order picker

machine operator

shift manager

production supervisor

industrial electrician

Gerresheimer

A typical day at work is very demanding due to constant staff shortages. Operators are required to run multiple machines at the same time, which creates excessive workload and stress. This situation is driven by high employee turnover and the lack of an effective retention strategy.

What I learned from this experience was resilience, multitasking under pressure, and how critical employee satisfaction is to operational performance. Unfortunately, management does not foster a culture of openly listening to employees. The annual employee survey is limited to closed questions, which prevents meaningful feedback and real improvement.

Workplace culture is negatively impacted by favoritism, particularly in internal promotion processes, and there is little to no professional development. Salary dissatisfaction is one of the biggest issues. The company relies more on punishment systems (points) rather than positive incentives. Implementing a bonus or incentive program would significantly improve motivation and engagement.

The hardest part of the job is the excessive workload combined with the feeling of not being heard. The most enjoyable part is working alongside committed coworkers who consistently go above and beyond despite the challenges.

Human Resources should prioritize employee retention initiatives and recognize high-performing employees. Overall, the company should focus on improving the satisfaction of its most important raw material: the employee. I strongly recommend implementing a Six Sigma Customer Experience program, starting with top management, to build a culture focused on both internal and external customer satisfaction.

Absolutely no leadership, accountability, disipline, or responsibility.  There appears to be a good oh boys club in the management group.  People are going in all directions as there is no good foundation or structure.  The way we did it yesterday is bad today is good and then back to bad tomorrow without changing anything. Policies and procedures are not followed which results in total confusion among the employees.  The plant cannot keep employees. This plant has been in a culture change for 5 years without changing anything.  Employees are put in positions and set up for failure due to no training or support.  It appears we are always talked at and not talked to. The only good change I have seen in my time here is the safety guy.  That training is being done but rumor  as of today is that he is now leaving, which means our only voice we had will be gone.  Our quality is below 0 and all they do is blame us.  We want to do a good job but we desperately need operator training and when we bring this up we get the look like we are just finding an excuse.  The project managers are not managers, and have no people skills.  People on the floor have more less shut down on talking to them as it goes in 1 ear and out the other. with no feed back.  The culture for this plant is that this is the way we have always done it and are resistant to change.  The plant is fully climate controlled.

This company is full of favouritism and an extreme lack of accountability. Hearsay is believed more than factual evidence and you are continually defending yourself for things that you haven't done or weren't even present onsite to do.  
Large amount of turnover in every work center and the company doesn't promote from within unless you are part of the favorite group.  Most new employees are staying about 90 before they submit their resignation letters.
Absolutely no help from mid level or upper management. You are treated like a number here and not a person. 
Attendance or lack there of is never addressed. Employees work whatever hours they want on OT and it's never handled by management. Layouts or call outs were never addressed either. Another item was a mandatory Christmas shutdown that turned into a mandatory work day. 
The only positive that I could find are your coworkers. Good bunch of ladies & gentlemen on production floor. 
Please stay where you are and don't waste your time with this company.  If needed contact some of the employees or previous employees on LinkedIn and see their opinions. I think you will see that they have a similar response.

Gerresheimer PTC continues to struggle with employee fulfillment and has lost much of the trust needed to function as a reliable partner to its customers. This is especially disappointing given the critical nature of medical manufacturing and the growing demand for high‑quality, dependable production.
The plant has not been able to retain or develop the talent required for long‑term success. Key roles in quality and engineering experience constant turnover, leaving the workforce strained, inexperienced, and often overwhelmed.
Career growth is limited, not because employees lack ambition, but because the organization is forced to prioritize daily crises over meaningful long‑term planning. As a result, many capable people leave, and morale continues to decline.
I share this not out of frustration, but out of genuine concern. I have worked at the plant for over five years and I want to see this site succeed, but I’m no longer confident that meaningful improvement is on the horizon. I will consider searching for a new job opportunity.

Management is horrible, especially plant manager. Upper management including plant manager does not know what is going on internal or external. 
Plant manager tends to anger easily and cuss in almost every meeting. 
Long hours. No appreciation. Work life balance is awful. 
Way too many favorites by plant manager and those people get certain benefits such as jobs that they don’t qualify for and can not get in trouble for anything.  
No accountability whatsoever. 
Try to inspect in Quality, not produce in quality. Manufacturing just runs vials with no regards of any accountability and have done so for the last 25-30 years. 
Long tenure employees are sneaky and will try to fire/hurt reputation of new employees.
Would not advise to work here unless desperate. 
Benefits expensive, pay is decent. Very lean with people. Needs many people to provide an adequate job for customers. 
Vials produced are subpar at best. All about numbers, no quality. 



What is the best part of working at the company?
Horrible management and totally in disarray. I am not even sure how they are functioning to be honest. Quality does not matter, they only care about pushing out a subpar product and playing crazy when the customer makes finds a defect...pretty sad especially in this business area.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management not giving proper information and ZERO training! Onboarding is trash and the average employee in any position, including upper management is less than a year. That says alot!

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Hourly works 12 hour shift and are underpaid, culture is very lethargic and everyone treats it like a paycheck. Care for Quality is subpar

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Chaos! Poor communication and very reactive to issues instead of being proactive

What is the best part of working at the company?
Going on break and getting away from the heat 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Working with people that constantly disrespected everyone 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It’s very poor work environment it is not a safe place to work 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
You walk in and it’s so hot you can’t breathe then you force yourself to go to the bathroom fire machines of death and proceed to stick your arm  in shoulder deep to clean the mess made by the previous shift then after that you can finally start work

There is not much to say about my place of employment. we are assigned to a line to watch products run through and we have to inspect them for blemishes. We are allowed two fifteen minute breaks and a half hour lunch.they provide us with protective sterile suits.We have a break room that is furnished with refridgerator microwave and we have our own  assigned lockers for our personal belongings.I really enjoy my job  because i am on my own machine,i do my job and i do not have to worry about getting blamed for a job that does not get done. by someone else that is. I go on my breaks on time and return on time. If it is time to go home i will not leave my stand until my relief person arrives.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part of working gear is the atmosphere. It’s very calm. The building is a clean since to it in the work. It’s not hard.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The stressful part is working under managers who are micro managing you and the company seems to not really care about you financially prolonging on giving you bonuses at the end of the year prolonging or giving you raises basically making you jump to hoops

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Work environment is good a lot of good people there

they do not care about quality or safety. they make bad parts and expect operators to push them down the line no matter what. then they complain about bad production numbers. numbers numbers numbers no matter what even when feces was all over the floors throughout the plant we kept running. supposed to be a clean atmosphere. 

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