Guardian Industries Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"This was a great internship opportunity."

"Good, just a few cliques."

What do you like about working at Guardian Industries?

"The plant and engineering manager gave us the chance to go out and do our work without micromanaging."

What do you like about working at Guardian Industries?

"Great challenges to help bring old school policies and procedures to a more modern state."

"Hope your lucks different"

What do you like about working at Guardian Industries?

"People"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be careful and ask questions"

What don't you like about working at Guardian Industries?

"Its a dead end job not a career and while management EXPECTS you to bend over backwards to accommodate their needs they make it abundantly clear they do not care for your needs"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Look to the floor for under appreciated talent and trust your people"

"Good place to work with awkward management"

What do you like about working at Guardian Industries?

"The people were great to work with. Good balance between work and private life. Better than adaquate support from immediate supervisors and colleagues."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared to negotiate salary increases."

What don't you like about working at Guardian Industries?

"Senior management at this location was intrusive and tended to micromanage. Engineering Dept. personnel were used more as an technicians than engineers with engineering review handed to production managers with no technical expertise. Pay was very low compared to other opportunities."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Remember that the collaborative job performance meetings were to promote constructive comments and not a personal gripe session."

"William Sonoma is a retail company. The review lists it incorrectly."

What do you like about working at Guardian Industries?

"opportunity for advancement, my co-workers."

What don't you like about working at Guardian Industries?

"Senior management did not consistently handle sensitive situations appropriately. It was at times uncomfortable for those of us that were given information that we should not have had."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Review HR procedures and provide training to management on handling sensitive issues."

"Not the correct name of our company Williams-Sonoma Inc. Grand Cuisine"

What do you like about working at Guardian Industries?

"I like the fast pace environment and being apart of the decision making process."

What don't you like about working at Guardian Industries?

"some long hours"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"make better decisions for employees"

What do you like about working at Guardian Industries?

"Company was very stable."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"be yourself"

What don't you like about working at Guardian Industries?

"Glass industry was really hurt by the housing bubble."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"they did a good job"

"Stay away from the Galax Virginia facility"

What do you like about working at Guardian Industries?

"Learning to work with glass."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Stay away from Guardian industries"

What don't you like about working at Guardian Industries?

"The misleading information given by upper management to new employees coming to work there."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be open to knew ideas and creativity. Do not be closed minded."

"Only if you REALLY need the money."

What do you like about working at Guardian Industries?

"Corporate culture is destructive, but they taught me how bad it can be so I went to look for another position elsewhere in the industry."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Use it as a stepping stone. Management is poor, but you can still learn something that you can take elsewhere to use in your professional life."

What don't you like about working at Guardian Industries?

"Employees feared management rather than respected them."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Start by getting new management if you want loyal employees for lifelong careers. If you want to have the revolving door at employee level, especially engineering and technology, just keep doing what you are doing."

"Stable place to work"

What do you like about working at Guardian Industries?

"New challenges"

What don't you like about working at Guardian Industries?

"No advancement"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Development of employees"

"Would not recommend"

What do you like about working at Guardian Industries?

"The staff was great to work with. The benefits the company provided were exeptional.Guardian is a privately owned company.Opportunities for advancement due to 20-30% turnover in salary staff."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Do not consider unless you want to spend many hours at work and pushing your family to the side.Do not consider unless you want to learn how not to treat people."

What don't you like about working at Guardian Industries?

"Upper management constantly created survivor syndrome.People were excused for no apparent reason just to be replaced.Upper management constantly ridiculed and degraded staff.Upper management appeared to have no experience or understanding of the lower levels of the company and therefore did not understand all the aspects which created animosity.If an employee spoke up against management in order to improve the company, that employee would be replaced."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Remove and replace upper management.Treat others as you want to be treated.Do not harass the staff."