Production management team is grossly incompetent. Line supervisors are promoted based on seniority and personal friendships, not team leadership or other management skills; at least one supervisor is a convicted felon for grand larceny. New production staff are brought in on a 'sink or swim' model, with no methodical training provided. Quarterly hiring sprees based on speculation of sales goals, quickly followed by staffing reductions before new employees reach end of 60 day probationary period to save on costs. Capricious firings of production staff by supervisors. Bogus claims by upper management of interest in hearing employee suggestions for quality improvements, as even the simplest ideas are ignored or quashed. Production line reference materials are skimpy, out of date, or nonexistent. Completely unrealistic productivity and quality goals; finger-pointing and blame-shifting among sections are the rule. Inventory control is a joke; Just-In-Time here means that critical parts arrive the day before boat should be delivered as completed. Slapdash fixes on seriously deficient hulls would give informed customers heart attacks and strokes. If a new boat doesn't leak on first floating in the test pond, it's a miracle. Filthy and disorganized facility is an EPA Superfund site in progress.
