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I liked working there except I didnt like how my supervisor acted towards his employees at all. When he wanted to see one of his employees he would sit in his office and yell out there names. (Unprofessional). He acted as though his job title went to his head. Walked around the room and insisted several times hurry up get the job done. I asked why doesnt he help us if he wanted it done quicker and he stated that he did not know how to run any of the machines in the AMP Department, I told him a "supervisor is suppose to know how to run these machines so that incase there's a big job that comes in he could help his employees get it done" ....totally ignored what I had said and went back in his office to sit.

Another occasion on a typical work week I have 8 years of printing behind me...sitting in my first initial review....my supervisor than asks me what I wanted to do in this company? My responds was I would like to learn how to run the digit press and he said, "Oh really," The next two months came and went he placed two employees on the ditigal press that never had a background in printing in their lives. One employee was brand new walked right through the door and was told to learn the ditigal press and I asked this employee if he had printing experience and he said no, he then told me he had machine operatoring experience and I asked on what and where he used to work, he told me that he was a meat cutter at jimmy johns....my mouth dropped open and I was not to happy.

Discrimination I feel I recieved from my supervisor in the Amp department on D shift !!! He favors others over other employees... How unprofessional is it to see your supervisor flirt with an employee in his office and other parts of the workplace.....its gross and not professional at all. I am very mad and irriated with this supervisor and now unemployed by him too.

There are several employees there that have called in and missed more than I have and they still have a job and yet I do not. Human Resources is aware now of the favoritism going on at IWCO Direct from the D shift supervisors and I hope in the future that the company replaces this supervisor. The sad thing about it is the lead person knows more about whats going on in the company on the floor then the own supervisor. Sad just sad.

Worked there for many years.  Management is horrible, and treats employees like slaves!  As you get older, they expect as much or more from you!  When you ask them, maybe for a lighter job, as in weight, because maybe your back hurts, they never oblige.  When you tell them you're getting older, and can't go as fast, they say that's just an excuse!  It was bought out by a bigger company, and we were hoping things would change, better management, but no!  We used to be given a nice bonus of like $50 for our thanksgiving holiday, this year it was $25 lower.  This new company is a multi billion dollar company, and we get less?!  I know they don't have to give you anything, but come on now!  No matter how fast you go, it's never enough!  They set rates for the machines, which are extremely hard to achieve!  And our raises are based on our rates!  We are constantly having meetings where we are reprimanded about our rates!   We are not machines.  The new company, we are hoping, come January when they completely take over, will get rid of their management team!  Management could never do the daily job that us production people do!  When the new company took over, they gave the newest people more money, and those of us that were there for years got NOTHING!  Dedication means nothing!

The workload is very excessive. You work beside an adjuster with very few responsibilities when the line is running. You unpack, label, stamp, make, pack and stack your own boxes while the machines run 500-800+ feet a minute. 500 may not seem like a lot but they use that speed for 6x9 envelopes that are considerably harder to pack. The easier ones are run at faster speed. During this time the adjusters will be on their phones, stand and talk or even sit and I’ve been laughed at and even yelled at for struggling to keep up depending on the adjuster. There was one adjuster at the Hamburg location that would help but the manager of the department would often discourage him from this. If there was a mistake because of the workload they would blame the packer and imply you couldn’t keep up. Many of the packers have discouraged and unpleasant attitudes from years of dealing with this treatment. It is very sad. I did this for almost 4 years and everyday would be stressful and would leave me confused about how to complete my work. My body would be so sore due to the pace and amount of work. 

While working here does allow for some flexibility in schedules, it is a terrible place to work. The safety training is a joke (if you get any) and the management is ineffective. Those on the production floor are treated terribly, whereas the office people aren't. It's also an extremely stressful job that takes a toll on your brain and body because it requires long shifts with little to no mental exercise. I was only a part-time employee and the stress of the job carried over the entire week until, after months of endurance, I had a complete mental breakdown and anxiety attack. The people don't care about you and except for a few good apples, the rest of them are rotten, nit-picking people out to make your life terrible because they're discontent themselves. The HR department never gives straightforward answers to questions and you have to jump through hoops to get your concerns addressed. People are consistently quitting because of all the issues.

I would say: if you're good for long hours, can deal with nasty people and are willing to plow through the issues at this place, go for it. You can make money with overtime. Just make sure it's worth your mental health.

