instrument technician

machine operator

operator

maintenance mechanic

process engineer

J.D. Irving

This place is extremely liberal, you will see a certain group of people being forced to work, while others get to sit around on their phones, and if you try to say something, they go after you one way or another, yes even management will.  They just want you to shut up and do your job and everyone else's plus blame you for why they aren't always making numbers.  Process Improvement are for twisting the truth and throwing Line Leads under, they have the Managers fooled into thinking nobody cares as much about the company as they do.  Meanwhile, they will be gone for hours on end, we discovered often times on breaks for hours on end by asking each other if that PI PT(Process Techs sometimes follow suit with PI)was still on break after the 3rd person on break.  This company does not care if you don't get a break. Often times you will see one line has 8 people on it, while another has 2 on one end and 3 on another end.  And if you have anyone extra, it is a new person that won't put any effort in.  They keep hiring users that are narcissistic and good at weaseling their ways out of stuff.  The best thing to do is just stay off the radar, build up your savings into an investment to get yourself out of there because the pay is good, so stick around for the pay for until you can escape this mad house.  

There is only two maintenance and one sometimes two Electrical guys, supposably there are a ton others called line pairs, but they don't do anything aside from asking if we need anything, most of the time when they come around, the shift maintenance people already fixed something for them.  Often times Process Techs and Process Improvements will fiddle around on a Friday messing something up for the whole weekend to make it look like they keep the lines going, they screw us over on the weekends to make the real workers look bad and then come in and magically fix the issues Monday morning, management is too clueless to see this happening.  Mean while the Process Improvement go after the Line Leads attacking them and blaming them while we sneak away.  Don't ever move up in a position, being a regular operator you can hangout in the locker room before shift is up and not get blamed for what the Process Improvement and Process Techs sabotage the lines with.  To be fair, there or 2 or 3 good Process Techs and 1 good Process Improvement.  So not all of them.  
Many of the Line Leads are horrible people as well, they will lie and say they have to go to a meeting and or spend 10 hours on a computer acting like they are working on the end of shift report, while the ones that work have to hold their position and ours.  I have only seen maybe 5 good Line Leads out of every shift together.  HR is very two faced, they will tell you how you should handle a problem and yet not do the very samething they tell you.  They know that there are problem people yet they make sure nobody will speak up because it would only make them look bad for hiring so many bad people plus Irving is known for not having a high turn over which is why they won't fire bad people that don't work.  You can miss over 15 days in a year and they won't fire you.  You can also be hours late for work everyday without them even batting an eye.  Just keep playing dumb and apologizing.  Super secure place to work, as long as you don't try to call out the bull poo.

If you love your work this is not your company. Management and leads in all departments set the standard for everyone to cut one another's throats. Your abilities mean nothing to them. The better you are the worse they will be towards you. If you help others they will reprimand you for it even though they tell you to. You are not there to do the job you know how to do you are there to do what they want even if they are wrong. When they are wrong, and they are a lot, then it will be your fault for doing what they say. If you like being completley  belittled then this job is for you. This plant has no respect whatsoever  for its employees.  The lack of organization is insane, and all departments fued against one another in a fashion showing they have no clue as what to do other than play the blame game. Teamwork may be a value for their other sites, but for this one it will only be what they preach as they are instructed to do. Once you try to be a team you will be torn down again by the never ending game of cut throat. The company itself has amazing values and at other sites they are practiced,  but not at the Macon location. If they could only get rid of the ones who completely  go against Irving's  values this place would be the best place in the world to work. At the moment if you are looking for a job you would love to do and you decide to come here, you will be heartbroken  at your decision. Best of luck to you in your search.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part of working for the company are the opportunities to work with intelligent, dedicated people. From the time I started to the time I spent, I was surrounded with talent and helpful colleagues. I had many opportunities to work on projects in a team environment and felt supported every step of the way. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Like any company, you have goals and target deadlines that can sometimes be fast approaching. At times it was easy to overburden oneself with various projects and committments. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The culture is great, they highlight and promote their employees internally and focus on perosnal and professional development. The company espouses its core values and that is disseminated throughout the facilities. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Depending on your role, you can work 12 hour days as a production employee, or 8-10 hours a day as a salaried individual. A day is spent among dedicated staff and you work on projects that support the fundamentals of the business.

They rush you to work 6 hours and then don't give you the ability to clean the machine the right way and in the end you fight the machine the rest of your shift. They're afraid to tell bosses we need more time to run better and get the tools we need to have a better shift,shift workers get thrown to the wolves when it comes to working and they never fix nothing because it's more important to report to the owners we're making paper instead of we're working our workers 12hr straight and the machine still doesn't run right. They hire you in with a list of 10 things you gotta do during your shift and add 5 more every month but don't give you raises for more job tasks .  Too many cons to list , overall the longer i stay here the more i see this is just a job not a career.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part about Irving Tissue is the Great co-workers you have working along side you everyday.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful part about working there is dealing with the 6 month “trial period” where they can let you go for any little thing.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment was stressful because at any point in time if you did anything outside of the strict rules you weee gone. It was like living in a prison for 12 hours

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A typical day varies based on trucks and product specifications.

Management is a joke. The union is a bigger joke. The biggest waste of $1200+ a year and you have to be in it. Used to get gift cards for Christmas and they stopped that. They allow management to harass you repeatedly. It’s all about numbers, not safety, until someone loses an arm. Used to get Christmas off, not anymore. Apparently triple time is supposed to be more important than your family. They switch your crew (schedule) at the drop of a hat and there’s nothing you can do. They always treated this place like the best job in the area. It’s not. The only perk was health insurance. Swing shift, stress and depression isn’t worth it. 

Irving Consumer Products is a good company overall. They offer competitive benefits and the pay is decent for the area. They are safety focused, but I will say some of upper management don’t really care about the welfare of their employees.  If you are offered a job here, just be sure you are clear on the job duties, responsibilities and negotiate your pay accordingly. There are really no guidelines in place for promotions. Again, it’s a new location in Macon they are feeling their way through. 

Needs more opportunities to train employees how to do the jobs they’re asked to do. There’s a lot of turn over and people are forced into jobs they aren’t trained to do. 
Management struggles to make decisions for the betterment of the business. They are the weakest team in the whole plant. The values aren’t followed by most. As a whole the company is good for what they believe in and employees are treated well by the company. The company is always growing so there is potential for careers instead of “jobs”

Management lies! From the time they interview you to the time you get hired they will treat you like gold... But once you're in they will treat you like a slave. They have no respect for anyone but themselves. They are narcissistic arrogant elitists who think they are always right and you are wrong. And don't ever get hurt because they will deny responsibility but yet force yiu to continue to put yourself in bad situations without hesitation. If you have any self respect, do not work here. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Absolutely nothing.  Upper management uses intimidation as a leadership style, which creates a "fear-based" culture where everyone is too busy protecting themselves to actually innovate or support one another. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Working in an environment where you are squeezed between aggressive management, favoritism and unmotivated peers. It's about the mental tax of navigating a broken system.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Instrument technician 9 salaries reported	$35.84 per hour
Machine operator 8 salaries reported	$25.20 per hour
Operator 6 salaries reported	$22.36 per hour
Maintenance mechanic 8 salaries reported	$34.03 per hour
Process engineer 6 salaries reported	$77,398 per year

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