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OK Foods

OK Foods has people who are experts and you can definitely learn from them. OK Foods is owned by a larger company in Mexico which means that OK Foods has change management processes in place and you'll see and do things here on a smaller scale that you would see on a much larger scale in other larger cities and companies.

I would recommend OK Foods to anyone who is starting their career, or who is looking for a steady career in the Fort Smith, Arkansas area. They have a pretty neat building and you run into a lot of collaborative small teams around the company.

I really wouldn't underestimate this company, you get to see a lot of things here that they do better on a scale that I've seen done worse at companies that just throw money at processes and people and just can't get it right like these guys do. I have a lot of respect for this company and it's tech, HR, executive, and production lines. This may be a small town, but they know what they’re doing and they take it seriously. There is opportunity to advance and make more money and they are definitely open to letting you grow.

Negatives would be that this is a food company and sometimes you have to get out in it, but it is what it is. There is some travel as they have a lot of different locations throughout the area, but this could vary depending on your position. Their technology isn’t exactly cutting edge, but they definitely do their best to keep up with the latest tech within budget constraints so its not like working at a financial or medical institution. 

Overall, if you’re going to live in Fort Smith, Arkansas, you will definitely gain a lot of expertise working in Tech, Human Resources, Accounting, Auditing, or Sales working at OK Foods.

An average working day would start knowing my procedures and continuing thru out the shift until finished.
I focus on instructions that may change according to different job orders, from start to completion, and their is high level of proificiency produced from following specifications from
I'm highly respected for administering procedures and specifications on each job order; whereby, I am overall trusted to perform to produce high quality, company products.
Knowing what is expected of my performance of producing high quality, company products,and others that dont see its importance, has been an emience challange to convey to other team members that they too must strive for without due rest emission from supervisors expectencies.
Being trusted profoundly, from supervisors, that I continue to follow administering procedures has earned my prospective place in the working area.

I would rate the company as a 6 star facility. Typical day of work, communication and fun people to work around. If an Audit is occurring, the day could consist of long working hours. Out of each audit performed, I learn more about the auditing arena. I have learned that this company takes pride in the people and well as th eproducts that they produce. In addition, the company stands behind you 100% in climbing the ladder to other postions. I have also learned that just when one thinks they have learned all areas of the company, there is more learning techniques that can drive ones ambitions, The company promotes from within the facility; which makes ones experience expand into other areas. Driven by our customers, we produce products according to the customer specifications. Management door is always open to listen to your problems or concerns. Management is strict but very pleasant to work for. Co-workers are execellent. Every day is a different day with each co-worker. The hardest part of this particular job is keeping up with 4 separate facilites in their SQF Program. The most enjoyable part of the job is that you get to move and sometimes travel for the company. I enjoy working from one plant to the other. There is never a dull moment.

What is the best part of working at the company?
My current position is a forklift operator/Dock operator yard check personnel /sanitation personnel   to any jobs for one pay expect way too much out of you so a lot of favoritism Over all not a bad place people are grateful but the management is not right due to the fact that they expect a lot from one person they expect you to do 3 peoples job for one pay and and they are not very fair in jobs they show a lot more favor to a woman who is doing the same job same title as you and they won’t do anything about it they do not want you to talk with anybody your supposed to follow chain command, but in most cases, chainman is not right there are to many broken links that can not  be fixed starting with management supervisors to HR personnel

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Too many jobs to do for the amount of pay and the amount responsibility they give you

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Working environment is in a -0 temperatures

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Too many jobs a lot to do for the amount of pay

To me Ok foods was my second home, I love interacting and working with different people,my supervisor's & my co-workers. I learned about the leads responsibilities and other department jobs. Whenever they needed help I would help around in each department ( breast, wings, SSX, I drove power jacks and used hand jacks, I manifested, translated & helped in the debone area ) If I didn't volunteer for more work in another plant after work I would just go home. ( I'm female that literally works like a guy & I always got my job done no matter what it was ). Honestly the hardest part of the job was that I didn't get to see my kids as much. As soon as I picked them up not even an hr. & I had to drop them off with the baby sitter. Other than that I kept myself busy at work by finding things to do. I loved my job cause it helped me grow as a person and it taught me a lot.

As the company is named.  “Ok” for a job but not a place to find a career.  Pay vs workload are not realistic.  Demands of management are unreasonable.  Training is nonexistent.  Lowest paying company in the area.  

If you have nowhere else to go it will almost pay the bills but the stress will eat you alive.  Do yourself a favor and keep looking.  The turnover is incredible.  People realize their worth within this organization and when not paid a fair market wage they move on and find better paying jobs elsewhere. I would suggest passing on ok foods unless you need to build your resume… Then enter with the mentality that it is a stepping stone at best.  

Good luck!  I stayed as long as I could stand and quickly found better elsewhere.  

As a former QA employee of Quality Foods, overall, this was the best place to work. Great work environment, great pay(although no raise given often), and great people with the exception of a few supervisors. One thing I learned is that you should NEVER ask nicely to go home due to sickness or else you'll get the door slammed in your face by YOUR supervisor and another one yelling that "We're here to check chicken not patients." This is the reason that I left Quality Foods(OK Foods). No one should ever be treated like this. This workplace was very fast paced in certain departments, nothing you can't handle. I would recommend this job to any one searching for a career, just not in the QA department as you'll be maltreated with the exception of the QA manager(BJH).

Upper management sucks! If you don't kiss butt like the others than you're not going to make it, and if you do complain to someone else about them, then all that's going to happen is that you will have a giant target painted on your back and they will just harass you more and more. Also, if you are struggling somewhere, don't even bother asking for training, because you will just get blown off or given empty promises. Not to mention you have coworkers that will stab you in the back the chance they get and not even blink twice.  There are some very shady things that go on here and some that could and probably should be reported to DOL.  Stay away if at all possible.

Worked hard for the company was promised a raise after my yearly evaluation never received evaluation nor raise  had several young guys get hired in 3-4 dollars more an hour with no “plant experience “ at all just dad or family friends with the maintenance Superintendent Go to Human Resources even speak to the boss at hr to be told we are working on it several other guys in same boat everyone knows it’s not right but  no upper management or hr wil fix it . They have employee retention meetings trying to figure out why the turn over is high hmm stop lying an being cutthroats just like being promised three day weekend for Labor Day and wait till last minute and change it after everyone makes plans with family to be told we are working Labor Day at regular pay.

Supervisors are not given the proper tools needed and micro-managed by upper management. Employees should be the #1 priority (especially retention) of any company. Supervisors should be given opportunity to succeed due to support given by Superintendent. When the Superintendent is not available or dependable, this causes Supervision to not know what is expected. Communication is #1 problem at OK Foods. Meetings / Training is provided, however, Managers do not notify Superintendents or Supervisors until after the meetings / Training has already begun. OK Foods is also a very competitive and high-stress environment to continue a career. There is no such thing as having a position that allows you to have job-security.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Production worker 3 salaries reported	$40.43 per hour
Production 4 salaries reported	$15.25 per hour
Shipping supervisor 1 salary reported	$30,500 per year
Maintenance mechanic 1 salary reported	$28,000 per year
Maintenance manager 1 salary reported	$95,000 per year

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