assembler

material handler

machine operator

group leader

production lead

MARATHON CHEESE

Pay is good, you'll start around $19. Good benefits are included, but you have to work there for three months before you could potentially apply for them. 

You get a 15 mins break, and a 10 mins break.

Working at M.C.C. you will find yourself often working Saturdays if you are new and just started in the winter time. Winter time is one of the busiest season for MCC due to the fact that it's a holiday season. First and second shift is practically taken. So you most likely will get hired onto third shift, which is 1045pm-0645am. If you would like to be moved to another shift, it usually would take up more than a year to get moved to a different shift, due to the fact that you have to "sign up" and wait for other people who signed up before you, to get moved to that shift first. Because third shift had the least amount of people working, you'd have to wait until third shift has enough people to fill your spots and others. 

If you love your weekends off, DON'T WORK HERE. You will get mandated every Saturday possible if you are new. Yes, Saturdays don't sound so bad until you're working every Saturday for a whole year.  Especially because you will be working third shift, your whole Saturday will taken away. 

Working Full time? It takes forever to get hours to stack up for your "paid time off" hours. I worked almost every Saturday and I've only gotten a min of 3 hours per pay check (this is only because I worked Saturdays, otherwise it would be 2 hours. & this is bi weekly, so it means for two weeks I was only able to make 3 hours for PTO).

Before COVID-19 hit, we were served free sandwiches, hot foods and etc. Obviously because of covid, they aren't doing any appreciation meals.

Work is not too bad, you just watch the cheese, weigh it and package it. Fairly easy, unless if they put you on back shred (where most of their heavy lifting is).

Supervisors usually spend their times in their office, they rarely come out to help.

It's an okay job if you want no social life.

Marathon Cheese is a good job to hold, as it's one of the higher paying factory jobs in Medford. As a Material Handler, the job is more physical as you're generally moving around 20-40 pounds of cheese around constantly throughout the day, although not all jobs they have you do would involve that kind of labor. The main problem I have had is with some of the workers there, specifically the long-standing line workers. Many of them have a sense of entitlement and believe they can boss any of their peers around because of their seniority, but I have generally ignored them and their actions and basically avoid the bad ones. Overall, though, many of the people there are very easy to get along with so long as you don't give them a reason to dislike you. There is a lot of downtime as well, as there is a lot of precision involved with a lot of the lines running, and if something's off by a little bit then it breaks down the whole line. The mandatory overtime can get old pretty quick, especially for new workers, but within the first month or two you generally will not have to stay late and will only have to work every other Saturday. While I myself have not had any bad experiences with supervision, they often don't seem to be incredibly involved with anything going wrong on the lines, and are likely out of touch when something does break down due to poor communication with the operators on the floor. Overall, I believe that while Marathon Cheese genuinely isn't a bad place to work, it definitely has room for improvement.

Marathon Cheese is a fast-growing company and a wonderful place to work.  From the Executives at the top in the corporate office, down to the plant managers and supervisors at each of the plants, you can tell they truly care about each individual and fostering personal and professional growth. The local Plant Manager in Mountain Home, consistently shows that he cares about each employee, he welcomes creativity, he is always looking for ways to improve processes and procedures, and most importantly, he leads by example. Our HR manager is one of the kindest people I have ever met. He greets everyone by name, and checks in not only to see how work is going, but inquires about family, friends, and even the dogs.  He has been a wonderful mentor and has been open to sharing his wealth of knowledge regarding this industry and his experience in the human resource field.
The culture at Marathon Cheese is one of the best I have worked for. While it is a fairly large corporation, it feels like a small family business. This is showcased through their open communication, training employees to grow with the company, a great benefits package, and each month, they hold Employee Appreciation events. Everyone is authentic and you can tell that they love what they do. Training processes are great and focused on making people feel safe and comfortable in their role. The supervisors are always willing to help and take time out of their busy schedule to make sure employees have what they need to do their job.


First, do not work here!! The management is god awful. I've have never had a job where I was treated so poorly. If you are not part of a small group that management somehow chooses you will hate coming into work everyday cause you never know what kind of mood the management will be in. I worked in the cold storage warehouse and I picked orders, loaded and unloaded trucks mostly. One day I was picking and order and I made a mistake and picked the wrong date. I got written up for that and the VERY NEXT day another employee did the same thing and got nothing for it. They pick and choose who to punish and who not to. If they don't like you they never will. I spent 4+ years working here and never once did they appreciate any employee on the work they do. For example: if you had an order and you had to pick 50+ products to fulfill this order and you completed it in a timely manner they would find the one tiny mistake that you may have made and it just makes you completely unmotivated to work as hard as they want you to. I do not recommend anyone to work here as I don't see it getting any better anytime soon. Yes, the pay is great. the hours are great. But you will not be happy working here for this company. They do not care about you and never will. You are just another number in the door and there is no room for growth. No competitive pay. I was there for 4+ years and making the same hourly wage as another employee that has worked for the company for 40+ years!!  

