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You start as a temp. Once hired the pay is pretty decent and the benefits are really great. They want A LOT of over time. 12-14 hours 5 days a week OR they want you to work 10 hours Mon-Fri and come in on the weekend too. The managers are not supportive at St. Paul location and there are only about 4-6 people operating the whole plant. They are severely understaffed and there is a high turnover. Management tends to make promises and then not follow through. They pay well, so it seems they figure they can treat the employees any way they please. The job itself if a physical and smelly one, but that is to be expected when making animal feed. If pay and benefits are your goal and you aren't afraid of hard work, this is the place for you. Definitely not the place for you if you are seeking fulfillment, or good environment, or encouraging and supportive managers or trainers.

After 26 years of employment and dedication to the company they come in one day without any warning that they are doing away with your job.  Kept employees that you were forced to train for your job (in case of sickness, etc. all desk could be covered) when in reality they had a plot to lay you off.  I had 6 years left till retirement, company had no concern for me or my future, could care less about the years of dedicated service I had provided them, even over my family many times!  
Don’t ever make the general manager mad as he will do everything possible to get you ran off!  Not a team playing company in the Hereford facility due to management, also, only men were ever advanced or recognized for their role in the company!

This is a decent company if you’re fresh out of college looking for a career to get your foot in the door. Pay is below average for some of the associate level management positions. Hard to find a work/life balance. Sites are usually short staffed and upper management isn’t structured to give them the support they need to manage the business effectively. Older facilities that need rehabilitation but no money available to make improvements. 

Mixing feed is the most important aspect of the job. It also takes the longest to learn. I learned how to manage people differently based on their skill set. Unloading railcars is the second most important aspect. We worked outdoors no matter the weather as well as indoors. I took drug inventory daily as well as led the team during end of month inventory in both counting and reconciliation

St. Paul plant is falling apart. The  only way to advance and get pay raises is to threaten to quit. I was told they had big plans for me and things were going to change a lot. Nothing ever changed. I had to find another job and put my notice in to get promoted and a raise. You will work 10-12 hours a day and never get anything accomplished. Everything is patched together. 

It's not as good of a company as it was when I started. You perform batch production, inventory control,  load and unloaded trucks and rail cars. The winter is the busiest time of year. It has a high turn over rate now. You will work closely with state regulatory inspectors. Must have good problem solving skills. I would not recommend  this company now

Local management not respectful of employees and their environment. Management would never back employees. Never could build team in order to bring all employees to feel equal value!  Corporate employees great help and could always count on them.  All facilities great except for the Hereford facility.

This is a good company to work for,  they take care of their employees with the type of benefits that they offer and the bonus structure.  The only draw back to this company is the ability to progress within the company.  It is very hard to advance in this company due to the fact that no one really leaves the company, so the management that is place has been there for awhile.

The job was more of a glorified operator.  Everything was patched together and barely holding on due to a small non existent maintenance budget.  Management lied to make themselves look better making it hard for top performers to advance.  Little to no training.  Figure it out as you go seemed to be all we were doing.  Buildings had roofs leaking all over.

I took for granted if I excelled in my work and was dedicated to growing the company and deciding it was my mission, I would have job security there. After 14 years I was let go. I learned the hard way, the more you give and are dedicated the less you are appreciated.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Production operator 16 salaries reported	$19.56 per hour
Warehouse worker 6 salaries reported	$24.81 per hour
Boiler operator 3 salaries reported	$35.00 per hour
Plant manager 1 salary reported	$85,000 per year
Laboratory technician 2 salaries reported	$20.50 per hour

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