production lead

quality control inspector

process technician

logistics coordinator

blow moulding technician

Vpet

My experience at VPET's Greer, SC facility was disappointing overall.

During the summer months, temperatures inside the plant routinely climb into the 90°F range, and the production floor is extremely noisy, with hearing protection being essential throughout the facility. The work itself is straightforward but highly repetitive and monotonous.

Employee turnover is significant. Most production line positions are staffed by temporary employees, and many do not remain with the company for long. In my experience, turnover extends beyond temporary staff, and overall employee morale appeared to be consistently low.

Compensation was not competitive for my role, particularly compared to similar opportunities in manufacturing. The company culture is heavily sales-driven, with a management structure that I found to be highly siloed. Rather than encouraging collaboration and problem-solving, micromanagement seemed to be the prevailing management style.

As the Quality Manager, after spending two decades in the aerospace industry, I struggled with an environment where I believed quality concerns frequently took a back seat to business priorities. I found it frustrating to see corrective actions repeatedly revisited without effectively addressing the underlying issues, and I was uncomfortable with decisions that limited the information shared with customers.

Ultimately, I chose to leave because my professional values no longer aligned with the organization's direction. The defining moment came when I believed a potential food contamination risk warranted immediate transparency. After raising the concern and supporting disclosure to the customer, I felt isolated rather than supported. At that point, it became clear that I could no longer represent the company with the level of integrity I expect from myself.

I cannot recommend VPET to professionals who value collaborative leadership, transparency with customers, and a quality-first culture. Those principles were important to me, and I ultimately concluded that they were not reflected in my experience with the organization.


Little to no time off aside from vacation hours. Building is a hot in summer, cold in winter type of place. Production can be pretty dull and draining as its the same task repeated constantly throughout the entire shift between employees doing the same job is pretty big, with no quarterly, 6 month, or yearly anniversary raises. No shift premium pay or extra benefit for working 2nd or 3rd shift. Expect to do alot of translating as the staffing is about 85% Spanish speakers. The core work itself is pretty basic, and not too demanding once learned.  All the extra work responsibilities being added on constantly with no extra pay or hiring more help is the biggest downside so expect to stay very busy. Management is pretty solid for the most part, but dont expect to see them on weekends. The higher ups who visit from out of state are a different story. They seem clueless on the needs of a site they rarely visit and come from a site with more State benefits for their employees to work harder. The workers themselves are overall positive, with the occasional bad apple. I have alot of positive interactions throughout the day from employees of every shift. The site is actively trying to improve working conditions with new and updated equipment and tools to improve productivity. There are obviously ups and downs to every business but not bad for a place just getting their feet set in the area. 

The quality department is managed by someone with zero management experience, shows favoritism, speaks to the QC techs in a very disrespectful and unprofessional manner. Zero consequences towards the favorite QC techs during insubordination with leads and supervisors. You’ll get 3 days of training tops and sent out to be on your own and left to figure things out then try to write you up for not knowing proper procedures. A system is in place set up for failure from QC techs all the way to supervisors, super unhealthy environment and let alone expected to work 50+ hours weekly physically and expected to live on your phone outside of work because management says so. The work itself is bearable, the management and certain co-workers will make your time there a living nightmare literally. No current plans, progress or changes to be expected from this place. (Highly recommend to not apply for the QC department)

What is the best part of working at the company?
They do work as a team, the environment is nice  they maintain a  clean warehouse and a very organized  stock good benefits  and the management  is excellent .

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The loading and unloading of trucks is very intense  since we needed to maximize space loads needed to be loaded very slow and precise though we did all preparation before hand 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The environment is soft and the culture is friendly and everybody does their best for the company 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
It is busy and stressful but I have learned to navigate and finish the job for the day

16 hour days with minimum support from corporate. 

Refusal to hire adequate team members to perform required tasks.

Poor project management. Warehousing packed with products without a location system in place. No one designated to handle S&R duties. S&R documents were created at another location with little to no communications.

Packaging for food products stored in warehouse area without proper pest management systems in place.

Starting production lines without proper prerequisite programs in place.

Minimal support for installation, training, supporting, or during production of lines.

• Answering multiple phone lines, while providing excellent customer service and direction.
• Responsible for receiving and sending out all customer sample requests.
• Maintaining and ordering/purchasing all office inventory. 
• Monitoring all outgoing and incoming mail. 
• Responsible for printing and sorting all labels for production schedule. 
• Filing, sorting, and entering all shipping and customer data. 
•Handling all customer issues via email.

There is no structure in this company. Everything is ran by the manager of quality control OSHA would have a field day with this place. Rules are set by G.M.P which if you do have anything to say that’s the thing they throw in your face. Fork lift drivers do not follow u.s compliance. If you ask about compensation it will take forever to hear anything back. All decisions have to go through California. There is a big language difference in the workplace. Shop is not a shop it’s a pick 1 part off something and never order new. I can go on forever. 

Everything about this job was fun never repetitive and boring. Every loan was different and challenging. Working under preassure makes it fun and also testing my abilities to the max can be hard but worth the time and effort to see good resluts. The co workers were fun and the positive attitudes brought light to a rough start. The hardest part of this job was dealing with impatient brokers wanting their funds. The funest part of the job was always at the end of the day when I counted the files that I closed.

Has Tuition reimbursement program benefit. Vpet offers tuition reimbursement typically agree to pay a set amount or percentage of your tuition and other education expenses for a degree or study program. 
Allow for flextime. Employees are allowed to choose when — within agreed-upon limits — they will clock in and when they will clock out.
Cultivate fun. Make our workplace an exciting place to be by holding celebrations and team-building activities.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Nothing, One of the worst company’s of plastic in the USA.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Everything about this company is STRESSFUL! 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
This Company dose care about the Safety of the Employee! Bad Company!

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
ESTRES! BAD COMPANY! This company is one of the worst in the USA!

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Production lead 2 salaries reported	$20.00 per hour
Quality control inspector 2 salaries reported	$19.69 per hour
Process technician 2 salaries reported	$25.00 per hour
Logistics coordinator 4 salaries reported	$24.00 per hour
Blow moulding technician 3 salaries reported	$24.67 per hour

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