human resources manager

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Blue Diamond Growers

What is the best part of working at the company?
Semi recently implemented a work to home life balance. When I was first employed at blue Diamond Dec. 2019 I was part of a new roll out on Graveyard shift they just became a 24hr facility. First step in work to home life, rocky start 1-2 days off a month everyday new policy’s and rules managers coming and going. It was always something. None of the leadership team had a clue. High turnover rate in result of this sink or swim high tension mentality and mural but I’d say it took roughly 2 1/2 maybe 3yrs to dial that in then at the end of 2022 we had a complete regime change where the CEO up and resigned out of nowhere and then just about all the lower management team went soon after whether they “resigned” “quit” or were fired. So with that came a whole new team of “gung ho” know it alls hard headed “managers” leaders that know what’s best for the company and ALL new policies once again. Man I swear if you can just put your head down bite your tongue and do your job and go home. Just long enough to wait them out based on my experience here at BDG you’ll have a whole new team of “educated” fools leading you soon enough but yeah we get days off now! I guess that aside from them paying in most cases depending on your position far better then the average median wage in this field or career 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Constant changes always changing everything hard to keep up with all the changes 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Most (COWORKERS) great to be around and work with for the most part. But of course you have your work place “haters” and “snitches” so concerned with what others are doing they don’t have tie to do their own jobs. Plus the ever revolving leadership team means more 1st impressions and new getting to know them and their character and type of person and “boss” they’re going to be and once you get familiar with them poof! There gone 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Well we first begin the day with stretches (required) then we all gather round and listen to the announcements or “tailgate meeting” where they pass down info from the shifts prior and maybe some “call outs” or concerns involving safety or things of that nature then get debriefed on where everyone will be stationed and then we go to our respective areas and we perform our duties take our breaks put in our time and go home

What is the best part of working at the company?
You're part of a national brand that is highly recognized. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lack of oversight and accountability are very stressful - I met with my senior manager 8 times in 11 months. Going with the flow garners the same rewards as pushing for continuous improvement. Pushing for that improvement means pushing up against internal employees who've been there for years, expecting promotion, only to find that promotion has been offered to an external hire which is YOU if you're looking at a managerial position at BDG.
You could unwittingly walk into a very cliquey situation where your positive intent is disregarded, ignored, taken as an offense,  and  your higher ups offer no support. 
The Sacramento site is also a historical building site which means any safety concerns/food safety concerns require permits, contractors, and a lot of time which shouldn't effect anything safety related. 
Employee development is also difficult because because much of the hourly workforce is through the STAR temporary agency - meaning the majority of your direct reports don't actually work for BDG and their 40 hour work week isn't guaranteed (40 hours isn't guaranteed for the permanent work force either) so there's an issue with that as well. 
Team Leader evaluations don't have anything to do with your numbers btw. If your positive numbers are up all around you'll receive the same bonus/raise as the "Go with the flow" managers. If that's OK with you as a manager then I highly recommend a position as Team Leader at BDG.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
A disproportionate number of temporary employees that are employed by a temporary agency. If there's promotions, pay issues, disciplinary issues, termination issues, questions about permanent hiring,......you have to speak to the agency first.


What is a typical day like for you at the company?
If a team leader shows up on site when they're supposed to and is present there's little to do after that but there were Team Leaders who's attendance was very irregular and it wasn't an issue. Although the one big issue is TIMECARDS. It's not an automated system and there's 2 types - permanent and temporary employees. It was difficult to figure out what was going on with both sides.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Overall the experience with team members and hire staff. All positive no negatives. Blue Diamond Growers strives for excellence for their team members and if there needing any continued training then they do just that!! 
They continuously thank their team members by giving them extras.  They even have on site a health specialist for safety. So ensure warm ups before start of shift and if you have challenges. Then a alternative way to get your task done that still results with a win outcome. 
Thank you Growers for the opportunity

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
There are no stresses. Blue Diamond Growers are very positive and will help there team members to ensure processes and policies are followed. The commit with positivity and excellence. Great place to start a career and make is longevity.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Every shift you are briefed then followed by a warm up. The culture and team environment is full of communication. There is no way to fail. 
They have a open door at all times. Your manager or assistant is always available for answering questions. Plus other team members like to help or assist there fellow team members if they see them being challenged to get assignment completed. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
My shift consisted of inspections, perimeter checks, checking in trucks, signing in contractors, have them sign necessary forms if needed. Observing team members in safety, file documentation, check in new incoming team members and etc. Overall your given proper and positive training. Blue Diamond Growers great experience.

