production specialist

maintenance technician

shift leader

production scheduler

warehouse worker

Masters Gallery Foods

Workplace drama at Masters was little to none with only a few people to look out for. Overall a very supportive and inclusive environment. Laid back and easy going vibe. 

Compensation and benefits were adequate for what the job entailed. They also had many and honestly surprisingly frequent potlucks and employee appreciation events including pizza parties and catered food. Fellow employees would often bring in donuts or baked goods almost daily.  

Also, this is the first company I’ve worked for where you could actually meet and find the CEO participating in the employee appreciation events. Although there was one individual in upper management that gave off a condescending attitude and seemed to enjoy being unusually hard on lower employees. But overall management and upper management seem to genuinely care about their employees well-being and happiness. 

Often got out of work at scheduled time. Sometimes had to stay later depending on what production line you’re on but not often. 

Overall I would definitely recommend Masters Gallery Foods to anyone looking for a relatively easy, but occasionally challenging/stressful food production environment.

Coming from a sanitation background and doing that job on the weekday schedule at Master's Gallery for a few years has been enlightening to say the least. Management is replaced or entirely absent on the regular. Communication between shifts and departments is atrocious. There is absolutely no option for any kind of progression in the sanitation department and the concept "don't fix something that isnt broken" means absolutely nothing. Expect to be overworked, underappreciated, and screwed over at seemingly every conceivable opportunity. Training for new employees is lackluster and rushed. There is a distinct lack of leadership in any meaningful position to make any improvements to motivation, morale, or procedure. Expect to work the vast majority of holidays and weekends (for weekday crew) and questionable amounts of overtime for the weekend crew. 

Pay was good pre-pandemic. After all competitor companies bumped their starting pay, their pay rate is now only above average. Lost lot of employees to competitive wages.

A new review system for their Line Leads and machine operators. It’s now very unfair and they even count personal call ins against your pay grade. Lots of unhappy Line Leads with massive pay cuts company wide, including long time employees. Lost in even more workers.

Lots of new team members everywhere. Experienced employees are forced to fill in anywhere possible. Very hazardous, as many team members placed in untrained lines, with unfamiliar equipment, or even entirely untrained job practices. 

New or newer employees who are still learning their own jobs are made to train others. Recently seen several new Cutting Specialists injured shortly after hire. Prior to their staffing issues, Masters was already rated above average for work place injuries.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The little things they do to show appreciation raffles, give aways, treats from time to time. They do things they don't have to to show appreciation. Yes, there are things that I don't love but nothing that terrible.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
It's really not stressful, as a line lead it's faster paced busy somewhat fulfilling work. Days can be tough but everyday is a new day, good positive people which really make the company a great place to work.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Positive, helpful, caring most of the time, everyone has an open door policy and if you need help or have an emergency hr will most likely work with you if it's a legitimate issue.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Changing film, zippers, quality checks, product inspection, trouble shooting issues with the machine. Trying to maximize run time and minimize down time.

I worked at MGF from June 2010 to Jan 2015. Back then, the pay and benefits was a step up from pizza delivery, and I did have a lot of challenges on a home grown system. But, the culture is a bit cliquey, and the IT dept is  closed minded when it comes to modern code.  They preferred RPG III. The hours were ok, but I was on call about every 6 weeks and only got 2 weeks vacation even after 4 years there.  The pay was actually pretty awful for software. I was making double my salary within two years of leaving there.  Also, while they were generous on some things, like racing tickets at Elkhart Lake and a lavish Christmas party every year, they were pretty stingy on a few odd things. One time they sent me for training, and they had me find the itinerary, but I had to tell them so they could put it on the corporate MC. They did this to collect reward points. They probably lost more having a software developer take time to make itinerary.  Anyway, good place to start, but don't make a career out of MGF.

Masters is very middle of the road. Not the highest pay. Not the best benefits. Promised to not force overtime just to hire people and then that went out the window shortly after. Huge disconnect between production employees and office/upper management. That can be seen in most reviews of working here. 10+ new employees seem to walk thru the doors every week, yet constantly short staffed. Good employees are expected to do more and more, while weaker employees are ignored. They had a second shift supervisor walk around for two years and basically do nothing before they finally parted ways. Safety issues get ignored for whatever reasons, yet employees need to sit thru safety meetings every month outside of their shift. Hard to recommend working here unless you work anywhere but production.

Working hard for this company only means they will put you on the hardest jobs/lines with no help. Production is their number 1 priority not the individual doing the work, Often times finding myself doing a two person job as one person with no help. Supervisors play favorites hard, see the same people on easy jobs all the time with no rotation. Lazy workers are put on easy jobs because company only cares about numbers. There is only one way to move up in this company and that is if you are sleeping with someone in management or are good friends. The wage is the only thing bearable at Masters and even that is out matched by many other companies around. 12 hour shifts get 3, 15 minute breaks.

Good pay. A diverse work environment. Only issue with the place are evening supervisors shows obvious favoritism to lazy workers that sucks up to them and lack of integrity to speak and show with care & honesty. If anyone can ignore these things, you'll be ok because a lot of the workers do if it doesn't affect them. Another thing, its not worth getting hurt. I've seen a few people getting injured and basically speaking what they said in their experience, they were treated differently by their supervisor due to their restrictions. Overall, going unto my two years its still a decent paying job to work. Would still recommend people to work at this company.

A typical day at work very busy and had alot customer orders to fill in a day. And alot long runs on certain customer orders. What i learned is they worked us hard and at the end the reward was awsome. The management is top people and great group of people and they have a great knowledge of the cheese business, My co-workers were must time very supportive and at times were not easy to work with. Others were  very understanding and loved me too.The hardest part of job was standing on concrete floors. The most enjoyable part of the job was it was fasted paced but i felt very accomplished at the end of the day. I packed a quality product that i was proud of to go to the customer.

This Company goes above and beyond to take care of their employees.

Many employees have grown within the Company and have been able to find their career path.

The benefits are very competitive and affordable. My degree was paid for by the Company through Tuition Reimbursement. They also offer Student Loan Forgiveness.

The Company cares about the Community and Environment. Many employees volunteer their time and organize events to help those in need.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Production specialist 31 salaries reported	$25.69 per hour
Maintenance technician 20 salaries reported	$33.63 per hour
Shift leader 5 salaries reported	$27.89 per hour
Production scheduler 12 salaries reported	$25.29 per hour
Warehouse worker 17 salaries reported	$26.37 per hour

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