Tree Top Staffing LLC

New year…new headcount… Same hiring mistakes. If your 2026 plan depends on a key leader, you can’t post-and-pray and hope a unicorn shows up. Manufacturing leaders are already employed…already busy…already getting recruited. If you need an Owner, Ops leader, Plant Manager, or Controller this quarter…treat it like the growth constraint it is. HireMFGLeaders.com #Manufacturing #Hiring #Recruiting #MFGLeader #MFGLife Myles Rickerd Trevor O'Malley Nick Goellner Paul Van Metre Jennifer Dubose Mathea Rieder (Durica) Tree Top Staffing LLC MakingChips

🎙️ 500 episodes. One honest conversation. For our 500th episode, we didn’t want a highlight reel or a victory lap. We wanted to do what MakingChips has always been about—creating space for real conversations about what it actually takes to build durable manufacturing businesses. This two-hour special episode brings together shop leaders, advisors, and industry partners to unpack one of manufacturing’s most difficult realities: the relationship between job shops and large OEMs, and the cash-flow strain that often comes with it. We go beyond surface-level takes to explore power dynamics, long payment terms, working-capital risk, and why growth without discipline can quietly put shops in jeopardy. At the same time, we acknowledge a shifting landscape—where capable shops are more essential than ever as supply chains tighten and complexity increases. Reaching 500 episodes isn’t just a milestone for us. It’s a reminder that these conversations matter—and we wouldn't be having them if it wasn't for you, the metalworking nation 🍻 WATCH: https://lnkd.in/eYbQgEes Mike Payne Nick Goellner Paul Van Metre Jennifer Dubose Issac Burton Jason Davis Leslie Boyd Jon Star James Marzilli Big thanks to our sponsors for this episode, CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen), Methods Machine Tools, Inc., Modern Machine Shop and for Roush Yates Manufacturing Solutions for allowing us to film in your incredibly facility. #Manufacturing #MetalworkingNation #Leadership #AI #Technology #MakingChips

8 years ago today I signed the papers to buy Hill Manufacturing & Fabrication. And it's 2026…kicking off Hill’s 50th birthday! (Have a few celebrations planned…details to come) Feels like a huge milestone. Personally, I’ve loved my entire career…but going all in on manufacturing has been the biggest and best decision I’ve ever made. I’m humbled by what Hill was before, while also proud of what it has become! And I’m fired up for what we’re building next… Excellence in process. Excellence in performance. Cheers to 2026…and to the next chapter. 🥃 #QualityParts #OnTime #EveryTime Brett Thompson Corey Bartmier Tony Lang Hank Anglin Daniel McGarvey Steven Riggs Miguel Sanchez Justin Schneider Tammy Buff George Cooper Andrew Payne Rhett Dawson