baker

sanitation worker

senior production specialist

packager

forklift operator

Bernatellos Foods

You won't get a fair shake unless you're part of the right clique. They are unfairly selective about who has to follow the rules and who they'll let slide. Piddly complaints and overly picky environment.  Even if you're right, you're wrong. This place is perfectly happy with it's demons. Supervisors have poor attitudes and even poorer people skills. Very very disrespectful to people in general. They really know how to hurt people. I've never seen it this bad and it keeps getting worse as time passes. Management has blinders on and will just allow bad behavior,  example: many of the office people are rude, tempermental, disrespectful, to the point that one of the lime leads said she wanted to slap that person in the face. Angry outbursts are okay if you work in the office, the plant manager will just stand there and let it happen. Management really needs to learn how to act professionally. These people should be completely ashamed of themselves, but they have no shame. There are hundreds of disgruntled employees/ ex employees out there because of the  dysfunctional environment they allow to continue to exist. If they mention "culture " just know talk is cheap. Most of the people there are there and in it for themselves, people don't listen or pay attention to  the management or H.R. when they have their company meetings. These people for the most part just don't care.

After the honeymoon phase wore off, I started to find out what they are really about. It's small town, so LOTS of drama, rumors spread within minutes. When I was there, it was very male dominated and most of them were absolute sexist pigs. Otherwise most others are nice, you get decent pay, but you will have no life. Just pizza, six days a week, even though they tell new hires it's m-f, they lie. 

Machines break down alot. So maintenance has to fix it. The guys on maintenance were getting older unfortunately, but they knew generally what to do. Unfortunately stuff still broke down consistently. They didn't have enough guys to help keep up maintenance and Bernatello's just didn't care. So the line employees get/have to stand around until it's fixed, though you do get paid. I remember the longest we stood around was like 6 hours. Not joking.

Lots of turnover for all departments, including hr. There's one nice lady in hr that is still there that is willing to help and very sweet.

You get two days off a week, but they are rarely ever in a row. They keep people by offering fantastic health insurance, up to 3 free pizzas a shift, Christmas bonuses and ever so rarely, a profit bonus. It's not worth the stress working here. I worked there three years and I learned my lesson. 

The new plant manager does not care about any employees. He lies to make himself look good. He fires employees with out doing a investigation to see what really happened. The human  resources will not help anyone can't answer any questions absolutely  clueless horrible place to work . Running short all the time no PTO because there allways short before this hr lady there was allways staffed then she came in and couldnt get anyone. She is supper nice though over all I would stay away from this company it's not a family company and the plant manager does not care about anyone but his paycheck. Seems like he cares then when the door closes he blatantly says he doesn't care when he took over he shorted every department by 1 and told everyone that it was hard to get people not a company u wanna work for it used to be a family company one supervisor  got let go for something he did not do and they did not even talk to him or the person it supposedly happened to then when they did they both said it never happened but he was still fired 

Its to laid back, nobody follows a protocall. Instead of putting a small amount of frozen product on the line and letting the line use it up while it's still frozen,  they pour in a lot and stand around and talk and every time that product like sausage or pepperoni pieces, peppers, onions , mushrooms go around and around back to the hopper it thaws out, making it slimy,  discolored and then it clumps up on the belt. No one cares about the pizza, and worse than that is, what you don't know won't hurt you!

What is the best part of working at the company?
The day to day production worker non supervisors 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Knowing they only look out for management 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Management first even though they say they are a people first culture. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Come in, find out what's on? The schedule has changed. Have to adjust to that finding out that you don't have the materials to do that. And then at any given moment, they'll terminate you. Because they don't need you, you need them. According to what they tell you.

its high stress, management does not listen to comments and suggestions and always blame the operators for machine issues. they don't follow their own handbook in relation to breaks, they always insist on breaks being done before the halfway point of the shift. management makes for hostile work environment with how they try to pin people against each other. its hard to get management to actually approve pto requests due to their always being short handed and having to work every Saturday.

recommend  to stay away, its not a long term job that anyone would want with their work comes first attitude even though they try to say "we are a family company". 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The work load the first 3 yrs was decent. Last 2 years it was to much for various reasons. We were just informed 6/27 that the Maple Lake plant where it's beginning roots are will be shutting down permanently. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Workload for the last years that was at times not necessary .

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Was a great place to work and cared about people until about 2 years ago.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Fast paced due to previous layoffs

Being a hard worker doesnt tend to pay off, it generally results in being forced to carry lazy co workers weight to keep the line running. Too much emphasis on run time and numbers rather than balancing efficiency with employee morale.  Departments are always short since covid hit, especially production.  Management is highly unfair, once they dont like you, you have no chance of redeeming yourself. Good luck getting days off approved if your one of those people. 

I've been with Bernatello's for close to 5 years and I love it. The people, the culture, the vision of this company are all what drive me to put forth my best effort everyday. I'm encouraged, appreciated, and valued and could not ask for anything more. I love the fact that Bernatello's is focused on giving back to those in need and helping in local communities. They do what's right, and that comes from top down. I'm excited for our continued growth and couldn't be more happy to be a part of it!

Worked for the company many years. The first couple years were good and would give bonuses and perks but has steadily gone down hill. The past 3 years there was no incentive to go above and beyond and the immediate manager only contacts you when there's problems. No additional help when your busy. No bonus the last few years even with record breaking sales.  Be prepared to work long hours every day and a portion of every weekend if your on a sales route. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Baker 13 salaries reported	$18.77 per hour
Sanitation worker 13 salaries reported	$24.62 per hour
Senior production specialist 3 salaries reported	$18.67 per hour
Packager 7 salaries reported	$18.50 per hour
Forklift operator 4 salaries reported	$21.75 per hour

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