Gerber Childrenswear, Inc

Rules for employees are not consistently enforced. They have their favorites. You are constantly set up for failure there, with every assignment being “priority”. After they move you from an assignment and tell you something else is more important, they come back and ask why the first task didn’t get done. The training leaves a lot to be desired. Gerber clearly doesn’t value in-house talent as they continue to bring managers in from outside of the company; you can apply for a role and get no interview and no feedback as to what you need to work on to be ready for the next level. Performance reviews and raises don’t happen. During record setting years we have lost benefits. We have had numerous directors in charge in a short period of time. It’s a revolving door of leaders at the top. The parent company lacks trust in the people Gerber hires, handcuffing competent supervisors and managers and preventing them from making any progress within the facility. No one that’s any good stays very long once their contracts are up, and many people leave less than a month after their date of hire once they have seen how the company operates. You will not grow here as people tend to operate a level below their job title. Unless you are offered a position that gives you the power to change these things, just stay away. 

I started working for Gerber Childrenswear in July 2021.  I came from a large fortune 500 company where I had become a number on a spreadsheet.  At Gerber Childrenswear, I am able to make an impact with my work and feel like a valued asset.  There are opportunities to grow with on boarding training and cross functional communication but there are active projects to improve.  I am very happy with my move to Gerber Childrenswear and have seen coworkers from previous positions follow me.    Changing careers is always a scary prospect but Gerber Childrenswear made me feel part of the team almost from the very start.  The work life balance and flexible work conditions have helped as a parent with smaller children.  Lastly the compensation is highly competitive for the area.

Your first week or so they’ll have you walking while everyone else is operating a walkie which I couldn’t understand because if you are hired for the position to pick/pack it should be organized to have someone to train NEW employees on their first day. There is absolutely no opportunity for advancement. They’ll hire someone outside of the company before giving someone in-house the opportunity. During the summer bring lots of water because it get extremely hot. Starting pay is $13 and then you ONLY get $1 after working 740hrs. They expect you to pick a 500+ cases per shift “which isn’t bad” but it’s impossible when you have someone controlling who gets certain orders.  It’s a one way street you have to be part of the family to survive. Good luck!

This place is not like some warehouses... they're at a place of "transition" is what management says..., but let the actual people who are performing tasks tell it, it's been transitioning for a couple years now... I don't even know where to start. Training is awful!, not formal at all...Management is horrible you have to verify things they tell you, they don't understand or down right just dont know what their employees tasks are or how to do them and expect things out of them that are alot of them times irrational... long story short... be prepared mentally... oh yea spring and summer its HOT! ... fall and winter is FREEZING!, like I said be prepared ...

What is the best part of working at the company?
The people I work with made it easy to work there . I enjoy coming to work 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The management on my side they was doing too much being petty over the simplest things 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Good not too much of negativity alongs you surrounding yourself around people that work 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A chill day not over working myself but making sure I meet any requirements being ask to do .

Gerber childrenswear LLC., is a great place to work. Great team players to work with. I learned hard skills such as technical skills and soft skills include personal qualities such as being responsible, being dependable, being a self-starter, and having a positive self-esteem,
Excellent and understanding management. There is nothing hardest part of the job, since I learned to manage the issues. Most enjoyable part of the job is communicating with vendors, freight forwarders and brokers. As all ways they were great team players as well.

Job consisted of keying in payroll daily, keeping track of petty cash account - making sure I had receipts of money paid out and money received in, made deposits, mail meter, keyed in accounts receivable/payable. Made reservation for management, helped with making plans for safety awards luncheon & etc. Enjoyed when the whole plant would get together for an outing. Worked well with my co-workers - we had our serious times and we had our fun times.

Temperature are hotter when it's hot and colder when it's cold. Management can relate better than they do. Hours may change in a split second. Good people to work with when their actually team players. 

The company overall is committed to improving and to listening to employees.  They are thoughtful in their investments. The organization is small, so expect to have a wide variety of responsibilities and deliverables.  As whole there is a reluctance to to adopt to new technology.

This job paid well for a temporary position, but there was not much work to keep me busy. I had a lot of down time and it became very frustrating to come to work. However, the management is very understanding and personable. I loved the company culture and people. Just not something I could handle doing for the long-term.

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