maintenance technician

quality assurance technician

refrigeration technician

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Lincoln Premium Poultry

I started working for LPP in November and couldn't be happier.  The longer I have been here the more evident it is that this company cares about their employees and is willing to go the extra mile.  My husband has worked for a beef packing plant for over 20 years and has seen what they have to offer from both sides - employee and management - and we both have been very happy with his employer.  From day 1 LPP has met and exceeded my expectations of what I felt they should offer based on my husband's experiences. Now, through the Covid situation, I have been comparing what we are doing to what his employer is and it's eye opening how much more prepared we have been and how much more we are doing for our employees.  Those who have directly been affected by Covid and those of us who haven't - they have went above and beyond to make us feel safe and appreciated.  From making sure they are cleaning and protecting us as much as they can to giving us chicken several times I am very impressed.  For a plant having over 1,200 employees it really feels like a small business because it has the feel of a small locally owned company that cares about their team.  I believe a crisis and hard times shows everyone's true colors and I have been impressed over and over by how LPP has handled business during this covid situation and I couldn't be prouder.

Started from the beginning.  Yes i understand that start up of a new plant there will be extra hours.   Worked several 75-80 work weeks to prove to them we were in it and could help them succeed.  Come to find out the light at the end of the tunnel was a union pacific train and they could care less about family life.  From the start they will promise you one thing and then they bring in two clowns that think they are some kind of chicken gods who will basically tell you that they do not care about your family life nor do they care that we were told it would be a 5 day work week with an occasional saturday. “We will have a weekend crew hired”. So coming from another plant where rotations dont work with your lifestyle to being told how your schedule would be.. it sounds amazing.  Well thats a bold face lie Little do they know that 45-50% of their maintenance team is going to leave  because we are all fed up with their lies and we are not going to get the shaft from it . Next thing is they say is all their help will be local and surrounding areas. Instead lets call in a bunch of “not locals” as stated on their hard hats to take our jobs.. i hope this helps some in their decision making for applying to this hope and dream company and i hope that someone does not  burn a bridge at another job  to come to this micro managed mess

-Amazing, industry leading healthcare and benefits plans!
-Very competitive pay.
-Since the organization is still pretty new, there are numerous opportunities for growth or transferring to other departments. At the same time, since they are fairly new there is still some disorganization.
-Excellent work/life balance.
-Very supportive and personable COO who is extremely interactive and listens.
-2 Cafeterias on site as well as snack and food kiosk.
-Some really great people work in the plant in all departments.
-Positive, inclusive culture.
-Most of the plant has amazing leadership that communicates well and treats their people with respect. As with any company however, there are some "rotten eggs" - managers who can be disrespectful to other leadership or departments because they are too busy "peacocking" their power and not listening to others. These same small toxic group of managers consistently try and "backdoor" implemented processes or ignore procedure and protocol.



Worked with the company since before startup. It was a place I enjoyed coming to work for. Then the toxic culture kept escalating. They culture they leach would be amazing but that is NOT what is happening. There is no accountability. Have people in higher positions that have NO business being there. People who have been with the company since the beginning getting paid less than people who have been there a year or less. Favoritism is a big thing. It isn't about how hard your work or how well you do your job and go above and beyond, it's who you know. Policies are pick and choose, they hold everyone to the same standards. No one speaks up due to fear of retaliation. I've heard amazing things about the culture of Costco but this company does not hold the same culture by any means. There are a handful of good people who do good by the people. Other than that the company is full of with faced backstabbing employees who would rather throw you under the bus for something you didn't do than take accountability for their actions. Hard work will never be valued here until they clean out upper management.

