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Ajinomoto

There are many things about Ajinomoto that, under the right circumstances, make it a great place to work. It is a traditional company with benefits, PTO, clearly defined hours, and competitive salaries. It is well organized and does not demand that employees sacrifice too much personal time. It has a clear mission and, for the most part, adheres to this mission. It provides employees ample opportunity to learn the field and work inside a large organization with decent potential to move up. 

However, recently the company has been undergoing some painful changes that have affected overall company culture. Departments have become much more siloed recently and there is little cross department communication as well. As a result various new company policies, specific jobs can sometimes get lost as people are not always sure whose responsibility it is. There is little overall bonding exercises although individual teams/departments can be close. For those people who want to explore different parts of a company and work in departments other than their own, there is almost no opportunity to do so and people can easily become stuck in their own small worlds. 

When I began at the company, there was so much hope for the future and product innovation was pushing us in directions never before explored. However, over the past several months, that spirit of possibility has withered and people are much more guarded and on edge. Perhaps in time that spirit will return but for the time being, it can be a challenging place to work.

The company itself doesn’t deserve the criticism. It is the people who make the company. This company the management and administration is unbelievably below standards. They not only are selfish and only care or recognize those “who matter” but have ways to make the others feel targeted. There is literally no amount of hard work, loyalty, or extra effort you could give this location that will ever help you if you get on the wrong side of the right person in management. I won’t even put any names because anyone that knows they know who the culprit is. The company is so focused on the “budget” which is constantly altered to accommodate that they do not care if the business succeeds or not. There are so many issues financially that are kept quiet it’s often wondered if corporate isn’t involved. This was once my favorite place to work and there’s no amount of hard work and energy I wouldn’t give but with each management turnover and trust me there is a lot, this place goes further down but is being painted beautifully by fraudulent authors. I feel so much pity for the ones who are so dedicated and genuinely care about the success of the company. I was one of those people and they will always stick out because the harder they work the less they are recognized. It is completely shameful at how little time and presence most of the supervisors give. Salary to them is a way to just not be actively involved without getting terminated by the points system. I sincerely hope someone with a voice that’s heard intervenes before everyone is ran and controlled by “Ajinomoto’s finest” the one promoted without cause!

Clock in, get your colored smock, boot, hair net, and mask on. Wash hands, dry and Sanitize when walking inside the plant of production .Walk to your line and designated smock area, there are 5 lines also separate areas that help all lines, communicate with who ever you relieve to go home to understand if any problems of the day or new rules in work station. Work shift then clean and home. I worked in multiple areas so to give each job description it would take a lot more so this is just the surface.

 Management well depending who you have as a supervisor and who you consist as management. I'll say overall alright. Reason being to many are about getting known for something. If not that they play favorites. I don't have much to say.
 
  Culture well honestly its sad and frustrating. to much believing gossip at this job. Yet lots of training and learning knew things and having opportunities to grow. 
  
  Their is a lot of diversity, so its really hard to understand and make sure not disrespecting some ones culture. So understanding others vocabulary thru their accents can be challenging yet fun to learn.

  The most I enjoyed was being an Operator. Always was something to learn, constantly keeping track of time for paper work and product. Learning how to assemble and demount machinery also to learn new ways of troubleshooting was always fun, even though at times things were demanding rather someone called in, or Power Outage, or Ammonia, and Fire evacuations etc. I loved training others to watching them grow in work skills and ethics.

I have worked 14 years in manufacturing and this place is by far the worse company I've ever worked for. There's a reason why turnover rate is so high. Super toxic environment, everyone talks bad about each other behind their backs like high schoolers. Everyone act like they're so perfect and don't mess up but nobody offers to help or train others. There is no team at all. Just seems like certain groups stick together. 

Workplace culture is let's point the finger at everyone else but ourselves. Let's make temporary adjustments to get by the shift and maybe screw the next shift over. If it does, oh well, if not, great! Let's demand for high production rate, who cares about efficiency and product waste as long as our numbers look good on our shift.

Don't even get me started on communication. Imagine your dad taking you to the store and tells you he'll be right back but he never returns. This place wouldn't even tell you they're coming back. But they'll become the IRS on you for missing clocking out for break. 

The only good thing about this place is the pay is better than most places in the area, but probably not worth the mental stress that comes with it. 

Hardest part of the job is getting to work. 

The most enjoyable part of the job is clocking out and running as fast as you can out of there.

Working here, I have now learned what hate is. I hated this place so much, it would actually bring me tears of joy to see this place crumble. This place is so bad, I would only refer people I don't like to work here because they belong together. 

