machine operator

forklift operator

packer

manufacturing associate

maintenance mechanic

Reynolds Consumer Products

The Senior Management is  severely lacking any leadership or action plans on how to be successful. 
Goals are created without any consideration the reality of what can be achieved with the present workforce and in the given time frame. 
When you tell Management what you need to be successful, they ignore it. 
Very negative/backstabbing environment. 
A certain Senior Manager spends more time looking for what has been done wrong, what could be wrong, or what can be used against you to threaten to fire you than looking into the root cause of an issue and how the team can move forward to be successful. 
Consistently get blamed for failures that have nothing to do with your role or that  you didn't see the issue even though it happened before you worked there. 
No training documentation. Very much tribal knowledge culture. 
Expectations are created without the tools or the training for you to meet or exceed those expectations. 
Absolutely the worst place as far as Management and Training environment. 
The worst part of the job was the constant threat or fear that you were going to get pulled in the office and threatened to be fired without being able to explain an issue. Negative comments are believed immediately and are not ignored even when proven that the statement or issue was false and unfounded. 

ABSOLUTELY DO NOT CONSIDER WORKING HERE.

Having worked at different jobs in my life, this isn’t a bad gig all things considered. The work place / jobs have improved greatly in the last couple of years. Management have made some bad calls before, and seem to be learning from their mistakes, which is what we all need to do. I like the 12 hour shifts, even though the hours at home are short on those days, it still gives you time to take care of things or visit before sleep. That schedule allows you to work ~14 days per month, and other days are freed up to do what you please. Mandatory overtime has now been abolished, but if you need extra money at a higher rate, the opportunity is available to work a full or half shift.  Other perks include paid lunch time (brought it back), gainsharing, company store (reduced prices on items the company produces) sometimes free stuff, upgrades on cooling systems for summer,  room for advancement if you desire, and paid vacation if you work for over a year. Vacay gets bumped up after 5 years I think. 
If you maintain your machines the way it’s taught ,  the work and stress are minimized to busy work. 
Recommended job to my son, now he also works there and likes it for the most part.  Some people are not easy to work with, but you’ll get that in most places.

I worked there for almost 4yrs. Pay was good up until the point to where they started a thing called work-flow.  Basically piling more work on top of people without the extra pay.  That and taking people away that were a necessity and putting them elsewhere till they were forced to quit their job.  They DO NOT care about how much snow is outside they DO NOT close the plant for nothing except a couple holidays.  And then they'll ask you to come in for those as well.  From what I hear its about to get worse.  Glad I left when I did because the more and more I was there, the more I see they care less and less about their Machine Operators.  There used to be one person per line on a four line mod.  Now there is two.  One person runs two lines and one packaging equipment machine as well as the other guy on his side of the mod.  They give you a radio in the middle of the mod. (the help chain) for help but the NTLs are usually on break or doing a change over else where.  Then they say that its team work and we have to pull together.....where's the team? You took half the players away!  But I hear they're shooting for one person per Mod. now.  So I'm out looking for a new job before get more piled on work that I don't get paid for.

The pay is good starting out but after being there a few years you get stuck in the middle and you dont really see much growth anymore. We only get one 45 cent raise a year for cost of living, so its not even close to keeping up with inflation. The benifits are not to bad but they get pretty expensive in the long run. 
We work 12 hr swing shifts with an ungodly turnover rate so the amount of mandatory overtime is insane. In the long run, there is no need trying to plan any time with family and or friends. 
There is a lot of team leaders that do not respect or value the other employees. In some cases, they go as far as harassment of all types with no repercussions for there actions. Our human resource representative is no help to the employees. We can never get ahold of them for help or concerns, even after countless calls and voicemails. Overall, managment could use a compleate makeover! 

To sum everything up, my coworkers on the floor are great and friendly. The work is not bad after you learn the job but of course you still have the normal ups and downs of any job but definitely not a good place to work if you have other options!

Management and supervisory staff lack basic people and leadership skills. While initially welcoming, the environment quickly becomes unsupportive. There is a general disregard for employee feedback, and favoritism is prevalent among certain floor staff, creating an uncomfortable work environment. The workplace is highly chaotic due to disorganized management and contradictory instructions from different supervisors. Training is minimal; employees are frequently expected to adapt to new procedures without prior notice or proper preparation, making it difficult to feel confident on the job. There is a severe lack of internal accountability regarding the attendance system. After following the official call-in protocols and leaving a voicemail, I was still falsely marked as a "no-call, no-show." Management failed to verify their own system, demonstrating poor communication and a lack of basic professionalism. Invest in proper leadership training for supervisors. Focus on consistent enforcement of workplace policies, improve internal communication systems, and ensure that employees who follow protocol are not unfairly penalized.

