production operator

process operator

production assistant

senior it analyst

operator

Kemin

Why is the culture challenging? One of the most difficult aspects of this organization is the leadership and culture they create. Leadership regularly creates unanticipated new projects or changes the scope of existing projects mid-implementation. This is done with no pre-planning or scheduling of resources, and often based on no rationale reason being communicated.

A few things result from this:

1) Work-life balance gets thrown out of balance very easily as your workload dramatically increases with no increase in staff, and you take focus away from other projects. 

2) Your core job responsibilities become very different than what you were originally hired to do, and 

3) There is no ample capacity for future projects to get added on, though they still of course do.

If you like variety and getting pulled in many different directions with no apparent strategy this will be the company for you.

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On the topic of flexible work arrangements, therein lies good example of the old ways of thinking that permeate the organization. You will find the flexible work arrangement policy lacking if you compare it to any modern employer. 

Despite very positive financial results during COVID and resulting from the period when all employees were remote, leadership has resumed their inflexibility and the general guidance is all should be in the office under the guide of collaboration. You can apply for a day or two to be remote and work from home, but this may be denied depending on your unit leader. Further challenging this is that the flexible work policy is not applied consistently across the organization from person to person. Some employees get to enjoy multiple days working remote during the week, again depending on who their approver may be.

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So, what about the positive? 

Again, this is very individual but some teams and managers are really great and are making every effort to steer the ship in the right direction. The great managers understand the irrationality of upper leadership and provide cover to their team to get the true work done and achieve the expected business results that will keep the organization competitive. 

Significant opportunity exists for training and development, and these are always very much on the table to take advantage of. The challenge, again, is work-life balance and finding the time to take advantage of them.

This company brings you aboard to due a job with very little training  and has no time to train there employees but expect you to know everything. Belittles there employees and doesn't help you be successful.  The office people are so rude and don't care how you feel. You ask for help and they look at you like your nothing and proceed to tell you that your incomitant of doing the job. With the lack of training and patience you can't be successful and your stressed your whole shift. 

They will promise you a raise but never follow through. They will also use you as a decoy to fire other employees behind your back to make you look like the bad guy. They will call you on your day off 2 hours before the 3rd shift and expect you to be on call that night. Don't expect management to move from their chairs to help, no matter how bad it was. Smells horrible with areas covered in large maggots that employees are expected to crawl through. Overall a bad work environment with very poor management. 

Typical day of work consisted of operating a stationary piece of equipment and supervising night operations consisting of 15 or more employees. I learned how to overcome a language barrier and work with others that did not speak as I do. Management was good and usually on top of things. The hardest part of the job was learning how to operate the dryer but once that once accomplished work was easy. The most enjoyable aspect of the job was working with and around friends.

Have enjoyed a positive, challenging (in a good way) environment. 
Adaptable, open to process improvement. 
Goal oriented - your role is clear and you set your goals with your manager. 
Team members are welcoming and encouraging.

Benefits decent. 
Pay low on fair market value.
Upper leadership disconnected from the actual worker bees within company. Only chosen few are worked through the advancement ladder.
Servant leadership that is pushed is not noticed in the backstabbing culture that has been adopted within Kemin.
People are afraid to bring up any change as it gets reprimanded by leadership if the view isn't of their own.


If your looking for a place to work don’t go here. Always hiring and firing. No proper training, poor communication, poor home to work balance, and many of broken promises. No room for advancement, and no career ladder, many people work here for years and make the same as when you walk in the door.

This company goes above and beyond for their employees. Great benefits and compensation. I never feel like a number, good family owned company. They work really hard to listen to their employees and provide everything possible to keep their employees engaged and happy. 

It is a mediocre place, in terms of facilities and perks. Don’t train and invest in their employees, however expect new employees to work like an experienced personal. 
Too much emphasis on documenting and unnecessary meetings. 

Managers don't care about employees and will do whatever they want to benefit themselves. Some departments are great. DON'T work for the QC department except for KN. 

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