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My coworkers were great and positive. Management constantly nit-picks and will make petty changes. We used to have chairs, music steroes, and were allowed to give full attention to our processing. Now you have to "look busy" while you're actually busy operating equipment, because the management thinks you're just standing around.
You can't clock in too early, you can't clock out late, but you can't be waiting in the breakroom for 2 minutes to clock out on time, it's just exhuasting keeping up with their minor nit-pickings that doesn't effect operations and just alienates reliable workers. The nit-picking doesn't start until you mention issues with compensation, work schedule, or duties. It's just really lame behaviour to recieve from higher-ups when I just want cooperation to resolve an issue.

They still say on their applications we get monthly bonuses. That is a lie. Bonuses haven't been allowed at the North Salt Lake location since Nov. 2022, despite improvements in order OTIF and site safety improving. No overtime either. Half the legacy department has been let go over the last year. Only a 3% raise was given to Process Techs at the beginning of 2023. My guess is they will be downsizing, as the applications are hiring at a lower pay than when I started.
Become friends with management, you won't get belittled or nitpicked as much.

Management is good in general, they allow each employee to manage their own time, and have clear objectives and deadlines.

A typical day at work would include to prioritize projects, and review formulations and raw materials, before starting the lab trials, followed by runing the trials, compiling, and analyzing the data for statistical validity. Finally, after the trials are conclusive a report or memo is written to summarize results and suggested future work, if any.

Co-workers are very motivated to help others moving the project forward, and management is also very supportive. Usually management would assign a project leader, and let you work indepedently, but weekly or daily, updates may be requred depending on the urgency of the project.

The most enjoyable part of this job is getting to lead my own projects, and ultimately seeing the contributions of my research and what it means to the company.

The most challenging part of this job is to coordinate manufacturing trials from remote locations, and making sure engeneering, plant personel, and the quality team, are all in the same page.

I wanted to start with recruiting agency that gave me this job. This has nothing to do with them at all. Only Innophos. Yesterday was my first day and it included only training on a computer. I was accused of surfing the web during the orientation process when I was doing it towards the end. The main reason I WAS surfing the web was to look for a bus route near the area so I could make sure to be there for my second day. Well for them that’s enough to let me go after one day. I was never given any warnings even though they said that they did, but I never was. Also I apparently could not use my to text my sick mother but for them it’s the end of the world so that was another thing. Oh and I was never warned or anything about not being on the phone, I was never told I couldn’t be on it, There were no signs indicating I couldn’t be on it. Anyway moral of the story is corporations don’t care about you unless you do everything they want you do to. It’s all about them them them. Thank y’all for the 1 day cause good god i couldn’t have done it again. but ummm besides that pays pretty decent so yeah.

Biased manager that brings in people in with no experience and makes them a lead or supervisor so they have an inexperienced lead to mold to what they want and a scapegoat so if there is an issue and they need someone to blame you are on the chopping block. Management asked for transparency but then when you give them info they don’t wanna hear you now have a target on your back. If you are experienced and follow safety policy and procedures then you will not last long, if you were the kid that hid stuff under your bed and called it “clean” this is the perfect place for you we hide things from corporate and audits to keep ourselves running. Think of it like North Korea. Display good things but it’s really fake.  Saddest thing is this company used to be great very family friendly and great work environment now. It’s basically a POW simulator. 

If you're applying for Production Trainee be aware that the shifts are 7 days a week and rotating. It's very routine that you'll have to work several doubles in a row which are your 8 hour shifts plus the next 8 hour shift totaling 16 hour days. You'll be working in SAP with airborne SAP particulates everywhere and zero support for proper PPE. Safety is not paramount in that building. You're essentially a laborer to Innophos and you'll learn no actual process operations skills nor will your coworkers treat you with respect. 

They hire people who have no business being in a processing facility and will more than likely get you hurt due to their inability to understand industrial hygiene and safe working practices. 

Innophos is a good place to work for non-creative people (excluding R&D).  They are slow/resistant to innovate and from an IT standpoint reactive as opposed to proactive in their thinking.  A very political  and process oriented organization where internal relationships are looked at with a higher importance than production.  The atmosphere is highly professional with seasoned workers who rarely panic in adverse situations.  The most difficult portion of the job is keeping up with technology (it all must be done on your own time).  The most enjoyable aspect of the job is the professionalism of, and day-to-day interaction with co-workers.

Innophos is a place for lazy and non-creative people to work, the Plant Manager and direct reports don’t have the ability to think outside the box.

Management there is horrible, the uncaring and lazy employees are rewarded and the ones that are innovative and hardworking quit or get fired. They are resistant to change in technology and new processes resulting in being reactive as opposed to proactive in their thinking. It is a very political and process-oriented organization where internal relationships are looked at with higher importance than the bottom-line. In terms of maintaining people that are an asset to Innophos this is an issue that Corporate needs to address sooner than later!

Going to school/ being a parent is hard enough. Tried to find a good work / school balance and would think that they would work with me. Turns out management wants employee's to work around the company's schedule which is hard for someone who has kids and is going back to school. Would not recommend people who are going back to school or looking for a flexible schedule, THEY WILL NOT WORK WITH YOU PERIOD. Also management is horrible, some don't know what they are doing half of the time. Just a very toxic work environment.

Innophos has an unimpeachable drive to improve safety above all else.   While the drive to positively improve the bottom line is there, the safety engagement from senior management down to the line workers is commendable.  They encourage employees to "stop work" when situations are unsafe.  They regularly engage in root cause analysis events to not only address the immediate concern but to continuously drive the safety culture.  This focus on safety goes to the core of their belief that their people are their greatest resource.  This mentality also supports their statements of wanting their employees to have proper work life balance.

I arrive at work change out and then i start my morning stretches. Once complete we are assigned our daily jobs and then we disperse. While working here I have learned a little more about chemistry and time oriented deadlines. My bosses are easy to get along with and are willing to work with you on just about anything that they can, also my co-workers are easy to get along with and always willing to help. The hardest part of the job is the physical demand. This is definitely not the job for everybody. I happen to like the schedule the most and working with good people is always a plus.

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