Looking for Work? Shelby Township Company Hiring for 100 Plus Positions
Michigan Works! of Macomb County is hosting a recruiting event for Century Plastics, Inc. Dec. 18 and 19.
Century Plastics, Inc. in Shelby Township is currently hiring for more than 100 positions. Michigan Works! of Macomb County will help recruit those positions at a special event Dec. 18 and 19 in Clinton Township.
The recruiting event will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days at the VerKuilen Building, 21885 Dunham Rd. Job hunters should enter through door C to the senior auditorium.
CPI is hiring for machine and compression operators for eight-hour day, afternoon and night shifts.
- Machine Operator, $8.25 per hour plus shift premium
- Compression Operator, $10.25 per hour plus shift premium
Potential employees should be able to work in fast-paced environment, stand for long periods of time, use their hands and arms repeatedly, lift up to 10 pounds, maintain good attendance and pass a drug test.
The event will include direct placement and on-the-job training for the compression operator position.
To be considered for an on-the-job training grant, attendees should bring copies of their identification, social security card, birth certificate and proof of household income for the last six months (including unemployment benefits or food stamp award letter).
Job hunters must be prepared to complete an employment application and be interviewed on the spot.
CPI is located at 50413 Utica Dr. in Shelby Township.
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BenG.
4:32 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
$8.25 an hour to stand on your feet for prolonged periods of time? In 2012? And this is a job worth writing about? Wow!
$8.25 an hour amounts to a whopping $330 a week before taxes. So what's the net weekly pay? $280 a week, maybe. This job straddles the poverty line. If this job is your only income, you are officially Poor.
Let's say uncle sam only takes $300 a month in taxes. That leaves you with $1,000 to pay rent (lets say $500 for a real cr*p hole), pay your car bill (lets say $100), pay health insurance ($200), car insurance ($100), utilities (at least $100), cell phone ($50)... See, we are already over budget and we haven't spent any money on clothing or food.
How is someone supposed to eat on $8.25 an hour? How is someone who makes $8.25 an hour supposed to go on a date? Woo a life partner? Pay for diapers? Baby food? School books? Student loans?
$8.25 an hour to stand on your feet and work a machine press is a not a job worth writing about. It is a slap in the face really, especially when you consider the present Right-2-Work fiasco.
Mike
9:22 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Your right Ben, but to a 19 year old still living with Mom and Dad it might be a good introduction to the work force. Also a great incentive to ponder college.
And I agree. nobody can raise a family, make utility bills and eat on $8.50 an hour. It's hardly worth giving up unemployment pay for.
John Lang
9:22 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
That's not all. Turns out that this company is one of those lucky few that were given tax abatements on the new equipment that they now pay minimum wage to operate.
http://www.shelbytwp.org/docs/2011Agenda/09202011Agendapacket_PUBLIC.pdf
Pull up the video feed from the 9/20/11 Board Meeting to hear for yourself...
Thanks Shelby Township Board! And a Merry Christmas to all the taxpayers and workers!
Dana Horton
10:29 am on Tuesday, December 18, 2012
In two or three years they will only need to file for yet another abatement and receive it no questions asked.
Michelle Johnston Battice
9:22 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Well said Ben and rtw is just the beginning
Mike
9:30 am on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Seems silly to me, Robots can do that kind of work more efficiently than humans. They would pay themselves off in less than 5 years.
Mike
9:30 am on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Right to work scares the daylights out of me!
John Lang
11:01 am on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Right to work? Are you kidding? This place would fold up shop and be off to Mexico in a heartbeat if anyone even mentioned a union over there. They would be out of Shelby too if they didn't get their tax abatement.
If you want a good laugh, go back and listen to the Supervisor's gratuitous comments at the Board meeting about an "uptick in the local economy" being the reason that this sweatshop needed a gift from the taxpayers. Really disgusting. I'm sure that 99.9% of the people that voted for this guy will never figure this out.
Dana Horton
10:29 am on Tuesday, December 18, 2012
We need to call their bluff once in a while and see if they would really go elsewhere. When you have the right friends in the right places there’s no need to worry.
Mike
10:20 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012
I'm not a union member, but I am sure I am making the wages I am because of the unions. If they were to die out us non-union workers would really feel it. With them being as weak as they already are, it amazes me that the kids I put thru college make as little as they are. Almost equivalent to what I made at their age with less college.
We need those unions! Believe me!
Rich
4:40 pm on Saturday, December 15, 2012
Right to work doesn't change the unions. It simply gives an American a choice to join or not.
Mike
10:25 am on Sunday, December 16, 2012
It would surprise me if anyone wouldn't want to join a union if the job they applied for was in a union shop! Their benefits far out way non-union jobs. I wish I could, No dues are worth the loss in overtime pay, paid time off, pention, sick days, etc. You don't get those otherwise
Dana Horton
10:29 am on Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Corruption?, Greed?, Kickbacks?, Special Interest Groups? These terms keep popping into my mind when I hear mention of Shelby Township and tax abatements.
Perhaps just perhaps Shelby Township wouldn’t be running in the red if they stood up to some of these companies who seek tax abatements repeatedly and said if you want to do business in Shelby you also have to pay your fair share of the taxes. Who do these people think they are? It’s not who they are but who they know. Stathakis, Flynn and Filar are always very quick to approve these abatements. Maybe if they had a backbone and weren’t worried about themselves this township would still have a budget in the black. Where can I sign up for a tax abatement on my condominium? It seems like it should be quite easy.