maintenance technician

master electrician

instrument technician

machine operator

locator

Marcal Paper Company

This was by far the worst and most frustrating job I’ve ever had. Good supervisors for the most part, but horrible and clueless management above and beyond them. Problems taken to supervisors typically would never get resolved because upper management sits in the office and is never on the floor experiencing and/or seeing what’s going on. Consistently had unrealistic production goals and expectations for us considering the state of the machinery we were using. New machinery was slowly replacing older equipment, yet the new machines would constantly have problems or issues or need repairs. Old machines always breaking down or having issues that decrease production yet nothing would be done to address it. Majority of the employees are less than desirable to work with, makes the job even harder. Ultimately each night we’d rarely meet our production goals due to the overall inefficiency of the plant. High turnover, hard to keep people around, and the ones that stay aren’t good help the majority of the time. It’s a paper mill, it’s hot on the floor especially in the summer, very dusty. 12hr shifts 7-7, rotating schedule 2-3-2 on/off. Gross, decrepit break rooms and bathrooms, vending/ice machines always out of order. Completely overboard with their safety program due to workers getting injured, which is in part due to production goals and the pace that is expected. Constantly getting cuts and nicks on hands and arms. Minimal PTO your first couple of years, difficult to get it scheduled at times due to shifts not having enough people. If you get a shift differential and use PTO you get paid base rate. Work most holidays.

Marcal was a great place to work when the family was still running it. There was plenty of over time management cared about the employees, and you felt as if there was some personal security for those who did their job. The company was still a decent place to work when the bank took over however; both employees and management were being cut. Those who managed the manufacturing portion of the company were slowly being let go along with many of the factory workers. Upper management in the offices were the first to be dismissed. Security was only effected through attrition, although there were a few officers who were terminated. Once the new owners took over from the bank things got worse. There was a no tolerance policy in effect, and employees were getting canned left an right. many deserved it but it probably would not have occurred without the added duties and stress. The new owner seemed very good, but much of the terminations seemed to be left up to the company click. From what I understand this is changing. I hope so. It was a good company and the new owners seemed to be god people. There still seems to be way to much extra unnecessary extra duty though, and the person who actually likes to do the job he or she was hired for would not be to crazy about many of his or her coworkers.
This is just my opinion

Starting out it was okay. But after 100 days I had worked at a majority of the lines in the building while not spending much time at the line I was hired for. After several more MONTHS and only spending less than 5 DAYS on the line I got hired for, they started to train on the line again, but did not include me in said training. I was not given a fair shot at anything, and when I brought up safety issues I was ignored not once, but twice. One time even having a supervisor tell me to continue to do the work despite pointing out the safety issues with said task. It led to a nagging injury that took 4 months to finally properly heal. I also was cheated out of benefits for over a month, didn't receive some of the benefits I elected for, and the benefits I did get, I didn't receive a card for. I was told to tell whoever where I work and they'll figure it out. Fun fact, they don't figure it out. Overall the place is a joke, from lack of training to management being an absolute disaster I wouldn't think about joining. I had high hopes but they unfortunately quickly dwindled as the place revealed what it truly is, a disaster.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Swing shift hours are nice,Nice location, Personnel on the other hand are judgemental towards new hires,My father had a stroke and I was terminated because of that

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Worrying about anything happening and then terminating you,My dad had a stroke and I was late 1 time and let go

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Not the greatest,Too much middle school gossip and you have hard working people carrying the technician 2 class who seem to do the bare minimum 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I liked my position very much,Get to work get everything ready we  would need and do checks,Rest of day mostly auto pilot

A typical workday consists of being ready to work , meaning coming to work on time, in proper work attire, wearing proper ppe, and stepping on the work floor in a timely fashion after the pre work meeting. I learned how to operate a number of machines that produced different types of paper products ranging from toilet paper, napkins, and towels. Management was ok . They weren’t the best but was not the worst. The hardest part of the job was being forced to work the majority of your days off for 12-16 hrs throughout the year. The most enjoyable part of the job I would have to say was making it to pay day every week because we worked hard daily in Marcal.

Soundview paper co better known to most as Marcal Paper was the best job I've had in the past few years. Hard and tedious work but very doable. Management from top to bottom was excellent. Some of the best people you can work for. Long Day and Long nights but by it being such a great place to work adapting to your work load was very easy for me. 
I would still be working there today but on January 30, 2019 a fire took place burning majority of company leaving me as well as 500 plus employees out of work. 
Hoping for a rebuild of what most people of New Jersey would call an iconic establishment and get back to making great paper at place most workers called they 2nd home .

Work-life balance
Work-life balance at Marcal Paper Company is manageable

Pay & benefits
My pay and benefits at Marcal Paper Company are comparable

Job security and advancement
In terms of job security at Marcal Paper Company, I think at current need for paper products my vast history and company knowledge I'm in a good position .

Management
In general, managers at Marcal Paper Company work well with employees

Culture
Collaboration with my colleagues at Marcal Paper Company is key to company success.

Overall
My experience working at Marcal Paper Company is priceless. Not only have I gained knowledge over the years but patience and compassion for others

First of all, this company is extremely micromanaged at the corporate level with the most weak, untrustworthy, and volatile leadership that I’ve ever experienced. What they say and what they do are two totally different things. Accounting leadership at the local level is also very deceitful, untrustworthy, and lacks the knowledge and skill set to perform every job within the accounting department. Human Resources cannot be trusted either. This company is very volatile in their day to day operations and decision making. I’ve been in the professional world 32 years and this was the worst experience of my career. Skip this company.

3% raises is all they will give out in a year, in April. They pile more work on your team (skeleton crew) while not advancing any pay and decreasing pay time off and not holding to promises they make for fair wages. They have no loyalty to any worker, no matter how high they are in management. Communication about job description and changes will be at will to the company and no warning to departments. They do not communicate in upper management to provide support for rapid changes to career roles. Marcal does not invest in the employees and it has shown time after time. They will get rid of you for making too much money.  And do not pay what is listed. 

worked there for 5 years and loved the job great sense of comradarie between floor workers and a healthy competive spirit between crews and shifts, shift surpervisors are for the most part fantastic with one or two rare exceptions that said the new plant manger is... to put it politely a little bigoted and seams detrimed to run the place into the ground and has a overly hostile attiude that has led to a breakdown in trust between people working the lines and supervisory staff

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