management trainee

truck driver

terminal manager

staff accountant

project engineer

Katoen Natie

What is the best part of working at the company?
With 7-Day weeks,and 12 hour shift's,the best part about working for the company is clocking out.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
With 7-Day weeks and 12 hour shifts that switch from nights to days every month. I would say the most stressful part about the company is showing up to work.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment is 7 days a week 12 hours a day. The Warehouse I was employed at is in deer park Texas which is always humid  to the point of being unbearable. Being stuck in the warehouse for 10 hours a day is the equivalent being stuck in a giant dehydrator yet being constantly soaking wet with sweat. The company culture is good and the people are surprisingly friendly for having to put up with this horrendous environment and schedule.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
The work is usually light in the optical sorting department that I was employed. Most of the time you just monitored your machine to ensure it was running correctly.  you are also responsible for calibrating the machines computers once an hour. The large boxes or super sacks typically took about 1 to 3 hours to fill. Once filled you brought them to designated location with your forklift.

A typical day at work contained so many rumors/cattiness and immaturity plus a lack of team work.
Management did not seem to be present when they needed to be yet involved themselves in ways that were less productive than I believe they wanted to be.
Though I got along with many of my coworkers and even those on other "teams" (we worked in a multi customer environment where all reps of each customer were in the same office.
There were a couple of those on mine and another team that were not friendly or supportive or team players.
The rumor mill/gossip/backstabbing environment was not productive and was the hardest part of the job.
The most enjoyable part of my job was the actual work I did :) The rapport with most of my co workers and outside team members and with our customers/drivers was very good. I enjoyed dispatching trucks though the long hours working alone was difficult for family time. I enjoyed working with our customer/s and with the companies I had to work with to get my job completed each day. 
I enjoyed the company parties and social aspects of this job on the outside and I enjoyed a good relationship with our HR rep.

A lot of favoritism in this company, you can grow, but it depends who you get along or if they like you which i do not agree with. A lot of people hardly work and they get compensated, but people that works a lot do not get compensated like they should. 
A do believe the spend a lot of money in CERTAIN people, but not all their people which makes it look very unfair. As you can see that, and you have no say. Again, some workers travel a lot and get a lot of benefits but the hard=workers do not get all that, they will just be stuck forever in the same position. That is why depending in your position is how you willl review this company,. but overall I would say is a good company if you dont plan on growing.

When I first started working here I thought it was a great company. They go out of their way to appear legit on the outside however after 2 years of working here I see that this company is no longer for me. They do not value their employees whatsoever, there is never any positive feedback, and not only do the floor level employees not value the company, but neither do the managers. There is no room for growth and even if there was it is for such low salary that you wouldn't want the extra responsibility. I feel like this company could be great but the training (or lack thereof), leadership and moral is so low that it cannot be fixed. I hear people don't last very long and now I see why.

Rail training was a joke.  They expected me to fully train switchman in 3 weeks.  As a rail manager, KTN expected me to stay inside and have limited contact with the crews throughout the day.  I have 24 years of railroad experience and have never seen such disorganization.  They had the manager of CSR's manage the rail department if you can believe that.  The FRA should be notified of the many violations being committed and the lack of training for a job that's in the top 10's most dangerous jobs in the world.  They perform FRA Class 1 air tests and they insist to not be an FRA location even after recommended by a rail training company.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The HR team does not have your best interest when it comes to a situation when you are put In a bad situation that could be life-threatening instead of them handling the issue, they will fire you to get rid of it

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not being able to express yourself when there’s a situation that you’re dealing with when it comes to other employees

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
if you asked me, I would say that it’s more so racist and discrimination when it comes to your color and your 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very busy and very demanding and very stressful

The pay is far less than similar positions close by.  Management is hired with very little experience if any.  It's a sink or swim mentality. 
No training program whatsoever.  They invest in technology but not their people.  Benefits are awful.   HR is outsourced so there's complete lack of connection to higher management.  They hire through an agency. Do not believe them if they said you'll get hired on in 90 days.  The process is long,  most managers have no idea how to answer any questions about benefits.  It was over all just an awful experience.  Turn over is outrageous! 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Meeting new people all the time.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Having to deal with so many new hires. Start one week and they just don't come back this job isn't hard you just have to work for your money. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
it's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. good people to work with.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
hard to say my job has me doing a lot of things throughout the day.

shipping and receiving was a very good learning experience for me. I would pick paper find the shipments for the morning and proceed to find others for the day. after lunch do the same and also help out the repack crew with the bagging and re sacking.
Management was a major help any time I needed supplies from ppe to correct paper work they were there to help even got hands dirty and helped with repacking when we were backed up in shipping and receiving and weren't able to lend a hand.

Kateon Natie Ghent Gate number 6 where I work I must say it's a very busy place but I must say there is alot of collaboration among the staffs especially in my shift (night shift) people are always there to help and when ever you have any issus the team coach are also there to help you out which is a very good motivation. I would like to recommend that staffs be given adequate training before they are deployed and if this is done it will not only increase productivity but it will go a long way to enhance the quality as well.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Management trainee 3 salaries reported	$46,667 per year
Truck driver 1 salary reported	$40,000 per year
Terminal manager 1 salary reported	$57,500 per year
Staff accountant 1 salary reported	$54,615 per year
Project engineer 1 salary reported	$83,603 per year

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