production worker

production associate

production supervisor

laborer

maintenance mechanic

Perdue Farms, Inc.

Management does not offer the tools, the time, nor the willingness to help anyone succeed. 
The overall mentality is so consumed with fear, that the plant as a whole suffers greatly. 
Managers fear training employees that they will either leave to find another job, or they are afraid that a person will become better and become a direct replacement; thus competition. 
This same mentality spreads from the top to the bottom. 

There is zero room for advancement. This plant is not expanding. There will never be anymore jobs than there already are, so in order to advance, someone must quit, retire, or get fired. Or, you become good enough that they can downsize their employees and then spread out the money they save. 

However, upper management cares more about personal bonuses than they do about the employees. 

I spent almost 3 years learning everything I could about this plant and how it runs.  How to service each piece of equipment. How to weld at a food grade level. How to write 3 phase and 110v systems. How to wire 24v and 110v controls. How to be a fabricator,  and electrician, a mechanic, and a technical writer for ever piece of work I performed. All I lacked was going to school for further education. However, all I was told were lies about how they forgot to enroll me in the classes or how they forgot to give me a raise. 
Lies about how the budget was upside down, and the plant didn't have the money to give raises. 
Or how the next round, I would be the guy. 

The only reason to work here would be if you don't need money, but you need insurance; or if you need experience to try to get a better job somewhere else. 

Their direct competitor in the area offers almost $4/hour more across the board, while working in a cleaner, newer environment. Not to mention that they are able to do all of this with 1/3 less of the shift run time as Perdue. 

That should tell you everything you need to know.

My husband and I have been with the company  for 4 years each and we have relocated to this facility 2 years ago. We have enjoyed this team and the opportunity that they have given us. An opportunity that I have enjoyed most with this facility is they are community oriented. They have associates volunteering to help with park clean ups, associates coming together and raising money to support the local chapter of United Way, Perdue gives donations to Second Harvest and P Flag, and volunteer associates giving Christmas to children in need. Another great opportunity with this facility is that they have an on site wellness clinic that you can go to during work. Another great opportunity with this company is they are accepting to diverse individuals from different backgrounds to work here.  

I enjoy working in the shipping department because its a different atmosphere and the associates are friendly and ready to come to work. We ship and receive loads daily. We work as a team to maintain a 99.8 OPI.   Hardest part of this job is communication. Sometimes if something isn't communicated there are hick ups but as long as there is communication than we will be able to do what is needed for the day. Management in shipping is amazing. They are supportive of their associates and willing to help out where ever is needed. What I have learned from this company is that there is room for improvement, and growth. 

Its a great opportunity to work for this company. You are able to relocate to new locations if opportunity is available.

My experience at Perdue was a bit on the line between good and bad. The work was fast-paced, laboring, and gave me a sense of accomplishment. The majority of my time spent was in Shipping/Processing, which was in a cooler. I was first employed as a feeder. Most of that time was spent standing in one spot, feeding chicken on a production line. I was then promoted to Rackout. Rackout consisted of keeping inventory in check and pulling chicken to and from a freezer. I learned how intricate and fast-paced food businesses could be and to work with people I did not agree with; a few skills I picked up were how to be a quick and accurate employee. Working in a food processing business, there is no room for error or being slow. I enjoyed the work and my co-workers. My co-workers were hard-working and very friendly. However, management was not. That is one of the reasons I left. A few other reasons were that Perdue had no problem continuing to employ people who were on harmful substances and did not intend to get off of them, and the simple fact that management had no intention of listening to their employees. The hardest part of my job was the physical aspect. I acquired quite a bit of muscle mass pushing 600+lbs of crates of chicken. All in all, I enjoyed working for Perdue. Most people were friendly, I gained a sense of accomplishment every day from my work, and the pay/benefits were great.

On a typical day at work, preparation is vital to start-up production.  This include ensuring equipment and facility is clean and sanitary and all associates are in their respective department prepared to start the production day.
  
  I learned a variety of skills to help me accomplish my task, such as, but not limited to lock-out tag out procedures. Manage directs and train other associates as relating to safety of other senior management personnel.  Familiar with safety and medical reporting tools and unsafe acts reporting.  Trained and familiar reading and explaining Safety Data Sheets to newly assigned personnel regarding Hazardous Material in the workplace.  Maintain close and professional liaison with all assigned governmental representatives, including USDA AND FSIS.  Represent the company regarding policy and procedures with afore mentioned agencies.  Implement regulatory changes and directives regarding food safety and HACCP programs, by ensuring facility is within total compliance.

  Workplace culture is moderate with a diverse ethnical environment. 

  The hardest part of the job is retention, having enough associate to perform task.

  The most enjoyable part of the job is the ability to work with people and the competitive environment which challenge you to be successful.

The Good:
Pay, Benifits, plenty of hours, job security & PPE is provided. Safety glasses *including perscription* , & you get new boots every year which is a huge plus.

