packer

forklift operator

production associate

technician

machine technician

D&W Fine Pack, LLC

This is a company that wants you to follow the rules, but don't do as I do mentality. But at the same time you have a maintenance manager that keeps stealing from the company. Even though he has been caught nothing is done to him cause he belongs with good ole boys. This is proven by another supervisor had been fired for the exact same thing, but we'll keep this guy cause he knows a lot. Which he has cost this company more money than anyone else combined, with all his mistakes and lack of knowledge.  The plant manager is a farmer that has no clue on how to run a plant. He thinks holding back money to buy parts to repair equipment will save the company money, but intern cost money for down machines. instead he spends  money on paint, posters and what ever he sees fit to make the company look good for the appearance. We are corporate engineering that cant seem to figure out how to pull there head out of there butts to fix something so its everyone else  fault. Then you have a Engineer that used to be a maintenance manager that has robbed the company blind with tools and equipment, blames everyone else,  then takes it to his place in Michigan, builds stuff in the plant for his own good with companies supplies. Another good ole Boy that moves up the ladder. Then you have  favoritism through out the plant, if you don't fit in the click your treated like a step child. oh by the way the bigger looser you are the higher up the ladder you go. They even put people into a supervisor/ lead position that says he has a degree, which he doesn't because he couldn't pass the math portion, so this is falsifying documentation. Oh yea talking about falsifying documentation the documents that is to be done every week they set done to redo these to make it look good for the inspection. This is looking more of an automotive industry than a plastic industry. If you like to be lied to come and join, they will lie through there teeth to get you in and then tell you they will have to check there notes when you question them, they have no notes, so get everything in writing prior cause once they suck you in you are screwed. every year they take more away from you. Managers still get bonuses when the employees used to when the quota was met. Now lets take from the little guy so we can get richer.

The company is very safety conscious and in a state of constant improvement in this area. The company grew very quickly over the course of a few years about 3 to 5 years ago and it took a little time for the corporate structure to catch up. Since that time much talent was brought into the company and the effects of which is starting to show exponentially. Also the synergies of all the plants, which were once competitors, is starting to show. The company is also laser focused on delivering quality products and indeed the small number of customer complaints reflects this reality. The company is investing into infrastructure and into its people. There are opportunities to advance in the organization. Monetary compensation, at least in the management group, seems to meets the average for the geographical areas of the plants. Hourly employees are offered the same health benefits as salary workers and much has been done to keep costs low in spite of the rising tide nationally. This company is a good one to work for with professional people. It is not big or small but seems to have the benefits of both as a mid-size company. It has its quirks like any other place but at least the management structure is not entirely top down from corporate allowing the local leaders to have a seat at the table. The new CEO is energetic and well needed to refocus the company on sales and being cost competitive. His positive mark is already being felt in what has turned out to be a good turn around year.

Managers don't care about anyone's life but their own... they will talk mess witheveryone else but the person they're talking about.... they will pay people starting out more than what people who've been there 3 years or longer... they want you to take on all your responsibilies plus 5 other peoples and pay the other people more... mostly all the supervisors and managers are lazy and they just sit all day on their computers in the AC while we're all out there for 8-12 hours more working in 90-100 degree factory.. and complain when we take an extra 5 minute break. They get mad when you take breaks with other employees regularly even if you all have all of your work caught up and not even in the same departments... they all mostly act nice to your face but fake behind your back. It is just a shady bad place to work and they really don't care about their employees, each shift is against each other and always constantly taking pictures of every little detail that didn't get done. So it is like a war between everyone and everyone is always getting yelled at for everything always 24/7..... (Example... there's a little pile of dirt on the floor that needs swept up) someone will make a big deal of it!!!!! Like come on this place is getting worse and worse and the longer you work there, the more you realize this place is a horrible place to work!

20 year veteran, I've grown beyond my initial imagination with this company. I've put in the time, have been taken care of all along the way. 

We work, that simple, it is a great company, (FI SC facility) great people, (PM, HR, Management team, staff). Like everything else in life, we have our 'bumps along the way', but this is manufacturing. ANYONE can grow with this company! ALL one has to do is have passion, pride, work ethic, a sense of urgency, the skies the limit here. We promote from within. We earn our stripes, we grow together.

