I've known people who work at Generac, and I can tell you they do hire and fire a lot. They have to. The problem is as Lar80 describes. Folks want jobs, but many don't want to work. Generac has a strict attendance policy. Many folks like to take off a couple of days a month. That gets you laid off at Generac, especially during the probation period.

Furthermore, just as with most unionized companies, when there are lulls in the business cycle, people are laid off due to lack of work. In unionized companies, until you accrue enough seniority you can expect layoffs every so often for the same reason. I'm sure that many GM folks can attest to that fact from their own experiences. In some unionizes jobs, until you accrue 10 years, sometimes more, you either put up with the frequent layoffs, or you go someplace else. Of course, with Generac, seniority isn't the automatic exemption from layoff that it is in places such as GM. Generally, the low performance employees get laid off with little chance of re-hire at Generac. It is possible to get hired on at Generac and stay as long as you like. All you have to do is do your job well. Unionistas hate that about Generac most of all.

Generally speaking if you think a company lays off the good workers and keeps the lazy bums, you are clueless.

When bottom-tier employers like Walmart and McDonald's are facing job actions, the day of reckoning for "just-in-time" employers like Generac cannot be far behind. You can only profit off of worker desperation for so long.

While it is nice that jobs are available and some people will be put to work, Generac is a revolving door with low pay and the benefits are not all that great and rather expensive. Even when there are no hurricanes or other events happening where more generators are needed the company holds these cattle call events. More often than not, from what I have seen, the company does not keep the best folks or hardest workers. It seems rather random on how they hire for what positions and who they keep and who they lay off. I left the company years ago when they sold out to a capital management firm and never looked back as many people were being let go or laid off without any notice. Congrats to those who get the jobs but just as a warning from someone who has been there and thankfully got out in time: have a back-up plan ready and save your money. A job at Generac is exactly that: just a job. Not a career and not for a long period of time. Work hard while you are there because people in crisis depend on these products however, don't plan on this being a career.

So if Walker takes credit for creating these jobs must he not also take credit for hurricane Sandy?
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"TYpical left wing nut balls." Personally, Ezoner, I prefer them over the half-baked right-wing nuts, especially during the holiday season.

"In every layoff, the top performers are kept and the lower performers, and the people who have a hard time getting along (don't play well with others) are cut loose."

Generally speaking, you are wrong.

This is not specifically directed to the prior posters on this thread.
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Nonetheless; manufacturers who hire large volumes of unskilled labor (what the article is about) do have a tendency to lay off people who are not a good fit, and MAKE ROOM FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE A GOOD FIT AND PAY THEM WELL.
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In every layoff, the top performers are kept and the lower performers, and the people who have a hard time getting along (don't play well with others) are cut loose.
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They say up front in the article that they are looking for upbeat, hard working people who are willing to take initiative toward improvement.. Even unskilled people may have this expectation put upon them... Unskilled does not mean unsmart!
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But so many folks thinnk... Low pay equals Low output and low expectations of me.... This attitude puts most folks on the bench these days.

I wonder why they are not showing pictures of the people that are being lead by gunpoint to these jobs.

TYpical left wing nut balls.... beat up on a company adding jobs -- growing, and one that promotes from within based upon performance.... Union view.... performance?? Whats that??

300 positions open at Generac
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Economic development in Walworth County focusing on retention and expansion
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Area companies boosting production for storm relief
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 This one is sooner as to Hurricane Sandy and IMO reap the rewards.

The less then 90 days and out, so many go through this and that is so wrong. If you research their job event, it is about every 3 to 4 months, and they usually hit the news when they do it. Rarely do they get hired on. Oh You can bet, Walker will get the credit for these jobs from the same few on here,lol.

Yep I worked there once for several months and got laid off on December 23rd. Several months later they called and told my 12 year old son I was being terminated. Classy.

been their, done that 87 days later laid off, good luck lol oh yeah lol