I worked at Blue Diamond starting on the line sorting Almonds - this was an exhausting job - 12 1/2 hour days on your feet sorting almonds as they came out of a blanching machine (it was hot in the work area) - management was really good at making sure that you had water and (if you needed it) a stool to rest on while sorting the almonds - the managers that work for the Turlock production plant were all awesome - in fact, all the employees at this plant were very welcoming - I transferred to their inventory control office in Salida - the manager at the inventory office led me to believe that she wanted to hire someone full time (I was still seasonal)  - the employees in this office were unprofessional, immature and very unfriendly - at the end of my assignment, I was glad when the manager told me that the position that was offered to me no longer existed - although I believed that I was purposefully mislead about a 'permanent' position, I was more than happy when my assignment ended - I really enjoyed working for Blue Diamond and wish that I was able to find another position in this company because (with the exception of the Salida inventory office) they treat their employees really well

For professionals is very atractive to work at this company for the benefits and in some cases for the good position or title they offered. But the reality is that you worked yourself out to the point to give your max but Directors,  Vp and HR management have the mentality to squeeze you and then throw you out of the club specially if you are latino or with color. It happen at any level soon or later,  but it will happen. They star to bothering you, telling you over and over that you do not perform to their expectatives anymore  even if you have meet all their goals for several years. They keep pushing you up to the point to make you make the decisition to.leave and look for other oportunity.
People at floor level are very humble and had working , bu going up higher to directors and Vp levels the hipocrecy is well noted and there is not servant leadershp at all. Good company to learn about almonds gain experience butdo not fall in love because you will regret it.
With the covid ,  they never stopped working and they were vey unsensible to people with health issues. That tells you what they care about general workers.
The list is long full of examples,  but i think you get the idea.

For a person with minimal experience and education this is a great company to start with. There are lots of chances for small promotions from sweepers to machine operators. Once you've reached the top of the lower tier jobs then it just becomes a dead end place to work without many chances to move up or learn more then the basics of a job and without any pay raises (minus occasionally cost of living increase which everyone gets regardless of performance). 
They only seem to promote to management/supervisor positions if you have an in with a higher up manager. This tends to lead to supervisors and managers that know a lot about almonds but know almost nothing about managing people.
There is not much camaraderie and often fingers are pointed often since everything seems to be a competition for production. Focus seems to have moved to running as much as possible and making the most money regardless of anything else compared to when it seemed more about teamwork and quality.
In summary it's a good starting career, but can turn dead end fast. However pay and benefits are great and seem the only driving force for motivation.

What is the best part of working at the company?
great facility to work but fellow employees don’t want to see each other win also if you have problems with supervisors they will give you a hard time for as long as you are there great place to make a career but terrible management and veteran employees 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
i had an ongoing with problem with my supervisor for a year and a half HR never did anything about it besides ask the guy if those things happened and after the first problem my supervisor became a pain in the neck because i reported him staff doesn’t last long new supervisors every 3 years 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
work environment every man for themselves they expect you to know what your doing straight out the gate because you have related skills fellow employee will watch you crash and burn intentionally a lot of micro managing from veteran employees solid culture tho a lot of days of which can be good and bad 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
it’s a slow paced environment safety above all else

Working at BDG, it became apparent quickly that there are two faces to the company: the corporate ‘haves’ and the plant ‘have nots’ that do all of the manual labor. Corporate was very supportive of its own, but anyone on the plant side of pay and HR faced difficulties, such as language barriers and cultural barriers. For a company that claims it is inclusive, anyone of color is likely hired on the plant side.

My role was service desk, and corporate was the least appreciative and most unreasonable. Plant side was mostly uneducated or ignorant of technology, which was saddening. There was little job satisfaction and it was easy to burn out. 

Pay and benefits were great at least!  Otherwise, the role was completely on site and deliberate staffing decisions meant that we had to shift locations to the Salida or Turlock branch as needed, which meant a lot of driving and fighting for compensation.

Don’t let me get started on the crime in the area, too. 



My typical work day at Blue Diamond Growers an 8 hours shift.  My duties as a sorter was sorting out bad/defected almonds and picked out the foreign material for the running belts.  Cleaned up at the end of the shift.  As a General Labor I performed multi-tasks including:  Operated box-making machine, lined boxes, filled almonds into the dry-wall ready to sent out to customers. Picked up spilled almonds ,cleaned up/swept up the production areas and helped others co-workers to finish the products. 

I have learned many different job tasks at BDG and really enjoyed doing what I did.  The job was fun and co-workers are nice and helpful.

Management was great and helpful.

There was nothing that made me feel was the hardest part of the job working at BDG.

The most enjoyable part of the job was when I have to help other co-workers with the tasks at different areas learning the new things, get to know other co-workers.

Current admin/managers are clueless and they put even more clueless people in positions of authority. No one in management knows what really going on, young kids out of school, no experience telling skilled people who know the job, what to do. we have to train them. no clear direction except manipulation. They harbor thieves. management does not listen to skilled people who know what to do. Being led by a back yard mechanic as maintenance manager. senior VP in charge of engineering doesn't have a clue. They would rather grok in dei, then hire people who know what they do and have experience. Their ideas about what to do are garbage and are meaningless according to their own statistics. To many hours from getting rid of people/forcing them out. Expectation to do other skills peoples job 

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