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forklift operator

production operator

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Typical day is anywhere from doing absolutely nothing for twelve hours or gathering ingredients for drinks, making drinks, and cleaning tanks/equipment for drinks and documenting your work. I learned how to drive a forklift, make drinks, documentation, measuring and gathering ingredients for drinks, and cleaning equipment to make the drinks. Manager would check in often but didn’t really seem to know anything about what you do, just expected you to get the job done and produce the results he wants. Supervisor was very kind, understanding, and accommodating for any needs and gave recognition for a job well done. The culture was the worst thing about the job. No one seemed to want to be there, they would complain about the job but acknowledge that they were just there for the paycheck. Nothing ever got fixed when it was supposed to. There was always something broken. Most people were rude with their words. There was lack of recognition from fellow employees as well. The job got boring real fast with the amount of repetitive work. The hardest part of the job was enduring 12 hours around people that hated being there. It was just a negative environment. The hardest part to learn on the job was sending drinks over to the right line in a timely manner. The most enjoyable part of the job was working alone making the drinks and going home at the end of the shift.

A typical day greatly depends on where you're assigned to work. Some jobs are mostly sitting around and some are on your feet for most of the day. The culture is pretty relaxed and you'll be treated well by coworkers if you do your job. Line leads and shift managers are understanding and want to work towards solutions. Upper management decided to pull the rug out from all of its 12-hour employees who liked their schedules to switch to new one that will save them from having to pay double-time on Sundays. This penny-pinching came after a year of record profits. When upper management starts to pull these kinds of dehumanizing moves to save a few dollars it's usually a death knell for the work culture. I doubt this will be an exception. The 8-hour shifts are paid pretty well relative to the area, though. Working 12-hour shifts doesn't get you any sort of premium, which seats them pretty comfortably on the bottom rung for 12-hour shifts in the area.

If you're offered a job working 8s then it's pretty good, but stay away from 12s.

You are paid decently for the work you do however you are required to work 60 or 70 hours a week,  6 or 7 days of the week all year long. This year we have had one 2 day weekend (4th of July), but only because a threat of calling in. Other companies during the pandemic cared about their employees, gave hazard pay, not here. Just be thankful you have a job. In fact, if you or a loved one caught Covid you were off for two weeks without pay and they made you use some of your vacation. Speaking of vacation, you have to use it just to get a 2 day weekend. There are tons of other places that pay better with similar benefits. I know of at least 10 other employees actively looking for jobs including foremen and managers.

I had about 10-15 customers when I worked there.  I would receive phone calls with requests from warehouse personnel new orders, order changes, product changes, etc. The warehouse personnel would enter their orders for a three day lead time on most products, some products were only produced every two weeks, some had seven day lead times, products all varied.  We (CSR) would scrub our orders  which meant putting the products together to make a truckload, then the order would go to dispatch for delivery.  CSR worked directly with dispatch, production schedulers, warehouse leads and shipping clerks. We dealt with returns and damaged products, weather and production delays. The people i worked with were the funniest part of the job. The hardest part of the job was leaving because I enjoyed the people here immensely.

New CEO has taken over and it shows. When I started there they cared more about family now it's all about the almighty dollar. They work you 6 days a week (usually 12 hr shifts 4:30 am - 4:30 pm or 4:30 pm - 4:30 am depending on the line you're on) with 1 random day off during the week usually so you're stuck working every weekend. So if you don't want to see your family or if you're single and want to stay that way (because you have no time to meet anybody since you're working ALL the time) then sure go for it. The pay and benefits are good but it comes down to if it's worth your sanity and physical well being in general. Believe me those long hours every day are draining. You want to know what you're in for ask an employee or an honest supervisor. The front office people have NO idea. They work their 5 8hr shifts Monday through Friday and go home. We work the REAL hours.

Been working at the Mankato Wis-Pak for a year in the maintenance department.  I started on the top of the pay scale so no raise for a year but company gave a 3% raise for everyone and also I got a raise after a year.  This company is one of the top paying companies around the area for the low stress and easy work that we do. Very clean work environment. Their insurance and other benefits are excellent.  You get lots of PTO hours. Sometimes it can be hard to use them do to other people that have seniority over you but you get paid for what you don't use at the end of the year.  This is an essential company so no lack of hours of work and during summer might have to work many weekends.  In all a great paying company and great people in management to work with you. 

first off, the management is terrible. They would rather hire a bum off the street than promote within, unless somehow you can manage to get the required degrees/skills while working there with 60+ hours a week. The hardest part about the job is living with the fact that you have to go work at Wis-Pak everyday of the week. And I mean every day of the week because if you are applying for this job as a new hire you WILL be mandated to work at least 2 12 hour days per week with 1 day on the weekend most likely. If you are looking for cash and have no life or outside commitments then you should apply here. If you have kids or some other outside commitment, then look elsewhere because you will not have a work-life balance at Wis-Pak

HR is never at work and when they’re always socializing and not helping employees. I called corporate to inform them of the ongoing things at this facility but they didn’t follow through. I would not recommend working at the dyersburg facility to anyone. I have never wrote a bad review of a company before but this place was horrible. The benefits aren’t that great either. They don’t offer vacation days only PTO which if you have to call in sick they use those days and so you loose getting a day off you wanted to schedule. None of this is explained by the Human Resources department during orientation. 

I loved working here on my own because every single employee loved burning you. The supervisors themselves never told you if you were doing anything wrong so while you were messing up your job they just sit back and say they won't hire you.

If you can work on your own its the best place i've ever worked. Working with the people there though is aweful due to the hostility and the lack of teamwork there. 

Seriously, don't talk to anyone because you will get burned for it. Make sure you are doing your job right because noone will you tell you if your not.

Clock in for a 12 hour shift. Try to understand what happened the previous shift since there is almost no communication from shift to shift. Do a job that should be a 2 man job but isn't. Struggle some days due to a work injury that restricted my job to sedentary work , light duty, but have not on it due to the management and safety guys lack of following doctors orders. So I would say every part of my job is hard and nothing enjoyable about it. It's just disorganized, no communication,  no job /employee incentives what so ever.

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