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I heard a rumor that they told their employees it would be in their best interest not to make any major purchases (ie home/automobile/etc.) in the near future. Doesn't sound like things are going well there. Would like to hear if anyone has heard anything similar and can verify or disprove what I'm hearing the through the grapevine.
That sounds like good advice no matter where you work right now. The recession is here, its just that no one has the courage to admit it.
$600 checks from the government is not the solution, and will probably do more harm than good in the long term.
Of course that fact that this company has been sold out to a foreign company doesn't help, like so many companies in this country.
Americans are well acquainted with hard work, and local people especially have shown their willingness to work in manufacturing no matter how demanding or tedious the jobs might be.
Can you tell me what temporary workers ( Latino or otherwise ) are being paid at Sonopress/Arvato in Weaverville? Is Sonopress making any attempt to fill the jobs locally or does it contract out for the temp workers?
All temp workers come in at the same rate and it is well above minimum wage. Raises to a set limit for temps is pretty easy to obtain by showing up and doing the work. Most that don't make it either do not show up to work or do not work. Those that do rise up the temp scale easily get permanent positions, but usually night shift permanent positions that tend to scare people away. The night shift spots are because others that have done that same thing have taken those night spots and get first shot at open day shift spots.
That sounds like good advice no matter where you work right now. The recession is here, its just that no one has the courage to admit it.
$600 checks from the government is not the solution, and will probably do more harm than good in the long term.
Of course that fact that this company has been sold out to a foreign company doesn't help, like so many companies in this country.
A foreign company (BMG) bought the original plant/company in Indiana some 20 years ago and increased the size/output and jobs in Weaverville by about 800% in the last 20 years, in fact..almost tripled the output from 2003 to 2004 alone. Read it online.
It is one of 4-5 plants in the US that can make Blu-Ray discs and HD discs in addition to regular DVD and CD. Sony will never make HD discs.
A foreign company (BMG) bought the original plant/company in Indiana some 20 years ago and increased the size/output and jobs in Weaverville by about 800% in the last 20 years, in fact..almost tripled the output from 2003 to 2004 alone. Read it online.
It is one of 4-5 plants in the US that can make Blu-Ray discs and HD discs in addition to regular DVD and CD. Sony will never make HD discs.
I wonder which format will win in the long run. I use my PS3 for blu rays, and would like to get an HD dvd also, but that's on hold for now.
Major problem with illegals in this plant. Many of the temporaries in the plant openly brag about how much they paid to get forged paper work done so as to work in the plant. None of them ever get to permanant status because their SSN throws a red flag when they apply for permanant positions. HR knows this so they use a unknown temp agency to bring in temps at very low wages. If you don't beleive it call their HR department the answering machine answers in spanish. The plant originally opened in 1985 and was one of the top employers in WNC at the time. The original product was Music Cassettes and at their heydey produced about 150 million cassettes a year on 180 duplication slaves then around 1993 the plant branched into CD manufacturing. About 1998 they branched into DVD manufacturing with 4 lines and within 4 years had 12 lines. Sadly the plant now has problems recruiting local talent and has recruited technical staff with less education and experience then the local area because of numerous layoffs, usually around christmas that last till about may keeps many of the locals from applying. From 1984 till 1994 a technician had to have a minimum of an associates degree in an engineering field to even hold a temporary position but now many technicians have only limited experience with no post high school education. A local who has worked there many years
I heard a rumor that they told their employees it would be in their best interest not to make any major purchases (ie home/automobile/etc.) in the near future. Doesn't sound like things are going well there. Would like to hear if anyone has heard anything similar and can verify or disprove what I'm hearing the through the grapevine.
that place never keeps anyone on 4 long,if your not illegal or no habla. 17th century work atmosphere virtually no talkng allowed. usually laid ff within weeks if your not meek enough 2 just smile and work in silencd slave.
Sonopress is the premiere employer in Weaverville and has excellent benefits. They do not, contrary to the above thread, want to employ all spanish speaking employees.
If you are looking for a great job with good benefits, Sonopress is the place. They treat their people well and have great employees.
A foreign company (BMG) bought the original plant/company in Indiana some 20 years ago and increased the size/output and jobs in Weaverville by about 800% in the last 20 years, in fact..almost tripled the output from 2003 to 2004 alone. Read it online.
It is one of 4-5 plants in the US that can make Blu-Ray discs and HD discs in addition to regular DVD and CD. Sony will never make HD discs.
This boom is due to the technology, CD's appeared in the 80's and DVD's only in the mid 90's. Of course there was a huge increase in size/output for a company dealing in a new and popular technology.
They were "the place" to work for a while but now they've downsized a bit. Lots of temp help in there now, usually latinos who they can hire for a few weeks then let go of if anything happens. I heard (if memory serves me correctly) that INS paid them a visit in 2007. Might check the citizentimes.com archives.
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