For such a large company with various locations they have a terrible training system in the office for new employees. They give you bare minimum for training and then you better be ready to know what you're doing. They have no real trainers or training program. They are not really interested in making sure you understand the job you will be doing. They don't have an adequate number of staff to handle the job, so the ones that are there are stretched thin. It's great that they are busy but without having a proper trainer the rest of the staff has barely anytime to help/train a new individual. You are left to train yourself somewhat on things. The management staff is far too disconnected from the work the actual employees do out on the floor. 
The environment is like a morgue. They don't do a good job on making the workplace inviting or fun. No team camaraderie.
It's too bad they don't improve in these areas because if one really could understand the job it seems like an interesting industry that one could excel in. They do have some great staff but they seem overworked and some seem miserable.

The leadership at the Appleton plant was pretty awful.  The HR Manager was recently booted because the induvial antagonized everyone while the plant manager just stood to the side.  I left during COVID and around the third stimulus checks.  The complaint that no one wants to work, when there are tons of jobs available. The truth is no one wants to work there if they are going to lie the amount that management did. I wanted to work, but my position was taken away while I had relevant training for and did even give me the time of day to inform me that position will no longer exist. Honestly, the Presto plant was once a place people wanted to work at, now its the place to leave now. I really liked it when I started, but toxic leadership ruined to work culture there. Also, people were ticked off when they went from 6 to five weeks of paid vacation. Also, they recently increased the starting PTO from one week to two weeks while blaming millennials for wanting more time off. 1 week off per year for 3 years was just awful for full time workers.

It's an o.k. job if you can stand the long hours. My problem consisted of the long commute. I worked out of the Wheeling, Illinois plant. It would take 2-1/2 hours (3 or weekends) to get to the place. After a while it takes its toll. There were times I did not sleep for 3 days to keep a decent attendance. The work is not hard. When I first started, there were people who did not want you to help them, also, my machines would breakdown constantly. Despite that, you find a few good people to communicate with. The pay was decent, so you get through the day. I wish the access to the place was much better. It would be nice if they had a shift change public bus (LIKE U.P.S in HODGKINS, ILLINOIS). I had to leave because my attendance with lacking and after a few months of the lack of sleep, my body was just burned out. It was not my intention to leave. I was just getting to know a lot of people and my production was decent. The managers, supervisors and leads are what they are. Just do your job and you'll be o.k. If you are to be successful here, you'd better have a car or move to the area where the plant is located.

The Reynolds employee staff is full of people from around the world, which makes it VERY hard to understand on top of the machinery. The HR will post jobs but will take about 4 months before updating (even though they give a deadline for application (usually 3 days)). They have absolutely no room for growth as the people who’ve already worked there for years on end just end up switching spots with someone else whose been working there for years on end. The Human Resources are very lazy as it took them 4 months to try and give worker’s compensation. During the Covid-19 crisis, they enforce the mask rules, but they don’t enforce it enough for everyone to keep it on, as 80% of the people working keep it down. Employees spit inside of reusable garbage cans with no plastic, so it’s just left to dry. The supervisors/packaging specialist are always on there phones and tell their employees to work faster and faster While they just watch and only write things down at the end of the shift, sometimes during. VERY VERY POOR management.

Hardest part of the job is being expected to do the impossible for 12 hours a shift with little time to rest or take your time with a task. Forklift drivers will be subjected to outrageous amounts of extra work and a dangerous, cluttered warehouse full-to-bursting with seemingly no effort by management to fix the problem despite employee complaints.

Most enjoyable part of the job is the people you work with. Management plays favorites, punish good workers, give leniency to bad workers, and have unrealistic goals. But the actual folks working here are good people. 

Be warned: Your breaks will be monitored, you will have about an hour's worth of rest total over the course of a 12 hour shift, and you will have to work in a stifling hot environment during the summers with short breaks for hours at a shot. Very few preventative measures to ensure your comfort, mental health and wellbeing as an employee. 

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Machine operator 35 salaries reported	$23.83 per hour
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Manufacturing associate 7 salaries reported	$21.73 per hour
Maintenance mechanic 13 salaries reported	$30.12 per hour

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