machine operator

packer

human resources specialist

forklift operator

account manager

HUHTAMAKI

The plant vision looks nothing like the CEOs vision for the company. They take advantage of the hard working reliable employees while rewarding the lazy and difficult employees. Their continuous improvement program is a joke and mismanaged. They allow everyone to talk over each other meanwhile missing opportunities and visionary ideas that could be brought forward to improve the company. They say that they want improvement but when it comes time to spend the money on the parts needed it gets ignored or put off until the thing that needed to get done is in such a state of disrepair and poor function. Basically they ran the plant on a 5 year plan for the last 30 years so the maintenance team is just putting out fires each day. Now they are investing a lot of money to try to bring it back to its former glory. Very poor and lack of proper training is provided. I have learned a lot at Huhtamaki despite all the challenges. I enjoy the way our skeleton crew comes together and gets the job done no matter how dysfunctional and unorganized it is. I use to love the job when my ideas were welcomed. I was able to see the difference my contributions were making in the plant and on the maintenance team. But now its as if I am just going from work area to work area cleaning up messes from the dysfunction. Just when one work area is up to par I am taken off that job and sent to repair someone else's neglect without any of the rewards and pride of work area. And to top it off I have had to watch countless brand new employees come in off the street and get a higher pay grade even though I train them. Then subsequently get promotions without even completing the tasks I was required to prove time and time again.

Typical day at work is general labor, heavy lifting, production line, assembly I learned a lot about manufacturing, management was great they offer great benefits 401k, insurance, healthcare spending acct, pto, holiday pay, but men in the workplace target the women only bad thing. Workplace culture is decent but very boring job. Hardest part of the job is standing for 12 hours on concrete. Most enjoyable part of the job is the company picnics at kings island every year and if you are sick or injured you can get disability pay which is nice. Also, the upper management and HR deals with issues in timely manor and always available to help you with anything. If you don’t have a lunch or no money for one someone will always help you out or management will lend lunch money. Different shifts with shift deferential pay. I liked it but didn’t like standing for 12 hours and the same repetitive tasks other than that I made good money and was put on disability for 2 months when I was in a bad wreck. The company does take care of you! Go Huhtamaki! Would definitely recommend! Great company to work for 


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Very low pay scale considering the work environment and what they expect from you. Shift work with no sick/PTO time. 

While in training they will tell you that work day starts at 5:50 when in fact you need to be in the building at 530 and at your department no later then 540 in order to pick your set of machines and relieve your person, then at 550 you clock in. 

Temperature: Smooth Finish Department will reach 140 degrees in the summer. I personally watched a supervisor stand in front of a machine and take the temp, it was 139 degrees in July. Most of the AC's dont work IF you are lucky enough to have one, no AC system in the building at all, just fans (dont work) blowing hot air on you. 

Safety: Machines are not maintained, numerous parts duct taped or zip tied, alarms that dont work. 

 Management: Bad Management, poor work ethic with no accountability, the lazier you are the less they the more they seem to like you. Union? Do we have a union? No, not really. We pay 80.00 per month for nothing, they do not pursue complaints nor do they follow up.  This Union has poor negotiating skills for employees but know how to negotiate when it comes to them. 

Its not the company it used to be 5+ years ago. Sad really…. 


What is the best part of working at the company?
many best parts to working at Huhtamaki: benefits long and short term disability good insurance with many plans to choose from work about half the time than monday  thru Friday employees work as twelve hour shifts (less time on road wear and tear on vehicle gas etc etc) very clean working environment every other weekend off with a three day weekend

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
shift change start of shift is sometimes difficult what the last shift didn't do and or set the next shift up for can make you or break 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
work environment is a manufacturing plant hot in summer and comfortable rest of year 
personnel environment depends on the shift but for the most part show up do your job and your left alone
culture is a fast paced environment 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
move material to and from production floor keep lines with raw product filled (move finished goods if robots are down) to conveyors

