Roper hiring 100: GDOL to help Roper recruit in Fort Oglethorpe (Georgia)

The Catoosa County News ^ | April 21, 2017 | Press release

[2ndDivisionVet]

The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) will help Roper Corporation recruit 100 assemblers to work in LaFayette.

The recruitment will be held on Friday, April 28, from 3-5 p.m. at the Fort Oglethorpe City Hall located at 500 City Hall Dr. GDOL staff will be on site to assist applicants.

Salaries will begin at $12.65 an hour.

All applicants must be at least 18 years old.

No experience is required for applicants who have a high school diploma, or a General Education Diploma (GED). However, applicants who do not have a high school diploma, or GED, must have at least one year of manufacturing experience, or three years of any type of work experience.

Applicants without a diploma, or GED, who are hired and subsequently get a GED, will be reimbursed by the company for the cost of taking the test.

For more information about the jobs, or to apply online, visit employgeorgia.com to create an account or upload, or prepare, a resume. Having an Employ Georgia account expedites the interview process.

[buckalfa]

It is good to see work opportunities come back to fly over America. Work is good for the soul of the individual and community. Yet given that the reported value of the dole being $30K annually, why would one work for $26K? Rhetorical question, or is it?

[ConservaTeen]

Another win...Thank you American voters for President Trump.

[GreyFriar]

Several of the buildings, including the former officer’s quarters of Ft. Oglethorpe are still there. the officer’s quarters are now private homes. One of the buildings, perhaps the old post headquarters on the main road through the town is the 6th Cavalry museum. http://6thcavalrymuseum.org/home0.aspx

The post was active from 1902 to 1947.

It is definitely worth the hour or two to visit it, especially if you are also going to be visiting the Chickamauga Battlefield that is next to the town.

[flatpickingflyer]

Here's a little trivia about Roper Corporation. It's a wholly owned subsidiary of GE Appliances. This particular plant is where GE high end wall ovens and free standing ranges are manufactured. Its also the post profitable of GE's production facilities.

GE bought the facility in the late 80s (maybe early 90s) for the manufacturing capability in a nonunion environment. Whirlpool objected. So they worked out a deal where Whirlpool bought the rights to the Roper brand name!

One last twist - GE Appliances is now owned by the Chinese company Haier and their official name is now GE Appliances, A Haier Company.

Now you know the rest of the story!

[TwelveOfTwenty]

Here's the bio of the company's CEO. You won't need to read past the first paragraph.

[TwelveOfTwenty]

GE bought the facility in the late 80s (maybe early 90s) for the manufacturing capability in a nonunion environment. Whirlpool objected. So they worked out a deal where Whirlpool bought the rights to the Roper brand name!

I looked at this a little closer. It appears that the "Roper Corporation" is the brand name that was bought by Whirlpool, not the GE Appliances company that is owned by Haier.

So feel free to cheer the hiring of more Americans by them.