y & s candies

Throughout the years with this company, I have seen many ups and downs, usually determined by the management at the time. I believe the company use to have a sense of family and togetherness but lost much of that charm once the pandemic hit and many of the long time employees retired or left for one reason or another. It's not completely soulless but just doesn't have the same vibe it once had, and some of it just feels forced at times. Experiences will vary depending on department and who you work around on a daily basis, and there is a clear difference on how people are between each shift. There can also be favoritism seen from management all depending on how close you are with them, which can lead to differences between employees or employee and management. Break times can seem inconsistent, especially considering the walking distance to break itself can be lengthy depending on where you are in the plant. However, they're all paid for and the break areas they offer are adequate enough. The pay is moderately well for what it is, although some places in the same field of work around the area offer slightly more. The benefits are average with medical, dental, vision, and 401k. There's free two pounds of candy every week and offered discounts to numerous companies and at its candy store. Raises are given every year, and everyone in a particular job makes the same amount regardless of length of time being there if it's after 2009 and gets the same raise percentage. Throughout the year, there are also bonuses at times, which is usually easy to earn. I don't think this line of work is for everyone. It can be fairly physically demanding and repetitive depending on what you do. Overall, I think it's still an ok place to work but not for everyone. 

Your nothing but a number to them. No respect is given in this place at all . For most jobs you do pay is ok , nothing great. Most boring job I have ever done . I rather watch paint dry on the wall . HR department is soulless , they only care about protecting the face of the company . Co workers think they can speak to you anyway , mostly due to lack of management . Breaks are short , you waste so much time walking just to the break room. You need to wear a bump cap , hair net , beard net,steel toe boots and your shirt must be tucked in . You need to wear company uniform . This is not a flexible place to work . This is not a place you want to retire at . The people who work here till retirement only stay because they have a pension. (which they don’t give out anymore) If you are a minute late you get half a point . Benefits are nothing special . They will lie to you in orientation and tell you how great everything is and how other companies don’t offer those benefits but it’s all lies.Everyone who works here is miserable while they are there . You hardly see anyone smile or talk good about this place.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Learning new things. And meeting new friends

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
When you have no teamwork people walk off and not doing what they're supposed to

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
I think the work environment was very nice the cultural was very different

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
It kept me busy all day long helping people with do their jobs

This was one of the worst jobs I've ever had. The coworkers were rude, and thought they were above you, and the supervisors as well. The pay was terrible. The one supervisor was like " you have to figure it out, I'm not going to help you " She just had the crappiest attitude, that's when you know they just make anyone a supervisor. It's sad really. Stay far away from this place, do not recommend AT ALL. You'll be happier washing dishes than at this place. The most enjoyable part? The rock hard twizzlers we got for free.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Team work and cleaning machines

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Draft at the last minute to staying over for 4 more hours

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
In my opinion exelent enviroment  to wok and meet new people of different nationalities 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Some times  hard but must of the time no problem at all

Over the years work place culture has shifted to being people oriented to output numbers at all costs.  Drafting people last minute, can’t keep quality employees.  Post pandemic standards have been lowered on that potential employees need to meet and it shows.

I mean not gonna lie it's good to start off not a job you wanna stay at training sucks you get yelled at for doing something you got trained to do you get points for being sick and brining in an excuse if your kids are sick or they have an emergency that's a point management really doesn't care about you your just another person that works their it's physically demanding I've worked here 6 months and already need back therapy 

If you are a hard worker. Then you won't have a problem at Y & S Candies.

I started as a temporary employee through Mack Employment. I was hired into the company as a trash picker and left Y & S Candies as a Warehouse Shipper.

I left for education. It wasn't an easy decision to leave as they don't rehire former employees.

Most nights are unpredictable as far as job assignment and production needs. Like working around machinery, if everything functions smoothly, wonderful place to be in.  Of course you have the opposite, too  .A very diverse culture of employees with open mindedness about other people makes it a pleasant place to work in.

Handling candy by separating good from bad and packaging for the consumer, at the same time being on standing by for the machine operator when needed. My job as a machine operator is to keep production up with no down time.  When encounter with a failure the machine had to be shut down to remove obstruction and be repowered to bring up productive.

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