warehouse technician

quality control lab technician

operator

maintenance technician

packaging operator

Ya Ya Foods

What is the best part of working at the company?
The pay and opportunity to learn. Newer facilities and equipment. The workers you meet on the floor can be good people. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The mismanagement and favoritism. Inexperienced people in positions because of who they are related to or who they positioned themselves with. Management is NEVER wrong, and when something goes wrong its always the lowest positioned person to be given the blame. You will be told to do other departments work with no compensation, for months at a time and they will justify it with "Other assigned Duties" they use that term very loosely. You will not matter in the end, even if you've sacrificed for them.  

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Culture is horrible. The working floor teams can be nice and sometimes work very well together with good leads. The management and try to be management are toxic and very backstabby. They don't treat workers with any level of respect, and think of them as easily replaceable assets.  The environment is pretty safe and they improve some things as needed.

 I was extremely excited to learn about the YAYA foods takeover of Oatly, they touted advancement opportunities great pay and good benefits, and after giving them months and months of the benefit of the doubt they have continued to prove that they do not care for the average employee. The company states they care about their employees yet the only thing they have done since taking over the building is cut employee benefits. There has been multiple forced plant shut downs with zero pay. The most recent lasting a month, and starting this year they cut the PTO offering to about 30 percent of what employees previously had. On top of that the whole plant is short staffed. They expect full production with minimal position coverage often having one person run multiple positions at the same time. Overall not a good company to work for unless you feel like burning yourself out and struggling mentally with the work life balance as you can expect to be contacted at all hours of the day no matter what shift you are scheduled.

Don't work here. I've been employed here for well over a year and I'm finally getting my first raise this month and it's a whopping $.63. I regularly go above and beyond at my job and in over a year I have not once received even a word of praise or acknowledgment for how hard I work.  It's incredibly discouraging. Upper management here is a joke. They get golfing trips, and birthday parties, and bonuses while the rest of us didn't even get a Christmas bonus.  The plant is disgusting. The case packing machines in the warehouse are literally full of mold and gnats and they smell like moldy feet. They are constantly in violation of something here, which makes me concerned about my job security. The ONLY good thing I have to say about this place is that I enjoy most of my co-workers. I've made some great friends working here. 

The company has a very high turnover rate and moved from Oatly to Yaya Foods, when the switch happened it was told to us that just the name would change and benefits and pay would remain the same whi h was a flat out lie.  We lost almost all of our PTO we were told that we would have to use the PTO days for when the company decided to do shutdowns which were random without notice.  So essentially we were forced to take our vacations on there time which is the opposite of the word vacation so you could not plan anything and get paid for it.

It was a great company to work for when it was Oatly but now is a joke.

Management is the worst part of this company. They are belittling and do not treat people with respect at all. They don’t understand any daily operations and they scrutinize you when they can’t figure it out dialogue established between management and leadership is very one-sided and they do not allow for any pushback or you will blacklist yourself and hinder your ability to progress internally.

The company culture is soul crushingly toxic; zero accountability for leadership behaviors and actions. Zero willingness to implement and enforce documented procedures.  Leaders expect employees to be available 24/7 and to respond within seconds to texts, emails, phone calls. All the good people have left.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The people you get to meet and work with that are part of your team!

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The management and the toxic work environment. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic work environment and diverse work culture. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Getting yelled at by management or certain maintenance technicians. A lot of sitting around doing nothing. Machines are constantly down having issues. 12 hours of doing nothing really puts you in a mood.

One day we had customers at work, it was a really hectic day but I learned a lit by interacting with customers and answering them. Workplace is good but noisy. The most enjoyable part is we get off days together when we can socialize. The hardest part at job is to cop up with the noise in the work area. Otherwise its fun.  The whole shifts work continently which is hard for some people but anyway everyone get used to it soon. 

3.5 stars. I rounded the rating up to 4.

 It was mostly okay. I learned quite a bit, and gained some experience which i’m grateful for. 

Management was hit or miss. The good managers were good; yet there were a couple or so that were mediocre at best.  

The workplace culture started out great, then gradually went downhill. 

 

I really like this job because you get to meet with your supervisors before you start your shift they let you know what’s expected throughout the day. I have learned quite a bit and only a week thanks to my coworkers and Supervisor. Also team lead and supervisors come to our department, so make sure everything is good or if we have any questions. I also like how there’s a lot of communication With coworkers and with supervisors. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Warehouse technician 10 salaries reported	$21.59 per hour
Quality control lab technician 4 salaries reported	$24.13 per hour
Operator 8 salaries reported	$23.34 per hour
Maintenance technician 1 salary reported	$43.00 per hour
Packaging operator 4 salaries reported	$21.47 per hour

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