Regarding production: Machiavellian mid-level and low-level management in most cases. Certain supervisory personnel have obviously been hired for their ability to brow-beat and brown-nose rather than genuine (read: non-existent) supervisory skills and knowledge (again, non-existent) of processes and equipment. Mandatory “training” of selected employees that has not been organized nor properly identified is frequent and a waste of company time and resources (overhead, affects the bottom line) which then generally falls on the heads of the production crew for increased production due to low profits. Threats of extended overtime (18_ hours /day, 7 days/week) and threats (illegally) to remove all breaks including meal breaks due to “lack of production” is prevalent, yet a certain, high-level individual in the company has reportedly recently bought himself a yacht due to high production profits. Nepotism is discouraged yet certain “management” (read: glorified supervisor) allowed to have a spouse working on the same shift with obvious favoritism during day shift. There is no tolerance for constructive criticism of obvious problems in production, i.e.: instructions listed in certain computer files. Employees who try to correct obvious mistakes and blatant contractions are met with accusations of not knowing their job correctly and forced into remedial “training”. Morale is very low on the production floor. Many of the production employees have been hired via staffing agencies, many of which will reportedly no longer supply personnel due to problems and issues.