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The pay and benefits are phenomenal, but compared to the work life balance and the amount of stress you deal with on a consistent basis.. it's really not enough.

Be prepared to work 7 days in a row, 12 hour shifts, every 3 months when you do a schedule change with your counterpart team. 

The BEST part about the 7 day work switchover, is that it is always scheduled to take place during the restart of the next pay period, so that you don't receive the true OverTime that you deserve. It's pretty f**ked. 

This company also had a ghost job listed for an entire year that inspired me as an employee, but again, it was a ghost job. The position is actually STILL posted on indeed and has been open since January 2024. 

I've compared working here to stripping, because it's great money short-term, but the stress is absolutely not worth it long-term.

When I first started at this company, it was visibly obvious that almost everyone at the facility was overworked, burnt out, and just stressed out. It seems common for people to leave or be fired and potentially come back.

It's also very common to be requested to come in on your days off for training, yearly orientation, to learn a new software the company has purchased, you get the drift. 

The pay is awesome, and the coworkers there are genuinely all good people that I truly enjoyed, but the stress that comes with the job is high and it is definitely something to consider.

Oh yeah... No one seems to trust management. I don't have any direct experience, but morale in that regard seems to be quite low. 

Work days are 9 1/2 hr to 10 hrs per day, allot of 6 day work weeks. Overtime every week. 
The work is fast but not too bad, usually
I worked on a line that had three people  working together… the only problem is that the others two people didn’t do their  work  “LAZY COWORKERS “ so I was basically doing the work of three people all day long and was very frustrating.  Management wouldn’t /couldn’t  get my coworkers to do their  basic jobs, or move them to a different job, or anything. 
For the year and a half I was there I only got to eat in the cafeteria 3 times. The lunch cafeteria is too small for all the workers they send to lunch at the same time. Since my department went to lunch last there were no seats for us to sit at .  Allot of people have to stand up all lunch break and put/eat their lunch on top of the TRASH CANS. Because their is not enough seats. I ate my lunch outside in the heat and snow and rain. These are long shifts that require you stand all day, I find it really bad that people have to also stand all lunch break and use the trash can as a standing table to eat on, or have to go outside in all weather just to sit down at a dirty  non shelter table .
 For the 91/2 hr shift you get one 15 min break and then one 30 min lunch break, and then one ten min only bathroom break.  
These issues could and should be improved on.  It is a UNION job and my UNION brothers and sisters should not have to stand all lunch break and eat off a trash can! Get  some more tables and chairs Triumph!  
It is a long shift and our third break is VERY short and is bathroom only. We should get a real 15 minute break, it is a long stretch between lunch and going home , about 1/2 your work  day, and 10 minutes bathroom only break should be replaced with a real 15 minute break!
Please fix these simple things TRIUMPH. 

Having recently moved to the St Joseph area, and in fairly urgent need of work, I was advised that, if I didn't mind doing hard, physical work, Triumph Foods would be a good place to look. Now then, let me tell you something right off the bat: all those stories about this place being a veritable league of nations? Absolutely 100% true. If you have an issue with not being able to communicate with the guy standing next to you on the line, probably not the job for you. Personally, being an immigrant myself (albeit a native English speaker) I actually find the whole multi-cultural aspect of this place fascinating. Also, if you are lacking in intestinal fortitude, then you'd be better off looking elsewhere - you will spend all day being surrounded by pigs in various states of dismemberment.

In terms of the work itself, well, it's exactly what you'd expect. If you're on one of the lines, it's repetitive - you are assigned a specific task (turning a piece of meat, making a particular incision, placing said meat into containers). If your job is general plant labour, expect to work your rear-end off at a very fast pace - there's nowhere to hide in this place. In return, you can expect a fair and decent paycheck - I assure you there are a lot of more highly educated people in St Joseph, working jobs that require a far superior skill set, that are earning a lot less.

To surmise, if you take this place at face value and accept it for what it is, come to work with a positive attitude (and on time - very important here), embrace the multi-culturalism, and knuckle down, you'll do alright here.

