machine operator

production technician

maintenance technician

quality technician

warehouse clerk

Aphena Pharma Solutions

Overall a great company their wages are much higher than most. They are up to date as far as facilities and work procedures and the cafeteria area is nice. They are expanding into a much larger building combining all 3 locations into one. The work hours are long if you are a single mother so that can be difficult the rotating shift if you like that works well, you can plan your entire year schedule around your work hours they schedule almost except when mandatory over time is place for everyone than your days off soon become working days but hopefully will end once their expansion project and consolidating the company all into 1 building may help with that issue. They have 3 rotating shifts. I worked b shift which was monday thru thursday working with friday thru sunday off and then same for the next week and then the 3rd week you change to working friday thru sunday with monday thru thursday off. My workday started at 6am got off at 6am. 

I'm on my second year with Aphena and find they offer much to employees with a clean working environment, excellent benefits and competitive pay.   They have been a part of the community for decades and do their best to see what the area employment needs are and try to accommodate, often offering bonus sign-ons.  There are employee incentives where individual efforts are recognized through awarding gift cards throughout the year, as well as a quarterly CEO program where employees get to nominate their own team members for additional recognition, those chosen receive a $1,000 bonus and an entry into the annual program, where those chosen receive an additional $5,000 bonus.  They also offer internal promotion opportunities. Bottom line, they offer good jobs in a clean, climate controlled environment, good pay, excellent benefits, including PTO and holiday time off, incentives and a chance to excel if you choose to do so!  

A typical day at work starts off with a waiting game, for example what lines are operating,is there enough people there to have the line operating, or do we have all of the necessary componenets for the line to run. After all of that is determined and if the line gets operating it is pretty smooth from there most of the time unless there is a problem with the film or applicators.I have learned that patience is needed on the job site at all times.I think that upper management can be more involved and sensitive to daily functions and operating procedures in the floor production area. There is nothing really hard about the job unless a line is under staffed.The most enjoyable part of the job are the off hours and and my co-workers.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Aphena cares nothing for their employees.  They work them to get everything they need from them and lay them off without a concern.  Haven't had raises there in many years but upper management gets raises and bonuses.  It's a horrible place to work.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Mandatory overtime and no raises

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
They care nothing for the employees.  Moral is at an all time low.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Start work as soon as I hit the door, take a lunch break and back at it until its time to leave.  Never see upper management.

Aphena is a growing company, therefore things are changing daily and you must be willing to accommodate change. There is plenty of learning opportunities and growth within the company. They have opportunities for individuals who are content with current positions and they have opportunities for those individuals who want to climb the ladder. Culture has changed quite a bit, for the better, in the time I have been there. They have invested in the learning of their leadership and management to continue improving their culture. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Welcome Bonus , celebrations and benefits 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Some people in Quality. She Not is Good Coworker she always bothered others coworkers very bad Person .
Some Supervisor woman bad person not professional. And some Man Operator very abusive Person.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Good Building environment, not too much diversity culture 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Really busy  and Hot in Summer time
Multi task
 You need to be very careful and detail in Production and Help others
Cleaning the work areas

bad place to work, low wages forced OT on weekends and holidays after work 4 10 hour days.  They don't respect you, talk down to us. Management doesn't care us.  They cut corners on the lines and don't put the money back into the machines so they run right.  Management knows this but all they care about is the bottom line.  They promise things that they can't deliver because they don't have the people or the machines to do it.  Plus  the machines are constantly breaking down.  The management team is a bunch of vicious robots doing what the COO commands.  When things don't go right ( and frequently don't) they blame us!

Don't work here even if you need a job!

Was told work would be three days a week, 12 hour shifts, most would be four days, with alternating months either having 7 on or off at the end of each month. Job turned into 4 days to 5 days, to 7 days a week still at 12 hour shifts, constantly for months. Alot of temps came and went, majority could not handle the 12 hours standing on a thin mat on concrete flooring, others were fired for drug use. Managers told us after three months all temps would be hired, even after I was gone, only 1 temp out of 4 was hired on and quit, rest still worked up to 9 months with no hire on and then quit.

The labor at Aphena is fairly easy. There are few positions where you would physically excerpt yourself. Apart from this, the shifts are 12 hour shifts, and you are expected to work overtime, up to 6 or 7 days a week depending on their needs. Workplace culture is extremely toxic and predatory to new hires, and management seldom listens to your needs. If you let them, you will get taken advantage of.

They appear to try to be moving in a better direction, but too little, too late.

This company talks a big talk, but can not walk the walk. The front door is a revolving door, employees at all levels walk out daily. There is no organization, standard operating procedures are not followed and it is run purely by the seat of their pants. If a select few longterm employees walked out, the place couldnt operate...period! 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Machine operator 1 salary reported	$20.70 per hour
Production technician 1 salary reported	$18.13 per hour
Maintenance technician 2 salaries reported	$24.78 per hour
Quality technician 1 salary reported	$17.00 per hour
Warehouse clerk 1 salary reported	$18.00 per hour

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