production operator

electromechanical maintenance mechanic

Bush Brothers & Company

• In the last 5 years I focused on product commercialization which involves the synthesis of many corporate departments with plant manufacturing to produce new SKU's.  We launched 40 such new products in the last 5 years (19 in calendar 2016).

• The culture is amazing.  The Chairman of the Board knew my children's names and that I am a left-handed golfer (and I was not even in management).

• I cannot begin to tell all that I've learned in 9 years.  I guess most importantly I learned not the importance of the "what" in the job, but the criticality of the "how" in the job.

• The hardest part of the job was the sheer workload in the last 12-18 months (25 SKU's launched).  This did not leave much time for vacation or family fun time, but it was the needs of the business.

• By far the most enjoyable part of the job were the people.  I made, and will maintain, lifelong friendships.

No heat, no air conditioning (except in the offices). Supervisors treat the employees like dirt. No respect even when you work as hard as a dog. After sixteen years I took an early retirement to get out of the heat. So hot and so humid that we’ve had people to pass out. Now that I have retired, I don’t buy their products because of how I was treated. I wasn’t one of the bosses buddies and I did way more than my job. Others were let sit one play on their cellphones all night and rest of us pulled the load. Some cans run on the line at 1000 to 1070 per minute. Not slow cooked as stated in commercial. All line leaders are in competition with each other and work employees like dogs. Always more, more, more.

The work is honestly mind numbingly easy. 
The difficulty lies in having teaming shoved down your throat! Every single thing done there revolves around how well you do in your ‘team’ environment and what they think of you. If just one person decides they don't like you or you don't have time to be on a specific extra team (think safety) then you aren't a team player and will NOT ever advance!!
And in your first year god forbid you have a personal emergency!! You stand the very real risk of being fired!


Typical day at work is normally pretty boring but that's what you get paid for. You have to learn more than one postion and that's how you can advance at bush's but that can sometimes take a while. You get 2 30 minute breaks on third shift. Have to help with sanitation depending on where you are which is my least enjoyable thing and my favorite thing about working at bush's is driving forklift.

Great job, great pay, great benefits. Terrible management, too much “politics” and better be friends with the manager or else you’re gone. They pretend to care about safety and pretend to be a family company but they could care less. You are just a number to them.
Also don’t bring up an issue to them, or they will do a one sided investigation and fire you bc of it.

If your not in the click, there's no room for advancements. Although it's a good paying job for this area, most people dread coming to work. It's a food manufacturing plant. Good culture for the most part, but do not live up to their core values. Really none of the jobs are hard to perform. Pretty good benefits. 401K, company does not match. There is a pension plan. Only allowed 4sick days. But you get 4 weeks paid vacation after invested.

Would never recommend anyone to work here as a temp. You are treated like a second class citizen by majority of "Bush family" employees. Lots of people over paid and do nothing. Company wastes a lot of money. Affairs going on between employees which brings a lot of drama. I have never worked in a place that treats anyone this poorly. A big thumbs down. Money ain't everything!!!!

Bush's is very good to people.  They have great pay and benefits.  If you're working on the plant floor, there are many opportunities to advance and grow.  If you're a new manager, there is a lot of opportunity to learn about the business and how to be a manager.  There are several different departments to rotate thru and learn about.

Been working here almost 10 years and its been a wonderful ride so far. The family ownership is strong and dedicated and they are truly very generous as well.  Bush has a unique culture that stands out in food CPG as a values driven and special place to work.

Bush Brothers always made sure you knew the job before they left you on your own, very good training and mentoring to employees, you felt like family if you worked there

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