process operator

packaging operator

team member

line operator

manufacturing supervisor

Oregon Freeze Dry

The shifts are long, no question about it. For the past year work has been incredibly arduous, there is little work to go around, especially on night shift. Production capacity has been at least at a quarter of its maximum. There is little work to go around and often times you have to stand around and pretend you’re busy because they refuse to send people home, but hey, I don’t mind getting paid to do nothing. The real kicker is though as soon as there is a little bit of work they are constantly on you to get it done quickly, and push you and monitor every step and micromanage. Bonuses were taken away from production employees while everyone else retained them, as well employees who were hired after bonuses were taken away are paid less per hour, because “they aren’t missing out on a bonus they never had”. As well rampant favoritism is abound that rewards incompetence and poor quality. If you skip steps and produce more quickly with low quality they love you. But if you raise quality concerns and actually care about your work QA makes fun of you and you are treated as the problem by management rather than the quality issue. Promotions are arbitrary and difficult to obtain, they would rather higher operators from outside the company than promote from within, maybe 10 operators we’re hired recently, none of them were from within the company even though many applied as far as I can tell. Anyone who works in the offices is unable to properly do their jobs due to understaffing, lack of resources and because they don’t pay them well they can’t attract talented people. Overall I am very disappointed with work here, I won’t be leaving anytime soon as I was fortunate enough to have been promoted to one of the higher positions and leaving to find another job that pays the same in the area with my lack of qualifications is near impossible. But I would recommend if you can hold off and find a job that truly offers advancement and promise to for that instead. We remain understaffed because of this. Do yourself a favor and apply elsewhere. I imagine it’s a bit better on other shifts than mine but, I definitely wouldn’t recommend working here.

I applied to a local temp agency and they explained the duties and raved about the place (smoke screen) My first night was confusing and frustrating. the lack of instruction and the talking down at you got old real fast. i had to ask 3 times where the restroom was located and the guy then asked if i "need to use the bathroom" followed by you can't just go to the bathroom when you need to.
they leave you alone to do most of the job while they go talk to "their" co-workers and if you get lost or mess up they threaten you with sending you home. i was on lunch and some guy in a white coat was out in the parking lot waiting for me to go back in and asked me my name and it was creepy, he was waiting to make sure i didn't leave the job site even though you can it's lunch ya know.
if you have a concern or stand up for yourself they blow you off.
my second night i was brought into the office while a guy in a white coat told me all the wrong things i did the night before and threatened to send me home followed by the person i was assigned to that no one told me i was.his attitude was very un professional. i reported him to the temp agency and i doubt anything will happen. its a very stressful place for min wage and long hours. i guess if you like drone work its for you, no one talks to you and most treat you like unimportant because you are a temp. your co-workers will keep track of what you do and report to the white coats so the trust level is very low and i would not recommend the job to anyone who is looking for decent rewarding positions.  it's a high turn over site and it's not the workers it's the management and how they treat people. 


Beware!

What is the best part of working at the company?
In the beginning the hours were Great. Though after the company changed their operational hours it wasn't so good. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Unsupportive management after operational hours changed. Corporate changed my work hours from day shift to graveyard shift. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Company lost a lot of experienced management and employees due to forced hour changes. Not enough good skilled management and co-workers to aid new operators in the tasks of the job. I was supposed to have a more experienced operator working with me after my initial 90 day training, to insure I got the paperwork and duties down. Forced new hour operations had almost half the work for quit due. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Processing food items to into a freezer room before freeze drying, moving food from cooling/freezing racks onto freeze dry carts for freeze drying, or processing dried food goods from freeze dry carts ready for packaging.

This job isn't physical for your entire shift, but it can get intense for an hour or two at a time. Most of the job is spent cleaning metal machinery down to the microscopic level, but you'll also spend plenty of time doing physical labor. It's a factory environment, so be ready to wear all kinds of protective equipment. And it's food production, so be ready to learn all kinds of rules about what you can touch and not touch, where you can be and not be, what you can wear and not wear, etc. 

Policies and procedures are very clear. You can't miss work here. They give you quite a bit of paid time off each year, but outside of that, don't miss work. 

