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Sticker Mule

I have been with the company for nearly three years. At the start, I would've told everyone this is the greatest job I've ever had. The pay was good, everyone was friendly, and the factories had a good atmosphere and morale. We received Pizza and donuts once a month, and the company used to sponsor activities like bowling tournaments or taking everyone to the theme parks for a day.

Over the years I've watched this company run itself into the ground. It's a bad management problem for sure. After the COVID outbreak, most employees were laid off after they were told the day before that they wouldn't be. I was one of the "lucky" ones who was chosen to stay. Looking back, I wish I would've been laid off too after the amount of work I was forced to cover for all the other missing employees.

The workload for all the employees has definitely went way up, while the morale and support from the supervisors has declined sharply. The company will launch unreasonable online promotions nearly every week. You will come in for your shift and every single day is overwhelmingly busy from start to finish. There is not a single day that goes by where I don't break a huge sweat there. You'll sign up for 8 hours Monday thru Friday, but you'll rarely ever work just your 40 hours. You can count on them mandating 10 hour days nearly every week, plus they'll make you work almost every Saturday. They wont tell you that you have to work Saturday until that Friday when you come in for your shift. You can expect to cancel your weekend plans with friends and family often. When you tell management you can't come in Saturday due to already having plans and being told last minute, they basically tell you too bad and if you don't show up you'll be disciplined. 

Supervisors will give no clear direction. They will tell you some of what they want you to do, but not everything. This often leaves you feeling confused on what to do and scared to go up and ask to clarify because they treated you so rudely to begin with. I often avoid my supervisor because he makes me feel very belittled and uncomfortable, even though I am very dedicated and hard working. They will stay at their desks behind their computer most of the time, and will act like you're bothering them if you go ask them a question. If you ask them to do something for you, a lot of the times they will "forget" and you have to go remind them another two times before they finally come over and do it. Very frustrating.

Most of the other employees are very rude and will spread rumors behind your back just to get some fun during the work day. When we're on mandatory overtime, everyone is burnt out and frustrated and this only makes the morale even worse. You can actually physically feel the bad vibes when you walk in.

If you show the supervisors you go above and beyond and want to advance, they will take advantage of you and start forcing more and more of the workload on your back, while allowing the slackers or supervisors friends to do whatever they want without discipline. The supervisors play favorites, and if you aren't one of them, you won't have a good experience here. They will take forever to approve your vacation time (if you even have any), and will often deny you time off if theres a promo that week (Which is usually every week lately). This makes it nearly impossible to have a personal life outside of work, which is what they seem to like in their workers. The pay is decent enough, but you work so hard and put up with so much drama during the week that it makes the paychecks not even seem worth it. I would gladly take the pay cut if it lessened my stress and workload to a more reasonable level. Right now the stress is very overwhelming and I often find myself dealing with a lot of anxiety and depression when I come home.

If you have young children to take care of or obligations outside of work, I strongly suggest you don't apply here, your personal life will suffer greatly to the point where all you do is sleep and work. Do not apply to work at ELK street, try to get into the FOREST factory if you have to apply at Stickermule, the supervisors are much nicer there and the overall atmosphere seems more laid back. 

I was in great standing with management & was treated VERY well because of this,  BUT I’ve seen with my own eyes the disregard for people & management priding itself of a favoritism policy. To leave a management career & see such an awful management team is blasphemy. Human Resources isn’t a department or even considered in this company. Labor laws don’t apply to them. This company changes their rules, procedures & process so often you can’t keep track, neither can they. Clearly this is what happens when you give ignorant people money, & zero job training or standards. Zero room for advancement, consistently show casing to the public “it’s a great place to work” but leaving out that, they talk down to employees, plant managers view humans as stupid, and replaceable, they tamper with vacation time, & the ONLY way you will ever have a voice, is if you have brown nosed your way to it. Tell you that your opinion is stupid, but give you free pizza to make it all better. 
Definitely has potential to be a great place to work, with a better management team, it has potential to be amazing! Very physically & mentally EASY, this job is a cake walk compared to “real” jobs.
Can’t forget, COVID 19 hit & most jobs gave out hazard  pay, NOT these guys they took 10% of workers pay away. That’s all star management.

The pay is better then a lot of the places around here but the people in there suck it’s all drama between the workers. Half the people there are scumbags and the other half think they’re too good. Not allowed to plan anything on weekend because they tell you if you have to come in that weekend on Friday. When I asked to switch my schedule after working there for two years they pretty much blew me off even though I was consistent and I was a good worker. I was such a good worker they wouldn’t switch my shift because I was pretty much carrying my whole section on 2nd shift. They would instead hire new people off the street and made up every excuse in the book to not let me move to first shift they even went to the point of making up a non existent “ list” of people waiting to move to first shift but after working there for 2 years and seeing almost everyone leave who worked there before me and continued to be stuck on second shift I realized they were just lying to my face. They suck! A lot of favoriteism between only a couple faces who tell on everyone else. You are exspected to be a robot if you work here. Was fired for not coming in for 16 hours mandatory overtime place is a joke. Only upside is you move up quick cause everyone leaves the place and they just keep hiring new people.

