production

forklift operator

2nd line support engineer

operator

quality assurance technician

John Soules Foods

Extremely cold factory. Was not prepared to work in such a cold environment. Boots would get wet, and then would go into cold factory, by 2 hours into my shift I was shivering cold and couldn’t get my body warm, even wearing 2-3 layers of clothing. Honestly, I would still be at the job, but I physically couldn’t keep up, even though mentally it was ok. Lifting 8-10pd bags of chicken into boxes for 6-7 hours a day was exhausting. My arms would be so sore , I actually was shaking driving home. Also working 2nd shift was hard because that means I drove home in the dark at 2am daily, and if we ran late, I wouldn’t get home until 3am, and I would worry driving so late on the road. The factory itself is top of the line, very clean, and employees are overall very pleasant. For beginning positions, it’s a good start. The entry level position that’s mostly advertised for is physically hard on the body, because of repetition for 3hrs. I took a break when needed, but it was frowned upon to just walk off the floor. Supervisors are very good and overall it was a good experience. But physically, I couldn’t handle it 6 days a week for 6-7 hrs a day on my wrists. Icy hot and aspirin didn’t make the swelling any better.  Sorta bummed because I wanted to stay. There wasn’t really another position to switch to at the time, especially being new. Good entry level job to a factory. Free food on saturdays is nice. Sometimes production line goes quicker, and you get to leave earlier. Also it’s nice they are a second chance company, and most people are good coworkers here. Most days were bearable on hindsight, but it was very tough while going through it. Every day wore heavy. 

The plant was brand new to the area, and everything ran like garbage. The machines constantly malfunctioned, management was useless most of the time, it was a struggle just about every day I worked there. Bags of chicken would fall on the floor and instead of being sent through the sanitizer, the lead would just put them right back in line to be boxed up and ready for delivery. I'm talking hundreds of bags per day. The machinery would fault out and the line would keep running and after about 30 seconds the overflow container would fill up and product would endlessly pile up on the floor. It was just a terrible experience. Night shift was sold as 8-9 hours, but in reality we worked 10-12 hours. Every. Night. My health suffered, every day consisted of waking up and dreading going in, because we knew we were gonna have a bad time. One of the only positives was the in-house Nurse practioner that prescribed me blood pressure medicine to help with the stress the job was causing. Definitely not worth the $14.50-$17.00/hr they paid. Also, when we would arrive for our shift, we needed about 10 people to keep the line running efficiently as possible, but most we ever had was 6, and some nights as little as 3, yet were expected to run like we were fully staffed. It was so bad at one point 4 of us showed up and knew we couldn't possibly do the job correctly so we just collectively decided to walk out. They called and asked what happened, we explained, and management/HR couldn't be bothered to care or even try to understand our predicament. Can not stress enough this was the worst job I've ever had. 

This very innovative company was always reading and willing to analyze new opportunities.  We would always find the best way to accomplish our goals and to meet the needs of our clients.  Products were continuously reviewed and analyzed, including their overall profitability, as to their inclusion into the very high demand of production scheduling time.  If products did not provide the ROI as needed, they were systematically removed from production.  The more profitable products were then expanded and included into the annual production schedule.   This was a continuous improvement process predicated on cost accounting and reporting.  It was the finest of accountability that paid for itself in efficiency and profitability.

I enjoy working for a company that help employees and want them to feel great at work everyday. I never worked for a company who gives to the employee to help them through hard times in this recession this company have given their employees a case of meat at least once a month to help them feed their families, even though the company cut working hours. They did not lay off they kept their employees working part-time to help them pay their bills and buy other things. I am not going to complain this company also helped employees who had school children's with school supplies. 
The struggle is with both the company and employees working together until the company get more orders to keep the employees working. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Pay and cold environment, especially during the summer. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful part is when the upper management allows coworkers to harass you and verbally abuse you. Then they blame you and then write you up because because they want to make a fair. This happened in front of supervisors and still nothing was done for 6 months.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It is slightly diverse, but it is mainly Hispanics.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Loading and unloading trucks on a forklift. Down stacking pallets.

You know it is bad when you are actually using a "point" just because they have the point system and wishing you could just call in every week. Way too many hours, not enough pay, and the work is fine if they are fully staffed. If not, which is more likely then not to be the case, then you will be hurting. My hand still hurts and they pressure you to work through it by giving you a wristband and saying how "their" wrist still hurt from their careers as if that makes it OK?? All the while getting on to you for not saying you are hurt?? It makes no logical sense. Countless people got hurt and they could care less. Show up for the bonus, look for another job, work slow as possible, and that is it. Not worth it.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Getting the free chicken boxes on fridays n paid holidays were the best thing about the company

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Most stressful part would of been getting the chicken boxed up before the conveyor overflowed

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment was always fast paced and the culture idk what that means

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Just a hard working day like any other didn’t wanna be there but glad to get it over with to get that paycheck. Wish I still worked there

What is the best part of working at the company?
They have Great benefits. And they provide lunch on weekends.


What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Mandatory weekends and if you get injured, they will basically kick you ro the curb. And breaks are hard to take as they never stop the line and only one person at a time is allowed on break for each section. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Great in summer as it is 40 degrees inside the plant.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Standing on an assembly line unless you are fortunate enough to get one of the fewer jobs that allow you to move around.

The benefits are great, if I could? I’d definitely work there again! The pay was good, there were times where I missed work and they always called and checked up on me, very respectful, the only thing is that it’s cold,yet they tell you before hand on what to expect, so I accepted those conditions and I adapted to the environment, the best job that I actually ever had, because of them? I am actually looking for another warehouse job a of right now

At first when I started the management was nice and fair to everyone.Then a few months later they stopped caring about how everything is going . They only gave the people they like ( a lot of favoritism going on ) opportunity’s to move up and kept telling me that they were going to give me a chance to move up .But that never happened because they would of picked someone else. Also they never tell you good job they just ignore their employees. The 2nd shift plant manager was a real as* to everyone and didn’t really care what we had to say.. just horrible environment to work at.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Production 27 salaries reported	$15.43 per hour
Forklift operator 9 salaries reported	$17.33 per hour
2nd line support engineer 5 salaries reported	$17.18 per hour
Operator 3 salaries reported	$24.00 per hour
Quality assurance technician 2 salaries reported	$17.00 per hour

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