Q&A With Franklin International Employees

The culture in the office is great. In the plant there is friction because the union contract forces everyone to be treated the same. Good employees suffer when supervisors crack down on problem employees. Example, some employees call off during the week to get Saturday overtime but then to keep up with the production schedule everyone has to work Saturday.

Get rid of the union

Everybody takes their job seriously, we could lighten up a bit.

He is well respected

He is well respected

He is highly respected

Great, even the company values statement says that increased profits are not worth hurting family relationships

Best I ever had

Best I ever had.

Vacation is my favorite but I’m happy we added paternity leave

Lots! This year they added student loan repayment assistance and increased the amount of tuition assistance available. They will pay tuition in advance; no need to come up with the money and wait for reimbursement.

Franklin has great benefits! In addition to the usual Medical Dental Vision etc., they recently put in a student loan repayment assistance program. Last year they added paid Paternity leave and increased the vacation. They match savings you put into your child's 529 college saving account and pay for half the cost of your child's college textbooks. Their adoption benefit has been nationally ranked for the last 9 years. The principle financial group ranked them as a top ten company for employee financial security because of their great life, disability and retirement programs. Last Thanksgiving the President personally handed me a turkey for my family's dinner. At this annual event he tries to say thank you to each employee individually. On site fitness center with personal trainers and a nurse/health coach. If you have a child learning to drive, Franklin provides a $250 subsidy to an advanced defensive driving course taught by professional drives at a local race track. And more!

We normally hire experienced people, not too many entry level positions, so get experience!

Franklin mostly hires people with experience, very few entry level hires

Only Sales. The manufacturing environment creates a hands -on culture that does not encourage remote work even by those whose jobs could be done remotely.

Only Sales

Internal promotions are encouraged. About 10-15% get promoted per year. It slows down as you move up and some smaller departments have low turnover and you are stuck waiting for someone to retire.

About 10-15% of people get promoted each year. In some smaller departments low turnover can limit advancement. Internal candidates are given preference, and are exclusively considered for the first 5 days of any opening. Payroll, HR, and Wellness are exceptions due to confidentially.

Pretty good and recently improved.

Great! Recently added a couple of days to everyone and you can get up to 5 weeks. Also you get a couple days more every other year rather than having to wait 5 or 10 years to get another week. Flexibility includes carryover and one additional week unpaid if you want it. You can use a phone app to put in vacation requests from home, making it easy to coordinate with your spouse or friends. Most people can take Christmas week off. Everyone is encouraged to take all of their vacation time, it is culturally acceptable here. You are not expected to take any calls during vacation.

Communication skills and the technical skills to be great at your job

It’s been ten years since we had even a temporary layoff

Good pay, great benefits

This is a pretty good place to work and most people remember that even when they are having a tough day

Usually about five during the summers with a few local students working through the school year. All are paid positions. Mostly in chemical labs but some in engineering and marketing.

Many customer service representatives have their own offices. This is about as far from the open office concept as you can get.

Profit Sharing is well above what I have seen at other places

The projects I get to work on, the company is willing to approve out-of-the-box approaches.

No one feels like you are short changing work if you are taking care of family issues. Most treat people the way they would like to be trea

This is a jerk free environment. You may not realize how important that is to your daily happiness until you have experienced it.