processor

office assistant

accounting assistant

staff accountant

senior cost accountant

Westward Seafoods Inc.

listen this is the truth  i will be very honest with you

Work level : not hard dont believe when people say its hard work its not really that hard its simple jobs but only hard part is dealing with people over you sometimes and the long hours { if you get the hours)

pay: not good if you live in the us.. sometimes no work but even if you do work its most of the time its 12 hours and your basically getting 600$ a week for 84 hours u might get alittle more you might get alittle less depending on the situation... its always slow at some points to... over time for a season happpens but only for like a month and most of the times you cant do it every day because they got groups....b season no over time its get slow half of the season 

i personally got 5.5k for almost 4 months i even did alot of over time as well ... most people got 5-6k for the season which pretty low 

side note: dont think you just gonna save all your money because its gonna be some ways where u gonna spend money sometimes too as well most people dont even up with much


management: sometimes good sometimes bad watch out for the lack of communication its terrible at times

food: not that good

Cheapness: they give you cheap stuff to go to work with the boots are terrible.. 

overall this not a good place to work the people who work here for years will tell u lies when you first get there because they loyal to the company... they will complain during the season but for some reason they come back because they feel like they have nowhere else to go or get close to co workers 

im not bashing the company its alright but dishonesty you will get alot of

What is the best part of working at the company?
There Is Nothing Good About Working For This Company

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Most Of The Plant Cannot Understand Or Speak Plain English Or It's Very Broken & Confusing. The Communication At The Plant Is Terrible & The People That Do Speak English Are Always Rude & Have A Bad Attitude . They Try To Make You Stay For A Second Season Because They Don't Have Enough People & Force You To Sign A Second Contract &  If You Refuse A Contract They Won't Let You Work There Again Because They Only Want People There If They Like You. If They Don't They Will Try To Get You Fired Or Cause Problems To Get You Written Up. I Made It To Work On Time & Did The Hardest Work & Never Got Written Up Once. But They Placed Me On An Inelidgeable For Rehire Even Tho They Had Asked Me To Stay For A Second Season. A Lady Committed Suicide That Season & The Season Felt Very Negative & Ominous. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Poor Communication , Broken Or Confusing English & Favoritism Among The Plant. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Doing Every Job Most Of The Experienced Processors Never Wanted To Do Like Run Back & Forth For Things & Cleaning Up & All The Lifting & Harder Work While Some Proccessors Stood Around & Watched

During my time as a Processor we worked 12 to 18 hours a day, no weekends, no days off for 4 or 5 months at a time. The schedule is strict, safety code highly enforced and working conditions are minimal. What you do and where you work can change at any minute and without notice and as a Processor I was expected to adapt and keep up with the fast pace regardless if I'd done the job before or not. My daily position had me working in a freezer system, breaking thousands of 30lb solid bricks of fish fillets out of a floating plate freezer and moving them onto a conveyor belt, working heavy machinery to remove the bricks of fish from their metal casing, packaging and stacking the finished product on a pallet. Some of my other duties included gutting, organ sorting, weight control, size and quality sorting, general dock work, scaling, conveyor maintenance, and overall clean up.

I worked for this company for several years, first as a seasonal employee, then as full time.  I found that as a hard working seasonal employee, that everything went well. When I got the full time position everything started great, but after some time, favoritism began to take over. Eventually I was being harrassed by management, and when I tried discussing it with the HR department, basically was denied any assistance.  
Also, because of the industry, often times you worked 12-18 hrs a day, 7 days a week, with no break. If you plan on working the seasonal work, it is great for some good income.  But be aware of the favoritism that takes place, and don't ever feel secure in your position. Alaska is a right to work state, and they use any excuse possible to dismiss you.

 A typical day would be  12 hour shift 7 days a week.  No need to stress about Room and board because its supplied.I learned many things especially working close to the maintenance crew. Management was great and fun to work with. Being Exposed to many different cultures  was fun and very interesting. The hardest part was being away from family and long hours can sometimes be tiring.The most enjoyable part would have to be the fat pay checks if Im honest. Theres is just a real sense of  personal security knowing you have enough money to take care of your loved ones and some leftover.

Fish processing plant.  Housing deducted from pay, partial refund on season completion.  Transport deducted from pay if terminated.  Plant is divided into 2 sides, Seafood and Surimi.  Seafood plant hours in decline due to smaller catches(Pacific Cod, Black Cod, Crab, Halibut).  Surimi plant hours unaffected(Pollock surimi, Pollock fillet).  No salmon processing in this plant.  Must wear company issued rubber sleeves, gloves, aprons, overalls, jackets, hair nets, hearing protection, hard hats and boots.  English is not the primary language used on the production floor.  Base pay is minimum wage.

Westward Seafoods has 3 facilities in Unalaska. I worked and lived at Alyeska plant. During pollock season I had consistent hours and made decent money. And not to mention housing department, they politely placed me in the room with very active una pareja liberal couple who made my Alaska experisnce truly unforgettabe and educated me in the way I could've never imagined before.

Old Schoolers will tell you truthfully: Never pay to get a job in this industry, and never take an hourly wage. If you don't get a %, you are being robbed.
Daily room and board?!? Hey, they need you. The fish won't pack itself.
Say what, minimum wage? Get on a boat. Daily wage or %, whicheveis worth more that day of work, and you won't get charged to be there.
This industry used to pay $110/day in the off season, $250 during peak, why are you wasting your time on the shore?

Very poor management services ! They do not CARE about you at all! The  security that works there are so stupid and act like they are the manager and when you asked them a question they hesitate to answer and act so stupid. This is not a good company to work with. I had a very bad experience with them. Furthermore, the employees that works there do not speak English at all, a lot of Filipinos works there and you would hear them talk Tagalog only,I find that very disrespectful.

I was excited to come to a seafood plant, but that all ended after two weeks of working there. After first signing on I was told  to think of this as a family, but when I wanted to ask question it was clear this was no family what so ever. My stomach was hurting for two weeks because of the food, but I decided to tough it out and even though I did a great job I wasn't giving an review that reflected that and even there's no way I would ever come back here I'm just glad the experience is OVER.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Processor 1 salary reported	$21.25 per hour
Office assistant 1 salary reported	$20.75 per hour
Accounting assistant 1 salary reported	$27.50 per hour
Staff accountant 1 salary reported	$85,000 per year
Senior cost accountant 1 salary reported	$89,513 per year

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