The money is just a cover up of all of the problems you yourself will have to figure out alone. The majority of people here are apathetic, and are here for money. They have no interest in helping you after your first couple weeks you've been "trained". I've seen some new hires be clueless with no one helping them on their first days sometimes because their co workers were too preoccupied with their work, or they're just messing around somewhere else in the plant. Those I've mentioned were also the ones who usually resigned after a month or two out of their frustration with the job culture here, and the cycle continues. You are left to fend for yourself like a baby animal out of its nest for the first time. The "new" ones that do stay were already here that transferred from another shift. A lot of trading employees from shift to shift but not enough new people willing to stay long enough. There are a small handful of good managers, but the majority of them will be useless unless you want to spend the time to get into their social circle for those favoritism points. The most heinous of those here seem to be the operators who will ridicule you for the smallest of mistakes and inconveniences. Not even the managers are this angry and hostile. The work here is easy. There will be some good days and slow days, but the busy days will be draining and nonstop in order to finish an order.

Depending on the production line in which I was scheduled to would depend on the product in which we ran.  There where certain lines in which certain production was run.  Three quarter ounce lines where the most common, in which I worked on.   A variety is the spice of life, was used to describe the unknown of the product you were to run. We ran a number of different kinds of cheese along with the company in which the order was for.  The understanding of the job was rather easy.  The difficulty of the job was the speed in which the product was presented to one.  To reach the maximum speed and be able to complete the tasks was sometimes difficult to complete. Working with small groups was easier then with large groups.  Some on the co-workers would be friendly and some were not.  Once again would depend on the line and the production product.  Not only was I a line worker for the company, I was also selected to be one of the first aid attendants.  With this job I was trained in CPR and First Aid.
I believed I was very good at this job, both the production line worker and being a first aid attendant.  Overall I would judge my job as being enjoyable, not really difficult, sometimes annoying.  I miss my job and my co-workers very much.

It really varies depending on who you are. I'm speaking from a college student perspective- I worked there for three summers and three winter breaks. Started on second shift and I HATED it. The people weren't very nice and very clique-y, no one spoke to me hardly all summer. The older people were generally a lot meaner on second shift compared to first shift. On first shift, I felt like most of the people were pretty nice, but it DEFINITELY depends on who you are and who you are dealing with. Most of the full-time workers like the college students, but there are some that hate them are are really mean and rude. However, I've definitely noticed that the full-time workers tend to not like the temps at all. 
It's also messed up how they run things because they will train you on one line and then send you off to go work on any other line and then the regular workers on that line get mad when you don't know what you're doing. I've had a fairly positive experience with most of the workers, but the group leaders and management definitely pick favorites. I know some people did not like some of the other college students and were pretty terrible to them but were then nice to me. 
Lots of gossip and drama, but can't expect much different from so many women working together.

This is a great place to work if you actually work.  They pay good, have good benefits, and care about you.  The other reviews say only 25 minute breaks.  They fail to tell you those breaks are paid.  You're there a total of 8 hours and get paid for 8 hours.  If you haven't worked very many jobs you may not be able to comprehend what a good job this actually is.  After working less than 2 weeks I had a death in the family.  I hated to even have to ask off, but the first words from everyone were that they were sorry for my loss.  They were sincere.  At the end of my shift I was called to the office.  They gave me a gift bag with a glass heart with nice words about my grandpa.  Then, they handed me a gift box full of assorted cheeses.  I nearly teared up.  I couldnt believe these people that barely knew me did so much for me.  I won't leave this job until they make me.  This place is as good as it gets far as work goes.  All of them are good people.  All.  If you hear something bad about Marathon Cheese in Booneville you really need to consider the source.  There's a good chance they hate every job they've ever had.  If you want a good job and want to do good work I highly advise you come here.  It's the type of job that will last you the rest of your life.  Good pay-Good benefits- Good people.

Pretty sure we haven't had a fire drill since 2019 before covid. Pay was good, but often felt like safety was an after thought and workers are expendable. They don't care if your late because of weather conditions or if you have a doctors note it will count against you. Also no clear pedestrian paths and walking between lines to avoid forklifts is not exactly aloud, but preferred then getting hit. Also if you need an ambulance they will try to talk you into letting a first aid worker drive you, there are horror stories I've heard from other past employees. If you need the cash, are always alert and willing to risk possible injury its alright. The benefits are pretty good so, least you can afford minor injury's. Most of your coworkers are gonna be nice, ya will run into a few grumps but that's any place. Breaks are only 25 minutes total on an average day, on days they have the employee lunches/treats you get an extra five minutes. But some times by the time you get to the break room depending on where you are working you get less then your 25 minutes if you want to be back on time... So not the worst, but not the best.

It is not worth working here, run away as fast as you can. You will get little to no training and be expected to know what to do. Get written up for things they can not give you clear answers to, why. You will be treated very poorly by your supervisor's, and their is nothing you can do. HR will not help you at all. They will purposely put you in positions you do not like. Also over time is not needed, and they work every other Saturday. Their is no advancement opportunities, only moving around if you are lucky. No benefits, you get payed, have health insurance, 401k, which is Bear minimum for a company. You only get 1 week vacation for the first year, 2 in the second year and 3 weeks vaccination once you've been there 5 years. You will not be given access to a policy hand book either. They are very slim on understanding safety procedures. Management is bad, only trying to protect themselves and make themselves look good. You can not go to them for anything with out them turning it back on you. This is not a good place to work. I did not listen to these reviews at first, I wish I would have. The best thing I walked away with is some very good friends. 

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