No creativity, employees are unhappy, hypocritical management, FES work place rules, un-professional management, inefficient FES system, broken systems.
To begin I want the reader to know that I work at the Franklin, FECT plant and have no idea what goes on at the other divisions, nor at the other plants within FECT in North America. They may be 100% different, though, having never been to another plant, I can only go by heresay. I am told by many that Franklin is one of the better plants, and if so, I am even more concerned.
All of FECT uses the hopelessly inefficient Faurecia Excellence System, or FES. In is silly at best, wastful at the worst. This location uses bits and pieces of it. It is based on Toyota, but, FECT only gives it lip-service. They say they are using it, but, when something breaks down, nobody is help accountable, So, why worry about doing anything the rescribed way, if being lazy is easier.
They claim they want ideas to save money. Who doesn't. But, nearly everyone, in whispers, says how broken corporate is, how broken FES is and how clumsily the place is run, but, management (who will say the same things in private) then tow the company line and refuse to make changes they know will lead to greater efficiency and quality.
FECT wants to have you believe they have adopted a Japanese model. We drop words like Lean, Kaizan, 5-S and Continuous Improvement, but, they really don't apply them as nobody has been trained on any of it. Much of the rules are imposed by France. Of course the French are known for their hard work and effiecency and all those fine French cars all of Ameria loves to drive.
It is a production plant, so it is noisy, dirty and the lot and grounds are a mess.
