farm laborer

production worker

maintenance technician

human resources specialist

production supervisor

Farbest Foods Inc.

A typical day at work was depressing, tiring and boring.
What I learned, or the most I learned was how to cut a turkey and use a knife properly without cutting myself accidently.
The management was beyond horrible. I mean my original manager was great, then he moved to a different department and the new manager and I had some problems before he was manager and after that work just got worse.
My co-workers they were all great and friendly and helped me if I didn't know what I was doing and made me feel at home when I first started working there when I had no one to talk to at the beginning.
The hardest part of the job was hanging the turkey because we had to keep up with an assembly line that didn't look like it was moving fast but was still fairly hard to keep up with.
The most enjoyable part of the job was payday, brakes and lunch...

They hired me on the spot which should have been my warning.  They herd employees in and out.  I wish I had something good to say, but I don’t.  
I am uncomfortable with the way they talk to others I work with in production.  They did not ask me questions during the interview and only wanted to know when I could start. Shame on me for not doing more research on the companies history.

If you are scheduled until a certain hour you will never leave at that time.  It is usually 90 minutes after.  They don’t tell you about the mandatory overtime until the week of.  Benefits are not compatible to other production companies.  

A lot of favoritism goes on within the company. you can do your job and be a dependable worker and they would rather have someone who is their friend working there, even if they do a horrible job. Upper management is especially bad about this. the work culture is very toxic. the hardest part of the job is getting through the day wondering if this is the day you get fried because someone else wants your job. Some of the people there are nice and easy to work with, but those people are far, few, and in-between. you really can't trust anyone, if you have a problem, you're better off keeping it to yourself because of retribution. I know that's against the law, but some have a sneaky way of doing it.

Very friendly upper management,  most of the employees are great to work with, than again you have the ones who only do as little as possible, basically the same ones, by the time you go to your second rotation you become pretty frustrated due to the fact that you have to do their job in order for your job to be done properly, regardless of how many times they are reprimanded they continue to do their job haphazardly. That safety is their main priority.

We run on average of 19,500 to 22,000 birds a day 8 hour days
job requires face pace of cutting thigh meat to send out on bottom of table then six cuts are made on thigh meat to remove fat grizzle bone and any part of product that is considered unexceptable to the customer. workers must learn to work together. management requires high quality standard of product
job does have high issues of injuries to hands and employees must be given 2 minute break to relieve these issues and moved around to other positions.

working at Farbest Foods, I was able to obtain experience with different type of machines, inventory, warehouse work, forklift operations and with people.
worked an average of 65 hours a week.
maintained responsibility for the MST (mechanically separated turkey). setting up the machines and tearing them down at the end of the day, while keeping track of daily orders, making sure they are deliver to shipping or put in storage at the specific location.
Farbest foods was a good place to work for. the company really appreciated their employees. benefits were defiantly worth it.

not people oriented only production and having quality problems with USDA due to high turn over of employees.  Training is not very good and if an employee has already worked to the end of their shift they can also be forced to work overtime with little to no notice. Supervisors are constantly working 60-70 hours a week on salary based on 40 hours a week. Hours worked divided into pay equals not very well compensated - overtime isnt paid - straight salary at 40 hours.

Come in early for set up, huddle meeting, and then you start running birds. I have learned that they are not family oriented. They have a “no fault policy” and supervisors do not work with you at all. With being a Quality Sorter, the hardest part about my job is if the birds are really big that day, our bins fill up in 4-5 minutes. I have to build a combo and put in two bags, take temperature, do a 30 piece check, and score it all in under 5 minutes. I used to enjoy my job but it is the management and utilities that are the problem. 

Great place to work. The pay is great and the work is constant.I drove from Evansville to Huntingburgh everyday for 6 years the time goes from central to eastern so in other words 6:30 here is 7:40 there so I’d have to leave an hour early everyday to get there on time it’s an hour drive

This was an awesome place of employment the staff and upper management was helpful, friendly, and encouraged me to be the best I could be. They're employee benefits are amazing you even get so much a percent off of your phone service and some recreational activities even. Laid back feeling even though it's fast paced work it was easy to accomplish because your mood and overall feeling was cool, calm, and collective. Just a real cool place to work

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Farm laborer 5 salaries reported	$17.05 per hour
Production worker 2 salaries reported	$19.20 per hour
Maintenance technician 1 salary reported	$23.25 per hour
Human resources specialist 1 salary reported	$20.00 per hour
Production supervisor 1 salary reported	$60,000 per year

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