Your work environment will be different depending on what shift you are on. You may be put in a shift with supervisors that no one sees eye to eye with or ones that will fight tooth and nail for you. When you get hired you start on 2nd shift either shift C or D. You can put a transfer in to morning shifts A or B later. These are 12 hour shifts every work day on your feet. So if you aren’t a fan of spending half a day at work stop reading now. This is a job inside a paper plate, plastic lid, paper cups both for cold drinks and insulated for hot drinks. It will be hot in the summer and I mean it’s going to be hot. They make you drink water. They take your safety seriously and above everything else. Every job has its pros and cons. Most leave because of the hours. I don’t know why. Being off half the year and all holidays to spend time with family seems pretty good to me. Benefits are great. Mandating is becoming less and less with the new overtime incentives they are rolling out. Raises go by work ethic and attendance twice a year. I was promoted 60 days into my probationary period out of 90 because of my work ethic. They reward those who earn it. Huhtamaki is a great place to work. If you actually want to work that is.

I worked as a machine operator and the job was relatively easy and the machines were easy to figure out as well. The pay is pretty decent for this line of work, however the shifts were 12 hours long. There is no flexibility in scheduling and the schedules are set a year in advance. The management was a mixed bag with some of them being pretty decent and others being not so great. There are no employee incentives and moving up the leadership/management ladder is pretty rare. With the lack of employee incentives and the repetitive work there is a pretty low morale with majority of the people who work on the plant floor. The company has a major problem with being able to keep employees and will mandate overtime to make up for it. I feel that this company could be more successful with their employee satisfaction if they focused less on micromanaging and at least provided incentives in some form besides a 0.50 cent raise every six months and rather focused on employee wellness or company events 

Can never get a hold of anyone in the office when you call you can leave messages all day long and no response don't waste your time driving there because you will get the excuse they are out at the moment I guess they would be when they are gone for lunch over an hour but pay is pretty decent but prepare to be hot and I mean hot 12 hr shifts standing they don't have temperature control on the floor unless you count the "air unit" they installed in 2021 doesn't basically nothing for the heat management is a joke supervisors play favoritism along with upper management and treat you like a number which you basically are they lie to get you in the door about moving up and you're the next mangers blah blah that doesn't happen and you're told you can't be mandated while you're in training yes you can seen it happen myself OT is off and on for a few months they will mandate left and right then they will stop mandating decent benefits though extremely high turnover rate as well 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The employees are friendly and supportive.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
I was one RN with Responsible for safety and well -being of over 300 employees. 
I was not paid the current wage and when I retired , a candidate who is equally qualified will be paid $10,000 more than what I was receiving after 28 years of service! 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
I enjoyed the respect and support of my supervisor but felt that the Plant Manager was less than supportive and not receptive to concerns and ideas .
The manufacturing employees were kind, respectful and helpful.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Review any new reports of injuries, follow up on previous cases, review the Medical Leaves and pending return to work cases. 
Drug and Alcohol testing, restock supplies.

While management will talk a big game(through quarterly meetings) about the future of the particular facility, but they continue to operate in the same manner. Expecting different results while behaving the same. It is union based, so if you are low man on the totem pole, expect to have no life and constantly be working. Much of their machinery is outdated(ranging from machines from the 60s to the NEWEST machines being from the early 90s). The union will refuse to represent you or even give you a handbook unless you join(which is against Texas law). Management only cares about keeping the machines running. They have no interest in your personal life or that you may have other obligations. Pay used to be decent for the area, but it is quickly declining to be behind the other manufacturing facilities.. The same with benefits. Insurance now costs more and provides a lower quality of coverage. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The hours are kind of crazy the money is good. The health insurance looks to be really good you get every benefit profit sharing you get paid time off you get everything here. But if you cannot handle 12 hour shifts it's not for you. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful part about this company is the hours because I have a small child but at the same time I got to pay bills. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The culture is not too bad as long as you come in and do your work you get plenty of breaks free Gatorade to keep you hydrated I mean it's not bad and most people that write anything else or people who just did not work out it's pretty much come into your job and go home. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A typical day is coming in meeting my quota if I can and going home with I said plenty of breaks and people that will help you out

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Machine operator 3 salaries reported	$21.12 per hour
Packer 1 salary reported	$17.00 per hour
Human resources specialist 1 salary reported	$80,000 per year
Forklift operator 1 salary reported	$17.81 per hour
Account manager 1 salary reported	$107,500 per year

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