maintenance mechanic

sanitation worker

packer

production supervisor

machine operator

J&J Snack Foods

Very unfavorable towards American employees of any kind. Tremendous favoritism for Latino employees with disregard for Americans. Sanitation workers are greatly overworked, charged with cleaning huge areas and multiple machines along with being underpaid. Sanitation workers are allowed to be mistreated and bullied by other employees and supervisors in other departments. More and more restrictive rules are added routinely. Cell phone use is discouraged and a punishable offense and is not evenly enforced among departments abd employees - more favoritism. Black employees are almost non existent and sometimes must struggle through various cliques to get work done in a normal fashion. Very anti - employee and can be quick to fire even longterm employees. There is no seniority, at all. The union is more like a tax collector than an aid. Public transportation access is sometimes very inconsistent, even more so at night and weekends. Most enjoyable part is leaving everyday.

Be prepared to put your hands in a robot to pack on a track, be prepared to have piles of hot pockets coming at you at a high speed while you have to place them in bins or while they all fall on the floor, be prepared to be asked if you want to be trained for something and then when you're out for medical reasons you come back to find out that position was given to a person that has only been there for 3 weeks, that has no experience, be aware of gossip on the floor & who you talk to bc one day someone can be nice to you and the next day they can be a totally different person to you, not to mention you have people on the floor complaining and trying to boss people around or people yelling at others or making comments to them or coming up and taking their spot when nothing is being done, also be ready to work 6 days almost every week. This company has machinery that constantly breaks down, from the box machines, to the robots ect. Sad part is company will continue to put you in the same area the next day knowing that the machines keep breaking down. 

R&D Manager is mean and unpredictable. Nice to you one minute, saying you did a good job, then mean to you later and shouting at you. She and her staff all hang out together and make any newcomer feel unwelcome. Most of them hardly talk to you, and when they do it's to point out that you didn't do things the way they want you to. They help each other out with their projects but don't allow newcomers to join them. Manager makes them report to her every little thing newcomers do and believes everything they say, even inaccurate, unsubstantiated derogatory comments about newcomers' skills and abilities. I didn't get any training or orientation from the manager or longtime staff, but they expect me to know what to do. They act like they had no clue how mean they were, but they did the same thing to previous employees in the department.

I love J & J Snacks, it has a close-knit family-like environment.  You can feel the excitement when a new product is being introduced, and most everybody feels like they are valued and so therefore, are hands on and involved.  However, the hours are somewhat long at times.  Overall though, the benefits of working there outweigh any negatives.
   The most challenging part of the job as a supervisor would be near the end of the shift, in which you are juggling getting employees through with training, setting up the lines for the next shift, and wrapping up your own shift's production. 
    What I have learned and improved on the most from this position is to multi-task.  One has multiple lines running that are a good distance from one another.  A supervisor must delegate tasks, oversee, and do follow up with the leads to assure that all lines are managed and production is steady.

Having had hundreds of jobs this was by far the worst. 4 small dirty bathrooms for hundreds of employees. A very small cramped often dirty lunchroom. Very inclusive on hiring. Most employees are of foreign origin and speak little or no english. Mask wearing was made a permanent requirement/rule for employment with no end date. You may not remove it for any reason.  Although the supervisors tend to go maskless.Mandated OT on short notice. Machines run poorly resulting in filthy work spaces and repeat handling of the same product. Very noisy. Arrive early or you must park in far away lower lot. Often the waste and damages are ankle deep by shift end. You will be required to clean it up regardless of position. The floors get sticky and dirty.  Your feet get wet. The building has an odor of dirty drains. 

The company culture is bad and management is a big contributing factor to this. Its a very shady work environment. Its a union plant where management is non union. Located in small town, where managers are protecting their friends and avoid writing up the employees they have personal relationships with. You also have managers and other employees trying to get other employees written up so that they can be disqualified from their bid position. Especially when doing so opens up a job that they can put a friend in. You have supervisors managing their girlfriends, brothers etc. Good job if other employees and management consider you an insider, could be very difficult if they don't.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Best company ever helpful team work together fun ... Place as well as career wise ....

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Nothing at all  sometimes if a machine breaks down .. other then than we all worked as a team as well as the mechanics great team work to find the solution to get threw a good days work.. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Good  very fun and some of the greatest people i ever good lifetime friends and culture coworkers learned alot ..

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Great friendly environment team workable fun place .. If caught it a jam all push the team to find the best solution to get threw the day...

What is the best part of working at the company?
I worked multiple positions with this company and also different shifts. Sanitation was my favorite position.prduction was my second and packaging wasn't even bad. Can't say there was a time that I didn't want to be there. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not something that happens often, but at the end of the shift you must wait for someone to relieve you. This happens on the packing shift once in a while and someone will be late coming in

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Typical warehouse work. People generally do a great job working together and being productive. Fast paced environment 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Just another day at work

What is the best part of working at the company?
The people I worked with were wonderful. Everyone was helpful in teaching me "the ropes". It was just a great place all the way around.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The "big boss" would make them turn the belt speed up and if you are new it can be stressful. You have pies flying everywhere.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The culture is diverse and my work environment area was great.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I worked 2nd shift so 1:30 pm until. We were usually off by 10. You get 2 paid breaks and you went off line every hour for 30 minutes. In that time you basically restocked the machines and cleaned up around your line.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Stability and reliability, you can count on the plant to produce products evereday

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Making sure that we have good looking products for our customers. We try to produce a quality product for our customers 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Fast paced we are a fast moving group and that helps make the day go by faster 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
As a supervisor I would check phone lines for many absences, make any adjustments (personal ) to help the shift run better. Go to the production floor to assist the line in any way possible

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Maintenance mechanic 15 salaries reported	$31.85 per hour
Sanitation worker 12 salaries reported	$18.16 per hour
Packer 17 salaries reported	$16.37 per hour
Production supervisor 9 salaries reported	$67,392 per year
Machine operator 19 salaries reported	$16.72 per hour

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