Western Truck Body Mfg

A typical day at work would be the lead hands telling you what order # to work on. As they go around talking about personal things for about 3 hours everyday spread during the day. Also when you point out something that doesn't look right to the lead hands they just look at it then tell you "meh it's good enough"or "that's not my problem". Learned not to care about anything because no one else working for this company cares its just about the $ in the end. Management is very disorganized none of them know how to build anything being sold or how to check quality control properly. You get disciplined by management when you are trying to get ahead in orders. The workplace culture is very sad. People are always trash talking about other employees or name calling behind peoples backs. The hardest part of the job was looking at a product you know isn't up to your standards or the customers and just letting it go not caring. The most enjoyable part of the job was home time because most of the people working for this company are toxic. Good luck advancing within this company they tell that it"s possible but whenever you ask about it there's always an excuse as to why you aren't ready or why they aren't able to advance you right away.

Throughout the five years i spent at this company it was nothing but disorganization and deception by management. They continually lied to many employees about wages and advancements within the company, empty promises continually made. They also like to play favorites with certain individuals and don't discipline people equally in regards to missed time, lates, and most importantly accountability to peoples jobs. The wages are all over the place, there is no set rate for any positions. Whatever wage you are hired as is what it's going to stay at, they have actually decreased wages in the past. The human resources is almost none existent, as they do not look out for employees interest rather just the general managers interests. Overall it is a very toxic workplace to work and would highly advise people not to take an opportunity to work here.

Since arriving this spring, the company appears committed to the LEAN/Continuous Improvement culture. This is now a big part of the commitment for improving among the entire group of companies under the Federal Signal umbrella. I have seen this philosophy dramatically improve companies I have been a part of over my career.  There is a strong commitment by the general manager in Edmonton to support and follow this approach. 
They are also committing to training everyone in Continuous Improvement methods, new and existing EE's, so that everyone gets equal training starting with the basics and advancing.
I have noticed better communication and cooperation among departments since I have started with them.
Keep it up Western Truck Body, and there will be no limits on what this company can achieve.
Happy to be playing a part in creating something great here!

Company has been bought out twice in 5 years. Since then, many freedoms and pros to working here have diminished. There is NO RRSP matching anymore. Benefits have been lowered to almost nothing. Pay scale is all over the place as there is no written scale to reference. Zero communication between office staff and floor staff. Consistent production machine failures with no real replacement or repair.

They used to care (somewhat) for their employees when it was a locally owned business. Now giant US companies own them and down it goes.

Don't work here unless you like working for a miss managed and total disorganized company from top to bottom. The culture is the worse place I've ever work for in Edmonton in 40years. The quality is non existent and it shows in the welds & manufacturing process from start to finish. 

Team leads really care about their team, management is frequently on the floor to talk. Most people working here care about their job and their quality of work, those who don't care don't last long. Company is going through a change of ownership, and management is focused on who to keep the team happy in order to keep the team.

the owners truly care about their employees.  They are wonderful people.  They just are small family run type business owners and are trying to grow to corporate level. The vision for the company and the management style just do not match.  They treat their employees very very well.

I started here when I was quite green. It was a step up in pay from my post-high school job and I was able to learn a lot about electrical wiring, working with many tools, cranes, and was near other manufacturing aspects like welding so I absorbed a lot during this time period. 

Easy going atmosphere with great people. Lots of opportunity to grow personally and with the company. Currently working on continuous improvement, lean initiatives, improving safety and re-developing the human resource program. 

Wages improved tenfold, benefits are better than ever, lean/5s is coming along nicely, and a lot of great people work here. The management and HR cares about its people and it shows.  

Whatever WTB used to be, it is no more. 

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