I have been working there for awhile now and I do not get backed up or help with issues I am having.    they seem like they will help at first then something happens they change their minds and turn their back on you to face the problems you have brought before the upper management to the head of HR. They don't seem to care if you are a great worker or if you have problems with coworkers making it a hostile work environment for you. I don't get it and never will. The problems are very serious and they don't seem to care that it's going on no one with authority no one will do a thing about it and you are left wondering why? Can't go into specifics of the situation that is going on but its very wrong to not address the issues that are clearly going on which are many. Not a team playing department not by certain people but that to is ignored and won't be dealt with. If you don't care how your treated by coworkers on any level i recommend this job. If you expect to be treated like a team player with respect by your coworkers on a normal level of mutual respect don't work here. you never know if you expect your coworkers to be a team player and do their job as you are doing good luck then avoid working here. Nothing will change for it to be fair in the area you are chosen to work. If you just don't care either way apply you'll fit in fine just kiss a little butt and you'll do great. 

So far I've only been working at the factory for nine days as a temp. A temp comes to work only when needed. Despite this, I am more than grateful to be working at Windsor. The factory appears to be in great shape and the employees treat you like family. I really like working here, but I am looking for another job closest to home. I live in Grenada County, which is about 26 miles from Oakland, MS. It's not a long way from home. However, the drive back and forth, on and off the highway can be a bit much at times. Especially when you're just getting off work at 3 am in the morning!

As a packer, you're taking food off a moving line and putting them in boxes. Packing is very fast-pace and repetitive, so you must be able to keep up. Not only do you have to keep up, but you must make sure the product is in good quality and the quantity is correct. The hardest part of the job is trying to keep up with production. Since you're working with food, you got to make it a habit of washing and sanitizing your hands repeatedly. You also have to be able to wear a hairnet (and a beard-net, if you're a male), ear plugs, a white long-sleeve lab coat along with a pair of white pants, black boots, and gloves all while working in a freezing cold environment. If you can withstand the cold as well as the stressful work load, then this maybe the job for you.

The upper level management is completely disconnected from the lower level production employees. The leads are told to get their subordinates in check due to not hitting numbers, when it's the equipment breaking due to lack of a preventative maintenance schedule. During running hours, they will not fix equipment. They will bandage it with zip-ties, hopes and prayers. They don't accept production numbers less than 100% when the equipment is hardly capable of running at 90%, but don't spend the money to properly fix it.

The culture of this place is so far eroded, our turnover rate is over 50%, experienced employees no long care to stay, or work hard because there is no pay-off. Annual raises are a joke, (3% raise in 2025 was an insult.) There is no formal training and procedures are kept hush-hush until you do something against procedure (which you didn't even know because no physical copy of any procedure is readily available.)

When I first started, this place was great. Culture thrived, morale was high and for the most part, people enjoyed their work. It's a stark contrast to today's culture of "damned if you do, damned if you don't."

They have people who have been working there for 30+ years when it use to be 5 or so different company's that pretty much can do no wrong. 95% of management could care less about you if you are a hourly employee. As hourly employee cant not even clock in 1 minute late or counted against you does not matter if you had tire blow out, hit a deer or even have a heart attack it all counts against you as hourly employee. Salary employee's get sick days, personal days ect. 
Typical workday depends on what you do there it is mandatory overtime and they could care less about any family issues. Average for what I did there was 52 hours a week but worked up to 80+ and low average was 40-42. Really cut throat environment amongst   hourly people no advancement specially if you are good at your job your pay never goes up just yearly cost of living increase and they rather promote butt kissing dud than you if you are good at the job.
It is good place to garner experience in plant jobs if you trying to get in that field for work.

If you are new to manufacturing then I DO NOT RECOMMEND WORKING HERE! There is  no good leadership and the management is very poor. They do not train you properly... or at all. You’re just thrown on the line and expected to know what you are doing on your first day. A few people who have been working there longer act like they are the boss and will take advantage of the new hires and of course you have lazy workers who just stand around and talk most of the shift while others do all the work. You only get one break, which is a 30 min lunch break, that will be given at no specific time. Machine operators (if they even have any) are nowhere to be found while you are stuck having to fix the machine yourself while working the line, which you are neither trained nor paid for. During sanitation they have the workers do a deep clean themselves according to the line they work on. For a low paying job it is not worth it. But if you are desperate for a job then have at it and good luck.

If you are new to manufacturing then I DO NOT RECOMMEND WORKING HERE! There is no good leadership and the management is very poor. They do not train you properly... or at all. You’re just thrown on the line and expected to know what you are doing on your first day. A few people who have been working there longer act like they are the boss and will take advantage of the new hires and of course you have lazy workers who just stand around and talk most of the shift while others do all the work. You only get one break, which is a 30 min lunch break, that will be given at no specific time. Machine operators (if they even have any) are nowhere to be found while you are stuck having to fix the machine yourself while working the line, which you are neither trained nor paid for. During sanitation they have the workers do a deep clean themselves according to the line they work on. For a low paying job it is not worth it. But if you are desperate for a job then have at it and good luck!

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Machine operator 44 salaries reported	$20.03 per hour
Utility worker 19 salaries reported	$18.89 per hour
Technician 25 salaries reported	$22.78 per hour
Maintenance technician 15 salaries reported	$33.50 per hour
Sanitation worker 7 salaries reported	$20.45 per hour

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