Goodyear Plant (Lawton, Cache: work, layoffs, closing)

[pmj219]

Hi too all, My husband is a Goodyear employee in Tyler. TX and it will be closing down Jan 1, The company has ask that they put the top 3 plants they would like too go to. I would like too know a little bit about the Lawton plant . The plant he works at is union and we know that it is not, I would like too know about the diffrents. The plant is the closest one too our children and grandchildren in Texas. any info would be great.

[peggydavis]

Do you mean the one in Lawton? I hope this link works. This thread has a lot of info about Lawton. Ft Sill Bound: Need Help

It doesn't work, so maybe you could search the forum for Ft Sill and Lawton. Many people will soon be moving to Ft Sill in Lawton, so there have been many questions. I don't live there. Good luck!

[LadyRobyn]

Here you go Peggy: Ft. Sill bound-Need Help

Didn't want to work for me the first time either.

[peggydavis]

Thanks, LadyRobyn! I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong with these thread links.

[Synopsis]

Originally Posted by peggydavis

Thanks, LadyRobyn! I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong with these thread links.

Peggy I had to give you a huge deduction of infractions because you aren't posting links properly. Sorry, but a mod's gotta do what a mod's gotta do.

[peggydavis]

Uh oh! The mean mods are at it again!

[jessaka]

Well, I was going to counteract it with a good rep, but they want me to spread my cheer around before giving you a good rep again.

[LadyRobyn]

Originally Posted by jessaka

Well, I was going to counteract it with a good rep, but they want me to spread my cheer around before giving you a good rep again.

Ha! I 'got' her finally.

pmj219, Was there anything specific you wanted to know about the plant?? It isn't far from us (30 min.) and I think our daughter has a couple of friends who work up there. I should see her sometime this weekend...

[pmj219]

What I am really wanting too know what is the goodyear plant like.

Do they work 12 hour shifts
What is the pay rate for millwright
How are the employees treated
Do they have many lay offs
we have been told that every so often they get 7 days off all at one time

[Bobby H]

I live in the Lawton area, but don't know everything about the Goodyear plant. What I do know:

Full time workers do indeed work on those strange 12 hour shifts. A couple of friends (and former coworkers) work out there and I can't keep up with how their schedules work. They might work 4 days, then be off three, then work 7 nights and then be off a long as 12 days and back and forth. The work is repetitive and schedules are strange. But quite a few people have little problem handling it.

There's a number of sub-contracting companies out there at the Lawton plant. Some of those workers simply work on 40 hour weeks Monday thru Friday. Other technical workers may be on call to report to the plant anytime.

I don't know the pay rates out there. Pay is good for full time workers though. Lots of people apply for work out there all the time and wait for a couple years or more for a chance to get on board.

I haven't heard of any layoffs taking place at the Lawton plant in all the time I've lived in this area (more than 10 years). Goodyear spent over $200 million expanding the plant earlier this decade to make more kinds of tires for trucks and SUVs.

I think the Goodyear plant in Lawton still is the world's largest tire manufacturing plant.

Tires for Chevy Corvettes are made at the Lawton plant.

Lots of Goodyear employees live outside of Lawton, usually west of town closer to the plant. Many live in Cache. The Cache school district benefits a great deal from Goodyear taxes.

I don't know how Goodyear employees are treated at the plant. I haven't heard many complaints. I do know there is a fair amount of "drama" between certain cliques of employees. Some of the workers are pretty young, some not long out of high school. Suddenly they're making good money, but haven't grown out of those high school attitudes. Some of the older employees never grew out of that either. FWIW, there's some varying degree of employee politics and grapevine drama happening in most workplaces.