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As a packaging technician my job consists of operating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and changing over machines that put medicine in bottles, pouches, blister strips, etc. As a technically minded person, the equipment is very interesting. I've learned a lot mechanically and electrically.
The work life balance is awful and management has made it clear that it's not a priority to improve it. You will work every other Saturday, often sunday as well. If you're unfortunate to be assigned to a line that doesn't run three shifts you'll also work 9 or 10 hours daily during the week.
Leadership only promotes yes-men to management positions. If you have good ideas which would improve productivity you won't be advanced because that means you're criticizing the current decision makers. If you're a huge moron but don't rock the boat, you'll be a supervisor in no time. 
Ever since breaking off from GSK it's like the budget is zero. They preach "safety first" all the time but if it costs money to make something safer it won't happen. If someone has an idea which would increase a line's production, it won't be implemented if it requires halting production whatsoever. Extremely short sighted by leadership. 
Management refuses to pay enough to recruit good employees. When I started here, everyone getting hired was moving up from their previous job. Now all the new hires are people who were laid off or fired from their last job and the good employees have to pick up their slack.
This is a good place to work to save some money before moving on to something better, but employees certainly aren't treated well enough to make a career out of it. 
The only credit I'll give management is paying just enough to be better than the local competition. And if you have a child you get six months maternity or paternity leave. 

This is a high school like environment. Nobody follows rules nor protocols.
Contradicting and Hyprocritical workplace. A lot of Drama and workplace gossip! 
They'll be rumors going around the factory about the state of business CONSTANTLY. A lot of cheaters! So if you sleep around and like a hot woman this is the place for you. 
Work is easy but lines are always down, their mechanical engineering department is subpar so you just end up tortured for 12 hours of your life with a line that is producing little to nothing.
Some people in this workplace are extremely helpful and knowledgeable. The ones that aren't are most of your higher ups. The managers aren't terrible depending on what shift and department.
There's rumors about layoffs in october currently so please remember that when you see positions open. 
No union. Relationships, Family Ties and Personal ties are the only way you're moving up unless you prove you have no back bone because there's that too.
The benefits though? Not bad at all! They match your 401k I believe 11% or something along those lines. The pay is great and you get bonuses/raises yearly. If you can steer clear of all the drama and don't want to advance? Great place for you! If you want to advance? Great, but be prepared to be a "yes man" and go against everything you said you would as a packaging technician. Never fails! 

There have been mass layoffs in September and October after mandatory overtime most of the summer to hit their numbers before the end of their fiscal year in August. Management lied when asked directly about the potential for layoffs. That should tell you all you need to know about this company.  Transparency is not a thing there and most of management are yes men. The job is very repetitive and relatively easy after 2-3 months of training. They have to meet FDA regulations are VERY strict about following procedure. Most of the employees who work on the floor are friendly and helpful. The pay and benefits are good, but job security went out the window once Haleon separated from GSK. They have an overtime rotation of two teams working every other weekend, but you won't know for sure until a day or two before. They expect you to put the job over your family.  They are very unforgiving about missing work even if PTO or vacation is used. It WILL be held against you during your yearly reviews. If you care about being treated like a human being and not a tool for their disposal, this is NOT the place for you.

It's good with pay, benefits, and bonuses. It felt like it had to be with the way they tried to get you to believe that you couldn't do anything unless someone was holding your hand. At one point, we received emails "strongly suggesting" which way we should vote in a presidential election where prescription price caps were a point of discussion. Their idea of "continuous improvement" boils down to nothing more than constant change, whether it improves anything or not. Basically, it felt like you got paid to be harassed and set up for frequent failure. But hey, they appreciate you. Many social events to make it seem like we're all on the same page plus monthly (if not more) meetings to convince employees that management is on your side and "fully transparent". Mandatory OT was discontinued although "it is strongly suggested" you be there. Typical big pharma I guess.

They do not care if you die on your way to work, they'd actually prefer that to you calling in sick. 

Shareholders make decisions despite knowing absolutely nothing about how factories work.

Complete disregard for well-being of blue collar employees, physical and mental.

Frequent layoffs 

NOT LGBTQ+ FRIENDLY WORKING ENVIRONMENT 

Training takes years, as there are only two people in the entire "department"

Impossible for career growth without a degree

Huge disconnect between site leadership and corporate. The site leads will tell you how they don't know what certain metrics are, but know they aren't high enough, and belittle you to work harder, despite being a skeleton crew.

This company will not last another 15 years, it is a shareholder's game. 

Have some self-respect and never work here

What is the best part of working at the company?
Only positives to find here: Benefits and the general staff (Non-Leaders) as there are a bunch of great people who have (had) worked here a long time.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lack of consistent direction and changes in upper leadership.  I highly recommend not going to work here for anyone wanting a long term employer. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It is very poor work environment due to the terrible guidance by leadership.  Plus the culture is even worse due to the leadership above site.  I would not recommend anyone to wok here.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Same o'l same o'l.... Nothing changes and people are overworked and under appreciated.  OT is not really needed but is required.

The Montréal site is excellent site to work for!! I can tell you that I have been working for several other sites across the world and I share that the Montréal site is a safe place to work where leaders listen and grow their people.  Leaders here are human, caring, highly competent and inspiring. they genuinely care about the wellbeing of the people. The salary and benefits are the best among all industries. For example, the paternity leave is 6 months which is the best I have never seen before. Haleon Montreal has an amazing cafeteria and a great gym that we have the time to train during lunch time. Highly highly recommend the site!!!

Leaders at the top are just faces for organization and  don't actually care about fixing anything. Will run people and machines into the ground to hit numbers one week and wonder why they can't replicate it the next. Nepotism is pretty bad for higher positions, and past a certain level just isn't even possible for people from the local area. Site leaders could not perform the entry level production staff jobs at the same level of expectations they would put on you and get paid 10 times as much for their "expertise" in management. 
Safety and quality will always take a backseat to production needs until it blows up in their face. Then senior leaders will look around for a scapegoat to save face, which will probably be hastily discussed on microsoft teams so they can get back to their vacation. 

A very frustrating plant to work at, currently experiencing layoffs. All of the people that had long-term experience at the site have been let go over the past year, and the only way you can make it to upper management is if you're Latin American. Seriously, all of the site leadership has been changed out to Latin Americans. There was a massive site expansion planned for $80 million, but that has been diverted to the Slovakia site, with the Brazil site being expanded as well (hence all of the Latin leadership getting their seasoning here before transitioning down there). They are planning to either sell the site after transitioning the volumes to the other two sites, or just shutter it completely, so don't make long term plans around a career there.

Typical day is agile meetings. 
Workplace culture is toxic and lack minorities in leadership and other key positions.
Management continues to not support diversity in its workforce. 
The hardest part of the job is dealing with the dishonest in the recruiting process and constant discrimination on qualified candidates. 
Most enjoyable part is leaving the office for a lunch break. 
I just want to add that recruiters lack integrity and quick to not send the qualified resumes to hiring managers especially if you are a poc.
This is why I give one star rating. Recruiters must stop the dishonesty to improve the culture.


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