assistant

mechanical technician

technician

machine operator

operator

Printpack Inc

They'll really sell you up about what a great place to work it is, "recession-proof", great pay, and some of it is true, but it's all about what they don't tell you. What you won't know or become familiar with until you're stuck there. Locally, not many employers can beat the wage, and they know it.

Nepotism is a thing, right out in the open. A supervisor will get his son hired, and that son won't perform as well as he should, but whereas other new hires have been "let go" for that, the son will get extra training. 

They'll expect you to hit their expected production numbers on legitimately antique machinery. That's no joke, the presses, the extruder, the slitting dept., the wrap line, even the forklifts are all old, often breaking, and they expect you to deal with it. Every month they roll out a big, red ZERO PERCENT bonus calculation because we've failed to meet their expectations again, and their safety meetings make it clear they consider it our fault. 

Morale is extremely low; management and HR have decided that the best way to deal with it is through fear and financial punishment. If you show up in a bad mood, don't forget to put on a fake smile or HR will take your next quarterly raise away from you and write you up. 

It sounds great, but pass this opportunity over - the only reason they hire so much is because they can't keep employees around anymore unless they've been there too long to leave. But, locally, here in PV, even the 'old-timers' are sick of this. We keep losing operators, forklift drivers, assistants, because the work is a thankless physical burden.

What's worse is their schedule design - it will negatively impact your life outside of work. You'll work 2 days, have 2 off, work the weekend, have 2 off, work 2 days, have the weekend off, over and over again, 12 hour shifts unless their production demands you work overtime. Many employees have quit because they were forced to work over a month straight to meet expectations. 

If you're not the type of person they prefer, religious and obedient, you will not receive the same considerations as someone who is. They judge accordingly. If you're irreligious, even management will complain to HR about you. They'll play favorites, and a lazy employee who has their favor will fare better than you, a hard worker who doesn't. Diversity is a lost concept here.

I could write an entire book about the problems with this company. If you are a quiet person and are there to just do your job and go home then look elsewhere. If you aren't there to socialize then other employees and managers will form their own opinions about you. Very Clicky environment and felt like I was working at a High School lunch room.  

HR does a fantastic job at kissing your butt and telling you what you want to hear in order to get you in the door.

Absolute terrible communication and sense of direction for new hires. Nobody tells you exactly what your job entails and what is expected out of you. They can put you in one area for months and then throw you in a completely different area without warning. If you preferred to just keep doing what you were doing previously, well that's too bad, you'll have to switch to a different department or....get fired. 

This company only cares about how you perceive yourself to others. If there is a manager nearby then you better run and grab a broom and pretend (and yes I really do mean pretend)  to sweep your area otherwise it will have negative consequences in their probationary review about you....which is an absolute joke. 

Policies only apply to certain people (better start being social and kissing butt). I was told we weren't even allowed to have a cough drop in our mouth while on the production floor but most people have a wad of chewing tobacco in their mouth. 

The pay and benefits were pretty good but there is a reason why this company and location is an endless revolving door of employees, but nobody there can seem to figure it out. They are either lying to themselves that everything is great, or they are completely clueless and incompetent. Or both.  

Save yourself the stress and look elsewhere (just my opinion)

worked at the Bloomington plant for right at 7 years. the new plant manager is trying to make good changes and the guys on the floor are good people for the most part. typical day starts with fixing all the problems that the less experienced operators create or just don't fix. there are few experienced operators left because the old management either ran them off or fired them. some of the company policies are not employee friendly, like being locked in a building for 12 hours. there is now a shelter house just outside right by the offices. its Tabaco free so you cant smoke or chew at all. the attendance policy is designed to keep you in attendance trouble if you miss a few days. if you learn to operate machines and get good at it, it can be self rewarding, but come raise time, it wont matter much. on my last review, I got meets or exceeds expectations on everything and was on a quality improvement team (which is suppose to help your raise) and I got nothing because I had missed a few days because of illness and physical problems. And the quality team was never mentioned. (that happened both times I was on quality improvement teams by the way) its good money and good time off if you don't get scheduled overtime. insurance is no better or worse than anywhere else but does offer dental and vision also.

Worked 1.5 years as material handler. Outstanding reviews every quarter. Promoted to plate mounter. Passed training. Worked a few months, acceptable performance, so partner left for greener pastures. No more partner, quota stayed the same. 

Warehouse couldn't keep anyone either so I was made ("voluntarily", of course, and many pretty, empty words of gratitude were spoken, to be sure.) to spend most days off operating heavy machinery in a hallucinatory haze instead of sleeping more than three hours at a stretch or keeping my apartment in a fit condition for humans.

Lived out of vending machines as I've no wife to cook or shop for me as a good Christian man would have. Gained 40 lbs and was always starving.

