forklift operator

stacker

quality control associate

production supervisor

manufacturing plant worker

Great Southern Wood Preserving

Typical day at work? 
Be ready to work 4 jobs and make sure they’re all done 100% to the tea. Always remember that you’re never better and will never be better than 1st shift. Make sure to stay until all you work is completed despite the supervisor taking her hour 30 lunch (we only got 20 minutes btw) and leaving afterwards. God forbid an accident happened, am I right guys?

What did I learn?
How to tell when you’re being lied to by management that will say anything to get you back to working. What to show a new hire and what not to show a new hire, because they will fire you. There’s always a bigger fish. 

Management?
None. Quite literally none. They wing it day by day. No structure. No planning. If they ever do plan, it never works out. They let you know things last minute because they forgot. Just like how they always forget to hand out raises. 

Workplace culture?
If you haven’t been there for 20 years (God forbid) or you’re not management, you’re not in the cool kids club. If you’re a hard worker and want a place that will promote you/compensate for your hard work, go ahead and send that application somewhere else buddy. They promote lazy people, so they can keep the hardworkers on the pads because they know it’ll get done. 

Hardest part of the job?
Going there everyday, knowing I’m about to spend 8 grueling hours (sometimes it was 10, 12, 16, depended on alot really. They would let you know last minute/call you in. Then if you didn’t come in, it was your fault they had to work so hard to keep everything together. Lord help us!) of my life working for a company that would fire me and have my spot filled that day. 

Most enjoyable part of the job?
Leaving the moment I got the call that I was hired elsewhere. Mid shift too.  



This company sells you on lies and delivers you poor benefits and low pay. "You gotta earn your stripes" is one of their favorite sayings. "You're either an A player or a B player, we want A players", but they only pay for "F" players unless you're in the top rung of the chosen few. Upon asking for a raise to make my pay competitive within my job type, I was fired and they claimed I tried to get hired by a competitor. So many snake-y things happening in that small town Alabama company, you'd rather work at the DMV.

punch in at 6:00am check fork lift fluids (fuel, grease, hydraulic fluid, ect. get in my lift and haul lumber from the drip/treating pad. and transport it to it's proper location within the plant until 4:00pm. the people I work with are friendly and helpful, we all work together as a functional team. I would have to say that the hardest part of the job would be when a complete stack of lumber gets knocked over an spills all over the ground, that's when one or two guys have to pick up roughly 2,500 pieces of lumber by hand and restack an package them. 6x6 16 foot lumber can be a bit rough to handle at that point.

They don't micromanage which for me makes it more enjoyable. Interview process pretty quick and easy. Some times they expect you to know something that they haven't said anything about it or showed you. Benefits are alright but with sick leave you have to be out 3 days sick before it kicks in which mean 3 days no pay. 
  1 week vacation/year after 90 days I believe it was. They have a busy season that's when it's the busiest and it will get pretty fast paced but it slows down.

Salaried so hours  are pretty flexible. Management is not always educated for the position. More knowledge of the process, methodology, data analysis could be better. The culture of my team is pretty close when it comes to workflow, but cliquish in personal/educational matters. The best part about my job is the benefits and my flexible hours. My work doesn’t arrive until later so mornings are slower and prep for the afternoon. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The hours if you like overtime 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Being short handed on 2nd and 3rd shift means your doing more then your job 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Depending on what shift you are working 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Depends on what shift you are on if you are on first shift it’s lay back there is enough people to do all the jobs if your on second and third shift it’s more hectic

Management hires you, and then treats you like you shouldnt be there. It doesnt make any sense! When you hire someone, show them the ropes and let them learn from you.

This company really is a great place to learn because they will give you a ton of high level responsibility, but they will not pay you for it. They expect you to really live and breathe the company for 5+ years before they take you seriously at all.

core group of employees. with some longevity it has a very family like atmosphere. management is good in some areas, lacking in others. pay is decent. benefits are expensive. pretty set schedules mon thru fri, but they will ask for ot with little to no notice. be upfront about what you can and cant work.

Management treats it's employees like property. They push you to do every job in the plant, but then refuse you raises. Women who get hired are paid way less than the men. Favorites sit around doing the least amount of work possible and not caring about what they do get done. Equipment is garbage because maintenence wanders around the entire shift doing nothing.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Great company to work for. But the management is very poor 😕 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
This is a thankless job. Poor integrity amongst management. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very dangerous work environment. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stressful. Work schedule is subject to change with only a few hours notice.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Forklift operator 31 salaries reported	$19.82 per hour
Stacker 6 salaries reported	$18.83 per hour
Quality control associate 5 salaries reported	$19.00 per hour
Production supervisor 2 salaries reported	$85,000 per year
Manufacturing plant worker 5 salaries reported	$17.00 per hour

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