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Gold Medal Bakery

If a dishonest company that puts management above employees first is what you're looking for, grab your hard hats you'll fit right in.
This is a company that refused to pay employees for donning and doffing their uniforms. 
A company that will pretend to care about it's employees but really they only care about getting the product on the line.
I've literally watched management move 3 day old bread to be rebagged and sold as "fresh stock".
This company gets away with way too much to be considered a good company to work for.
They will constantly play favorites and attempt to discourage and discredit people who make an effort.
Don't even get me started about the team members who take exceptionally long breaks and then report you to management for doing the same.
It's a topsy turvy kind of place where nothing is set in stone, one week they're enforcing the rules another week they let things slide because it works in the benefit of the red hats.
One more thing before I wrap this up, they shouldn't put people who are blatant alcoholics in positions of management when they can barely communicate a full sentence properly.
All in all, this is a great job to make good money but nothing more. If you make this circus your career there is something wrong with you. 

The pay was great but you‘re givIng up your life for a few extra dollars. I started during the month of July working in Production. Extremely long hours in a very hot & loud environment with pungent smells. You’re just a body to them so if you don’t pick up on the training, they’ll get rid of you a lot faster than it took them to interview. All of the foremen, supervisors, & HR staff were very pleasant during the hiring, orientation, & training process, but after your 60 days is up, their attitudes will change with you. At GMB, less is more, the less you give them the less they’ll expect. There is NO benefit to busting yourself up for them. You can be the best & hardest worker but if you miss 1 day & you don’t have sick time, you’re fired. They’ll make you work 6+ days a week, 12 hour shifts & eventually it catches up & takes a toll on your mind & body. Breaks are minimal & you must wait to be relieved no matter how fatigued or dehydrated you become. I can’t forget to add that it’s very easy to burn yourself on the daily, doesn’t matter how careful you are around the machines. 

Typical day at work, come in clean someone else’s mess that the previous supervisor didn’t address the shift before to do so. Be rushed to start the mixer with management breathing down your neck not properly letting you check all your steps, as if you haven’t done this for 8 plus years. Rules only apply when fingers need to be pointed for Blame. Favoritism at its finest and constant cut throat environment. Forced to work on scheduled days off, retaliation if otherwise ( they will find something else to place blame on you for) coming in early to help is not appreciated even though they make you feel bad when trying to get you in early. Human recourses communicates directly with management making it impossible to have anyone to talk to about any issues you may be having. They will also put friends of family in management positions even when not qualified, even having regular workers train these new managers. Good luck to you if you plan on working here! You’ll most definitely need it.

Gold Medal Bakery likes to call themselves a “family company” I initially thought this company would be a family oriented company that values work life balance and treats you as an individual and not just as a “body” as we are referred to. I quickly learned that Family company means family owned and thats why Nepotism runs rampant here. At Gold Medal you are just a number and a warm body to them. It doesn’t matter how hard you work here because it goes unnoticed they will just expect more out of you while the slackers get paid the same as you do. I wouldn’t recommend this job to anyone who has a family or enjoys personal time outside of work. the hours are terrible in most departments and most departments dont offer a set schedule. They also force you to stay past your schedule time and overtime is mandatory. The money is good but, what good is money if you’re always at work?

Gold Medal Bakery does not value you as a person. They say they care and that they’re a family company but its all a lie. If they cared they would offer a better a schedule and work to improve employees work life balance. I work 2pm-2am 5-6 days a week and it leaves me no time to see my son. I sacrifice alot for this company and get nothing in return. I cant even use a single vacation day to spend time with my son they make you take your whole week at once. Also there’s no incentive to work hard here. Employees who have been here for 20 or more years make the same pay as people who are just starting out. If you value yourself and family then look elsewhere because here you are not valued.

If you have a family or a life look elsewhere. As a driver you will be forced to work crazy hours constantly changing and no promised time off. Being told you are on call but not get paid to be available. The management loves to haze and admits to screwing people over schedule wise just because they don't like them or they are mad that you called out when sick. The trucks are unsafe and un reliable and you will break down at least once a week. The pay is good, but seriously not worth what you have to put up with on a daily basis and benefits are 200+ a week. Good place to save up some money pay your bills and get out as soon as you can. They don't care about you. Even HR. They don't help they just call your bosses and tell them you were there and more hazing ensues. 

The company lacks common sense and doesn't treat employees right. They force us to work past our scheduled time. They allow people to mistreat each other. They change our schedule without our knowledge. If you have a family dont work here because they will take over your life. Also HR does nothing for you they favor the supervisors and foremens. They will fire you for someone else's wrong before they fire that person. Never go for help if something happens because they womt help you. They'll make you out as the bad person and they will get away with it because they have more money and better lawyers. 

GMB is a very fast-paced, high stress and detail oriented career choice. 
All shifts (outside of sanitation) are mandatory 12 hour days with overtime rates starting after 40 hours/week. Pay rate is phenomenal but the work can be difficult and overtime is mandatory. 
There are scheduled "days off'" but these will never hold as GMB is a production based business and you will be asked or forced to work on those days frequently; however management is VERY flexible and willing to work with you for requested days. 
Benefits are so-so but better than nothing.

Overall impression - Great money, you will easily take home close to $1,000/week BUT YOU WILL WORK FOR IT!!

Enviorment is terrible very dusty(flour)  hot, humid, supervisors are real tools they want to coast to retirement not do there part  pass the buck, make you do stuff that's not part of your job description, promise you the world to get what they want and then don't come through, arrogant,talk down to you like your dumb treat you like an animal expect you to give them your arms and legs and still don't appreciate you and then to make it seem OK they'll have the nerve to say well you got paid for it and the owner thinks all his employees are overpaid  not recommend to ANYONE

The money can be enticing but, ask a majority of the people working there it is not worth it. This place is unsafe, cutthroat, loud, dirty and HOT! Morale is low but that is because there is no incentive to work hard. The pay is a flat rate. So if you been here for YEARS and work hard you will be making the same pay as someone who just started with no experience and the same pay as their worst worker. Also you can’t take time off. You get 40 hours of sick time but it doesn’t last long when you work 11-12 hour shifts. Lastly you cant use your vacation when you want it has to be approved and it usually isn’t also you have to take your whole week at once. you cant just use a day here and there as needed.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Production 2 salaries reported	$25.23 per hour
Truck driver 4 salaries reported	$31.90 per hour
Shipper 1 salary reported	$28.70 per hour
Territory sales 1 salary reported	$54,600 per year
Maintenance mechanic 2 salaries reported	$31.55 per hour

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