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GA FOODS

What is the best part of working at the company?
I get to start my day at 3 am, meeting lot's of person who flow thru this company every month,and all the new problems solving techniques you have to come up with ,to get thru your day.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Watching your coworkers get paid for doing nothing, if we are all paid the same, we all should come up with the same standards, not one person who is a good worker an the others who hides , barely comes to work always late, never completes there task, which inturn put the pressure on the one who does work.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Lazy most people do just enough not to get fired. Others work very hard, with our being recognized, by promoting an financial gang, after all isn't that why we work hard.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Come in on time, install food in warmer's,check warmer's are working properly check outlets are working properly, make sure racks are in properly . Set up three to five cooking pots, check to see what needs to be done, obtain items to be prepared from one of our 2 coolers or freezer,if not found go to our main freezer to obtain items needed for today's meal, then weigh each item according to there tickets after maintaining a minimum of a 165 degrees temp before distribution of food then wrap it an reinstall into smaller warmer's ,then check to see if all items are put in the right places, then if all is well start preparing the afternoon meals cooking and making those 1200 to 1800 meals for the next day.try to set up boxes if available for the next day.

Working for GA Foods was rewarding at times because of the amount of workers I had to manage and communicate with. I loved communicating with all of the Hispanic employees and they always made my day at work better. Working for this company, however, was one of the most stressful positions I have ever endured. My original schedule I agreed to was a 40-50 hour work week Monday- Friday (8am-6pm). Locations moved from Clearwater to Tampa overnight, and it made getting to work much more difficult for me. Then after the move, the 40-50 hour work weeks Monday through Friday turned into 60-70 hour work weeks Monday-Saturday (7am-7pm). This overnight change was so unexpected and difficult on EVERYONE. GA Foods has a huge problem with communication from starting with all of the upper management and supervisors. The information I needed to be given to me on a daily basis to make my assembly line run effectively was never communicated in an efficient way to me. I ran into many issues that could have been prevented if, in my opinion, upper management and the company as a whole had more organization within it. I pray for the best for GA Foods, however, its not a job I would recommend to anyone that wants an outside life what-so-ever. This job consumed my life because once I was home, all I could do was sleep because I was so mentally and physically exhausted always. I pray that they come up with a resolution for their unorganized way of running a company.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Meeting a lot of different people and learning about their lives. It was hard work but I enjoyed the results of my labor. My boss worked with me and listened to me and my suggestions. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Picking up garbage weighting more than 10 lbs. That was very hard for me and my boss went out of his way to make my job easier by having men pick up the garbage at places in my routine so they could dispose of it.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The environment was of a assembly of food and the packaging of it and the loading of it for the distribution to stores, homes, hospitals and seniors citizens 
ficalities and to anyone who asked for it. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
The first part of my day was meeting people on their way to their jobs as I was cleaning the rugs at the employee's entrance. From there I went to my job of cleaning the main break room and if needed to check on the upper break room. Into the evening, I cleaned the offices in the main building and then went to the secondary bldg and pick up their trash. It was a long day but with all I had to do, it went fast and I meet a lot of nice people who appreciated what I did. It helped that no matter what I always had a smile on my face and a good morning, or smothing else to say to bring a smile to their face.

This is a company that is spinning out of control but it doesn't realize it.  I truly believe the executive team wants to do right but just don't know how to get there.  I worked there for 3 years and when it first started it was a decent culture but as the company continued to grow it started doing away with monthly employee lunches and other ways to recognize it's employees.   GA Foods uses approx 100+ temps and it used to be that when unemployment was high you would get the best of the worst people.  With the unemployment so low you now get whats at the bottom of the barrel and whats buried below it.  If your a criminal, alcoholic or drug addict you can go through the temp agency and get a job as they don't require background checks or drug screening.  Couple that with the crazy amount of turnover it's like herding chickens - you just don't get any traction in improving production because on a daily basis you don't know who is going to show up.  I think once they finally come to the realization of how bad the middle managers have it they might actually change.  

If you're a manager or supervisor you know how important it is to have a solid team around you to be able to hit any KPI's.  Just imagine your team changing almost daily - how productive can you be then.  

Understand I left this company on my terms and left in good standing.  

Just want people to know what they are walking into.  My advice is; if you like a work life balance you want to avoid this place.

