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Puritan Medical Products

Unless the "right" people like you moving into a management position is highly unlikely. While a select few who are in management are capable and qualified for these roles the trend is that the wrong people are in management while the people who are the most qualified (and deserving) rarely are able to move into any supervisory/management position. The people who make the decisions regarding who gets moved up make those decisions based on who knows who and who he/she likes not based on the things most companies want in management personnel. The result is (mostly) ineptitude amongst many supervisors and managers.
Communication is almost non-existent at Puritan. There's a joke that goes around saying Puritan's unofficial motto should be "communication will not be tolerated at Puritan". Unfortunately it's true. 
Anyone thinking about working for Puritan would have better luck and less frustrations (in my humble opinion) working elsewhere.


Puritan was a good place to work at first. My husband and I got hired at the same time.. Then they "furloughed" us about 3 months after starting. When I informed them that I did not qualify for unemployment benefits because they had not employed me for a long enough period of time they basically told me that it was not their issue and there was nothing they would do. Then when I tried to get a new job they did not allow my one ups to submit references for me and refused to cooperate. They did everything in their power to make my life as difficult as possible and left me without a paycheck for roughly 3 months. Puritan does not care about its employees lives outside of work or their quality of life. And when it comes down to it instead of putting their employees first they protect the higher ups and put their employees last. Also, as a machine operator there is very minimal opportunity for advancement. The highest you can get is a lead trainer and that is only .25 more an hour. 

Worked here for 2 years, generally enjoyed the work throughout. Working on the machines is consistent and easy, and your pay increases as you hit certain production goals over your first few months of work.

Unfortunately, the Guilford plant has come under new management. Covid cases are treated as a secret, and most of the time you're not notified even if you were in close contact. They'll even go to the extent of lying and saying the sick employee is on vacation.

The manager's current mood determines your day, and unfortunately that usually makes for a bad time. Expect leery gazes and nitpicking you've never experienced before.

Over the last few months we've seen dozens upon dozens of resignations, with rumors of a shutdown if stay at this rate. These rumors have been met with silence from management. The constant delay of planned renovations doesn't help.

Pros:
•It pays the bills
•4 day work week
•Overtime availability Friday (sometimes mandatory)
•Benefits are okay
Cons:
•Lack of communication 
•Quality standards differ per person making the job more difficult at times.
•Very little opportunity for advancement.
•Raises don’t keep up with the increase of cost of living.
•They’ll give you more responsibility without giving compensation.
•Crazy amount of work drama.
   Summary: Puritan isn’t a bad place to be if you need the bills paid,  the job is very repetitive with little to no change to your day to day tasks. The people that you work with are hit or miss, some people are great to work with and others that just instigate conflict and engage in gossip. The 4 10 hour shifts making planning for your personal life manageable. The job itself is not very labor intensive, operators get to sit most the time when making product. If your someone to who doesn’t mind mundane work then this could be for you.


This has honestly been the worst job I have ever worked at the management is they hire people and only keep 20 percent of them because they instantly realize how bad it is managed if there was better management the job would be a lot better I was severely depressed while working there and it was only because of the job the team leads are all inappropriate they absolutely choose favorites and you’ll know it if your not chosen they lie about having overtime the hr department is rude and lazy and it got to the point where you can’t even trust them to take care of an issue like they’re suppose to do so I didn’t even bother going I just dealt with it not to mention they laid off a whole plant didn’t help them get unemployment and then instead of hiring back those people they hired new people when they opened it back up

The pay is good for the area, the company gets a yearly raise, lately there has been a lot of overtime you have the potential to get 60+ hours, the one problem with pay though is you can be there 20 years and be making the same amount as someone that has been there 1 month doing same job. Most of the time management has no clue what they are doing and they show favoritism. You get one week of paid vacation time till you work there 5 years then you get 2 paid weeks. The job itself is very easy and most of the time boring. There is no advancement unless you are a favorite of management. The benefits are very good. Overall decent place to work.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Meeting very great people it's was a very clean environment bc I cleaned it and love doing it and management was very great it was just a great place to wake up to go too

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
I was at one time the only cleaner doing the whole big factory alone but other then that I didn't have much problems 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Clean very neat place to work you could eat off the floors and people where very neat and clean as well

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very busy hardly sit down bc I had a start to finish routine

The building was very clean. It was a climate controlled facility. I enjoyed working Monday through Thursday, 10 hour shifts. The thing that was bad, they shut down in June after promising time after time, I know at least once or twice every single month that no one's job was in jeopardy.  It really hurt that they shut down. I planned on retiring from the company. PTO was great! Holiday pay was great! The extra paid day before the actual holiday was awesome. I wish the owners, managers, and supervisors had been honest from the beginning.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Puritan is a family owned company and still has the small minded mentality to integrated ERP solutions.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Working with a Co-Director that was 25 years younger than me that resented my experience and knowledge. Made my time there very unpleasant.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
You are either in or your out. I am from the South working for a Maine company so I was out....

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Having to argue with my co-Director to justify my knowledge and experience.

I feel proud of being on the team trying to help save the world one swab at a time. The management team and the people that work at our facility are on the whole exceptionally supportive and kind.     I have enjoyed lots of great jobs in my life.     Working at Puritan 2  in lovely Pittsfield, Maine in beautiful Somerset County has been an honor and a daily joy.  I feel good about what we are producing to help others.   I  enjoy meeting so many nice people and working at this state-of-the-art new mill.  Some days I limp home tired and sore but glad to do my best for Puritan.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Operator 12 salaries reported	$17.58 per hour
Manufacturing technician 6 salaries reported	$21.83 per hour
Quality assurance inspector 1 salary reported	$20.70 per hour
Warehouse worker 4 salaries reported	$17.56 per hour
Site engineer 5 salaries reported	$77,600 per year

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