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Kem Krest

I worked for Kem Krest for over two years. We were constantly understaffed in most locations and hr told me that while they let me interview for other positions I would never get them and I could never rebrand myself. Last year I had been bullied by a team member who was spreading rumors and I reported it to my manager and he did nothing even though I asked him to tell them to stop. The whole team would put dirty dishes on my desk, they found my resume and printed it and left it on my managers desk, they refused to talk to me or help me when I needed help. So I went to HR to report it and they told me that I betrayed the team by applying elsewhere and therefore I needed to apologize to the team. They did nothing to help me rather they promoted the person who started the bullying. They will force you in aftersales to handle everyone else's job (yes including the warehouses) and then your own job, when you don't meet metrics your in trouble. And they will tell you there are rewards for meeting them but don't get your hopes up. Only 3 specific people will ever receive any praise. They play favorites. One of my co-workers had been there 10 years in april and the other ten years in august and the only person who got recognized was the lady who goes out for drinks with the supervisor.

I had a great atmosphere to work in when e-commerce was still standing and a department. Once us employees who worked in e- commerce were transferred to different departments after e- commerce was no longer a thing, the atmosphere completely changed. You noticed favoritism more and that everything that was once said to you to give you hope about advancing in the company, turned out to be a complete lie just to keep you from quitting. People who don’t work as hard are friends with supervisors and people who do work hard aren’t rewarded and if so, only a few cents for a raise. Kem Krest would rather fire people who work hard than those who complain the whole time or are late almost every day. True colors were shown during company meetings when rewards were given out to people who didn’t deserve it and people who were already in upper management. There was a round of applause and pat on the back for 19 errors out of the 30 day month as well as for pushing 1700 boxes out when most companies push out 4000+ a day. The bonus they tell you that you’ll get every three months for the first year is taxed and isn’t the full amount. It was a good eye opener and filler job. 

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What is the work environment and culture like at the company?

the feeling that employee really enjoy what they do and they are proud of themselves, they enjoy people being around, thus they have better performance.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
what they do and they are proud of themselves, they enjoy people being around, thus they have better performance

If you want to train/babysit a Supervisor and not be paid for it, Bldg F is for you. I was going to retire from here and it was all ruined due to lack of Mgmt training a replacement Supervisor and laying all responsibility onto me. I had addressed my concerns with my Manager and Supervisor and nothing was done until I had had enough and  broke down and left. I am saddened by this as my job was enjoyable for me and my team was excellent to work with! After leaving is when the higher ups became concerned and finally listened. I started in Brighton and transferred to Fowlerville and wish I wouldn't have done so. I wasn't good enough to promote to the Supervisor position but I was good enough to babysit the outside person they hired for the position (and not be compensated for it). It's just a shame it happened. 

Kem Krest does not provide its employees the necessary updated technology to effectively do the day-to-day processes.  The computers are outdated and slow.  The offices are dirty.  The salaried office staff are working 60-80 hours a week, the hourly employees are forbidden to work over 40 hours but are still expected to get all their work done.  The Indiana facility and the Michigan facility work completely independent from each other.  One department does not have any idea what the other is doing.  There are no Standard Operating Procedures in place for Customer Service, Accounting, Pricing.  Everyone just does things however they feel like / however they did it 15 - 20 years ago.

I love my job. I love working with my employees and I actually don't mind coming to work each day. I try to make work fun (after all, it is work so it can't always be fun) and I try to encourage and empower my employees to be the very best version of themselves. I can't control what Kem Krest can do for me, but I can control what I can do for Kem Krest and my coworkers. They have increased the pay for hourly associates over the last few months which is the biggest down fall of this company, but hey - they are attempting to make wages fair and competitive. And, you might get to work with me and I'm pretty great! :)

This company actually cares about others... they actually care about their employees and try to do everything they can to create a good work culture.   
I have worked for companies that it's all talk.  Kem Krest seems different. They actually care about their community and have a genuine passion to make a difference in the lives of their team members and charities in the community.  I have loved being a part of this company.  They even have a Cares Foundation for people who are going through a tough life crisis. 

The company has more than quadrupled in size in the last couple years. It used to be a small, family oriented company with a great culture when the owners were more involved. With the growth, the owners are now occupied elsewhere and the culture has changed as rapidly as the growth, mostly due to the new directors brought in - they are changing the vision and culture, and not for the better. The majority of the directors are micro-managers, taking all power away from the managers. They are experiencing a mass exodus of managers as a result, which is a shame because they are losing a lot of good people.

Terrible company to work for and it’s becoming a revolving door here. Before Kem Krest bought out Excelda they had employees that’s been with the company for 10 + plus years, but many of those people have left due to upper management. Don’t expect to get any support from management or HR. bullying type culture is accepted and the morals are at an all time low. Unless your desperate for a job I would recommend you to look elsewhere for a more stable and positive work environment.

I have worked at Kem Krest for over a year and I have not had one week outside of training where I have not had overtime. It is very difficult in my position to separate work and home. The work email is on my phone and I am constantly responding to emails or answering phone calls on top of the daily duties required at work. Sometimes the emails are off the clock, and other times I do not get any breaks whatsoever because there has been a lot expected all in one day. That is just the way things are there.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Material handler 27 salaries reported	$18.79 per hour
Production associate 23 salaries reported	$18.11 per hour
Warehouse associate 20 salaries reported	$16.26 per hour
Associate 21 salaries reported	$16.26 per hour
Order processor 5 salaries reported	$17.00 per hour

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