Worked there and it was great, outbound calls were good, had to make 150 calls minimum, although it sounds hard, more than half members did not answer and it still counts as a call, when they did answer the call would last 2 to 4 min, so plenty of time to reach your goal, lots of people do 200 plus calls(altough with 150 you are good). Email team was horrible, the supervisor treated me unfair without reason. However outbound call team was amazing, all sups great, all Ops great, answered any concerns I had, sometimes they take a little bit of time however that is because they are very busy, they work harder than us. Had to leave for personnal reasons however other than having to deal with annoying costumers(which you pretty much have to deal with that in any costumer service environment) it was a good job. Pay is good too.

In your interview the hiring mangers are completely wrong about your role within  this company, they verbatim state you will be working with this insurance, but that program was not ready as they projected, the training needs immediate attention they had myself and two older women training with a trainer who had only been for a month and didn’t really have much knowledge her or himself... so we sat there for 3 weeks doing nothing maybe a call here or there but it was consistent so they had this Supervisor give us a 5 min training on Welcome call for a program in Alabama where management had been working on for over 6 months without any real communication with the care center staff, not to mention they were building a this grand call center and the city or state Haden’s approved that it was ready for use so they had myself and 8 other employees in a freezing cold warehouse with no portable heating for 2 weeks we sat up there freezing, then to go in this new room and they still didn’t have heat, this place is a no go no raises withbin 90days and even after a year they barley give you 25 cents for a raised this place is the projects of call center trust me you could find something better than this place

GA Foods is an interesting company to work for.  It started as a small business in the 1970s, and grew slowly for a long time.  A few years ago, the senior management of the company changed and the organization has undergone a significant transformation - a lot of "out with the old, in with the new" has happened.  Many of the people who started the company have retired or are about to, and critical positions are needing to be filled.  The company has also seen significant growth in just the past few years, so it needs GOOD people to work there.  It is now a mid-sized company going through the growing pains of becoming a large company.  There is plenty of work to do.  So if you enjoy a challenge, are willing to work hard, want to influence the company culture, and be your own CEO, this is a good place to work.  Hard work does get recognized, and GAF compensates their talented employees as fairly as they can.  If you are talented, you will be offered a promotion as long as the right people notice.

All in all, this is easily the worst company I have personally ever worked for. If you like being written up for false news , this job is for you. I was genuinely there to make a change, improve the company, expand with this company and give my all. Sadly it did not go that way. They hire extremely dumb people as well can not communicate well within the call center, even the two “managers” couldn’t even communicate well either. I was a great employee but was not treated like a human. If they can fire and re build, higher pay to weed out some bad employees, they might make it to a two star in my book. Also their meals aren’t healthy, I’m surprised people haven’t gone back to the hospital because of the nutrients it really has. I hope the people I know in their the best and hope they take over and re brand this company! Oh and if you like scandals and hood things going on, this is your place!

The Company transitioned from a family owned business with limited processes and accountability into a more corporate structure during the 5 years I worked there due to new leadership.  

A typical work day would consist of morning meetings to review territory sales plans (TSP).  Week one would be spent planning for the previous weeks sales demos and client visits.  

The company invested in training and developed processes for interdepartmental communication and working together.  Management was well experienced in the departments they ran and willing to unplug and help if needed.

The work place culture changed significantly over the past 5 years do to the new leadership holding employee's accountable for results.  This caused anxiety among the more senior employees.

The hardest part of my job was convincing leadership to make investments into new clients for growth.

The most enjoyable part of my job was the freedom to try new things and develop new strategies for selling.  Management was always open to new ideas.

Toxic and hostile work environment that leaves employees and temporary labor alike feeling overworked, overwhelmed and underpaid. Loyalty, drive and commitment are not rewarded in any capacity except with an ‘atta boy’ and a pat on the back. Senior leaders are focused on their ultra Conservative clique and only look out for themselves and their prized pets who spend their days goofing off.  Senior leadership receives six figure bonuses on a regular basis while manufacturing and production staff are paid poorly and treated worse. Very upstairs-downstairs culture between office and plant staff. If you are not interested in working 10-16 hours per day, often including weekends with blackouts for time off during the summer lunch program and emergency (hurricane) production, I would not recommend this place unless you have no other choice.

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Call center representative 1 salary reported	$16.25 per hour

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