We have our moments as does all manufacturing facilities. We fail, we drop the ball, but we GROW from our mistakes. Not a perfect world, but we do really well here, our people are our greatest assets. Without our people, we are nothing without our people.

I am a better person overall from my experience here over the last 20+ years, I've learned so much, grown beyond belief. You simply have to believe. When you have the right people in place, everything comes together. 

We are Fountain Inn, we are ONE. We win as a team. We are coming.

The company hired me to train as a cast-film/biax operator as I have experience in that field.  

The company knew my technical background and credentials told me it would take several weeks of training on Day Shift to bring me up to speed and they could not wait for me to join the team.

The first day on the job they handed me a broom told me to clean and load scrap into grinders.    Five days later I am still cleaning and grinding scrap. 

Five days into the job they suddenly move me to night shift and tell me "all of your training will take place on nights."

Show up to night shift,   no one has any idea what is going on or even who I am.   I am told, "just sweep the floors for now."

Walked off the job.    Never in the 30 years that I have worked in plastics have I seen an operation bungle a new employee onboarding as badly as they bungled this.  

Stay far away from this place,  they have ZERO clues on how to handle employee onboarding and fail at the most basic of communications.

a typical day would be to clock in for work, inspect your equipment that you would be using to load the trucks for the day. Do housekeeping duties while waiting for the first loads of the day. Inspect the staged loads that are going out first. Load trailers by hand, electric pallet jack or forklift as required by the customer. This is done throughout the day; as orders go out new orders are staged and prepared to be shipped out. In light of all the hard work co-workers were fun to work with. It made the day go by faster. The hardest part of the job was dealing with management when order would come in and the size of the order would barely fit on the trailer. Management would pressure you to make it all fit. The most enjoyable part of the job was getting light loads and competing to see how fast we could load those particular trailers.

Gross mismanagement on a plant level and corporately
Am unfriendly employee environment
Very, very, very low raises in pay
The company has no electricity in its plant so therefore there is not any air conditioning in the summer and no heat in the winter
The company prefers to cut corners to save money
Not a safe environment to work in

Probably going to close their plant in Ft. Calhoun, NE.

I have worked at my share of businesses in the past and this particular establishment is the most mismanaged I have encountered. I do not know how it manages to stay in business. Do not waste your time applying for a position here because within days you will be looking again. In the meantime, the plant in Ft. Calhoun has been downsizing and from what I can glean is preparing to shut down, but the employees haven't  been told the facts. They have been told a fairy tale story that all is well. Do not be deceived. 

Stay far, far away from this place.

Did not like this place at all!! First of all its hot as all can be in there, next, it's unorganized as can be, people working on top of each other, then other people standing around doing absolutely nothing . Machines constantly break down. The people they assign to train new hires have no business training anyone, as they are extremely incompetent, rude, and disrespectful. They expect you to have the job down to a science within a few hours, and if you don't they start berating you. Supervisors are no where to be found. The "teamleaders" are the only ones to be found to handle situations. So unless you can handle the heat, stress, and ignorance, I wouldn't come here.Also it's not union, so you're on your own, if it was things would probably be better

This company could be a great one, but lacks direction and solid Leadership. It was hard to know what was important and what the focus needed to be as priorities would change like the wind on a weekly or even daily basis. Some areas were allowed to have and keep non performers while others were required to reduce valuable member headcount. Metrics didn't match or make sense in some areas. Also the plant preached about safety of employees, but only cared about those employees in the production areas. It was ok to allow the warehouse team to operate in an environment which was hazardous and unsafe. This was another inconsistent issue that the Plant Manager and Corporate Management team was made aware of on multiple occasions, but didn't care to address.

I put in my 2 week notice for resignation, I was tired of not going no where with them, had another job opportunity something different, and when I talked to HR representative there, she offered me another position, I was excited about it and decided to stay with them you know keep my seniority and benefits was great doing something different learning and growing with the same company was good, well got interviewed for the position, and weeks and months go by and never got moved or trained. Excuse after excuse. Well I'm not sleeping through getting always prepared for new things found the best job after a good research and prepared my self for it getting a certification as an entry level IT. You always learn something every where you go. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Packer 12 salaries reported	$16.39 per hour
Forklift operator 4 salaries reported	$17.09 per hour
Production associate 11 salaries reported	$15.00 per hour
Technician 6 salaries reported	$31.10 per hour
Machine technician 1 salary reported	$31.00 per hour

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