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No business decisions can be made without having the VP of Sales or owner sign off on it, this process may take one day or one week depending on their availability.  If it something that needs the owners signature it can take about 3 months.  This slow reaction to customer issues makes the sales people constantly lie to customers       about why we have not made a decision about what ever issue they may have.

As a sales/account management role you can not promise anything to your customers because there is no way to predict if what you promised will ever get signed off on.  Upper management handles their own accounts and they protect their customers with better prices and deals.  No price consistency based on measurable business practices.  Because upper management handles accounts they have no time to actually develope employees.

Owner and VP of Sales manages the office with fear and intimidation.  The only motivation to do good work among the support staff is to not get publicly yelled at in the office.

The owner has created all of these checks and balances and the staff lies and figures out way to get things done without him knowing because if they get him involved it will take months to get the problem resolved. 

Overall the worst place I have ever worked.

They pay well and the bennies are great but all the other stuff makes this a place to run from.

For me AJM was an exciting place to work, the management team is 2nd to none, they were always very supportive and were always willing and able to give you their time to explain or train you in areas you were unfamiliar with. Although there were challenges every day the management team always made them selves available to help resolve any issues. I felt they offered very competitive wages and great benefits at any level of employment, from entry level to upper management. I felt that AJM as a company offered great job security, from the time that I started my employment until my last day at work there demand had grown more and more every year. Most manufactures around the area have fast and slow seasons which often practice mass layoff's during their slow seasons, not once in my 5 years of being employed at AJM did I experience a layoff due to there not being enough work or us experiencing a slow season, that was extremely reassuring for a family man like my self that AJM was a very secure place to work. AJM like most company's is not perfect and it is a very challenging place to work at but for the right person with the right mind set and attitude who is willing and able to take on new challenges and be creative in resolving problems AJM is good place to be at.

Typical day is work! You are expected to stay busy without sitting down for 12 hours. As a new employee you will be ran ragged. As a veteran employee you are expected to babysit and do more than your job description or title entails. 

I learned a great deal in the first 2 years of employment but plateaued after that. 

Management is poor given that you are directed by emails or phone calls rather than face to face interactions. Little support is offered after a given period of employment. Management overlooks proper social standards in favor of 1 persons feelings.

Workplace culture is poor due to lack of accountability. Safety is overlooked by management because on floor personnel should be the enforcement. As with any job some coworkers are awesome and some arent but without accountability the poor work ethic employees get away with being poor employees due to lack of support and availability from management. 

Only a select few members of your tank will actually care about you as a person as for the management... Well we're only dollar signs to them and they could care less about you they treat the employees with such disrespect it's crazy they will fire you so quick if you start slacking the slightest no matter how long and hard you've worked for the company. For example I spent 6 1/2 years at this company I started as the utility guy and climbed my way to a foreman I gave this company everything I had I was totally invested in this company and i fell into the darkest times of my life I had a baby that was born with a medical condition and this company were everything else but understanding about me having spotty attendance so I can care for son they were rude about any questions I had I was just thrown paperwork with no explanation as to what it was or who fills out what and expected to have it back immediately needless to say they were quick to get rid of me for something very petty but on the good side I very much enjoyed working on those machines and I was good at it that's really what kept me there I enjoyed my work so much I could ignore all the bad 

A typical day at AJM is a good day, not saying you wont have your bad because no job is perfect and you will have your days were they are not so good, but for the most part it is pretty good I would say. I come and have my daily routine that I do, and if my job is complete and caught up I ask around to see if anyone needs help. There is always work to do. I have learned so much being here at AJM, I came in as a Receptionist and worked my way up to wear I am at now and I got to say I can't complain I like what I do. My manager is pretty awesome and fair, and between him and other managements I can say one thing I noticed is when you do what your told, do your job, help out in other areas, do your best to be at work no matter what unless you have time off, and ect it gets noticed and it's very appreciative. The hardest part of the job I would say is it can get overwhelming at times, so many things need to be completed by a timely matter or same day no later but I learned to just take one thing at a time and not to rush because if you rush the more incorrect your work will be. Last but not least the best part of my job is the people I work with, they know how to make things better when things are rough and just always there to listen and support.

