High Liner Foods

The overall mission is well communicated but there is no agreement at a lower level. Departments do not reach consensus on priorities so thy are each overloaded and unaware of each others needs. This means constant shift in priorities and taking on too many initiatives so that few succeed well.

This company has struggled with leadership. Each new leader brings a shift in thinking with its subsequent personnel sweep. They have bought other businesses and gutted them. As a result of many staff sweeps, there is a poor balance of industry-savvy people with new, inexperienced people. Plenty of smart people but making avoidable mistakes.

HLF does follow the classic corporate model of layering, which creates room for promotional growth. They also try hard to provide educational opportunities for employees and host some nice internal events.

This is a good place to build your resume but don't become too comfortable for the long-term.

This place is pathetic. Its disorganized, unsafe, unkept, broken down with everything held together by duct tape. Its incredibly loud and filthy.  Most of the people's idea of a greeting is a staredown and a dirty look. There are a few good friendly people but they are few and far between. The attitudes of these people are incredibly bad and I've seen a lot. Morale is horrible. The dirtbag that was supposed to train me was a total loser with the personality of a pile of dog dung and refused to train me, he would just do something quick and then walk off with his arrogrant lowlife attitude. Other mechanics were the same way, can't be bothered to help you learn anything but expect you to learn. How?  Something breaks down every few minutes so the minute you start working on some preventative maintenance of some offline piece of equipment, something else on the production floor breaks and you're back out there with your roll of duct tape. This place should be out of business but its one of those that will fly by the seat of its pants and just get by for years.  This hole makes working on a chain gang seem like fun.

As a supervisor on the production floor, the day is pretty focused on making quality product, in the most cost-effective manner possible.  I come in, reveiw the work orders, then match the work orders with the respective Specification, and assure that the correct material is being used.  The management and work culture are relaxed and comfortable, and are designed to make you WANT to deliver nothing but the best to the group.  WE - Not ME is the collective mantra.  The hardest part of the job is explaining why I fell short of an expectation.  The most enjoyable part of the job is being able to laugh and enjoy being at work.

Typical day at Highliner would be come in get the Spec. see what product we are running and how many batches. Go to my station get all my equipment out and ready that i may need and prefill paper while waiting on dayshift to finish or discuss product with my operators and workers so if anything comes up we got it covered. Learned how to anticipate problems so we can keep production moving at all times how to communicate with people who doesnt speak or understand english. Co'workers were very friendly and respectful as long as you give them the same amount of respect you want in return. There wasnt anything about my job that was hard more enjoyable than anything.

It is an ok company to work for. Constantly changing it's goals from year to year making it hard for everyone to get on the same page and adjust to current situation. There use to be a lot of diversity from all walks of people but has since turned primarily one group of people. Favoritism does occur on occasion depending on who the manager is. There is a chance for upward growth due to constant job changes and employee turnover. Not very friendly to white employees or white culture in general.

we have our schedule placed the day before of what our duty is for the following day .. we know what to expect so I come prepared .. some assignments are more easier and relaxing than others .. the job could be excited as others could be stressful .. but you always have co-workers by your side with a helping hand .. we are all there to help one another and that's what I love about my job .. the hardest part of the job is when the company goes slow and you have been asked not to come in the next day .. I'm the person that likes to get my 40hrs or more .. but I have to be understandable with the manager since it's not his choice ..

A very unstable organization in a state of constant reactive fire fighting initiatives and incapable of learning from its past mistakes. Top heavy on management and could use more resources on the bottom tier to get the job done effectively.  Typical cost center approach where money is reluctant to be spent on appropriate tools to do the job. The team is enjoyable for the most part but there was a lack of control over individuals with aggressive tendencies and who were rewarded for bad behavior.

Good place to work overall with competitive salary for lower positions within the facility.  High turnover rate can be a catch 22 good opportunity to advance but also constantly working through the learning curve. Maintenance doesn't have a set break and on many occasions breaks are not available due to Equipment failures.  For a larger company it still has the small business family feeling if you can stick around long enough.  

I've been working here for 8 years. They have watched me grow and become who I am today.
Supervisor's have changed, and I think that it has created a solid and strong team that they continuously work to keep improving. 
If you show up, do your job, and show that you have ambition and the skills one needs to advance, they will train you for the position you show interest in. 
Hardest part is it can be stressful, but what Job isn't at times? 
Best part= Friendly atmosphere.  
  

Compensation was commensurate with professional settings and reviewed frequently.
Workday could start a 4:00 AM and could go to 11:00 PM. High stress, but with good job satisfaction. Time-off when season was low.
Management was demanding but fair.
Co-workers were responsible, and generally fair people, given the work pressures.
Design of new systems/processes.

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