Pay is decent, but you're not going to get a raise or a promotion unless you fight for it. 

Pretty cool co-workers.

Managers not so much. 

If you bust your butt here, you might go from making $20 an hour to $25. It's up to you to decide if that's worth your time and energy. Just be ready to get obsessive about sanitizing machines and stacking 30-pound bags of food on to pallets. 

Most of the operators and associates I worked with were great.  Good people doing the best they can, within the constraints given to them by upper management.

Upper management on the other hand was abysmal.  The culture they enforce is one of, "seek first to blame," then pass the buck.  Their whole focus seems to be based on finding someone to blame for anything that goes wrong instead of going to their best resource for exploring ways to prevent problems, their own operators.

Management has no idea of what happens on the floor and are completely out of touch with reality.  They come up with what seem to them like brilliant ideas on paper, but ignore the potential impact it might have on their employees, and then stand around gaping because they can't figure out why the employee morale is so low.

They set their employees up for failure and instead of focusing on ways to fix things, immediately look for someone to punish.

They pretend to be caring but in reality it's all a sham.  I'm sure some do care but it never comes out in their actions.  CYA all the way.

Very fast paced, constantly changing, exciting work environment.  Great employees within the production environment.  Typical days involved working 12.50 - 13+ hours, very few and often short breaks, constant changes in policies, expectations & goals, inconsistent support and information from management, and general fire fighting activities instead of being consistent and making real progress.  The environment can be exciting and fun at times.  However, due to the lack of consistency from management on so many levels and in several categories, its difficult to really know what to expect and how to succeed.  There is also a lack of trust among both employees and those in leadership positions.  Many employees are in fear of losing their jobs due to the constant change and lack of consistency.  This company has great potential but due this along with a very high turnover they still have a great deal to work on and a long way to go.

Employee are good to work with. Management is really bad there. Government contracts. Lifted drug policies for hiring. Favoritism is live and well.  Works on a point system. 1or2 your ok.  3 verbal and 4 written and 5 your gone. They can pick and choose dr’s excuses if it benefits them. The company makes 10’s of millions as they keep hiring hr staff for higher paying job And the people who work hard get pennies on the dollar and that’s if They can keep employees. Sad very sad. They tell you it’s like family environment. It’s a moving meat market for employees. They tell you that there wages are competitive but yet there experience employees find higher-paying jobs elsewhere. They make you get qualified for every job aspect and tell you you get paid more if you do this. But when you work at a higher paying jobs they pay you the base pay. For a company that’s been around forever and go through as many employees as they do shame on them. Very disrespectful place to work.

Upper management is greedy, preaching future endeavors but ultimately opting for short gains. HR communicates internal promotions and career advancement but opportunities don't happen for everyone. They have created a culture of silos and communication between departments is horrendous or non-existant. Lots of talk about God and religion - something that shouldn't ever be brought up in a professional culture.

There's zero appreciation for your contributions.

If you don't care about developing your career, your book of business or relationships throughout the company, but just want to be paid, this is a great place for you.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Some of the co-workers are good to work with helps the day go by faster 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The expectations of the work load  multiple rooms running one Forklift Operator on processing side and one on packaging side the new ERP system being used is not user friendly at all too many steps to complete one transaction. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It's the typical manufacturing/warehouse environment all that changes is the name of the company 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Talk to the previous shift and start working

It’s a good place to start a career getting the intro into being a leader. Based on your previous work experience you’re generally hired on as a leader and after a certain time frame they review if you made the cut, if not you are demoted to the lower position. It’s a high paced stressful atmosphere. You are in charge of your own progress by being proactive and asking to learn a different room or machine and get someone qualified to sign off kind of saying” yes they understand” once you get so many of these you are eligible for promotion. Management on my shift are great, just be sure to keep a great pace ALL shift, no rest. But mostly on MY shift management are very reasonable.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Process operator 26 salaries reported	$21.95 per hour
Packaging operator 20 salaries reported	$25.00 per hour
Team member 1 salary reported	$18.40 per hour
Line operator 3 salaries reported	$958 per week
Manufacturing supervisor 4 salaries reported	$83,375 per year

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