Wood-Mizer Reviews

3.3

66% would recommend to a friend

(49 total reviews)
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John Smith, CEO

88% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Wood-Mizer has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 49 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Wood-Mizer employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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49 reviews
1.0
7 Feb 2020
Recommend
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Pros

If you want your professional life to be completely consumed by your religious life, than this honestly might be a good place for you to work.

Cons

I'll get right to the point. My main advice for anyone considering working here is to be fully aware of their narrow-minded culture, and heavy emphasis on promoting Christianity in the workplace. I need to share my experience at Wood-Mizer, however brief it was, to counter this "family values" narrative I see being propagated on Glassdoor and elsewhere. I witnessed each of the following events, and I believe they clearly show a pattern that speaks for itself. 1.) During a meeting to plan a corporate branding video with marketing department leadership (and a certain high-level chief executive sitting in) , I found myself subjected to a brainstorming session on how to fake the appearance of having diversity in the company by asking an African American woman who worked in the manufacturing department to wear a suit and pretend to be an executive. This isn't hyperbole. They even joked about wardrobe choices. 2.) I once overheard another employee on the marketing team saying that Mexican people "had it coming" days after the mass shooting at a Wal-Mart in El Paso, Texas. I would hope that most people would find this extremely offensive, on top of being woefully ignorant. 3.) As part of their required safety training process, employees (even in the marketing department) are asked to watch disturbing graphic videos of people being killed on the job by forklifts and electrical hazards. I wish I was making this up, but it actually happened. Why in the world is this required viewing? 4.) A former long-time employee of the company frequently walks around the building giving unsolicited religious guidance and handing out scripture cards. Meanwhile, there are bible verses on company-branded signage everywhere you look. To some this might be a comfortable situation, but I thought it was creepy and contrived. So finally, I was terminated during my initial 90-day probationary period for the sole reason of not fitting into this odd cult-like atmosphere. I was told at the time that my job performance had nothing to do with the decision. In my first interview, they told me right away that Wood-Mizer is a "Christian values based company." To be perfectly transparent, this notion itself never made me uncomfortable, and I went into this position with an open mind, yet the culture that has permeated throughout this company left me feeling ostracized like no place I've ever worked in my life. Working at Wood-Mizer was a terrible mistake.

1.0
29 Nov 2017

Good Old Boys Club

Recommend
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Pros

You'll go far if you know someone or are related to someone. If they really like you, sometimes you'll see some benefits but beware that it only ever lasts so long, unless you are related to someone. And the yearly Christmas ornaments were nice, if you are into that sort of thing -I wasn't.

Cons

It is really hard to move up unless you are related to someone. They hired quite a few outside folks for management positions in the several years I worked there and many of those folks didn't last. And they didn't bother posting these positions, it was almost as if someone high up had a friend and said "Hey, I can get you a job!" and then a position was created and this new person was announced. Also, if you are salary, do not expect OT or even comp time.... if you work more than 40 hours a week, and chances are you will as a salaried employee, you will be lucky to get a "thanks!". And the HR ladies -just do your job and stop taking sides and playing favorites.

1.0
25 July 2016

Don't work at woodmizer

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The only pro of woodmizer is a few of their Benefits other than that there isn't anything worth mentioning, just an overall bad experience

Cons

Super high turnover rate, terrible treatment of employees, maintenance is non existent, equipment is junk and makes the unrealistic rate goals impossible

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