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Mayfield Dairy Farms

Please realize that I am referencing only Mayfield Dairy Farms - NOT it's corporate parent - Dean Foods...
Mayfield is a very community oriented, family friendly, down home, honest company.  The people who had the most influence over keeping Mayfield that very personable company - have since been moved to other positions that don't influence the culture of the company any longer - that was a big mistake.  
The people who make up the "heart" of Mayfield Dairy - do care about their employees.  They listen to their employees because they realized that the people producing the milk and the drivers delivering the milk and ice cream - they had more pride in what they do than anyone ever realized.  
The company would recognize the employees with Golden Cows - makes sense - right?  People sure did display those Golden Cows with pride.  The company didn't have many events to show how much they appreciate their employees but when we had our summer outing - WOW!  6 Flags, Stone Mountain, Dollywood - it was done to show the employees how much the company thought of them. 
Other niceties have disappeared over the past few years too - gift cards for Thanks giving and Christmas - to  help out with holiday dinners...  And even the group cook outs and dinners to bring all the employees together - gone.  So sad - I have worked a lot of places and the employees always displayed pride - but not like this.  Kids all over the Southeast have grown up healthy and strong with Mayfield Milk & Ice Cream - these employees represent that - they had enormous pride in what they do/did.

This place is so hard to describe in a few words. Management is absolutely non-existent from HR, to production, to maintenance. Training simply doesn’t happen. Operators and supervisors are thrown into roles and expected to figure it out. There is virtually 0 communication between HR/management and the people who are hands-on doing the work. Policies are so vague and rules are bent to cater to favorites. This company sent out its FIRST CHRISTMAS BONUS IN ITS ENTIRE 100+ YEARS OF BUSINESS in 2023. You are expected to work every/every other weekend, and change your schedule with little to no notice. The way you rise to leadership and success in this company is by being a yes-man and never standing up for what is right or wrong. This is a food-grade facility, and it’s down right filthy. Any given day you can find bugs, mold, old milk, etc any where in the plant. I’ve had to throw away clothes from working in this place. In the last 3 or so years, I have seen 30+ people quit. This includes, PLANT MANAGERS, production supervisors, production leads, maintenance techs, maintenance managers, maintenance supervisors, and production workers. Do yourself a favor and find another place to work.

Country Club mentality. Poor management skills and terrible communications on milk. I’ve cream management and environment is 180 degrees apart from milk (great management and communication skills). Those that isn’t in the click work like mules; others in clicks takes time off at their leisure and are not disciplined for not doing their jobs correctly. DFA has turned Mayfield completely upside down. There’s no longer an Ice Cream distribution by Class B Drivers. They’re going to Watehousing start of 2023. DFA has no care, honor, respect for those who’s been loyal and kept dump counts at lowest to maximize company profits. Used to love working for Mayfield when I started. Now it makes me miserable tot hunk to go into work the next day. 

Management should let you do your job vs tell you what to do. this is an independent job and you are trained to do it, however management often gets involved to redirect your route based on a customer complaining. and they are usually complaining because you ran out of time because your truck wasn't loaded on time.

My job is a whirlwind of chaos, characterized by a lack of structure and organization. Tasks are often assigned without clear priorities, leading to frequent interruptions and a constant feeling of being behind schedule. Meetings are sporadic and unplanned, often derailing my workflow and leaving important issues unresolved. Essential information is scattered across various platforms, making it difficult to locate critical details quickly. This disorganization not only hampers productivity but also creates a stressful environment, where I'm perpetually trying to catch up rather than working efficiently.

Was great before Dean Foods got their fingers into the mix.  Learned after Dean Foods took over, that management was great when it was simply Mayfield.  Something terrible happened, and it is not a place I'd ever want to work for again  I admit there were some bad "apples" that may or may not have had something to do with the rigidity of the current policies, aka "point system".  
Bottom line, if you have kids that get sick a couple times a year, or you, yourself, gets sick a couple times a year, then pair that with something unexpected, the point system isn't for you.  It's very stressful.

consisting of a set goal to make a safe high quality product while learning different types of machines per product. Management has an open door policy and most of the co-workers helpful and friendly with a teamwork based attitude. Hardest part of the job is relieving a co-worker who slacks in their shift duties and leaves their work to be completed by the next shift. I find it enjoyable and somewhat rewarding to see a finished product that meets the anticipated standards that were set in the beginning.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Variety of  work, rarely the same thing every day. Very challenging 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Occasionally we  don't have the correct parts so we have to do a temporary fix until the correct  parts come in

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Family oriented, career oriented.  People tend to stay due to loyalty to the company 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Several minor breakdowns due to operator lack of experience

What is the best part of working at the company?
Great money but not family oriented.  They just want a body there to work but really don't care for there people.   But great money 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The supervisor due to trying to supervise through the office 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
People are great.  And work is easy 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Long  due to 10hr days
  Shifts and no help

What is the best part of working at the company?
No mondays work four days out of the week

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They play favorites with the workers

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Hr is only for the company not the people they put on like they are

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Machines always down the manager always blame the operator even when the maintenance won’t fix it

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