What did you do at work today?

[mclellan83]

Thank you both for reading that and responding. Too many people will find it easier to avoid because it makes them uncomfortable, and I understand that this is not a political forum nor the place to solve the world's problems but if people can't even discuss things they'll never get better. We can all see that the company is engaging in illegal and immoral practices but who's going to stop them? The thoughts in our minds?

I'm also not one to involve the law and I can't stand snitches but I despise bullies and entitled rich people are at the top of that list. This post wasn't necessarily a job application but more of a call to attention: this type of nonsense is still going on in "the greatest country in the free world". Yeah, soldiers fought and died so I can have this life. When will people figure out that being complacent only leads to being taken advantage of? If we don't constantly push the boundaries of what we're discussing then we'll all be gone soon due to self annihilation. Kind of like what's happening in cities all over...

I'm trying to expose a corrupt company that's abusing its workers, and I posted while I had the balls to do it. The situation I find myself in is exactly why people snap- not me, but it's true. "Why are there mass shootings?" This is exactly why: people not being treated as humans, not being heard, and basically being shunned.

If the admins feel these posts are irrelevant or inappropriate in any way then i apologize for disrupting an automotive forum. I'll never apologize for standing up for my rights or pushing boundaries because I was born to change the world. Even if it's in a small way.

I don't want to get political either but think we should be losing our ability to call ourselves the greatest country in the free world still with a lot of what we allow our government to do and not do in many cases

 

[86LK]

Thank you both for reading that and responding. Too many people will find it easier to avoid because it makes them uncomfortable, and I understand that this is not a political forum nor the place to solve the world's problems but if people can't even discuss things they'll never get better. We can all see that the company is engaging in illegal and immoral practices but who's going to stop them? The thoughts in our minds?

I'm also not one to involve the law and I can't stand snitches but I despise bullies and entitled rich people are at the top of that list. This post wasn't necessarily a job application but more of a call to attention: this type of nonsense is still going on in "the greatest country in the free world". Yeah, soldiers fought and died so I can have this life. When will people figure out that being complacent only leads to being taken advantage of? If we don't constantly push the boundaries of what we're discussing then we'll all be gone soon due to self annihilation. Kind of like what's happening in cities all over...

I'm trying to expose a corrupt company that's abusing its workers, and I posted while I had the balls to do it. The situation I find myself in is exactly why people snap- not me, but it's true. "Why are there mass shootings?" This is exactly why: people not being treated as humans, not being heard, and basically being shunned.

If the admins feel these posts are irrelevant or inappropriate in any way then i apologize for disrupting an automotive forum. I'll never apologize for standing up for my rights or pushing boundaries because I was born to change the world. Even if it's in a small way.

calling out illegal sh*t, especially stuff like that is NOT snitching. hmmmm, sounds like OSHA would have a field day with that place. a well placed anonymous phone call to a Federal safety agency with details......

 

[Ugly1]

Reminded my boss of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 after repeatedly being forced to perform tasks that cause great physical pain as well as notable damage to my neck when it was 100% avoidable. It's been repeating for a month and his solution is to offer me the worst position in the plant instead of having someone prepare just one certain part for shipping. I've been working Quality Assurance (which is a JOKE @ Anchor Fab, Ks!) for a while now after being pulled from the paint booth due to my injuries (which they initially lied about but have admitted to my supervisor), so they're fully aware of what they're doing. This is stacked atop a litany of other illegal, immoral, and just plain stupid practices.

This was the fresh breathing air supply hose for powder coat painters that I shared with others, and the booth has 2 of them. Both hoses had numerous holes and we were told for months that "we looked, they were out" so I taped them up since nobody else would. When new hoses arrived they were in a bookcase in the plant manager's office so I broke in and replaced them myself.

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Same hoses still in use ( 20 hours per day) 3 months later:

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The company went from cutting lumber next to MEK soaked rags and the fire cabinet...
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To also having enough fresh MEK to fill your bathtub. Cabinet is just out of frame.

