I was born and raised in Lincoln, NE and worked at the Kawasaki factory for 3 years welding Mule and quad frames. This is where all Jetski models are made. Even the Japan only models are made there and then shipped to Japan. They make the hulls in Lincoln, also make a lot of parts, and then the rest of the parts come in boxes from Japan. All the engines are assembled at another Kawi plant in Maryville, Missouri.
3000 employees work at this factory in Lincoln. I know how this corporation thinks. They HATE change, dont care about employees and will milk the crap out of everything and everyone till there is nothing left.
We had to do our calisthenics every morning before work like good little Japanese men...lol But hey, it was better than working.
The boss/foremen would run around with stop watches timing everything. Just when you get a job down, they will add more work at your station. They would tell these temps(employees from temporary work agencies) that if they work hard and fast, show up on time, they can become a full fledged Kawasaki employee(with the best benefits I've ever seen from any company). But that is just a pipe dream and will NEVER happen no matter how hard and faithful you are. They chew you up and spit you out, then get someone new and tell him the same pipe dream..
When our line would run out of a part and we had to shut down, they would send us to help assemble on the Jetski line. The Jetski line always needed help because they only hired through temporary companies and got unreliable people. I mean they would hire druggy scumbags that would only last 1 day. Pitiful, just pitiful... haha
