shift leader

material handler

operator

order picker

mechanic

Piping Rock Health Products

The first moment you arrive at the farmingdale facility, you will be stressed. The entrance to the building is the back of the building. The interview and hiring process doesn't give good direction of what to expect. You won't get a tour, nor briefed on what is available in the building. Your first couple of weeks you'll be in a training period and you likely won't get trained well. You will be blamed often for issues by default. The lab culture is toxic. You either have to suck up to the small group the controls everything or constantly battle bullying. The bullying will be blaming you for everything, overloading you with tasks, and shutting down your input. Those are the common ones and other may experience more. There are a couple of people who will create pointless tasks usually of the organizational variety, do a poor job at it and spend huge amount of time doing said easy task. It's a cycle they constantly do to lower their workload while they continue to socialize and be cute. Management will then distribute more work to new people or those who aren't in that small favored group. If you are somehow able to balance the increased workload, they will keep increasing your workload while others will fake like theirs is too much. Performance won't be valued by volume and quality, just quality. Go slow with your work. You will hear management say something to the extent that compensation isn't based on who's doing more, some people can handle more tasks than others. I've seen numerous people leave because lack of compensation for their constantly increasing workload while still maintaining high quality results while others are coasting and getting less work done. I've also never seen more drama in a workplace and I worked in retail jobs for many years before obtaining my degree. They will claim there is a great team environment, it's far from the truth. Every meeting you have, its all about how poor communication is all across the board but, expect the blame to fall on those outside the small group. 
Safety in the lab is not great. There is a reoccuring issue with the hood vents. You have weird smells in the lab and sometimes outside the lab in the rest of the building. It will drag on and no serious efforts will be put to figure out what's going on. The company had covid infections and wouldn't properly notify employees. To reach the lab you have to go through the warehouse where you're at the mercy of the forklift operator. Most of the time they won't pause what they're doing to let you pass. Sometimes they have people that don't know how to operate the forklift and are dropping or breaking things and fortunately no one was injured yet. 
You can learn some skills while working there but everyday will have so much unnecessary stress. The company has like a picnic day in spring/summer and holiday dinner around christmas. They give out turkeys for thanksgiving and occassional other food pacakages like oranges or bbq food for other occassions. You get the bare holidays off, and possibly an extra day off depending when christmas or new years falls if they're feeling generous. When there are meetings with the lab itself, HR or the once a year meeting with the leaders of the company, you will feel overwhelmed by how much time is wasted while you're overloaded and still expected to finish everything. Integrity is suppose to be a huge thing in this industry but when audits come, you will feel like you're apart of some sketchy operation. They hide things and avoid working and only do paperwork when the auditors are in the lab. That's also the only time the lab will be as clean as it should be. You will also feel pressure to have products to have passing results or stabilities to follow a trend. Instead of having a standard streamlined process and following it for failed results, you will likely get caught in scenarios where the lab manager will have you rerun something countless times until he is exhausted of the issue and you will fall behind in your work. You will learn what ways are effective at enforcing integrity on them but they won't be happy about it. 


If you like a toxic political work environment, decent pay, and being overworked then you will love this job. Management was an absolute joke and had their favorites they played by. I was worked the bone and constantly berated by my manager for my responsibilities that I was learning. It was such a toxic work cycle and environment to be in that I was setup to fail from the beginning. In my second month I was working in a whole other department that I had no knowledge on and was expected to pick up the work for someone who went on vacation until they were back????? Management for whatever reason did not like me early on in my tenure, so they fed me enough work to justify letting me go. It’s all games here and a facade from management to make it seem like they really care about you. Your hours are 9-5, but if you show up at 9 and sign off at 5 then you’re not being a team player like the rest of your peers willingly working unpaid overtime. I would assume because I treated this job as a job, and not as a lifestyle with the “family” I wasn’t deemed a good long term fit. 

Management is stuck in an old school mindset filled with nepotism, favoritism, and toxicity. The office is one of the most depressing places I have worked at in my life. The AC didn’t even work half the time during the summer and no one bothered to fix it or speak up. The pay is fine, but in the grand schemes you are wearing a lot of hats in one position and are realistically under-compensated. Hybrid work is nice and they love to tout about the flexible work environment, but realistically if you’re not in the office your 2-3 days a week management gives you flak for it and will quietly hold it against you. This place was miserable and I’m glad I don’t have to spend another day here. 

This used to be a good place to work until the micromanaging started. Due to a nys law the company had to eventually disclose (software was installed way before notification) that they were using a “productivity tracker” that would not even cross reference when you were on paid time off.  If you didn’t put in enough productive hours between 9 and 5 you were flagged and this was held against you. This company cares about profits and sales over everything. If they can find a way to minimize cost by out sourcing to China or getting rid of a position they will do it without thinking twice. This company has minimal flexibility and will for sure push to get everyone back in the office as much as possible as soon as possible like they did in q2 of 2021 when they demanded everyone back in office 5 days a week that failed horribly after serious resistance. The company has recently started laying people off without reason to cut costs and delivered an embarrassing holiday bonus even after posting its best year in sales. I would not recommend working for this company and suggest doing some serious research and talking to current / past employees before even considering working here. There is a high degree of nepotism at the company and if you did not work for the “family” at their previous company or are not related to senior management you will have little to absolutely no chance to hold a meaningful management position. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The supervisors are excellent and always available to help. The atmosphere is pleasant and feels supportive, much like a family. The pay is fair, and there is a strong sense of teamwork where colleagues look out for one another, creating a very positive work environment.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The termination policy is very rigid and doesn't seem to account for human exhaustion in a physically demanding job. It is disheartening to see hardworking, punctual, and positive employees let go over a single mistake without a final warning. It will be very difficult for the company to retain good talent if there is no room for error after a long, tiring shift. Reliable workers who show up on time and maintain a clean record deserve a second chance, especially when the work is so physically taxing.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The culture is generally respectful and cooperative. Colleagues get along well, and there is a high level of support among the staff. For the most part, it is a low-drama environment where people are willing to help one another.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A typical day involves a consistent routine of warehouse operations and maintaining high standards of cleanliness. It requires physical stamina and patience, but the positive interaction with supervisors and the team makes the workday go by smoothly

