process technician

press operator

material handler

injection mold operator

truck driver

Essel Propack

As an employee we are required to work mandatory overtime. I am required to work six 12 hours shifts or receive points for not going in. Overtime requirements and point distribution is not equal among different shifts and employees.  Shift managers, supervisors, etc are not subjected to working mandatory overtime or receiving points if they miss. 
The harder an employee works, more is demanded of them while other employees are allowed to do the bare minimum with no repercussions. I am constantly having to come into work to a mess. The shift before me cannot be bothered to clean their work station at the end of their shift even though it is part of the job.
I have no time with my family because of the workload required of me. This has consistently gotten worse through the years and is currently the worst I have seen it. I no longer feel as if I can work for a company that does bot show care or concern for the wellbeing of their employees or the fact that people have responsibilities outside of work. Working mandatory overtime periodically is ok but this is consistent week after week with no apparent end in sight. 
The company was giving bonuses for employees who worked all of their shifts but that ended without warning. They also have not given cost of living raises in well over a year. 


My typical work day was just to make and mix ink and make sure that they were stocked for the presses and the ink mixing process. I've learned about the different types of ways that inks are printed and the different materials used to be printed on. Management was decent and wasn't too demanding. They liked that I was learning new things as I was working there. Their workplace culture is pretty much the same as any other company would and should be: respectful of other people's views and won't tolerate harassment if otherwise. The hardest part of the job was making the ink color spot on to what the press operators want it to be to match the samples, especially if the original ink maker isn't there. The most enjoyable part of the job was making new colors that they assign to me. I love experimenting with things, so being given assignments to make new color inks piqued my curiosity. What's even better is that the new color I make tends to be spot on to the samples! It was quite an experience working and interning at Essel Propack.

Extremely stressful. Each employee has to do the job of several positions. Therefore the amount of overtime hours worked are ridiculous. That means that your typical workday starts early in the morning and ends near midnight. They do not pay or compensate in any way for these excessive overtime hours. Weekends and holidays need to be worked also, and there is no compensation for that either.
Management is uneducated and 99% stuck in their ancient cultural traditions. Meaning that if you are part of a minority group, they will make your life miserable, forcing you to quit..
If they need to tell you something, management will scream and disrespect you, even do the same among themselves.  
Top management is elected based on personal or family ties with HQ in India. It is not based on knowledge, skills, education or even honesty. Some of these top people do not show up to work, if any one does, it will be for about two hours, and it is to reassign their work load to one of their unfortunate subordinates.
If you are the devil, and enjoy human pain, this is the place for you!

A typical day at this job is very stressful I started out mentally ok hoping for the best but it’s not worth the stress as a process assistant they require you to learn as quickly as possible with very little training you will also get thrown under the bus for defects the operator will not get blamed you will the ASSISTANT and everyone cannot give perfection quality talks about the assistants and also operators and management disrespectful and talks about you also doesn’t communicate very well about changes or important information you get no recognition for improvement but once you do something wrong you hear about it non stop you will be a target also stay to yourself because people tell your business here and HR isn’t for anybody but select few this place is AWFUL the pay here isn’t worth it you literally have to be a favorite to get a promotion and like I said it’s very little training they will do you dirty as soon as they can !!! 

Typically, everyday would consist of setting up/running flexo jobs on a Gallus. This entailed moving material to and from the press, changing out anilox and flexo plates, and assuring quality of product whilist maintaining production efficiency. Training was a pain sometimes but in the end I felt that I learned a lot in my time here about Flexographic printing. I would have liked to stay awhile longer, but unfortunately the management here leaves something to be desired. Members of management are seemingly unprofessional on many levels, with favoritism running rampant. The culture here is a SEVERE lack of respect between everyone. Not just between management and other employees, but between EVERYONE. It's really sad to see a place that I enjoyed working at be plagued by such incompetence at the leadership level. 

This job is extremely understaffed but management will continuously have increased demands and quotas meant for a more well staffed workplace. To fulfill these demands, mandatory overtime is forced. Given the long shifts (12 hours for a majority of employees), there is an abysmal work life balance. Machines are breaking down due to minimal maintenance and refusal to replace parts. Decrepit machines stress out the already overworked employees. The high turnover rate of these employees is acknowledged, but there have been only a few modest changes to affect it. “This is how we’ve always done it,” is too common of a phrase spoken. However, most coworkers are extremely supportive and make the days manageable. The pay scale is acceptable but there is some employee tension between pay scales of similar roles. 

A lot of passing the ball between departments. Instead of taking responsibility for issues (mostly due to lack of communication, they are horrible at this) between departments it was a fight to label the other with blame (Anil always blamed others, no accountability). The workload of the company is unequally distributed throughout and somebody should address this by reevaluating job descriptions and making sure they are adhered to. It's a lot of overreach into other positions that cause a lot of animosity between workers. New management coming in so maybe this will be worked out

Typical day at work was getting my machine ready to start shift and making sure that the machine kept running, when a break down was done, Id have to fix this problem.. I learned so much from this job, since I was the only female Machine Operator at the time due to lifting 70 pounds or more every 20 min. But learned programing along with data base. I also worked in Qc department before becoming Machine Operator. My co workers were always there to lend a hand when in need. Best part was learning diffrent machines and tools and working with the employees.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The people are amazing! Everyone has value and contribute to the goal of operational excellence daily. The regional VP cares for his people making it a great place.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lots of demanding customers but we did supply the best manufacturing companies in the world demanding the best OTIF with excellent service.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Participative and an engaged workforce 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very busy but fun throughout the day.

The management team is vastly underqualified.  Most got the position based off of seniority.  They are not good at logistics or simply effective processes on the production floor. The shift supervisors are equally underwhelming.  Many are not good at scheduling ot, normally schedule to many people not have anything for you to do and refuse to let you go home. Pay should be higher. Schedule should be much shorter.  Way to much overtime 2 to 3 days a week at times. Incompetent supervisors ineffective management unmotivated staff overworked Technicians/ assistants

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Process technician 3 salaries reported	$23.14 per hour
Press operator 7 salaries reported	$23.50 per hour
Material handler 2 salaries reported	$13.85 per hour
Injection mold operator 4 salaries reported	$18.33 per hour
Truck driver 2 salaries reported	$18.00 per hour

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