I have been with the company basically since the startup, and was hopeful and optimistic about the company, the job, the people, and everything. 
It seems like things have gradually changed, not for the better.  There is large disparity in workload between people who supposedly have the same job. It is easier for supervisors to sweep problems under the rug rather than deal with the issues. Rules are applied inconsistently, or not at all. Favorites are played. Wages have not kept up with the competition, resulting in chronic understaffing and unqualified people being hired and being allowed to do very little while the already overworked pick up the slack. 
Good performance is not recognized period. The person who does the bare minimum gets the same as the person who meets and exceeds expectations. There is no accountability. 
I am seeking a new position. LPP had a chance to do things right and be a great company, but once the ball started rolling the wrong way it just rolled faster. I would no longer recommend Lincoln Premium Poultry to anyone. 

The culture is not the best. There is a lot of gossiping. Many employees push back at you or distrust you when you ask clarifying questions to better understand current processes. Employees seem to be on-guard at all times, and are not very trusting of each other. Leaders in the company allow their own priorities to compete against each other, which leads to more gossiping and defensiveness as employees struggle to meet the expectations of both their manager and other senior leaders. Some departments are not very welcoming to new-hires, and teammates often take a sink-or-swim approach instead of a collaborative approach. Managers often assume that the opinions and gossip of others are fact, and this can negatively impact relationships and trust. In general, there is not much consideration for the ethical implications of decisions due to tunnel vision and nearsightedness.

I started at the company before construction was completed on the plant. We were going to build a diversified world class maintenance team. I hired my crew based on the criteria I was given. I hired a lot of people with very little maintenance experience because I was told of all the factory support and training that would be provided. Once the plant opened everything changed. We were not given the support or tools promised, my crew was thrown in the fire. I was told my crew was not experienced enough to perform their jobs, upper management denied ever telling me to hire inexperienced people. I was told weekly to break my promises to my crew. When I pushed back about dishonesty I was told my choices were do it or leave the company. Safety was a joke. There was no locks issued to the maintence crew for months. I saw many people hurt, including myself, without the safety concern being addressed. The hours forced upon the maintenance crew are horrible, I apologized to my crew regularly, and finally left the company.

Place is an absolute joke XD, management is more clueless than a bag of rocks. They don't want to give raises to anyone. They can't hire anyone for maintenance worth anything cause they want skilled labor to work for 20 an hour. This place is a hot dumpster fire out of controll! They have a contractor here running this company cause they cant! It's a pathetic place to work. No actual holidays off cause you have to work the Saturday before or after to make up for it. 
You only get 4 sick days a year and 40 hours vacation for the first 2 years. All salary employees get a 20% bonus while hourly gets 500 every 6 months just to be all taxed. The only way to be somthing around here is to be in the click with all the clueless people. 

Just do yourself a favor and don't even think about working here. Being homeless would be better than working in this dumpster. 

I strongly advise not to work here. The work/life balance is the worst I've seen. The management has absolutely no clue how to do their job and does not care about the well being of their employees. I went to my manager several times regarding issues and was ignored and nothing was ever done. I was verbally assaulted by a supervisor that wasn't my supervisor in front of the manager and several other coworkers who stood by and let it happen. Then there wasn't any repercussions for his lack of professionalism. I was the work horse for my position and once again the manager did nothing after several complaints. There were several unprofessional remarks made by the manager so it really shows the lack of leadership within the department. I will never work here again and very strongly advise everyone to stay away!!!

I have never worked for a company with so much turnover. HR is completely clueless and most of HR dept  just walked out the door recently if that tells you anything. The new general maintenance manager is constantly threatening to fire people if they break his " chain of command". It's frustrating when nobody above you can offer any help because they are completely unqualified. It's always someone else's fault. Nobody in this plant knows how to lead they only know how to point the finger. Just about none of the maintenance management can teach employees anything because they don't know how to do anything themselves. Unless you really just need a job temporarily so your house doesn't get foreclosed on don't wast your time working here. Stay where you are. The grass is definitely not greener. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Maintenance technician 16 salaries reported	$27.66 per hour
Quality assurance technician 3 salaries reported	$21.50 per hour
Refrigeration technician 7 salaries reported	$30.21 per hour
Forklift operator 11 salaries reported	$19.95 per hour
Mill operator 2 salaries reported	$19.25 per hour

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