

Cons

Low pay no room for growth bad attitude
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Job security

Okay place to work. Good job security, company hay been in business for almost 60 years under different names. Some chance for advancement, pay scale is a little low.

Pros

Job security, fair benefits

Cons

Subpart HR department
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Good pay .. Bad management overall...

Great pay... Lots of overtime too..They make you sign a draft paper to work on one of your off days.. Poor management overall.. No leadership or lead ..
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Overall Okay

Pay was excellent for a summer intern, location was convenient. Overall it was a great environment to work in. Sometimes work task can be overwhelming but it was manageable.
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Rewarding job!

Professionally it is rewarding; plenty of opportunities for learning, growing and advancing. Life balance may be tight, but still manageable. Great culture and people oriented management.

Pros

Hi tech, despite of old equipment

Cons

Benefits/Salary in the low side
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Sense of family

The work environment gives you a sense of family away from home. Team work and improvement is always encouraged and you will most likely want work here for years and years because of that.
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3.1 out of 5 stars for Work/Life Balance
3.1 out of 5 stars for Compensation/Benefits
2.9 out of 5 stars for Job Security/Advancement
2.9 out of 5 stars for Management
3.0 out of 5 stars for Culture

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