I have worked both on the floor and on the office. 
My opinion on the floor, is extremely busy I like that because it makes the day go by fast but the working conditions are horrible specially during summer is extremely hot and the machines are too low and is hard on the back for the employees. When it comes to getting a raise is not at all what they deserve, I think everyone should get no less than a dollar raise. 

Working in the office is better, it has it really busy crazy days and it has is regular days. The best part of the job is that for me that I have children I am able to have my phone handy in case of an emergency and that I have access to the email that way the school can also contact me via email. I love our manager he is great, he makes our day fun and enjoyable to work with him. 

The hardest part of the job would be dealing with corporate sometimes I feel that they are unfair to their employees, and most of the decisions making comes from corporate management than from our own management. I known we have to go by the chain or command but sometimes they are just unfair specially when it comes to the employee raises or incentives.

My time at the company was full of surprises, to say the least; with the typical employee in my position only lasting 2 weeks to a month a best. The atmosphere felt as if it was a prison than a workplace, having this vibe that management was the warden, while there guard kept eyes and ears open to punish the employee.

During my time there, saw a good number of people enter and leave, some in less than a day. The company would hire a variety of colorful people before switching to staffing services to circumvent any violations.

Before I left the company, our shift had a meeting with the plant manager on our production standards, that the company was not satisfied with our numbers, despite producing a better quality product. At the end of the summer, our shift would be dismantled and integrated into the remaining shifts, but none of the employees had a choice on which shift they would end up at.

Overall, despite (the company) being in operation for many years, there has been several things not disclosed to others.

AJM Packaging is one of the rare family-owned companies that has come to expand across the country while managing to maintain the individuality and family atmosphere at every plant.  While most companies lose touch with their roots in their efforts to meet corporate needs, AJM Packaging excels in realizing a genuinely happy and embracing culture throughout every department. 
AJM Packaging does have a strict attendance policy just like any company should. Employees should be prepared to present to work and give their job their best.  In return for their efforts, the company provides great benefits to their employees.  This is the first company I have come across that provides completely free insurance to each and every single one of their employees.  
I have only been with the company for a few months.  However, those few months have provided me with the ability to grow both professionally and personally thanks to the great management and human resources team.  
Bottom line: AJM Packaging expects a lot from their employees yet it rewards them tremendously for their hard work and dedication.

What they don't and won't tell you is you will do a union hourly position job and drive clamp trucks and hi-lo's. They also don't tell you that you work almost every weekend for free because your salary and will not get paid overtime. You will never have a life and you can't plan anything because they always change schudals as they go. When interviewed for a salary position they will tell you you work 1 Saturday occasionally but it's a lie. The management is horrible and does not care one bit about their employees. They treat people like irreplaceable garbage. Plant manager is the worst and the reason for all of this. Do not work here!!!! You will regret it and you will never have a life! You will work more for free then you get paid for. No hourly union person will speak up and say that salary people are doing their job taking their over time. A salary position here is salary exempt and should not be doing an hourly person's job. Ajm is getting away with it. Again do not work here, it will be the biggest regret of your life!!
All ajm employee's get treated like garbage even being hourly.

The job itself can be demanding, there is absolutely no climate control, so you are in freezing cold weather in the winter and sweltering heat in the summer. You cannot sit down and breathe unless you are on break or some of the select few that are the company favorites. Don't ask what qualifies you, I never figured it out. You cannot even check the date on your phone unless you would like to be written up. You cannot be late or you get a “partial point” you get so many points in a certain period of time that you can call out. It does not matter what the reason is, if you are late or call out, you get points. Once you get, I believe seven points, you are to be fired. I was in a car accident, was injured and my car was totaled, and I had no choice but to leave because I had no way to work. They are extremely strict on certain things, and very lax about others. There are a select few people there, that are what I would consider, good people. The turnover rate is extremely high, and for reason. If you don’t care about work environment, and only want the money, this is the job for you. Otherwise, absolutely not. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Laborer 14 salaries reported	$15.45 per hour
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Machine technician 9 salaries reported	$61,111 per year
Machine apprentice 11 salaries reported	$62,500 per year

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