Management has no clue how to help the employees succeed in there jobs.  Conflict resolution is non existsnt. It is a good old boys kind of place, even if you work your butt off produce more, good quality, if a manager doesnt favor you personally, forget about advancing or getting fair pay. The 12 hr shifts are terrible,  home life/balance non exist and forced to cover the other 12 hr shifts because
they cant or wont hire and retain experienced  knowledgable employees. There is a reason for that, so beware.  Lack of training to new employees, the turn over rate is the highest have ever seen at one company.
 Some unprofessional managers in how they interact with certain employees doesn't help. The overall production manager blatenly flirts with  female machine operators. Not professional behavor. All in all, the upper echolons of this company are completely disconnected from the human beings who do all the dirty work in production. Enter at your own risk.

Workload is different depending on what department you are in. Supervisors play favoritism making it hard to grow within the company. Often there is overtime available which is nice if you want to make extra money. The schedule is nice 3 days on 4 days off, vice versa (12hrs). They have employee appreciation day every 6 months or so which usually includes free lunch and extended break times. You get two 20 min breaks and 30 min lunch, paid. Overall the work environment is ok, you're supposed to reach a certain number of pieces by the end of the night (which is usually doable). Sometimes you don't reach it due to broken machine time/etc. It's not super stressful, you do your job then go home, next shift comes in and does the job. They will your schedule if you're going to school/and or pregnant or have medical condition. Yearly raises based on your production rate.

Pressroom manager could not manage a shoebox full of kittens let alone a pressroom full of employees.old outdated equiptment that they never put money into unless it breaks down which is an every day thing from being obsolete. some of the management is ok. coworkers are good people, but some lack skills or motivation to do the job so you have to pick up the slack. the hardest part of the job is the outdated machines and the lack of people they give you to do your job. you have to offload your own product on the inlines as well as run the press.Forced to work overtime because of the lack of employees to work with and the volume of work run through the company, the will dictate when you get time off. The best part of the job was getting time off so you could lead a life outside of IWCO, but that was not very often. A bad overall work environment.

on your feet for 12 hours. 
treated as a number instead of an employee. 
almost impossible to get fired except for attendance.
ok insurance.
high turnover for new employees.
Management has disregarded the value of long term employees so they are all quitting.
*** HORRIBLE training department. the majority of the trainers don't know what they are doing to begin with and are literally incapable of training. Training supervisors are more concerned with paperwork than how to actually do the job. 
They have taken on more work than they can facilitate so everything is a rush order and quality is tossed out the window and are asking staff for unrealistic output goals (far grater than the machines abilities). 
If you need a temp job to pay the rent, its not a bad place to do that.

After a nearly 50% workforce layoff in May because of decreased workload in the field, the company has been struggling to provide work and therefore hours to its employees.

Closing nearly every or every other Sunday, you are not getting a full paycheck. This along with terrible raises and advancement opportunities to begin with, working here is not at all sustainable. This is amplified as a Production Operator, as they frequently will call you or a majority of the time wait for your arrival at the workplace and then lay you off for the day/night.

The  company is continuously struggling to gain new clients in 2022/2023 and management has been very poor for the past several years. Upper management continuously giving false hope of production picking back up to calm its employees for the past several months with nothing actually coming to fruition. 

We need all new management!  Treated like dogs!  Nothing is ever good enough, no matter how much you produce!  Work most holidays, unless you are office.  They get every holiday off!  Used to get  a small bonus at Christmas, now it's cut in half,  just like thanksgiving.  We make them millions, they give us a pittance.  The new employees months ago, got a significant raise, we the people who've been there forever, got absolutely nothing!   Why should people coming off the street, make what took us 20 years to make?!  Management, is horrible!  They stand around drinking coffee and shooting the breeze, and if we stop for a second, we're reprimanded!  There are a lot of businesses being built within 5 min. of this Hamburg , Pa.  plant, and I am sure they will lose half of their workforce, if things don't change!

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Machine operator 18 salaries reported	$19.29 per hour
Material handler 9 salaries reported	$18.00 per hour
Receptionist 12 salaries reported	$21.50 per hour
Machine adjuster 1 salary reported	$33.50 per hour
Equipment technician 4 salaries reported	$28.75 per hour

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