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Today there's just as many of those 5 gallon cans empty (well, almost empty) and OPEN but I forgot to snap a pic. Eddie Koehler, plant manager, supposedly used to be a firefighter so he ABSOLUTELY knows better. They've also modified part of a fire suppression system to be NON OPERATIONAL in the powder storage room containing thousands of pounds of flammable/ explosive plastic powder containing isocyanates. I have video but am unable to post it currently. Basically, they've overridden the part that keeps a gigantic garage door closed to contain a fire since the powder dust kept tripping the safety. If they'd ever clean the room it wouldn't be an issue.

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The booth is in its own room, the entire floor gets covered in powder, and that mop water containing micro plastics goes directly down the drain in the mop closet. The big floor cleaner that a person rides and drives used to be dumped into a storm drain that read "No dumping. Goes directly to river" but now Eddie's company just dumps it on the ground.

We recently had 7,000 gallons of EXTREMELY pH Basic water due to a supervisor's mistake, and it was so toxic we couldn't get a reading with our gear that the EPA makes us use. That water was diluted and dumped- about 20,000 gallons of it.

This is next to my station at Q.A. and you're seeing condensation runoff from the HVAC units above the bathroom, office, and break room.
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All I need is to NOT perform this one task which contorts my entire spine into positions it just can't accommodate- I require no special attention. Me refusing to perform said task yesterday nearly ended in a blowout between the new "crew leader" and I. A conversation with my supervisor this morning went nearly nowhere but ended with me receiving assistance from another man they wish to run off... one who suffered a crushed pelvis years ago and is severely limited. They put the two oldest, broken down men in the building on a job nobody likes doing even though we struggle. Then they complain and "joke" about it. I was the Golden Boy not too long ago but that's how the Cool Kids operate a business- extremely fickle.

The plant manager is making the decisions and his actions towards me constitute punishment for having physical limitations, seeing as how the offered position is more menial, dangerous, and physically demanding. He knows it would be very difficult for me and is trying to run me off because I call out abuse when I see it. And this place abuses the hell out of us, especially those on Work Release. They do this to people OFTEN and laugh while doing so. If they don't like your haircut they'll make your entire shift hell until you quit, and my supervisor openly admits to trying to run off the same guy for 5 years. He also made a racial "joke" to us about an African American truck driver that involved a watermelon festival. Oh how I wish I was recording that.

I joined JR Custom Metal Products (now Anchor Fabrication, Kansas) to start a career after achieving sobriety and wanting to make up for lost time, and my forum signature applies here more than anywhere. However, I'm having to fight just to maintain my sanity, as this job is the only one to offer enough time each week for me to attend physical therapy. Which reminds me, Eddie constantly changed my schedule until I quit missing 1 hour of work each week to attend Alcoholics Anonymous. He deliberately made it impossible for me to remain employed there and seek what counts as medical treatment for a disease. I quit going to meetings altogether due to that.

I'm looking for a new job now before it goes totally sideways since this family is a nightmare: spoiled, born rich, and never been told "No" before. I spoke with lawyers a year ago about a separate incident there and had an ironclad case but didn't want to file a sexual harassment/ attempted rape case against millionaires. Men can't do that in this society, even if it did take my pocket knife with a 4" long blade to get the Sedgwick County prisoner (who just got into trouble for rape threats against other men) to back off.

Nobody ever considers that this situation is still a reality for many people. Yeah, I'm depressed. Got anxiety too. I wonder why?

If anyone is looking to hire a man that doesn't quit trying even when dying, I'm open to moving out of state and apparently I'm cute if that helps...

Sounds like an anonymous tip call to (1)OSHA for fire safety and suppression violations (pictured with dates) and EPA and town/city for water testing. They’re getting real pissy about forever chemicals ( Why the company I worked for closed 4 plants in the USA and probably more I didn’t hear about.) record conversations If you can. Doesn’t have to be video and tell them “I’ll record this.” Or not but proof is CYA.

