DEMETS CANDY COMPANY

I started here really excited to learn new things, advance my position and hopefully find a good job. The job itself is not hard, and at times is very enjoyable. But the amount of bullsht you have to deal with everyday gets tiring. The employee situation is bad as well, most of the temp workers are s3x offenders or people just released from prison. There is a very big favouritism problem and alot of people who just straight up kiss the supervisors butt. And there is a real s3xual harassment problem that is just overlooked all the time. I do think they have alot of room to improve the quality of work, the point system is seriously flawed and we have lost alot of people due to it, they need to pay people alot more than what they do, especially for the amount of bullsht they go through. The company is expanding and growing, maybe they will stop locking their people inside all day!! Let us go outside!!!  With all this investing happening, they should pay everyone alot more

A typical day at work consisted of going above and beyond my duties to ensure quality of production consistent with my capabilities. I learned about Junior Enrobing machine assembly, dis-assembly, chocolate tempering, and working with room temperature and airflow. I also learned about a variety of maintenance tasks, teamwork, and future management possibilities. Management did their best to work with everyone, but the concern for the quality of employees was lacking. There was lack of concern for employee actions on the production floor, and I was not compensated properly for taking over the official enrobing operator duties while my trainer was injured. I did not find this job difficult, but the actions of upper management were condemning. The most enjoyable part of the job was my interaction with the machines.

I work there before and I think that place has lots of things wrong starting with management....at first was ok and all but they have alot of favoritism  going on in there and bad pay but they expect to over work you alot but don't want to pay you or raise you they have no control of anything they let alot of people get away with stuff...they don't respect or value their employees like they should (the ones that actually work that is)....no respect for the employees at all and if your a temp they just use you and then send you home or only have you come into work 2 days a week they....they don't care as much about quality as much as production they only care about the production being done......don't even waste your time to apply there

Management would not let you use your brain, constantly criticized you, and wore you down until you had little self-esteem.  High turnover in my position.  One coworker was always checking behind me, even though I did not report to her.  Those people who cared the most and put in the extra time and work were given the hardest time, and those that just punched the clock were left alone.  High turnover in other departments as well.  Eight people fired in 3 months time.  HR department no help at all.  It's really a shame because the company and product line were fine. 
Hardest part of the job:  Pleasing your supervisors
Enjoyable part of the job:  Eating the candy and clocking out.

High stress in supervisory positions. They are transitioning to a world wide company from being a small family oriented company. With this transition, they are having some difficulty with the culture change and solidifying their processes. Supervisors (2) manage up to 120 or so workers. Of that number there are approximately 20 full time employees per shift and the rest are temp workers. Most of the staff are pleasant and good to work with. The hardest part of the job is the changing of the culture and the frequent process changes that go with it. The most enjoyable part is working with a diverse work group, and of course the Turtles.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Nothing hard labor for low wages.  I ran every machine in the facility and never compensated for it. They treated everyone as a number. Worst cluttered up small cramped place to. Sweat shop

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Packing area they just pushed and pushed those girls non stop. Breaks were few and no water around to drink. It was inhumane.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Low moral, stressful, no team work, cutthroat.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Miserable, sweaty, painful, strains, and back pains daily.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Pay, other than that not much. It's like any other place you work. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
12 hour shifts, the long drive in, the turn over rate is threw the roof. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
A mixture of all walks of life. Some good some bad.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Show up get changed into uniform. Clock in and gown up, go threw the sanitizer station, walk threw the plant back to the shop, have a shift change meeting. Grab your tool box that you have to buy and hit the floor.

Don't get paid enough no chance to really move up. People running it from the office to up in new york don't know what their doing.no organization the oven is older then old. I met my girlfriend there so that was a plus. Right now we don't have enough people to work they got us running around doing this and that I'm not lazy but some people can't handle it. Their alot of lazy people who get away with whatever they want the place is a joke honestly but I appreciate how far I got in life while working there but it's pretty much dead end job in the long term.

I loved working here.  The beginning of the week was always the busiest. I loved working closely with all 300 of the workers and some of the 200 temps depending on time of year.  All of my co-workers were great and very welcoming environment.  The HR manager Linda was the best boss I have had thus far.  At times it was  difficult with the 12 hour shift change and having to deal with cranky employees,  but overall we made it through and met quota for valentines day.

Its a lot of things i liked about this job. Like 3 breaks, gave away a lot of candy and other things. They had a competitive atmosphere. One thing i did hate was the 12 hr shifts. When i went to work i got off the next morning, so my days was crazy. The hardest part of the job was the ability to stay awake, working 7 p.m to 7 a.m is crazy. But the pay was real good. Plus overtime was great. I learned how operation machinery, which i never thought i would do. The most enjoyable part of work was me taking a break.

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