laborer

machine operator

packer

process supervisor

cost accountant

Carl Buddig & Company

I've had a few weeks to think this over on what I should say, and I must admit, I'm glad I left. We all have things that we value when we go into a new job. Pay rate, benefits like healthcare, meeting new people, and making your way up to better things. This job lacked in quite a few ways for me in the pay was less than desired (it wasn't always $15 that's something the must've started after I left) for the conditions, and while I was cool with most of the line operators, many of them where very immature and outright unprofessional in how they conducted there business. The cold weather would imply that the work rate would be fast paced and yet I would often find myself just standing around doing nothing on a given line because the machines were down or worse off, if your line was down, they'd have you stand against a wall for potentially half to two hours to figure out where they want to put you with the ever present risk of them sending you home for the day. There were many times I wanted to do more but couldn't and so I'd leave and got to the restroom to help the time pasts. Trouble is that in a facility with hundreds of employees there you think they'd have more than one restroom and a separate stall and there's most likely gonna be a line in the halls because of it. Overall i do appreciate the experience but I wish they could've given me more to work with. I honestly think I'm one of the rare cases where I left mainly because I wasn't able to work to my full potential.

typical day at work is long and fast paced depending on workers it can be more stressful then it already is.
I learned how to package meat fast and properly, spot bad packaging, health hazard, work with a group and support each other. proper stacking and work fast and efficiently.
management of workers could use some work, most day multiple lines would be closed leaving alot of worker to wait to be assigned a different line.
work place is really cold close to 30 degrees, small work space in a fast pace environment, workers are mostly female oriented. line would stop for various reasons, mostly due to something on the line itself not working properly. 
hardest part of the job is standing around for half a hour or so in the cold waiting for the machine on the line to work, aside from that it would depend on the workers actually helping each other to get the job done, most don't work effectively, and in certain situations things would come down to a racial problem with workers.
most enjoyable part for me would be working on the dry side packing boxes and stacking them up moving constantly in a cold environment is key to help the day go by nice and easy. that and lunch breaks  description

Working at Carl Buddig and Company has been quite a different experience. However, I feel that this company is good for people who are just starting their work experiences. Coming from a much larger company with more experienced workers, I have run into a few issues with co-workers and/or staff because they are much younger and less experienced than me. However, working as their team leader I am sure to guide them in the right direction to make sure the company is receiving the quality service from their employees. Typically, I manage the lines that are ran for the productions that day and make sure all orders and paperwork are complete in a timely fashion. Being at this job, I've learned how to maintenance machines efficiently. The hardest part of this job is handling all of the unexpected issues that may occur during the day while also keeping your line of production moving and completed in the time frame provided. I enjoy most, being able to complete those task and any unexpected problems with little to no help and with accuracy.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I do various jobs and I still have a job

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
If I make a mistake, they want to take a picture of your mistake before you can get a chance to fix the mistake. A lead is supposed to help you not take a picture of your mistakes, so send it into HR or the management. Bottom line, it's not their job to be a photographer but to show you the mistake you made and give you a chance to fix it.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It's okay! It has us up and downs just like anywhere else and the people I work around really don't speak much English so I don't understand what they're trying to say.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
When I usually do my job I have a system on how I normally would do it but for the most part I could use another person to help me because my job always had 2 on the floor and 1 floater for backup.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Poor leadership and communication. In Need of a union at the Montgomery plant to secure jobs for the employees. The company only protects the leads on up whether they are right or wrong. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not being trained by the right lead person and criticism by the person training you.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It's mixed but you can't understand what the culture of the person you're working around to understand what you're saying or what they're saying to you

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Depending on where you're working. There are some people trying to become a lead, but have no idea about leadership. What they don't understand is they are still at the same level you are and they have to work just like you do.

I worked there for 4 weeks & I ended up being so overwhelmed with the mandatory overtime, I had to throw in the towel. I had one trainer that I really liked but then when I got shifted to a different line to train on, it went downhill from there. I don't speak spanish so I couldn't understand a word that was coming out of anyone's mouths, including my rude trainer who had no patience to be a trainer. They expect you to be fast from hello & if you weren't, they bully you, in spanish. As I don't speak the language & couldn't understand what they were saying, finger pointing made it quite clear they were saying things that were inappropriate. 
The overtime is OVERWHELMING! As I said in the title line, if you don't want or have a life, no kids or family, WORK FOR CARL BUDDIG, they will work you until you cave & it's all swing shift MANDATORY!

Too much to say I just decided to do this review because I feel I am strong enough to do it without crying. Working in office is not a friendly atmosphere and they don’t like you to talk at all. I was treated unfairly and talked about through messenger all the time smh childish high school demeanor. And after working there doing my best while being micromanaged and stereotyped. I’m still getting a form of retaliation with errors with my tax reporting (maybe because they lost the appeal for my unemployment after firing me ) hope this helps another energized motivated individual that’s just trying to make ends meet this world is cold and I found that out dealing with this company !!

I loved the job but some of the other workers are bullies. The gossiping about who was sleeping with who was annoying and made the job worse. It's easy to work. I think the pay should have been higher. Also, the employee's talked really bad about the Union. I worked there shortly and would have stayed but the people I trained with really turned me off. I walked to my interview that's how bad I wanted the position I was excited about being hired but the job culture was really bad. I'm a loyal person I didn't want to get so attached to the money and benefits and exposing myself to negativity. Some of them had been there for years so clearly, the anti-bullying policy isn't effective.

While many aspects of working at Carl Buddig & Company are "cushy" (good pay, benefits, work/life balance, nice people), it is not an ideal environment for someone looking to 'ladder climb' as advancement opportunities are scarce and management is not the most knowledgeable, supportive, or functional.

A typical day at work was like another day at school to me just a faster paste. I learned how to load logs of meat on the slicer and take weight of the meat and palletize like put boxes on the pallet a proper pattern. The management was always on the floor making sure we don't mess up orders. So they just walk around make sure we doing it right. My co-workers some of them was mean and some of them was nice. Going there everyday day in a cold environment. I could not stand that for some reason but i dealt with it. I am not going to lie getting my paycheck every weekend.

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