forklift operator

machine operator

maintenance mechanic

production technician

instrument technician

Sunny Delight Beverages Company

PROs - There is money to be made 
CONs - You will lose yourself making the money. 
The leadership team is among the worst you can have. Very self absorbed & ignorant to their own behaviors (hypocrisy & lack of support are imbedded in the way they run the place) . There are clicks & favoritism all over.. most the leadership team has been at Sunny since they were young adults.. so their real world work experience is isolated to just what they know from working there... which isn't much. The two main leaders of the plant are extremely under qualified & unprofessional. Lack of communication, consistent inconsistency in process & poor support/appreciation are all  items you should expect daily while working there. You constantly are made to feel like your efforts aren't valued & don't ever expect a pat on the back for going the extra mile... any "extra" effort you put in will become an expectation going forward. You will constantly see groups of "leaders" gathered in a group laughing or sitting in offices eating while the line workers are left to handle extra/all the work in an understaffed environment. No support once so ever. Really a sad thing to watch as it was once a great place to work.. but I guess that's what happens when a greedy investment firm takes over. 

A typical day at work for me is working on reports, analyzing data, working with the plant leaders, inventory personnel, planners, etc. All done, via phone & Go to Meetings as the plant I support is 6 hours away.

I've learned a lot over the past years. With the changing of hands there were new systems & procedures as well as new opportunities.

As for management, the individual I work for is wonderful. He's taught me a lot over the years and has always showed me respect and appreciation for what I do. As for some of the other management, I'd wish they would stop foolishly spending company money.

My co-workers are wonderful. We help each other out, have laughs when we can and get the job done.

The hardest part of the job would be our budget planning. There's a lot of pre-work, then usually a few days on location at the plant, back to my office location to pull it all together, fly out to corporate for reviews with VP, fly back to office, make revisions, send it in for a round of approvals. Get it approved, put in the rates...then someone changes the volume projection. Revise again, new rates. Meanwhile, still have daily work, monthly reforecast of current year and also month end close.

The most enjoyable part of the job is, people I work with, working to resolve issues, being able to manage my time and duties as needed, Wrapping up year-end closing and starting a fresh year.

Everyday is something new wrong with the two machines/lines I had to run and operate by myself for 12 hours not including breaks. 
  Maintenance and mechanics are pretty useless/temporary solutions are usually applied and they’ll come look/fix something and issues will occur again and again after their adjustments. 
   Unorganized management, one manager will tell another manager that your on a different shift without advising me or calling or text and after driving over 30 mins to work and clocking in is when I’m sent home  and told, Oh they didn’t tell you your supposed to work at overnight now, and that I had to come back later that day. I was switched to overnights while I still wasn’t properly trained and not even signed off yet from company’s trainer. 

I was a utility operator with a license to drive forklift. The company was fast paced making the work experience easier with days going by quickly. Ran machinery in the food manufacturing industry. I also did some occasional Batch mixing as well. I learned to operate and take control of any area I was placed in. My supervisor was a very good person with the idea of helping his employees succeed. My co-workers were all united as one to help each other. The hardest part of the job was maintaining a consistent high quantity/quality on a regular basis as machinery tends to break down sometimes. The most enjoyable part of the company was the environment and the feeling of belonging. The potential of growth depended on oneself with a lot of potential.

I could only speak for myself an own experience it's one of those jobs that you can't wait to actually wake up an go to work very challenging always going in not knowing what to expect I could say that their rack system is one of the best challenges ever came across with not anyone could handle the pressure of pulling two lines two different products putting an scanning the items it's fun fast paste but also safe. I recommend this job to anyone you'll be working with a great environment but not only that you will gain an take with you a great experience that will open a lot of doors an help you in the future.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The compensation wasn't bad. It goes up with time. The technicians are doing ok.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Very very fast paced production environment with 12 hour rotating shifts. The competition between shifts makes it easy to get trapped in the middle. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
There wasn't much diversity when I was there. The culture was pretty much all the same. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Anything goes, for the new folks. Restacking pallets, offloading conveyors, keeping up with palletizers, rotating stock, etc. You just need to make sure you stay busy.

If you have no family and want to make a lot of money Sunny Delight is for you. There is no balance when it comes to work and your personal life. Most of the people in charge have been there most of their life starting after high school so they know nothing other than the Sunny Delight culture which makes them not open minded on how to run a business properly.They need to replace the Human Resource manger one that knows how to relate to people. The Human Resource Manager prior to the present one knew how to talk and listen to people without being judgemental unlike the current one. If your looking to make a lot of money and be stressed this is the place for you.

Most of the veterans want people that are reliable and going to stay so they'll teach you everything they know. Good co workers although theres always a rotten apple in the bunch. Defenitly the opportubity to make alot of money and you get your pay increase based on the more machine knowledge you have. Benefits are good the HR was bad though but they got rid of her this past year and are looking for new HR managment at the. NJ facility. All in all though if you get in your more than likely gonna be there a long time.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The only thing about working at Sunny D that is good is that you can make a lot of money otherwise, and that it is one of the worst place to work

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The people there are a bunch of Backstabber

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The plant manager is the worst plant manager I’ve ever had to had the dish pleasure of seeing

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Trying to do your job without making anybody jealous

I liked the job. Plenty of directions to go here. The pay is EXCELLENT. Again, the pay is EXCELLENT if you want to advance. People retire from here as millionaires. Plenty to do, good, messy, hard work for folks who love to work, and I do. My supervisor was a good one and he went all out to help me succeed. Those are the pros.

Here are the cons:
The shift rotation is gruelling and that is the main reason I had to move on. Cold room is cold and the juice room is hot. There's more but these people were good to me, so I digress. Suffice it to say that the competition may be a little too much for Those with less aggressive personalities.

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Instrument technician 4 salaries reported	$38.88 per hour

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