GEEP Inc

Worked for one month as a Randstad contractor, heres a summary

1. Threw out my back because first two days did nothing but wrap skids and no one else gave me a break on that work. No wrapping machine onsite, as it broke but they didnt want to spend money to fix it.
2. You have to wear safety glasses no matter where you work or what you are doing, even if there is zero chance of eye injury from your activity. warehouse is hot, glasses fog up and always are slipping off from repeatedly leaning down for your tasks.
3. You have to wear a smock as PPE. No clue why either. just because (again its warm inside the warehouse).
4. only two 30 minute breaks instead of two 15s and a 30. Because they dont want to track who is on break and who isnt as each area had staggered break times. Now hard to get a seat on your breaks as everyone has to go at same time now..
5.If you are a minute late to work you are docked 15 minutes pay.
6. if you take what they consider to be excessive bathroom breaks you are fired (temp contractors).
7. Its the filthiest warehouse I have ever been in, so much dust. Nose gets congested and hard to breathe.

A typical day at work was go go go, meet your quota as posted on the board and exceed it when possible. Help other employees with things I had a working knowledge of. 
I learned that attendance and a solid give it your all work ethic wasn't enough to remain on a sinking ship.
My direct supervisors were wonderful people but above them things were constantly changing and it became difficult to feel secure in your employment.
I worked with some good people, help each other in any way you could to get things done safely and efficiently.
The hardest part of my job was adapting to the climate in there. Extremely hot in the summer and freezing cold in the winter. The temperature outside was better at most times than it was inside.
The most enjoyable part of my job was knowing I was having a direct impact on the environment.

Work is pretty much cut out for you. The lack of direction, organization, and management is really bad. Be aware majority of the staff is non-Asian and African. Management expects you to have warehouse experience on the first day but doesn't say anything. Not sure what management is doing 90% of the time; all they do is sit around the computer section scanning things (it doesn't take 6 people to do this job). Skits are terribly organized to the point no one knows where specific orders are, spent like 10mins looking for an order that did not exist. Not sure how this company is still running with the way the treat staff members, yet alone new people.

GEEP was by far the WORST company I have ever worked for. There was a problem with cockroaches in the office that was not dealt with for at least a year. There were regular fires in the plant due to dangerous conditions that were not closely monitored. Raises were non-existent, even if you worked through lunches and put in extra hours. The management was condescending and demanding and did not respect the employees. The turnover rate was extremely high as the culture is poor and the conditions in the plant are atrocious. The pay is very low considering what the plant workers are exposed to (heavy metals) when recycling the electronic equipment. I would not recommend working for this company.

This company does not have a union so no one's job is safe. They let supervisors and lead hands harass their employees and nothing gets done about it. They are told about unsafe work and problems and nothing gets done about it. The plant manager is the only one that actually gets things done but because every one has to go through chain of command to speak to him, he never hears the complaints so nothing gets dealt with.  The supervisors and lead hands treat their workers very poorly and then can't figure out why no one wants to work for them.  The HR refuses to help any one or transfer them when there is a serious issue.

The workplace culture is very poor. Management spends more time playing golf and drinking than they do in managing the plant. there is lots of bullying that takes place, given the amount of new comers to Canada that work here they really take advantage of the fact that these people are not educated on labour law and being treated fairly in the workplace. The pay is horrible and management is constantly trying to work around the union by using temp workers so they can easily discard them. The people are so scared to speak up in this environment that harassment and bullying is prevalent. Beware this is not a good place to work.

this company that i work for is a recycling company which we recycle

The company is a very dirty place to work for and very dangerous also.

WE WORK 12 HOURS SHIFTS . Go to work and head out to our machine and start working. We pick different items like plastic, alumumin, garbage,etc. Learned all the different material at this company,Management is just out for themselves. Co-workers r the best people working their i like working with these people alot.Hardest part is working the 12 hours days by just standing in one place with out moving the whole day. ENJOYABLE IS WHEN IT IS TIME TO GO HOME.

Poorly run with a culture of bullying to reach goals and management who are more interested in keeping their jobs than leading or assisting their employees. 

It is so hard a job to work that you'd think the management would do as much to make it a safe and tolerable environment. But instead, they make it worse. They ignore laws, rules and safety requirements when it suits their goals. They encourage employee fear and discourage employees from bonding or even speaking to each other.

I would avoid this place at all costs.

Depending on end of month requirements, getting product ready for shipping.

At GEEP, we recycle electronics, smashing them up and extracting any valuable metals and material and sell to manufacturers.

From Gold, Nickel, Copper, etc. to Steel and Aluminum.

The most enjoyable part of my job is watching product going into the machines and it coming out as a finished product.

The operation and production is amazing to me, I am always amazed when I go to work each day.

I enjoyed my time there they provide all that is needed to protect yourself from the type of electronics your dealing with i never thought recycling electronics could be for me but my only complaint is it can be pretty unsanitary but as such they give you a orange jumpsuit protective gloves respirator and much more to protect yourself i only left because of personal reasons not for anything that turned me off from working at GEEP.

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