The Bad:
Working Swing Shifts, and 7-day work weeks is exhausting and not easy to adjust to...,  mix that with people taking off turn those 7, 8hr days into 12hr days. keep you perpetually exhausted 24/7, even on your days off.
This schedule makes scheduling things outside of work almost impossible at times.
If your relief calls out you're stuck working an extra 4-8 hours. (*It happens a lot*)
This greatly degrades your work/life ratio.
You're always there and you're always exhausted...
(***THIS is the main reason people leave this job...***)
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Management:
I believe they're good people  BUT not good at managing people and resources which affects morale, employee productivity, and efficiency, which forces management to micromanage things which further degrades things.
Critical feedback by employees is taken negatively.
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Advancement:
Knowledge and experience are tossed out the window and mean nothing...
If you want to be promoted you just gotta be really good at "kissing the ring".
Poor advancement practices like this hurt morale, and employee retention, degrade efficiency, and degrade employee productivity.







You never know what your duties are before you start. You may dress for the cold area on the production floor, but then get moved several times before your first break to different unfamiliar work areas with different temperatures. So you're never properly dressed for the right temp for your duty assigned. Then when you feel sick or hurt, you're sent to Medical located on the complex, were you will be given a single pack of ibuprofen with a band aide(if needed). And your untrained Supervisors will send you back to your unknown job assignment to bully and retaliate even harder. New management along with better trained Supervisors/Superintendents/Lead persons, would make this place a work place to love to come to and build a career to retire from. This place needs a MANAGEMENT MAKEOVER. No one should be bullied and harassed out of a job by a company's management members. Associate's lively hoods should NOT be toyed with just because you have the power to do so. PEOPLE'S LIVES SHOULD NEVER BE A COMPANY'S GAME played by Management at any cost. Especially when the only cost is being paid by the associate. And the Management team has no reason except for personal feelings when you know your job performance is on par.

All in all, it's an interesting place to work.

Communication between employees and the higher ups can often be staggeringly flawed, to the point where simple words would have been enough to stop numerous problems before they start.

Pay is certainly good though, and the benefits leave little to be desired. Unfortunately, money can't always buy happiness. At times, though you may find yourself making rather good money, your social life can end up collapsing upon itself in the process due to being pulled in for overtime on a regular basis (if you're not a higher up.)

The environment I worked in however, was completely safe and satisfying to take part in. A days work with high yields brought about a satisfying feeling like no other. However, even when by no fault of my own, if production was sour, I would often find myself feeling downtrodden by the end of the shift.

All in all, it's a rewarding place to work. The mere high from doing a great job every night was enough of an incentive to keep me getting up out of bed and out the door to work. After all, this place really does make you feel like part of a team.

No flexibility!! No time off … supervisor and superintendent always lying… HR has a very nasty attitude, very disrespectful when it comes to younger people very organized. Some departments are very dysfunctional. A Lot favoritism. Supervisor taken up for lawyers when they know in the wrong how the supervisors don’t know their job .mentors are very helpful. When you go to the bathroom, you have to wait for two or three hours for the supervisor to come in department. Some leaders won’t let the coworkers go on lunch break because it’s so much you have to lean back. Some department are very nasty. vending machines always taking people money supervisor always blame me. The coworkers not enough equipment, and it’s $1 million company. Safety glasses, about five dollars and some change boots wear off certain amount of time when you get hurt they ready to fire you. Wellness center. sent to see that you sick  they won’t send you home. Perdue do not care about your health and your kids. Perdue is not a positive atmosphere. You want to work at supervisor superintendent HR always try to bring you down. HR is very dysfunctional and unstable

It’s a decent paying job but you have to work your full shift and every single day! 7 nights 1am-7am. The management make you feel like you have them in your corner but the first week i worked there and lost my goggles i didn’t get another pair til the end of the next week because i was deemed irresponsible because someone stole them. They tell you to come to them if you need gloves safety glasses etc but the moment you are missing something and ask for it then it’s the end of the world for them to replace the items. They never seem to have any items they supposed to supply to the employees such as flash lights. I have been there for months and haven’t seen my flashlight yet!! The floor leads smh some are the teaching and helpful kind then you have some who just hates your existence because the color of your skin. It’s not a very enjoyable place to wake up and go to but it’s not like i can quit or complain because i need my funds coming every week lol but after a while you learn the people and stay focused on yourself and your work. Zone in once you on the floor and nothing else seems to matter

The work is easy but the people and the backwards policies are just utter nonsense. A typical work day is you come in at 8am then you leave when basically everything is done you won’t stay after 6pm, the pay is okay (even though I personally think you should at least make 18-20 an hour). The leads and supervisors are useless if you’re bogged down on the line they won’t help and if you pass out none of the leads or supervisors don’t know first aid or cpr they literally will just look at you and be like oh what shall we do. Medical staff are useless too I hurt my foot on the job and asked for a wrap they handed me a gel pack and told me to put this on my foot side note I didn’t. The people who work there are extremely childish if you want to relive high school Perdue is your place you wanna work. End all be all work life balance is non existent you’ll have to take off the point system is useless people do what they want breaks are split up into two 30 min so first break is at 9 second is at 12 depending on how many is on your line is when you’ll be able to go on break. Benefits are ok but it’s not worth the chaos of this job. 

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