After a couple of years became sick from stress and was fired after they couldn't extract enough value from my suffering to satisfy their bottom line any longer. Yes, I violated their attendance policy. I was dying of exhaustion.

I don't remember this shop fondly and speak against it to anyone who ever mentions its name in my presence.

Don't go work here. You'll regret it.

If you already work here, please hear me now: life is better outside those doors. You will come out the other side a happier, healthier person, even though money may be tighter than you'd like. Don't waste any more of your life on this company. They will never return the favor.


They pay better than some companies but management is very lack luster. Machines are extremely out dated and you're expected to just deal with the issues rather than someone actually fixing anything more often than not. They offer pto of 100 hours but no sick time and will write you up giving you a point even with doctors notes and or serous health issues. They will often us the tactic of threatening to fire you regularly if you so happen to get sick and miss a day or do anything they deem unacceptable at that moment. You're not allowed to smoke if your a smoker, once on the clock you will not be allowed to go outside during breaks etc as lunch. They do offer a on campus vending area while on breaks but the prices are very outrageous. They like to mandate overtime on a whim and will threaten to write you up leading up to termination if you don't show up. So basically while the pay is decent the work environment and management are pretty lack luster and they will use the higher pay as a way to try and lock employees in while constantly holding your job with them over your head as if it's a privilege.

A typical day of work I would get shift change from off going supervisor and prepare for the evening, check production reports for accuracy and make corrections where needed,  do a press raw material cycle count, spot check quality, check out on setups, check print copy for accuracy, verify color and from there run and manage the entire plant and team members throughout the shift, troubleshooting and making and decisions and changes that need to be made.

Being part of management I feel we all run well and communicate well. I have always enjoy working with upper management. They have always been respectful.

My co-workers are hard working and dependable. I have formed strong working relationships with them.

Hardest part of job is when you come across employees that are not dependable, or willing to work with other team members and don't have the ambition to perform the quality of work to their their potential.

I have always enjoyed my job overall. I enjoy watching employees grow and helping train and guide them to their full potential.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Work culture, How company treats employees

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
company was willing to force you 72-60 Hours of overtime indefinitely if they deemed it even remotely necessary. Needless to say over a year of forced overtime is inexcusable. Revolving door work place.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Was two faced and fake, office staff seams nice when on-boarding. Then as soon as you hit the floor you are a number. Culture of lying about your rights as a worker, and holding the use of them against you. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Air conditioned, Work is rather not excessively difficult, swing shift (hard with family), Weekends (hard on family), Pay is Fair for work (not after accounting for nights weekends, Excessive forced overtime) without overtime good schedule, With repeated overtime you have "No life".

The corporate office in Atlanta is beautiful and clean.  The company gives decent perks, average benefits, and some decent upward mobility, IF you graduated from Clemson or Georgia Tech.  Make no mistake, this is a "good ol' boy" type of family-owned business.  Favoritism and nepotism are very apparent.  If you enjoy taking over the projects of senior members, while they have less responsibility, and earn twice as much, this is the job for you.  If you enjoy sitting in meetings for 6-hours a day, just to re-do the same work you did last week, this is the job for you.  If you enjoy being thrown under the bus and constantly having to CYA, this is the job for you.  

Now, if you are looking at manufacturing, stop looking now.  You will work most weekends.  You will face unparalleled, unfair, and downright ridiculous policies.  You will not be given sick days.  You will not be treated as a human being.  You will not move up.  Printpack has an ideal employee in their minds, and blue-collar isn't it.  Save yourself the headache.

The jobs are long hours 12hrs per day (60-72 is required ), hard labour packaging as well as carry heavy load non stop until break, always standing , sitting down when work is done mean you get a talk down from supervisors.

Lots of hardworking and decent folks that care and try to help you to learn the job if they see you struggling and appreciate getting a helping hand back from you when they're busy.

Management and upper people however is just constantly demanding, demoralizing, dehumanizing their production employees who making their money.
Favoritism, easy work for folks that brown- nosing and dump all other most difficult work to workers that they don't like.

Narcissistic to the point you can't even said their name to others without getting repercussion if they hear it.

Really hope ppl working there find new job cause the constant lay off is every month.


My typical day at work began at 3PM and either lasted just 8hrs or 12 hrs depending on if they needed me for overtime.
I really liked my job (any of my jobs). at the end before we was let go I was put back as a bag operator. Which ment I knew all aspects of a bag machine, how to do set ups, read the lay outs ect. I took alot of pride in doing the set ups to make sure they were exactly what the company wanted for their orders.

I got along well with my co-workers and we all helped each other out if we ran into a problem.

I could work either as a bag operator/Press helper/or janitor. I have been trained in all area's. I was transfered back and forth between departments depending on where I was needed.

I enjoyed learning new things, and have always put 100% into my job.

The hardest part of my job was never knowing for sure if I was going to get to go home after 8 hrs.

Management: I got along well with all of them, and treated us good.

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