sanitation worker

receiving associate

maintenance technician

Just Born

Get chatted in on the days #s and promos if its an evening shift. Decide on things to focus on and post the previous day's #s on the daily envelope and chat associates in as they get to work so they know our goals.  If opening get cash registers counted and open in system. Run #s from the day before. Check story and do any cleaning or filling, straightening before open. Do time edits. Read emails and see if any new promos need to be put in place.  Open and sample candy and run register.
Closing shift I would jump in after getting information on how the day is going, check emails help customers on floor, make sure anyone needing a break takes one, customer service.  close out registers, make deposits,make sure store is clean and ready for opening the next day.  Trash removal. Alarm and lock up.
--We are required to do Management Development Projects each year, which require us to read books or go to a seminar about management and write reports on a yearly project we pick to do. Mine was to pick a focus item weekly and track #s on item.  Run monthly contest and demos.
--My co-workers are all half my age and most are college kids.  We are like a family. We go out after work together to movies or dinner.  We work well together and support each other.
--The hardest thing is keeping the schedule up to date, because no matter what, there is always changes.  
--The most enjoyable part is telling a customer about our company's history and sharing our unique store displays.  Having them tell me about their Peep experiences and we share smiles and laughs.

This “family-owned” company portrays its public image as caring and value oriented with rainbows and chicks decorating the outside. The same caring and giddy personalities aren’t inside those caked-on sugary walls. I guess I should clarify that your personal treatment depends on who you are, business or production side, and seriously, what day of the week it is. Production will be forced to cut corners, supervisors override QA for quality issues and communication is pretty nonexistent. Quality is NA and supervision doesn’t know anything or the ones that might know just want to retire and hide from their superiors.  The place is toxic and not kept up to standard cleaning but then again shelf life on a peep is 200 years so... Management doesn’t follow rules, owners are burnt out and just want to retire to Maui, and HR runs the place how they want to. Doesn’t follow any rules the same way twice and pushes big problems under the rug. If you cause a big enough stink to annoy enough management they figure out a way to fire you or push you out. Never seen a candy facility need 10+HR associates for roughly 300 people!!! Was able to be apart of the strike, saw people turn on each other and now pensions are on the table. If I was a magic 8 ball I would read “outlook not so good” or maybe just “nope”. Place is toxic, and seriously who actually eats that stuff?

Just Born Management needs to reread their mission statement and actually follow the Philosophy acronym that is plastered throughout the entire facility. 
•Production Associates = the step children
•Business Personnel = the Golden child 
•Procedures, rules, regulations, standards, moods, all can change at the drop of a hat. 
•Confidentiality is rare.
•Just Born is its own dating site. Supervisors sleep with this person and that person. On-site relations.
•Unfair treatment amongst associates.
•Being apart of the Union is a joke.
•Safety isn’t really of concern unless someone is seriously injured/almost dies. 
•Unsanitary food contact equipment & environment as a whole. 
•Test results and documentation is often forged by Superiors. 
•Vacation Time (Production Associate’s )-receive 14 days at start of fiscal year (June 1st) and then required to use two weeks for a planned shutdown that happens typically in July or August. Does not apply for Business Side.
•Bonuses-P.A.’s-barely worth cashing.
                  B.P.’s-new car worthy.

Too much drama and favoritism. Unfair work practices. People and their abilities are not valued. Philosophy of Respect is plastered all over the company but they do not practice what they preach. Honestly is viewed as a negative there and if your honest and speak out you will either be driven out or fired. That's the sad reality and truth about this company.

Advice to Management

Walk the walk, don't just talk the talk. People make the company, not the other way around. If an issue is brought to your attention take the time to investigate it for yourself and find out the truth, not a tainted and slanted version of it. Take the time to talk to the people that work for you instead of just swallowing the Kool Aide. The potential to be a great company is there but only if the owners take control of their company instead of letting HR run it.

Keep to yourself do not join the Union. Do not get on the bad side of a manager or you're done for. Head of maintenance doesn't have a clue about machinery should not even be allowed on the floor. Your fellow so-called coworkers will stab you in the back in a minute to make themselves look good.this place was also known for saving the slackers they would turn a blind eye to people who did not do their jobs and then expect the real workers to pick up their slack. don't know how many times I saw people sleeping and so did the supervisor and did nothing about it. To sum it all up if I were you I would look for employment elsewhere unless it is just a pit stop to make some quick money until you find a real place to work. If you do work there do not listen to any of the Union reps they do not have a clue how the real world works.

Just Born is the best company I have been with, and I had a pleasure working there. Management does a great job of mixing a serious work environment with fun and friendly experience. You can really connect with the people around you, which is an important part of any job and one of the best parts about my job. While working there I felt that my opinion was considered, and that I had a voice. The worst part about the job was having to work second shift, but that was just unfortunate. Management will not talk down to you or single out, they care about what you think and respect you. In a time where it feels that there is a social divide between blue and white collar workers, Just Born excels at bridging the gap between the two.

Morning exercise followed by a very brutal, hot job, although physical, extremely well balanced to keep in shape, physically and mentally. Ive learned through my 35 years of service many aspects of  many different jobs as my resume will state. Management in a nutshell i would say would change eratically, my co-workers were extremely like a family. The hardest part of my job was keeping up with the inconsistent change in scheduling starting from a morning schedule to a afternoon schedule because of poor in house materials. The most enjoyable part of my job was seeing commercials of the product being enjoyed by millions of children and knowing i was a part of that joy.

A typical day consists of operating a massive production machine maintaining a consistent flow of goods withing the facility.  Management is constantly making sure the machines are running in an orderly fashion as well as making sure all operators are maintaining a good production flow, giving the opportunity to be trained on new machines as well as forklift operations and pallet jacks. The hardest part of operation the machines here is keeping them going full force without break downs it just takes a little focus and checking to keep a smooth operating machine

I not only worked with laptops and desktops at Just Born, but I also was the AS/400 operator.  

I learned more about PC's when I worked there, I worked more with the mainframe type systems when I started there.

I managed the whole computer room, running reports, backups, payroll, accounts payable.

Nothing there was really hard at all, it was a nice place to work.

The Owners of Just Born were great to work for, they really looked after their employees, and compensated us with a bonus each year.

I really enjoyed working with everyone and learned alot in my 17 years of working for the company.



This was a temporary position of which I was responsible for Quality control of the company's EDI system.

Required to communicate between the client & broker regarding purchase and delivery of product (Logistics dept).

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Sanitation worker 1 salary reported	$25.52 per hour
Receiving associate 1 salary reported	$26.69 per hour
Maintenance technician 1 salary reported	$35.99 per hour

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