Dart Container reviews

3.1

48% would recommend to a friend

(960 total reviews)

Keith Clark

57% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Dart Container has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 960 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Dart Container 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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960 reviews
2.0
Mar 18, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

You'll always keep busy, plenty of unique work and projects to keep things interesting. Many opportunities to learn and build your skill set. Great employees, the people feel like a second family....very friendly knowledgeable co-workers. Very safety oriented.

Cons

Management is chaotic and unorganized at it's best. Terrible communication between departments, the longer you're employed here the more intolerable it becomes. Dart corporate offices used to promote from within, which is a wonderful practice it keeps the skill and talent where it needs to be for everyone to succeed...but has begun hiring management (with little to no experience with Dart products) from outside introducing yet another level of chaos. Parking is horrible on the Mason campus. You will need to show up for work at least a half hour early for any hope of parking within short walking distance to your building. Congested parking/traffic makes the parking lot dangerous for motorists and pedestrians. A lot of frivolous spending by management around the campus while many employees are paid well below national or even state wide average for their position title. If pay is brought into question, quick attention will be brought to Michigan's poor economy and how lucky we all are to have jobs. Ultimately, this company takes advantage of wonderful, skilled and talented people...always finding excuses to avoid the promotion or raise they deserve rather than recognizing their great work and potential. Some business practices are morally and professionally questionable. Many corporate bullies here. You will only be getting one day off for Christmas/July 4th, plan on using your earned vacation time for these holidays. Bonuses are very very small. I have heard many complaints from salaried employees that they are expected to work 50-60 hour weeks regularly. Definitely not a family oriented company. After 10 years I had to walk away...I loved the people...but the management and pay was horrible.

1.0
Sep 27, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

This is a family owned business, which can be a benefit. Generally speaking, projects that have visibility of the owners can be fast-tracked and avoid the usual bureaucracy of a public company. Most of the engineering staff are pleasant people, although not the 'cream of the crop' given the low compensation.

Cons

The morale is very poor among most of the engineering staff. Creativity is usually stifled by the oppressive management style. The structure of the engineering department is quite top-heavy. If you are concerned about salary, don't bother with Dart. The M.O. seems to be focused on filling positions with people who are not qualified to go elsewhere, and thus cannot demand competitive salaries. There are individuals who are exceptions to this rule at Dart (talented and not concerned with compensation), and Dart is lucky to have had them on staff for 20-30 years. For most others with any real expertise, tenure seems to be about 2-5 years at best.

2.0
Mar 4, 2019

Sinking Ship

Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits like health insurance, 401K match and holidays if you don't have to work on them

Cons

High stress levels among management is evident at all locations. Local management and supervision are overburdened with not enough employees to do the job and too many poorly written policies. Pay is average to below average for the amount of physical labor required and most production locations are very hot in the summer and very cold in the winter.

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