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Clearwater Paper reviews

3.4

63% would recommend to a friend

(199 total reviews)

Arsen Kitch

62% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Clearwater Paper has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 199 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Clearwater Paper employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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199 reviews
1.0
Jul 6, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive pay. A handful of hard working, honest, driven employees.

Cons

Awful management team. Huge amount of turnover both hourly and salary. Concerns get raised and nothing is done about them. HR department is less than useless - they should all be fired. Most of the good people that were once there have quite or been fired under very suspicious circumstances. Huge amount of favoritism. Unqualified people get promoted on a regular basis. Don't bother trying to make suggestions or improvements, it will be used against you.

1.0
Jun 15, 2020

Horrible Place to Work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The pay is good, the hourly folks are decent, and the maintenance guys (hourly) are top notch - very skilled shifters and day guys. Maintenance, Environmental, the Paper Machines and the Power House are good departments - avoid the others.

Cons

The management group constantly feels like they need to burn somebody just for the sake of burning them. Most managers (Superintendents and above) are out for themselves and do not care who they step on to advance. They also lack integrity and are very childish. Upper management preaches culture change but they are hollow promises. Because everyone is trying to advance there is no management unity which leaves Shift Supervisors lost not truly knowing what their orders are for the day or how they should be preforming their job. Worst Papermill I've worked at in my 15 year Papermill career - avoid at all costs.

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