pharmaceutical manufacturer

industrial mechanic

compounder

blender

senior mechanic

Formulated Solutions

1st, They require all employees to only have 1 50 minute break per day, and they choose when you will take that break.
2nd, The production lines range from mildly boring to "No way 3 people can keep up!"
3rd, While it is good that a former CEO is involved on the various levels of the production floor, he tends to be impetuous, and condescending at best,  While it is good that he strives for perfection in the production rooms, it is painfully clear that the individual he is talking with does not matter.
4th, Management at this company demand that people show an interest in wanting to learn more about different parts of the process or the person will be expedited out of the company either immediately or through a painful reduction of hours.
5th, Employees have been cut from this company for some thing as little as stacking a pallet with 1 box facing the wrong direction, even when more than one person was involved in stacking those pallets and that person hadn't touched that particular box.
6th, As air conditioned as the place is, when you combine the fast production pace with the cleanroom environment garb that they make you wear, you stay hot and perspiring throughout your shift.
7th, Their production lines are rigged to ramp up slowly, i.e. you may start out at 50 products per minute, but within 30 minutes you could be up to 100 products a minute, and they quietly ramp the speed up more to get you to the stumbling point. Sometimes this causes problems with production, as the labels wrinkle or some other process fails, and the line could have moved steadier and more consistently at a slower pace without the higher speed affecting how the machinery damages the product or causes end of shift rework.
8th, In the production areas, when the line stops for any length of time they want you to clean.  Sometimes for half the shift or more.  I've witnessed 8 employees wiping the same floors and pieces of equipment with paper towels and alcohol for 4 hours, each one eventually wiping the same piece of equipment over and over again because you are always under the eye of several cameras, and all you have to do is stop moving once to bring on the ire of management, even in the absence of guidance of management for what to do next.
I understand hard work and a solid work ethic, and take pride in my work, but this is the closest to a Chinese slave sweat shop that I've ever been.  Great concept of a company, no respect, concern, or connection to the worker.  You are a tire on a car....they quickly replace you for any minor flaw or defect, which we all have at some point...even the CEO.

My inspiration to conduct this review is attributed solely to the 
disparaging remarks in the previous review of Formulated Solutions. 

I have been employed in the production department for close to six months and honestly, I have no legitimate complaints. Not to say I am satisfied with everything. For example, I do wish the soda machine would carry Barq's root beer and a larger divider between the urinals would be nice. 

The day to day aspect of the job is simple enough. Every day you are assigned to a team to produce a product. Lunch is either at 11:00 or 12:00, you get fifty minutes with no other breaks throughout the day. 

This is not to say bathroom breaks are withheld or that you are not allowed to visit a water fountain, because that would be ludicrous. Just run it by the team leader, figure out a way for someone to help cover your position and take care of business. 

Depending on the product that is being produced and which room you are assigned to, but pace can be quite slow at times. The rate at which you are paid hourly for does not fluctuate and is not dependent upon how much work gets done. So if a machine breaks down for a while and you get stuck wiping down walls or windows, you still are making the same amount of money as one would if everything was going accordingly. 

Everywhere in production is air conditioned. You can expect low 70s 
throughout the location. The job is labor based, as such, a little sweat should be expected. 

In summation, the job is easy. The pay is $9 - $10, plenty of over time if you want it. If you have questions, people are happy to answer to the best of their abilities. No pressure if you want to climb the latter so to say, or just stay a regular old production associate.

I typically don’t write reviews about previous employers, but I feel it’s important to share my experience for the benefit of potential employees. While this wasn’t the worst company to work for, it certainly wasn’t the best. Like many workplaces, it had its fair share of office drama and favoritism, with some employees receiving promotions and elaborate job titles for unclear reasons. There were also instances where key workers were laid off due to personal interests, particularly within the Lab, which, unfortunately, happens in many companies.

Things began to shift after the company was sold and a new CEO took over. This led me to question whether the owners shared the same vision as the previous owner, given the series of puzzling and questionable decisions made at the corporate level. A notable example was the repeated hiring of consultants who drained the company’s resources without delivering meaningful result.

To the employees currently working there, I would question every statement, considering the number of times executive leaders have lied about upcoming layoffs. It’s become almost predictable, especially when they hold scripted town hall meetings to say things like, “This is the last layoff,” or justify their actions with phrases like “We need to get lean” or whatever narrative they use to make themselves feel better.

To any potential or current employees, I strongly advise caution. Based on my observations, the company’s future looks uncertain, and its stability is questionable. While it was a great opportunity to work with some phenomenal people, for those who remain, I urge you to be mindful of your personal future.

