machine operator

shift manager

sanitation worker

rotation manager

maintenance mechanic

KB Specialty Foods

Its not the best place to work. Its easy money, but its kind of stressful. I didn't mind it being stressful but there's a lot of drama and a lot of the team leads are not the best to work with. My team lead would take off a lot of days at the beginning of the year, talk badly about other employees, make friends with the supervisors, and if they didn't like you, they would try to get you fired. Thats why they made friends with the supervisors. There are a lot of great people there though. They all help you out if you need it and they are generally great people. Just depends on the person. I will say that HR DOES NOT care about you. You want to write up someone? Who cares? You want to become full time? Probably is going to take 6 months until you do. Wanna get raise? Make sure everyone on your team likes you because that's how you get it. You could know everything about the department and still not get a raise because someone remembered that you were not nice to them. Yeah. YOUR FELLOW EMPLOYEES get to decide if you deserve to get a raise. Makes sense because they work with you for most of the time but then they turn against you

There is more work needed than can be done, which is good that staying busy is not an issue but the biggest issue here is keeping some people busy.
Most everyone I work with is very easy to get along with and even enjoyable.
The members of management I am most associated with are friendly and helpful though at times a bit lax at their duties.
I have been given many opportunities in the way of training as many others have.  KB Foods is great with helping people learn new tasks and giving them the tools they need to do their job effeciently and effectively.  
The hardest part of the job is keeping up with everything that is expected of me.  When I am able to get done everything that is done on a weekly basis and some.  This is noticed and more is added.  Making the new work harder to get finished.  Vicious cycle.
The most enjoyable part of the job is seeing the fruits of my work when a task is completed.

A typical day at work entailed managing associates, troubleshooting equipment, recording reliability, ensuring product quality was met, lead team stretch/exercise program, ensure associates had needed supplies to complete jobs.

I learned a lot about what it takes to lead 22 associates while maintaining quality, and production. I learned alternative ways to keep production running during equipment failure.

The hardest part of the job was keeping the production running during equipment failure.

The most enjoyable part of the job was teaching associates how to do different jobs and watching their confidence grow. Most associates were eager to learn new task, and advance to different jobs.

minimum training on most positions, and constantly rotating jobs, so you never get really familiar with certain tasks. management is disconnected with employees and moral and criticisms against them is taken personally and will hold back individuals from any advancements. The hardest parts of the job is getting adequate training, getting used to the cold environment, (depending on the time) trying to find a supervisor. Most of the employees are easy to get along with and will help you do or explain something if needed.

Typical day at work consist of rotating jobs throughout assigned area. I've learned some ins and outs of food manufacturing, and food safety. Management is easy to talk to, but sometimes communication does get lost. The work itself is easy, and steady paced. Fellow coworkers who have been there for years can be a bit difficult to work with sometimes. The hardest part of the job is dealing with the climate control in each area. Most of the plant is cold to keep food preserved. The most enjoyable part of the job is being able to do different jobs each day due to rotation.

Upper management doesn’t care about work/life balance for employees. They have a big turnover rate. One person has to do the job of two or three to keep lines running. Little/No job training. I worked there for a total of 8 years. The pay & insurance are descent, and they do a lot of employee appreciation events, however that does not make up for the deficiencies. A lot of tattling goes on, and like all places, they have favorites.

Started as a new hire, saw enough to decide it wasn’t for me. HR and management are not on the same page. Nobody seemed to know anything that was going on. Schedules were mixed up between us. Co-workers were nice and welcoming. Wasn’t given full explanation of job duties up front. Was also told a different schedule in my interview from the one I received. The high turnover rate was very apparent even during orientation. 

As a summer helper, I got good pay, and there were flexibilities when I had to take time for college orientation, but outside of that, there would be a lot of days worked. During my first month of working for the summer, I only had two days off. Student helpers are given 5 days to take off over the summer, outside of school related events or happenings.

summer time is always busy (working overtime). never knowing if you have to work the weekend. cannot make any kind of plans ever. cleaning parts can be so heavy and change over to other products. i loved my job but cannot handle the parts anymore (they weigh too much)

If you want to work all the time, not be appreciated for the work you do and be filled with Promises broken all the time and no work life balance and I mean none. work and then wonder why fatigued people get hurt. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Machine operator 4 salaries reported	$21.97 per hour
Shift manager 2 salaries reported	$67,500 per year
Sanitation worker 2 salaries reported	$23.31 per hour
Rotation manager 1 salary reported	$67,500 per year
Maintenance mechanic 1 salary reported	$28.50 per hour

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