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American Wood Fibers

AWF is a faith based organization which has been in operation since 1966.  We have 400 team members spread from Maryland to California in 10 plants.  Every year we process about 1 Billion pounds of forestry residues which helps provide balance to the environment.  From these residues we create value added products which are used for animal bedding, fuel & grilling pellets, wood flours, and other custom product solutions.  "If you have a horse in a stall, critter in a cage, cat in a litter box, or dog in a kennel, chances are they do their business on our business!"
Our customers include Pet Stores, Feed & Farm Dealers, Big Box Stores, Grocery, and Mass Market.  Every year we package 25,000,000 bags of products which support our customer base.
We have a culture of caring where each team member is valued and supported.  If you have a challenging life event or something to celebrate AWF is behind you.  Our benefit package includes Health Care, 401(K), Dental, Eye Care, CAN Days, CARE Days, Paid Time Off, & Holiday Pay.
Every day we are focused on ways to WIN in our job, careers, and comptitively in our markets.  Work hard, have fun, get paid!

I don't even know where to start, the main manager is a utterly complete waste of humanity, one of the most disrespectful, rude, inconsiderate, lazy, hypocritical pieces of human garbage you will ever encounter. ( do not get this confused with the actual nice supervisor that treats you like a human. He acts like a drill Sargent ) It wont be hard to miss this guy, he only comes to walk around and judge your doings and critic them, instead of doing any of the actual labor you can find him sitting on his tooshy. All the workers think they are better than you and are incredible rude, not to mention lazy. You will be given ( Tests ) to see if you will stick around or not and will have to do some of the dumbest things imaginable, it's a factory job not the Army.  Pay is not fair compared to the work that you must complete, everybody takes their job as serious as the darn military so don't worry about that either. You will be treated like a machine/robot and not like a actual human, This place could be a lot better if the main Manager didn't have the ego of a Police Officer.

This is the worst place I’ve ever worked at. 
I’m going to make this short, sweet, and simple.
1. You WILL be overlooked for advancement UNLESS you’re absolutely one hundred percent the hiring and plant managers pet, or they know your family. Which is by far the most useless tool I’ve seen to date to develop a subordinate into a leadership role. “It’s who ‘ya know!”
2. Forget about a raise. You’ll get a “profit sharing check” a YEAR after you start. 
3. Did I already say the management is terrible here? It is. That’s what makes this the worst job I’ve held to date. 
4. You will become disgruntled and bitter also, just like your coworkers. This place is a dead end job and they save advancement for the favorites. 
You have been well warned. What they consider “great pay and better benefits” are equal to base pay at other companies. McDonalds employees have better benefits than what this place offers. If you already applied and think that 17.05 is the bees knees as far as startup pay is concerned… I wish you well. You’re going to need all the luck you can get. 

If interested in Sales: Specifications of products are easy to understand and pitch to a well-established customer base. Many products are weather/seasonal-dependent. Must be a highly motivated individual to creatively sell outside the seasonal windows. Now there is such an expansive variety of items to sell, finding ways to sell shouldn't be too much of a struggle. Need to build trust with your customer service team members and know how to pull sales data from reports independently. Be self-sufficient with the various tools at hand. Advanced Microsoft Excel skills competency is critical. Senior Management are good people. Company is lacking in comparison to what other companies offer in the Baltimore-Washington area when it comes to employee's paid-time off accrual rates and additional benefits. If you consider taking a job with this company, ask to see a copy of their handbook prior to accepting the position. Consider negotiating the benefits and flexibility of remote work before accepting.

During my short tenure I was constantly undermined as a manager and dealt with nepotism issues on a daily basis (this is a family owned business that only cares about their family).  The benefits are horrible especially the 401k they match basically nothing.  The insurance is expensive considering the pay and covers almost nothing.  My medical bills tripled when I started with this company. They try to blind you with very generous PTO hours but this does not make up for the other areas they are lacking in.  As a manager, I highly advise you to stay away from this company. They have a very lazy culture for the employees that make managing almost impossible.  Every decision you make will be revisited by a family member and none of those decisions are made from a business stand point.  In nine months, I watched this company run through six senior level managers like it was nothing and it was always the manager, never the company's fault.

Place is a textbook example of poor management and what not to do if you ever create a company and decided mistankenly to pass it on to your son. No clear goals, no communication, no appetite for change outside of that the owner decides is “change”, everyone works behind everyone’s back, those who have been there for ever don’t have much choice of where else to go because the only reason they are managers or have titles with “C’s” in front of them is because they’ve been there forever not because they are the best, and those who have not been there long don’t matter. Word to the wise, look elsewhere. Whatever they offer you is not worth it. You will certainly grow to regret it.

It is a fast pace environment.  The profit sharing is awesome when the plant does well.  The more the plant makes, the more we make.  Getting a $2200 Christmas bonus and have only been there a little over a year.  
It is a little dusty but is a wood processing plant.  
The days go by very fast.  People are nice.  They are growing very fast over the last year.  I appreciate the opportunity to continue my education.  
I highly recommend AWF over the automotive jobs in Lebanon.  The auto jobs work us 7 days a week but do pay well.  But AWF allows for a good balance and the pay is equal when considering the bonuses.  

When I started there 4 years ago it was fun I felt myself want to do more for this company then any other place but due to a poor plant manager never fixing problems this company has went to the dumps.  If you want to be over worked and underpaid most of the time this is the company for you there's few oprutunitys here for advancement . Just from experience here at this plant if your gonna get a job here steer clear of 2nd n third because management gives no cares at all about there employees and the supervisor is lazy n will not help there team to succeed n expects u to be there every weekend if your trained on any special job there n one more thing the lazy workers get praised while the good ones are always fussed at.

Everything started off good when you’re new. The longer you’re here you get pushed back and become not important especially when you do multiple peoples jobs. They cut so many potions then just spread the work over their current employees creating a burnout on their good employees. They have a very bad turn over constantly which is probably due to the waiting period between being hired and getting benefits. Their benefits are from the 90s and never have been updated. There is very little PTO days and holidays that are paid. They need to do a benefits review and update this to attract new employees and get employees to stay longer. For saying they are a small family company they should have better benefits geared towards their employees and families. 

This place is a dust bowl, they have you sign a waiver to release there liability of the damage wood dust will do to you. It used to be a great place to work, now with these unrealistic production schedules and always short handed. The machines are full of bandaids and they put more bands over them. Nothing works the way it should and things are constantly breaking down. The equipment you break and damage you do to the facility the more praise you get! It’s really turned into a joke, sad to see this place sliding off the cliff. They promise more money all the time but nothing. The hardest most dedicated people just get  taken advantage of and worked to exhaustion. Maintanance  people can’t even keep up with how fast things get broke. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Maintenance technician 29 salaries reported	$30.76 per hour
Production operator 2 salaries reported	$17.70 per hour
Packaging operator 55 salaries reported	$17.40 per hour
Shift manager 10 salaries reported	$22.45 per hour
Truck driver 4 salaries reported	$26.75 per hour

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