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Warning! Do Not Work For This Company!

As a new employee I have observed some very disturbing things there, so much so that I felt compelled to warn others of accepting a job there.

* Uncompassionate to employees
Managers and Supervisors do not care about its employees. This company drives a culture of division, discipline and retaliate when you speak up. They do not care if you never see your family and they will shame you for wanting so.

* Slavery Environment 
They will work employees 7 days a week at 12 hour shifts and will deny any benefits such as time off and education. They will expect you to comply with there horrendous work schedule and when you suffer work fatigue as a result they will discipline you for missing work or being late. How dare employees suffer fatigue and work burnout! How dare employees desire to see family and use PTO. They will expect you to work this schedule and demand you to come in to cover other shifts with a 9 hour turn around, this means you have 9 hours to go home, see family, run errands, shower and sleep. How dare you be late on a turn around day.

*Respect and Treatment
Management and Supervisors will treat you poorly and will place blame on employees when they screw up. Managers and Supervisors can never accept blame and will discipline the innocent to shield themselves from consequences. If you are told to do something by your superiors and it was wrong, you will be disciplined and or fired for it. If you point out that the instruction is incorrect or unsafe you will be disciplined and or fired.
Operations manager operates under a micromanagement system and will demand that you perform as he demands or else. He will work over maintenance and operators shoulders and will be demeaning towards them. 

* You will burn your vacation hours and sick time just to have a day off and will be shamed by supervisors and management for it. They will deny vacation.

Just the worst management team ever.  Most straight off the street with no relevant experience.  Many times I had people in charge ask me what to do.  And of course the less they knew the more arrogant they became.  Close minded, vindictive and petty in attitude.

Work schedule was a joke.  I would not know until Thursday afternoon if I had a weekend off.  "Drafted" to work extra hours with no regard to home life.  Employees working 7/12 while management off for the weekend.  Drafting at end of shift often.  I was stopped on my way out the gate one morning and told to go back to work.  

Totally lacking in safety.  Even now I imagine eyewash stations are still crowded with junk, tank agitator guards missing, slip trip and fall hazards everywhere.   Poor ladder use, incorrect tools, non existent housekeeping.  My shop was a junkyard without a flat surface usable except for a computer bench and even that was a joke.  Out of date permitting by over a year for ammonia compressors in Ware House 5.  Informed the supervisor during my interview tour.  Was told couldn't find the permits.  A year later, the same.  Permit states equipment not to be ran without one.  Gas senors and alarm systems inoperative at times.

Quality standards constantly waived.  QA supervisor could be heard over the radio giving the OK to use something out of the normal spec by saying "they would sign".

As an example of the harassing environment in March the Plant Manager posted a letter for employees.  In it we were taken to task for missing work, creating to much OT and cratering the budget.  Then it was suggested that if we were unhappy with working extra hours to tell the person who caused it how we  felt.  People used their PTO out there because it was the only reliable way to count on and GET a day off.

Stay away from Tree Top.  It's sad that everyone talks about the abuse of farm workers.  It doesn't end there.  I have never before worked at such a degrading place.

Toxic management culture. The leadership environment is toxic and is based largely upon a system of cronyism. If you are not one of the ordained few from the time you start with the company, you can expect any advancement to take years. You should expect that although the company will have made record profits, you will be told that you did not make the budgeted numbers. While they will admit a 10 hour day is "normal", you should expect to work between 12-16 hours a day, up to 7 days a week. Do not plan on having any sort of home life or "life outside of work". Many people within the company have given up great amounts of their lives chasing the dollar for the company only to have them chase more. The hostile work culture is not something that will change until certain key upper management figures leave or retire from the company. The fact that no one is willing to make these changes sooner is just further evidence of the fear ingrained within the company. Being berated and screamed at is the norm so you will need to ensure you have a thick skin. Although they recruit people who are new, if you are, expect to be treated as a threat to the status quo.

It's a good place to work if you have high seniority but if you're new it could be challenging. The managers suck though they are unknowledgeable/ignorant, lazy, emotional and make snap decisions. They also show heavy favoritism. The plant manager is worst of all.

The bids range from having very little things to do in a day to having to do way too much in a day. you can work way less than someone else and make more or the same money as them.

They're COVID response is laughable, it looks good from the outside but on the inside it's horrible. They brag about it in the newspapers but it just left all the workers confused when they read it.

The union and the benefits are good though and the majority of the workers are friendly. But you either work very little hours or way too much.

What is the best part of working at the company?
There in none tree top thinks they own you. Have to check your schedule daily, hours and shift can and do change daily and if you are a new employee weekends are almost guaranteed 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
No family time can't plan anything cause of scheduling eight to twelve hour days 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The company doesn't value your effort and don't care about you being over worked

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
It's just a job. They can't retain there work force so except everyone to do more at the same time write you up for meaningless guidelines

Receiving/Dispatch of Tree top delivery semi-trucks full of product; checked loads pre-shipping and receiving o site to ensure weight/products matched invoices/delivery specifications; tracked product locations I  the warehouse to ensure forklift drivers managed products post-delivery.  Primary job functions was extensive data entry; employee management and scheduling.  Every Supervisor I worked with was very helpful when I need clarification on any task.  Working during the much less structured graveyard shift was the hardest part of the job.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The company culture have been by far the best I have ever had. If I didn't have to leave due to moving I would work for Tree Top for many years.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Getting everyone to understand change is not  a bad thing.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Top Notch. A lot of work went into the company culture and making major changes that benefit the employee that do all the work to make the company successful. They truly care about hourly employees, the supervisors, and employees at those levels that make the company all the product.

Working for Tree Top, Inc. was one of the best experiences of my career. I worked in shipping and receiving, inventory management, transportation administration and accounts receivable and credit and collections of nearly $50 million dollars annually. I worked with corporate sales, marketing and brokers. I managed accounts in retail, wholesale clubs and  ingredients divisions. Helping account for nearly one fifth of the companies gross revenues was a heavy responsibility. I enjoyed the responsibility that this offered.

Assignments and duties inter meshed with multiple departments such as production, Quality and the individual plant locations. Also depending on if you are assigned to either a Sales Region or Regional Sales Manager or could be assigned to specific product lines. Working conditions are cramped at best and supervision is both shared by your immediate supervisor in Customer Service and the Sales Manager(s) you work with. Cubicle environment.

Tree Top is a fast paced environment that has high expectations from its employees. It is a place that if you want to advance, it is all in your own hands. Those who are satisfied will stay in their current job, but those who are hungry and willing to put the time and effort into learning and growing will be given all the fuel and opportunities they could want to accelerate their career and abilities within any department. 

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Forklift operator 29 salaries reported	$21.76 per hour
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Operator 8 salaries reported	$22.53 per hour
Administrative assistant 15 salaries reported	$22.87 per hour

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