I will say I honestly enjoy my job. As in my actual job role. I do not enjoy the childish behavior of the adults I work with. Many people here act like they are 15. I do not enjoy being treated like I'm in elementary school with a pizza party and donuts monthly. I don't enjoy the extreme amounts of overtime mandated. I don't enjoy the ridiculous rules that actually make no sense like where you can sit and what not. That being said the ridiculous rules are because of the childish coworkers screwing around and not actually doing their job. The mandatory overtime is because they are understaffed which is their fault for not appreciating their employees more and for being picky about who they hire. I can't count the amount of people I've encouraged to apply because I enjoy the job it's extremely easy and they were turned away claiming there isn't anything open but as an employee I know there are openings there's a huge amount of openings on all shifts at all locations. Pay is great for what you do. Like I said it is very easy. Some of the managers are awesome some need to get off their high horse and chill a little but still be professional. It's honestly not a horrible place to work for you just have to navigate the silly stuff like you would with any place of employment.

In my honest opinion about this place is that no one knows how to be porfessional in a work enviorment. Everyone either went to high school with someone or just simply knows the other person life outside of work. They do not understand focusing on work production and how to work together in order to provided customers with good quality work. Instead they focus on who applied and how convenient this person is to add to they're social circles instead of welcoming someone as part of the team. Everyone wants to feel important and special in any way possible and do not care if they are hostal. BUT, as much chaos that sounds. There are a few whom are the brains of the company and already have learned enough skills to be successful with others alike to make sure production is met. Unfortunately they are the ones who are overlooked. I've worked in many corporate companies. I cannot say that the job itself is bad but certain people are the ones who make this place look far wrose then what it is. But they will never be removed sinced they have worked very hard to gain the CEO's trust, my only suggestion is to work n play nice to your best abilty.

The work was comparable to the position and most employees felt well compensated, myself included. Moral dropped rapidly when politics were introduced into the company within the last year. That action followed by the layoffs of employees didn't help with the way staff feel towards management, as most concerns aren't listened to as it is. The job roles are self-descriptive and usually are accurate. Based on your role you may become a backup elsewhere. Overall, coworkers were great, factory management was nice with accommodations for family emergencies, pay and benefits stand out for the area. Any management past the factory manager have lost touch with the message the company wants to put out. Higher ups do not like any form of criticism towards the company and the suggestion boxes are useless. It's all about pushing automation to help pay employees better, but then they lay people off.

I’ve been with Stickermule almost 2 years & I’ve worked at two of the plants. Each plant manufactures different products. I love my job. There’s no stress of dealing with the public & mostly everything is easy to learn. We are always receiving new machinery, so anyone who looks to advance within the company or learn to operate new machines can eventually do so, as long as they inform management that they’re interested. Overall, it’s a good company to work for. Word of advice- like any workplace, stay away from people involved in any kind of drama- you will be happy & management will appreciate it!

The pros of stickermule.. All of the work is pretty "easy." The supervisors and leads are easy to talk to. The company is very understanding when it comes to personal problems. Theres always room for growth. The environment is really laid back and most of the people are friendly and helpful. The schedule is great.  The pay is fair for the work we do. We get breaks every two hours, donuts and pizza once a month and free coffee all day. There's always voluntary OT, sometimes mandated. 
The cons are that they don't hire close family.  During promos it can get a little over whelming and thats when the mandated OT happens. Before covid they did alot for us to show their appreciation like great escape, bowling and holiday dinners. We're all hoping they start doing the "fun" stuff again! 
Overall I think it's a great place to work the pros outweigh the cons. I always recommend stickermule when people ask who's hiring. I say give it a shot and see for yourself! 

Management has its favorites. If you’re a favorite, you get paid to do nothing but talk, whereas if you’re not a favorite, you’re expected to stay working the whole time you’re there and not be caught out of area. Favorites are also allowed to slack on their job, leaving people in other positions to have to pick up the slack, which in turn negatively affects the productivity of those other positions. This leads to mandatory overtime, which the lazy employees LOVE because that’s just more money for doing nothing. Communication sucks. You find out most important info through word-of-mouth from coworkers instead of meetings given by the boss(es). We used to have pizza and sweet treats from time to time as a token of appreciation, but not anymore. No gym or gym membership like the main warehouse. This place is definitely being run into the ground.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The connections I made outside of the company 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Upper management is extremely toxic and demanding. They don't care about their employees at all. Some of my coworkers are toxic. It feels like someone is always watching or reporting back to managers. Trust is hard to build because people act friendly but turn around and share everything. Managers do not seem to know what they are doing, and decisions feel unfair. Pay is low, and raises barely make a difference, even if you take on more work. You end up doing extra tasks without proper compensation. It becomes mentally exhausting trying to keep up in a place like this. I could really go on for days.

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