operator

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Joseph Gallo Farms

I've got to practice a little bit of what I've learned over the years which is nice. Communication is not great. Alot of the time we don't know when someone has called out and you rarely hear it from the supervisor when someone has. Alot of the time you hear from other shifts or departments that you have to cover the lab and other areas. If you are alone in the lab, you are already doing the job of 2 people and when someone calls out, you have to cover so essentially you are doing three jobs and trying to manage. Sometimes its for a few hours, others it's for your whole shift. Holidays are not a guarantee. You most likely will have to work all holidays and weekends, if not most. The schedule is usually pretty set but there's no guarantee that you wont be moved to a later or earlier shift. Your days off are also not always guaranteed and you won't know there's a change until a few days before. You will be paid the same amount as everyone else in the lab regardless of experience or education or productivity. There's no position to move up into in the company and no lab leads. If something doesn't work you have to figure out what to do especially when you are being rushed for results. You also have to play catch up and finish things that other shifts didn't get to in addition of what your shift is expected to do. They also expect you to train new hires (with no warning until the day of) on top of your duties which they add on to. You never take your breaks on time. If you get injured on the job, they blame you. They find ways to quietly fire you if they don't like you.

Good work/life balance. Pay is decent. The issue is with the owners. They trust the wrong people. The good people who have loyalty and treat the company as if it was their own are pushed out. They claim to want to change for the better but when you suggest anything, it's back to the old way of doing things. They have one person in charge of quality and packaging. This person also has say-so in other areas. Huge conflict of interest. Plus, if this person feels you are not on their side, he will threaten you. Reporting anything to HR is a joke. They blame the victim.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Toxic work environment. Do not recommend this company to anyone.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Shift changes and always getting new and unprepared management.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It is very stressful and never have the items or parts needed therefore always being stressed. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Doing preventative maintenance and  repairing machines that were down.

Working as a receiver wasn't bad at all. The manager was cool and would actually listen to what I had to say. Co workers from other shifts would leave extra things for you to do but honestly, its going to be like that at every job. I could always go to a co worker or supervisor for help when I needed. The people there were actually pretty cool at the time. Pay was decent, time off was decent.

Overall, a place that needs to have a strict company policy where as everyone is treated fairly regardless of their pay rate/job responsibilities, relation to the family, and most of all, honesty and integrity from upper management.  None the less, I chose to work there for my lengthy tenure and enjoyed the daily challenges and old school work ethics. Get’r Done!  LOL

Making cheese is the best part!  Seeing our product in the stores for other consumers is a confidence booster and makes me proud to be apart of this company.  I enjoy the communication in regards to our benefits and employee events such as the company picnic and appreciation dinner at the year end along with employee gift.  There is opportunity to apply for other positions within the organization.
Dislike new managers from Hilmar Cheese who want to incorporate Hilmar's business tactics, we are NOT HILMAR!!

It's all about your job title and your manager. That determines a lot. There is some level of disorganization, but that's everywhere you go. Pay is nice. HR is helpful. People are nice. You'll have an opportunity to show your value and if you want, to move up and take on more responsibility if you have the drive and talent.

It's a great atmosphere, I worked for the maintenance dept .The company is going thru growing pains but is investing in New equipment and technology. As everywhere else you have team members who are lazy and take advantage of the manager's kindness. The Money isn't there so your forced to look else where for a better paying job. If your looking to gain experience  and don't mind the low wages then that's the place to do it.

Supervisors don’t listen when you have a problem even HR sucks they pretend to get involved but seams like they have other better things  to do. Theres no holidays on thanksgiving when my family was having thanksgiving dinner i was at work changing a broken chain on the CMC machine 🥺 

Great family owned and operated business with plenty of work to keep you busy. Salary and benefits are great as well as opportunity for advancement. Slow paced one minute and hurry up and wait at the next minute.

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Operator 14 salaries reported	$21.67 per hour
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