forklift operator

machine operator

maintenance technician

helper

utility worker

Hood Container

In the past year since I've been here, it's been the best place I've ever worked, just because of our great supervisor. 3 days after he's been gone, new management has stated that bathroom breaks are very limited to only breaks and lunch and you will be on the floor and at your work position as soon as the bell rings. Sad thing is they're about to lose a whole assembly section because of the strick things they expect from people now. It's sad, as when our former supervisor was here, his position was to help this company learn about people and how to build a work relationship with them and understand that people are people and things happen to us all. In 3 days, this company has stripped everything good that the former supervisor tried to teach them. No wonder they can't keep people. It's fixing to be even worse there and that's why the entire assembly is about to walk out on them. They've shown us in 3 days that they don't care for people at all. They're after numbers. So, if u don't mind being a number or statistic, then this is the job for u!!! Oh, and did I mention....no a/c or heat. All in a tin building. That works great in the summer...

What is the best part of working at the company?
The coworkers were the best part 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Everything , there was ungodly amount of pressure put on the operators especially on the money making machines . The pressure almost felt like it was life or death . Always drama . You would work your 8 hour shift and be told within your last hour that you got to stay late to work and you will be punished if you couldn’t do so..

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Management is horrible . Beforehand Sumter Packaging was a great place to work . The management is misleading . The goalpost was always moved and the buddy system is definitely used . Never knew what the rules were cause they changed everyday . Use to be a good job . They done lost a lot of good people due to unwillingness to look and see that the problem starts at top . 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Youll go into the day knowing you’re going to get the most difficult orders for the day especially if you are first shift and was expected to pick up slack . Youll probably get trash talked to you by supervisor sometime throughout the day . Manager will have meeting in the morning with good intentions but no good ways to actually achieve the goals that the plant was actually hitting before the company was bought by hood and everything was changed

There are some good people at Hood Container, but they are the exception and not the rule. If you have other options, please look elsewhere. You’ll most likely be over promised about the position when applying because they always need help. 

Hood Container does manufacture quality products and it’s stable from the customers perspective. But from an employees view, you’ll find that you can never get comfortable. Management consistently looks to remove benefits and incentives. I really wish they never purchased our old company, as it’s been down hill since.

New team members are treated with indifference, mediocrity, and sometimes hostility. Management is stretched thin, so unless you have years of industry experience you will be Beyond Frustrated in short order. Good luck.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The pay and the benefits are great, since the transaction the management gotten better. You can learn and build experience 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
For the most part! Your co-worker's is raw, rude, confrontational and do try to go to management with a problem cause they won't do anything, and they are so unorganized and unprofessional 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
All over the place! You're not gonna get properly trained and you not gonna stay on one machine long enough to get the satisfaction the job requires. It's diverse and their some of the people there that work as one and cares 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Starts slow but gets very confusing before management leaves, even when they leave, we get calls and emails on changing the orders while we in the middle running a order.  The typical day I would say is stressful

I clock in , no directions, no work orders, bad attitudes from exhausted over worked employees and poor maintenance team ,short handed , expected to work 10-12hrs Monday through Saturday and Sundays too.
I didn't notice any culture present at this job .
Too many chiefs and not enough Indians.
If you get hired it's hard to be trusted to complete the task. 
The environment is hot and humid only places that have proper venting and ac is management offices .
I did get my hiring bonus and that came with stipulations so read your agreement.
They say they hire within but do not seem to let the current workforce of the hiring for new SHIFTS* 
they do not deal with people direct , they backbiting,  and you better know Spanish.  


What is the best part of working at the company?
The best thing about working for Hood Container is the pay, which is at or better than market value for most positions.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Being new to the corrugated industry, Hood Container is miles behind the competition in the areas of technology, machinery, management and overall cohesion. Daily objectives are met inconsistently, training is inadequate and the hierarchy is ever-changing and confusing.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment is stressful but not obviously unfriendly & the culture has gotten an advantageous facelift in the form of guiding principles.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Frustrating, because orders are often not fulfilled successfully & one-time.

Most employee's here are hard working, honest people which makes for a positive learning and working atmosphere.  In this environment, I was able to grow my understanding of manufacturing as a business through managing department spending and budgeting.  I was also able to grow as team leader through daily coaching and teaching of operators in our department.
The most rewarding parts of my work at this facility was seeing the production and efficiency improvements in our department over time as a result of process improvements, advanced process control strategy implementations, data driven identification of solutions to long standing problems, and unit operator knowledge and process understanding growth.

I start work ever weekday morning @ about 6 am and have staff meeting @ 6:30am.At 7 am I have a safety meeting with the maintenance crew and direct them in their jobs to do for that day. I return to my office and proceed to work on shutdowns and if day goes as planned everyone goes home safe. I learned to use the strengths of all my employees to properly plan and execute all jobs in a safe and timely manner. I work with upper management to stay in budget and to maintain a safe and effective work environment. I try to see the positives in all employees to give them a boost when talking to them to keep all the morale up so that they can concentrate on safety and not negative thoughts. It is a friendly and family like atmosphere where everybody works as a team player.

Talked me into going through a temp agency. Low balled my requested pay, then paid me even less than agreed. Told me they would hire me in two weeks. After 6 weeks of complaining they finally did. After I referred two other employees which they paid more than they pay me. Hired them on directly without sending them to the on site temp agency they sent me through. Then gave one of the guys I referred, a referral bonus for getting me hired on. Currently still working there. Will be looking for other employment within the next week or so. After one week of training I was on my own. Ended up getting pretty good at the job but am already at a place where I feel so disrespected that I dont even wanna work for them anymore. And unfortunately a good friend got me the job. If not for him I would have quit weeks ago. 

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