The routines vary from facility to facility and from department to department, but they are comprised of largely the same tasks:
■Taking vitals (blood-pressure, pulse, temperature, and respiration). Taking the patient’s vitals can range from taking them once a shift on a Rehab floor, to three times a shift on a Telemetry floor, to every 15 minutes post-operatively on a surgical patient according to protocol (established procedures).
■Measuring statistics. Recording intake and output, height, and weigh.
■Obtaining routine lab samples not requiring laboratory personnel.
■Helping patients with ADLs (activities of daily living) for which they need assistance, such as bathing, combing hair, brushing teeth, shaving, putting on stockings and/or slippers, dressing, ambulation, and toileting.
■Helping patients with equipment for their treatment such as anti-embolism stockings, bladder scanner, intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) devices, etc. as well as helping patients to move, transfer from bed to chair, or transporting them to other departments for testing or treatment.
■Infection control. Every medical employee is responsible for infection control, but because of the constant contact the CNA has with patients, it is critical for the CNA to know and follow proper protocol in avoiding the spread of germs and spores which transport disease.
■Observation and reporting. Observing the patient and surroundings assists the nurse to assess the progress of the patient as well as any needs the patient might have for medical intervention. The certified nursing assistant will also observe and remove any potential hazards which could cause accidents.

THE WORK WAS DUSTY AND LOUD AND WARM TO HOT.
I MADE BOXES BY HAND FOLD AND THROUGH A MACHINE. I LATER INSPECTED THE BOXES AND SENT THE BOXES DOWN THE CHUTES OR STACKED OFF ON DOWN TIME.
MOST MACHINES HAD 1 PERSON TO A MACHINE.
THE WORK WAS PRETTY EAS7Y BUT THERE WERE TIMES WHEN MANAGEMENT WOULD EXPECT MORE TO BE DOWN IN LITTLE TIME AND THE MACHINES ONLY WENT SO FAST. IT ALWAYS LIKE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DO THE JOB. THE JOB PAID THE BILLS.

Managers are really not there much, the open door policy is if you complain there is the door. You are fired. They do not care about the safety nor well being of employees. If you get injured which happens frequently (often from wreckless coworkers) you are treated as if you are in trouble, told to "suck it up, your not really hurt, and just get back in there!" I have seen many people treated much worse there. I have been asking for warm dry gloves for two years now. Still ignored. Took just over a year to get a cold jacket and bib pants for my work in the freezer. 30 degrees with windchill making it feel about 6 degrees. Had onsets of frostbite numerous times on hands and feet. Miserable work environment. I have been seeking new employment for a short time now. I am from out of state which makes it difficult not knowing anyone or anything. Triumph is not a good company to work for at all.

While i was an employee at Triumph foods, I learned how to work in a meat/food processing plant. A typical day for me was to work an average of 12-14 hours a day 6 days a week. The money was great, however didn't have a lot of personal/home time. Co-workers were probably why i stayed there for as long as i did. I still keep in contact with several (friends), they are not just co-workers to me. The hardest part of the job was the long hours, and if you had to work by yourself because there is a ton of physical work at Triumph, in fact all of it is hard/physical work. Besides that though there was about an equal amount of good things about the job as there was bad.

One more thing i would like to add is there is a lot of diversity in the workplace. Some people they may not like that, but i did, i am pretty much bi-lingual and can speak Spanish pretty fluently.

Triumph foods doesn't give a darn about their employees. When you get hurt on the job they try to convince you it happened at home so they don't have to pay for it. You work long hours where supervisors scream and belittle you if you can keep up with the ridiculous amounts of meat they shove down your throat. Cafeteria food is high priced garbage and the roaches don't mind sitting with you at the table. All of the workers there are disgruntled by the poor working environment but feel they are stuck working there because the money is decent ESPECIALLY for the St Joseph area. Lets not forget the shipping department works 7 days a week and their pay checks are almost always messed up. They will weasel every dime back out of your bank account that they can! It's a slave drivers DREAM!

Typical fast paced, large-scale food manufacturing environment. Production employees work a LOT of hours, but for someone who may not be skilled or has a troubled past, it is a good place to make money and start over with good benefits. Just don't expect much of a home life.

The office/professional environment is anything BUT professional. Executive leadership is the TEXTBOOK definition of micromanagement. Autonomy and professional respect of your knowledge and skill-set are secondary to a "do as you are told" culture at every level. While some are trying to improve the environment around them, the problem is at the top.

I gave this 1 star for "Job Culture" as there is no option for 0 stars.

A typical day consisted of coming in a bit earlier than normal to help out the shift before. Running 4-16s to see what loads needed to be finished for the day. Communicating with load coordinators as well as the cut floor to ensure I had enough product to fill customer orders. Loading trucks, working with management to cover call ins. Triumph has people working there from all over the world so sometimes it could be a language barrier. The hardest part of the job was never knowing if someone was going to show up for their shift day to day as well as the employees attention to detail. 

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