The most enjoyable part of the job was at 4:00 when I got to leave. Unless you start before a certain date you have to wait a year before you get a raise. EXTREMELY CLIQUEY! Very high turnover rate people have left out of there crying and didn’t come back. After training when you work with other people that have been there  they get mad that you broke up their comfy little group and complain to management about how you do things when that was the way you were trained to do them. After a couple times management wonder what’s wrong with you instead of seeing that people complain to get you off your line because they only want to work with their friends or family. Definitely not the type of people I want to spend 8 hours of my day with!! Very negative and toxic environment, not very friendly people. Supervisor is rude, yells at people, and is very  disrespectful. CEO really needs to talk to past employees to find out how things are really ran there and how people are really treated! If he did maybe he could make some much needed changes so they could keep people. This place obviously has serious problems way too many this review will let me list! This is one of the worst places I’ve ever worked. 

If you're looking for high level stress and lack of appreciation, fill out the application. Management will bombard you with various tasks that have nothing to do with your job description/requirements, have high expectations regarding project turn around, all with no training. There is basic training on how to be clean in the facility but as far as your actual everyday task goes, you're on your own. You would probably assume to ask your manager if you have any questions but they are ALL clueless with poor leadership skills, and if you go against them YOU WILL be fired. They will fire you faster than a pyro.
Receiving the Newsday "best place to work" was very unbefitting for the company. The company is highly understaffed and unorganized, it's hard to tell which.  You initially assume that you are being payed well but when you start performing your tasks you start to realize that you're the only one in your department doing managerial work but getting a peon pay check. They will overload you with task after task after task expecting you to be the company savior and you WILL NOT get a good job. There is no verbal praise or recognition you will feel overwhelmed 90% of the time and overall miserable.

This is an absolutely horrible place to work. They have no loyalty to any of their current employees and create an extremely toxic work environment. Department managers have no idea how to run a department whatsoever. Managers will flat out lie to protect themselves and blame their mistakes on innocent employees who they supervise. Managers who review your work and make final approvals will not be held accountable. The company does not properly gather facts about anything and will only listen to managers who cannot be trusted. 

This pathetic excuse for a business has ridiculously high turnover and employee morale is incredibly low because associates know their jobs are not safe. Do not expect to be treated as a valued associate because any claims they make that they care about their employees are nothing but lies. Do expect to have your character attacked frequently due to total fabrications they will make up about you. Upper management has no soul and they are obsessed with being spiteful. On the surface, they look nice but they're actually evil and have no empathy for their hardworking employees. Overall, this is the most unprofessional company I have ever worked for in my life. You will be treated like garbage, DO NOT EVEN CONSIDER APPLYING HERE!

The work culture is warm, super friendly and supportive. Everyone works very hard and management is awesome. As a team member, I know I’m appreciated by the higher ups and supported by them which makes me want to go above and beyond for the company. Management wants team members to enjoy their jobs and it shows in how they run their department. I’m VERY proud to be apart of the marketing team! 

Associates I’ve met in other departments in other locations were also very happy with their jobs. One associate I met told me she absolutely loved the company. A lot of them say they’ll never leave. The employee dedication in the company is very telling and nothing like what I’ve seen in other companies. This is NOT a typical corporate office environment. You’re cared about here. You’re appreciated. And that’s why it’s full of hardworking, skilled professionals that plan to stay.

If you’re fortunate enough to get a job offer for this company, don’t hesitate to take it!!

This place has a lot of favoritism. They are very clicky. This is in management as well. They tend to band together to openly bully people. There is no going to HR here they go along with the clicks. The pay is good, but raises definitely won't be fair it is more based off of who you are friends with not your work. They do tend to go after people in groups and if your not a part of the main group or go along you are then treated poorly as well. If you are a favorite or a friend you do get free reign. It is probably the most high school environment type job I have ever worked at. If you do decide to work here how well you actually do your job is not a major part in your pay or how your treated it is who your friends are and what your willing to go along with. If you enjoy gambiling the management team does spend alot of time organizing and collecting money throught the day and week for sports bets and everything. If your not into sports and gambling though it gets in the way since its hard to find management during this time or they block up the isles on the phone or planning it out. It does get in the way when groups of people just stop working for a half hour or more to discuss it. 

It WAS a great place to work when I started five years ago…until this year. They’ll call you associates & family (instead of employees), but don’t let that fool you; your loyalty to the company doesn’t matter; at the end of the day, you’re just another number with a price tag. They have proven that they've lost trust in all of their employees and have installed extreme micro management tracking software (ActivTrak) on everyone’s computers. Upper management has become more concerned about how much time you spend moving your mouse and typing on your keys than the skills you were hired for (we're all adults here stop babysitting!). Morale is non existent now and people are scared everyday they turn on their computer. Nepotism is 100% part of every department. They will hire a family member or someone from the “competitor vitamin company next door” before ever giving you a shot to be promoted. If you need a job use it as a stepping stone but if you can run, run fast. There are a lot of horrible Long Island companies, and Piping Rock is now one of them.

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