industrial mechanic

plant operator

production supervisor

equipment operator

manufacturing operator

Ready Foods, Inc.

I used to love this place and everything about it.  Though I wouldn't recommend working here for any reason.  Unless you're in that upper management buddy system you don't matter.  No matter how well you perform your emails go unanswered, no vital information shared, failure to update you on changes and then you get questioned why you did a job the way it was originally scheduled to be done.    The highest turnover rate for any company I have ever worked for. (Including a company with about 3,000 more employees)  Hourly employees suffer due to the failure not just to hire, but the failure to hire qualified people for that job.  Most people are doing the jobs of many due to being consistently understaffed.  When you have near death experiences in your family they truly don't care either.  No concern or empathy.  You don't get asked how is that family member doing, just a bunch of when are you coming back questions.  The people I will miss dearly, but it feels good mentally freeing myself from this place.  As advice, for about the same pay you can have less abuse and better work applying at just about any store, restaurant, or manufacturing company.

A typical day is to create a one line diagram for each plants that Ready Foods own. I learn how to read blue prints and schematics of the electrical wiring. I learn a lot about panels, transformer, and utility that exist in the building. One of the biggest thing I learn is OSHA and how I had to label all electrical equipment with the appropriate PPE according to the NFPA 70 E regulation. The management is great everyone just work independently and just have a weekly review of what's been done. The hardest part of the job was familiarizing myself with the software Easypower to create the one line diagram for the company. Since this was the first time I ever seen the software as well as it was for my colleagues their was a lot of research and familiarizing to do.  The most enjoyable part would be the friendly environment in all four facility that I worked at.

This is a great place to be employed. Supervisors and team members on the floor are willing to help, and willing to teach any new task that the job may require. The Company takes care of everyone and after being there a while it becomes as if basically a second family. The hardest part of the job is learning the basics. Once you nail the basics of the job, the job will just become easy and turn into a routine. cleaning and washing will be a needed task to perform in any position on the production floor. As long as you ask for help and ask questions when in doubt, you will be successful in the role you are in. There will be opportunities to learn new tasks or new areas, which is good sometimes to change up the routine. The best part of the job is having the ability to learn new areas, new tasks, and the work environment.

Ready Foods really is a company that cares about their work force. Everyday I come to work everyone is very friendly and pleasant to work with. The hardest part of the job is I say is keeping up with scheduling but it always works it’s self out. Best part of my job is 2 things, I feel valued and I feel that it is a place I can be at till retirement which gives me a great sense of security. I have learned and still learning many of the food manufacturing standards. Management is absolutely wonderful, always figuring out the best way to accommodate to people as well as providing support with job requirements. I have worked at many places and Ready Foods is by far the best in my opinion.

The owners and management care about employees on a personal level.  They offer great benefits and decent pay.  There is a lot of work and expectations are high, but that makes the job rewarding too.  The company is stable and successful.  I have been given a lot of opportunities to improve and learn new skills and grow professionally.  They invest a lot in training employees.

The areas where they could improve are in vacation time - which maxes out at 3 weeks after 5 years.  A lot of people have been here a long time and never get more time.  Also, more pay/rewards for high performers would be motivating.

Employees are frequently coming and going-  some employees complain about ineffective training. There is a negative attitude to much of the workforce. Managers openly talk poorly of current and former employees work and personal lives'- it's generally a gossipy place with little transparency from management. There is no concept of work-life balance at this company, employees receive just 3 days sick pay after one full year of employment. Ready Foods was often focused on problems (making a fuss and screaming) instead of being solution oriented.

Its a good old boy/ suck up place, I was treated with zero respect,  they try and do talk you down, dont matter if you do your job good, if your not in the click your done. I had to listen to one person talk about little boys , I watched the clowns do nothing all day and get treated like there great while I did there work and still treated poorly.  Everyday was a challenge to go and deal with it.. if you can't talk the talk, dont go there . This is the worst place I've ever worked... and the water they cook with is no good. I've tasted it and its really bad.. best thing about that place is I dont have to play that game and I'm happy...  e

I always como to work with enthusiasm, because you have to love what you do, like me, to wake up happy to go to work.
Everything I know, I learned in Ready Foods. Now...I have my family watching use thru dates, temps, smelling the food etc...
The managment in this company treat each other equally. The culture in this place is awesome, some people take advantage of this wonderful company. The hardest part of this job is when the things not happen as we planned...the best part is when everything can be controled...I love this company. One of my best desitions was filled up an application for a job here...🙏

You will not work the hours and days promised, expect a ton of mandatory overtime.  HR often makes mistakes on paychecks.  Management only cares about appearing to fix things.  Expect zero training, support, and perfection expected even at the end of your 6th 12 hour day in a row.  Your life, well-being is a non concern to them.  Seriously, I would consider anywhere else available, these people will take advantage of you, abuse your time and try to guilt trip you into more, as they barely work 40.

It was a very fast-paced environment maybe not the most suitable for people with developmental disabilities.  Did enjoy the experience up until the end. They did move me around to try to find the best fit, but I felt like their effort was minimal to say the least and environment could be quite stressful.  There was decent amount interesting equipment.  Enjoyed it for the most part, it may have been the management that was problem and distribution of work was not fair.

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