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The company has clearly shown that they do not care about their people. They will change your schedule that is suppose to be set (know what you work for an entire year) in a heartbeat. They will do not pay well enough for the work that is being asked for. You can be asked to do your job and two others and no extra compensation. If you learn another role while in your current role you’ll be expected to perform that role at any given moment and not see any extra compensation, unless it’s on your day off then you can get OT rate if your over 40 hours or are salary non exempt. The promotion style is strictly based off of nepotism. It’s not what you know, but who you know. There are numerous people in roles( mostly managers) who have never held the position that they are managing or know the tasks. Again nepotism gets people far, not skill. Also a college degree is a great way to get ahead without actually knowing anything about the job. 
In this economy the company clearly wants more with less people and not paying their employees any better. The benefits are the only thing that is really good about the company. Zero dollar deductible medical for around $25 a week and very low CO-pays. So unless you know someone high up don’t apply if you want to move up. If you’re comfortable with an ok starting rate and want to work on the floor then it’s not a bad job.

Before The Owner passed if you knew the ins and outs of the job you internally applied for, then you had a real shot at advancement. Now unless you have any old degree (It doesn't even have to pertain to the job, I.E. an HR specialist as Plant Manager), then you aren't going anywhere. If you do start to advance you will start being expected right away to fill in for roles that you will later "not be qualified" for when applying and eventually will have to help train whoever does get put in said role. On the plus side the benefits were unmatched and you will likely never find health benefits that good and for that cheap elsewhere. If you do manage to move up past the shift supervisor role then you have a chance to have a normal life. Otherwise expect to work shift work for the rest of your career.

This would be a great place to work at if the right people were in management.  We have drunks and women beaters as our supervisor that we're should listen to.  In order to move up you have to know somebody. Management confuses truth with negativity.  You speak the truth you will never move up in company, you have to kiss azz, lie, and apparently be a drunk or woman beater to hold a supervisor job. But what do I know im the one working on the floor doing the actual job making the company millions at the VBAT plant in PA. On the other hand the president and people in very high lvls are all good people and mean well. I dont think high management knows how poorly the low level employees are treated. They will find out call offs would decrease if management did not suck.

You clock in and don’t stop for the entirety of your shift, minimum breaks and no lunches.. I learned you can work nonstop for hours without breaks and still be unappreciated for what you do. Management has jobs 100% utilized so if you do try to take a break or lunch your machine and test gets behind because no one is there to help. The hardest part of the job is everything but clocking in is the most dread part of the job. The best part of the job is clocking out. 

Times changed since i started. Week off is nice every month but not as great anymore to me. when you work you work with not much free time in between shifts. Work is not hard but can be stressful. Operating a machine can be frustrating especially with the schedule being changed in blink of an eye. Guy's aren't bad to work with. No overtime right now where you really make your money. Base hourly rate is ok but overtime is a big factor in what you can make. Not a horrible place to work but hard on the body switching back and forth from days to night.

In wapak management is a joke except from the supervisors down. You can do your job to the best of your ability and no matter what you do while on night shift they don't care and they argue everything they found wrong as issues with nothing good to say every day of the week you work. Unless your pushing the lines to the limits in which can make your day way harder if the systems don't wanna cooperate. In turn you do ten times more work with no real incentive to actually work harder 

I was hired as an assistant line operator to be trained to eventually run a line. I swept the floor or filled boxes with plastic pellets. The "trainer", who didn't train me, handed me off to a line operator who disliked his job but had invested to much time to leave. Lots of employees friends and relatives working there.  My shift manager was fair but was constantly short handed due to high turnover. Upper management is out of touch and living in the old days when the company was a good place to work for.  Don't waste your time. 

The pay is good, but the work was a little one-sided. For the most part, you have to do a two-man job on your own while a Tired person is standing there supposed to be helping you. It’s a very stressful job not a whole lot of training just throwing into it, but the benefits are outstanding. You will find better HR is amazing and coworkers are amazing. I will miss it, but it got too much for me to handle. Good luck. I would suggest just taking a smaller row in the company because once you get promoted, it’s fun for a while, but then you eventually get taken advantage of and the job becomes way too much

What is the best part of working at the company?
Benifits, hours ,most of the people, insurance is really great.  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The rush of things getting done and the amout of things put on one person. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
With  all four shifts its  different shifts they are all not the same some are better then others 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I’m busy all day and my day goes by quickly.

Warehouse is unorganized and finding materials is difficult and stressful since you're on a time limit. Morale is low and turnover rate is very high. Severe lack of training made the job harder. Not much room to operate forklift since the building is so cramped. Better paying positions only pay an extra dollar an hour from starting wage. The company stresses that you take breaks but there is no time to fit one since you're usually so busy so you often have to work 12 hours without a break.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Assistant operator 9 salaries reported	$22.68 per hour
Maintenance technician 3 salaries reported	$29.50 per hour
Process engineer 3 salaries reported	$95,000 per year
Laboratory technician 2 salaries reported	$21.25 per hour
Manufacturing technician 1 salary reported	$28.00 per hour

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