The employees here are talented, dedicated, and genuinely care about their work. The teamwork and support among coworkers are some of the company's greatest strengths and make the workplace enjoyable despite the challenges.
Unfortunately, leadership has created an environment of uncertainty and low morale. Management frequently communicates that the company is performing well and that business is strong, only to follow those statements with layoffs or workforce reductions. The disconnect between what leadership says and what leadership does has significantly damaged employee trust.
Because communication often contradicts the company's actions, many employees feel anxious about their job security and are left questioning the accuracy of management's messaging. This ongoing uncertainty has contributed to high turnover, with many skilled employees choosing to leave rather than wait for the next round of layoffs.
The company has great people and significant potential, but leadership needs to improve transparency, rebuild trust, and align its communication with its actions. Until that happens, morale and retention will likely continue to suffer.

Formulated Solutions is not a good place to work. Long days are the norm and management will fire you if you don't work over 10+ hour days for them regularly. They don't pay employees fairly compared to both industry standard and other employees in the same department. If they think they can get away with underpaying you they will and if you ask for what you're worth they will fire you.  Goals from management are unclear and when they aren't achieved due to lack of clarity all blame goes to the employee and none is accepted by management.  Employees have no input into reasonable timelines for getting work done and management expects miracles to be pulled off for every deadline. During covid the CEO sent out emails saying that if you didn't agree with how he was handling the pandemic then leave, and he chastised anonymous employees for reporting the company to the sheriff not following CDC guidelines. People regularly cry at work in the bathrooms, or at their desks, or outside in their cars. This is only a job to take until something better comes along.

Pre-Weigh Management is horrible and gives no support to lower level employees.
When I was confronted by my supervisor I tried to reason with him politely as possible,begging that he level with me & the others,while trying trying to suggest ethical & sustainable suggestions for everyone to work in, all he could tell me was that my philosophy & suggestion showed how much of a hippy I am,that I'd get no where in life, that me & the co workers should never think of ourselves as equal to any of the management. So after that, I handed him my resignation letter & told all my co-workers what a pleasure it was working with them.

The entire company in short operates as a meat grinder to weed out employees that do not perform well in a high stress high output environment. All employees are given near impossible tasks in a impossible timeline to accomplish and when they fail are made to look and feel as they are incompetent. Constantly changing goals and timelines are the norm while failures due to these conditions are dealt with by management . In short any sane intelligent person should not look to work at Formulated for any sort of personal professional satisfaction.

Formulated Solutions let me go after I injured my hand while working for them because they were afraid I would file a worker's comp claim. Now that I've lost my job, I have no income and no health insurance to pay for this injury that happened while working for them. After I reported my injury to Formulated Solutions, they acted like everything would be just fine, saying they wouldn't replace me as long as I brought in a doctor's note saying it was safe for me to return to work. I paid for 2 doctor's visits in order to fulfill their request out of my own pocket and brought the paperwork saying it was safe for me to return. They fired me the next day. They pretend to care but they really don't. They'll leave you like a dead dog on the side of the road after they've caused your injury - leaving YOU to deal with all the daily pain and all the medical bills, surgery, etc.

Formulated Solutions was great to work at when I started there, the larger if became the more dysfunctional it became, and once they hired the current CFO no one mattered - he only looks at the bottom line and even if you try to present him with other ways to achieve lower output of finance's , he would ignore suggestions unless they were suggested by one of the few chosen privileged.

It is with great regret that I write this review as there are so many dedicated workers there that would do anything to make the company work,

The owner needs to go back to listening to his employees and get ride of the CFO and rehire the last CFO

I worked as a line mechanic for 10 months. Training was top notch for the first 2 months. Maintenance department was filled with dinosaurs possessing large egos. They resisted changed and often blamed others for breakdowns with little or no information. Other mechanics would throw me under the bus because they were asked to by my manager. I would be asked to organize, 5S inventory, only to have the manager undo the work I did. Very little support and communication. If they don't personally like you. You will be pushed out. They talk alot about improving the culture but do very little to change it or support those who actually take steps to change it.

Very non-taxing job as a blender.  The people I worked with in Blending were awesome.  Relatively new ownership however, seems to be taking the company on a journey towards absolute failure.  Lost roughly a third of their contract business this year.  Typical knee-jerk reaction of reducing the workforce without any seemingly realistic plans to fix the problems they have(a lot of which are very basic-no standardization of set ups,  no organization of parts and equipment, work instructions are very poorly written and ambiguous at times which lead to product losses,  simple fixes in my opinion).  Lots of excuses, people are too busy to write the instructions correctly, 'It's been that way for years', no money in the budget, etc.
2-2-3  12.5 hour shifts definitely not for me.


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