truck driver

support analyst

senior accountant

press operator

machine operator

Rand Whitney

The job itself is not bad, just very repetitive as most production jobs are, but management is absolutely terrible. They treat employees like disposable resources, yell, demean, and ridicule the people that work under them, and are generally unpleasant all around. They do not care about people, just numbers, and safety is only observed when it does not hinder production. Advancement is impossible within the company, as people are promoted based on who they know, not how qualified they are. The pay is typical for a production job, but the company as a whole is cheap and the most you’ll see annually is a 2.5% raise. The benefits WERE good, but in the wake of this pandemic, they are no longer matching 401k contributions, and all annual merit based raises are deferred. If you enjoy breaking your back for $15 an hour, being treated like dirt, and being insulted when you don't work hard enough, this is the job for you, otherwise, I'd recommend looking elsewhere.

Rand-Whitney in Leominster, MA was a great place to work. The pay was excellent and the benefits were good too. We had mandatory 10 hour shifts. That seems reasonable to me. Saturdays were always optional and overtime was anything over 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. After the new company took over we signed a new contract making Saturdays mandatory, but it was automatic overtime regardless of how many hours you worked that week, And Sundays were paid at double time. The job was pretty easy. The crew members worked as a team. The company was very organized and clean. It was working with ink, so that is what it is. You expect to get ink on you if you are working with ink, but the company itself was clean. My job there was my best job to date. Too bad they closed.

The managers in the graphics department had very poor management skills, they had no trust in their employees and there was constant micro-management. They would ask you for input and then do the complete opposite of your recommendation. They would thrive on creating a toxic work environment between coworkers.

 They would make up and inflate small errors so that when review time comes they can use small issues that happened against you and not take into consideration or give recognition to all of the positive accomplishments that you achieved. 

The manager would take you off of the job that they hired you for when you were loaded with work, and then place you in a different work station to "get their job done" and then complain that your work was being done to slowly.

I would not suggest working there.

A typical day at work would start by getting raw stock for the machine to keep them running.
And if needed, to work on those machines.

I learned how to look for discrepancies in each product.

My co-workers were very pleasant to work with on showing me how to look for those discrepancies.

There was no hard part to the job I was hired to do.
I enjoyed learning new ways to make my job more efficient to better serve our customers.

The most enjoyable part of the job I was hired to do, was keeping busy.

i’ve been with the company less than a year. The thing that stands out the most to me are the people. Nicest, patient and most helpful group I have ever worked with and it is consistent throughout the company. Most have been there for many years which says a lot to me. Great work/life balance, pay & growth. Benefits aren’t great but find me a company where they are. The office just recently got completely renovated to the point that you wouldn’t even think you were at a mill.

I come and get my work orders and start completing them. If I'm working with someone that doesn't understand it then I train them on the job. I complete the jobs and sign off on them wrap the pallets and send them to shipping to be shipped out to the customer. Depending on the job I'm doing it's either gluing or heat welding foam together packaging them in their boxes and putting the shipping labels on the pallets.

3rd shift manager has not a single drop of people skills in his body. All of the day shift office people have been there since day one before it was bought out, back when it was speciality industry box company. They only care about them selfs, the office people play it more of a you scratch my back I'll scratch yours. No one cares about the labor workers, forklift drivers, or the machines.

Overall, the pay and benefits are amazing. "2nd shift" hours are ridiculous and have no balance with life outside of work. They tell you they don't always do OverTime but that is a lie. 4pm-630am for 2nd so expect to work those hours. Don't get my started on the second shift supervisor. Let's just say he is lucky that I didnt stay there. They don't understand why people don't stay. Cause we are just a number and you always mandate us 

Expect all employees to go above and beyond for minimal pay in the industry. Exploit foreign and non foreign workers with low pay, low promotions, high work load, high responsibility for no advancement. Will lead you on about higher pay and higher positions repeatedly to get more and better production from employees and then they never promote of provide more than a 2% raise yearly. Once the current employees leave they repeat the process with a new set.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Good money but you are treated like a number rather than  human 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management... teaching new hires to do a job that took me over 9 years to learn

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
We all get along. We welcome everyone 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
No consistency in crew so it's hard to do

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Truck driver 1 salary reported	$20.10 per hour
Support analyst 1 salary reported	$22.50 per hour
Senior accountant 1 salary reported	$30.00 per hour
Press operator 1 salary reported	$19.50 per hour
Machine operator 1 salary reported	$38,000 per year

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