 

[Ugly1]

calling out illegal sh*t, especially stuff like that is NOT snitching. hmmmm, sounds like OSHA would have a field day with that place. a well placed anonymous phone call to a Federal safety agency with details......

OSHA calls ahead that they are coming. If stuff is hidden note where to have the them look. It’s the dumping down the drain they can test for. Look up Merrimack,NH Saint-Gobian water/ forever chemicals

 

[Ugly1]

calling out illegal sh*t, especially stuff like that is NOT snitching. hmmmm, sounds like OSHA would have a field day with that place. a well placed anonymous phone call to a Federal safety agency with details......

Only if they don’t hide it first. OSHA calls before it visits.

 

[Sweet_Johnny]

Sounds like an anonymous tip call to (1)OSHA for fire safety and suppression violations (pictured with dates) and EPA and town/city for water testing. They’re getting real pissy about forever chemicals ( Why the company I worked for closed 4 plants in the USA and probably more I didn’t hear about.) record conversations If you can. Doesn’t have to be video and tell them “I’ll record this.” Or not but proof is CYA.

Thanks for the support! I haven't made a complete game plan yet but my goals include making it to 2025 so I get paid for 2 more holidays and can utilize a couple insurance benefits before losing them. Might get 'em for a Christmas bonus too. I 100% plan on recording conversations, as Ks is a "one party state"- only one party of a conversation need be aware that it's recorded, and if you're part of that conversation then you're covered. I hope to have a serious one in the break room which is so public that nobody could possibly have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the first place.

 

[Hurricane77]

Thank you both for reading that and responding. Too many people will find it easier to avoid because it makes them uncomfortable, and I understand that this is not a political forum nor the place to solve the world's problems but if people can't even discuss things they'll never get better. We can all see that the company is engaging in illegal and immoral practices but who's going to stop them? The thoughts in our minds?

I'm also not one to involve the law and I can't stand snitches but I despise bullies and entitled rich people are at the top of that list. This post wasn't necessarily a job application but more of a call to attention: this type of nonsense is still going on in "the greatest country in the free world". Yeah, soldiers fought and died so I can have this life. When will people figure out that being complacent only leads to being taken advantage of? If we don't constantly push the boundaries of what we're discussing then we'll all be gone soon due to self annihilation. Kind of like what's happening in cities all over...

I'm trying to expose a corrupt company that's abusing its workers, and I posted while I had the balls to do it. The situation I find myself in is exactly why people snap- not me, but it's true. "Why are there mass shootings?" This is exactly why: people not being treated as humans, not being heard, and basically being shunned.

If the admins feel these posts are irrelevant or inappropriate in any way then i apologize for disrupting an automotive forum. I'll never apologize for standing up for my rights or pushing boundaries because I was born to change the world. Even if it's in a small way.

Not going to comment on anything political.

But I will say, you (or anyone else) really don't owe any company anything. Protect and take care of yourself first. Most companies wouldn't give a second thought of getting rid of you if they thought it was to their advantage.

 

[Ugly1]

Not going to comment on anything political.

But I will say, you (or anyone else) really don't owe any company anything. Protect and take care of yourself first. Most companies wouldn't give a second thought of getting rid of you if they thought it was to their advantage.

You are nothing but a number unless it is a very small caring company.

 

[Sweet_Johnny]

Been playing phone tag with H.R. for two days.... I believe they're trying to fire me before Friday, my Monday. It's exactly how they do it.

 

[pagrunt]

Got my work truck yesterday & the weld shop wad to patch three holes that was punched into the plow wing face along with one in the upper boxed channel. The thick I beam like mount (2" thick) for the hydraulic ram arm was bent at the mounting eyelet. Didn't see if it was replaced or fixed with heat. I had to replace all the grade 8 bolts to the front frame to wing mount cause what was hit bent two of them & stretched a few more. Was told this was all from it hitting a buried guide rail end. The whole trip added over 2K on the odometer.