technician

dishwasher

Hiram Walker & Sons Ltd.

Hired as a contract worker in the material handling area. Great management in that area. Loaded and unloaded trucks. Stocked production areas. Overall was a good experience except that they ask if you want full time employment then put you through multiple interviews multiple testing and when I say multiple I mean about 8 times I had to either answer questions about nothing pertaining to the position and testing that really had nothing to do with the job or performance just to be let go after telling me I was getting a full time job. As I was not the only one that went through this process, many many people have done this just to be let go at 89 days.This is one of the worst places I personally know of that does this hire for 89 days and let you go just to bring in another group of people hoping for a chance at a good job and wage.

-No clear direction from managers
-Drama/people not getting along across departments
-Unfair hiring practices
-Untruthful promises about employment
-Blame shifting across staff, no accountability, no clarity of who's in charge of what
-Unfair hiring practices, where they continuously offer 3 month contracts over and over again, in order to pay no benefits, or vacation time
-Use people for 3 months, never offer permanent, even after unprofessional promises
-Terrible reputation in Windsor-Essex for how they treat young professionals
-No stability for most workers, cut corners, lie to employees, 
-Have people doing repeated 90 day contracts for over 2 years, and then make them apply for same position they've been doing for 2 years. 
-People across the city generally have negative experiences and things to say about this company


A typical day at work would consist of involvement of all ongoing capital projects, oversight of all large value MRO and facility contracts.
Over the 10 years I was there, there was always something new to be learned or a new challenge.  The facility was a mix of very old technology as well as state of the art.
Management, overall was good.
Workplace culture was good.
The hardest part of the job was motivation of personnel in the union environment.
I found all of my role very enjoyable and challenging.

Worked in the bottling plant for a few months as a temp and found the work relatively easy and the workplace clean, quiet, and well lit. The full time staffers were easy to work with and the managers are laid back and supportive

Great place to work, but hard to stay in because of how unstable the industry is. Everyone was relaxed and stayed on focus. Great people to meet. Management is all union so job security is there in house but  is subject to change at any moment without your time in. Don't rely on getting lucky!

Security and Fire Protection. shift work was probably the most difficult. Changed shifts on a weekly basis.
Enjoyed my work mates and the employees of the plant and office.

Job is physically demanding,you have to be flexible with working hours,should have mechanical aptitude,paying attention to detail ,flexible with all the job posting .very good place to work for the right person.good work environment,

Great place to work until company became greedy and fired me to steel my pension. They succeeded in stealing about $1,500,000 in pension from me over time.

Pays very well, but tough to get in beyond a seasonal work. People are very relaxed.
Seasonal work is incredibly boring, and hours can be quite early or late.

buildings are old and equipment was not being maintained. workers sleeping and playing card games and word puzzles all day.  could't get anything done. had to contract out the work and have the workers watch.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Technician 6 salaries reported	$27.08 per hour
Dishwasher 2 salaries reported	$23.44 per hour

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