Good pay, stable employment, MBM guiding principals cult like - Production Georgia-Pacific Employee Review

3.0
Dec 21, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay- good fellow employees with overall great work ethic. Koch Brother Christmas Card

Cons

Many of their core values, ie., Safety, Quality etc., were list importance if the cost were too high. I often thought someone would have to die before they changed certain practices on 1&2 paper machine. That machine is antiquated... The same practices in other parts if the mill would get an employee fired. Also the gap between hourly and management is immense. Almost apartheid, HR is definately set up to cover the faults of management and not for support of the hourly employee. A lot of fear driven behavior, mandatory overtime, creates unsafe work environment. All of the factors leave you believing that the MBM Guiding Principasls (which any one entering management is to use as their bible) is a complete joke.

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Cons

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2.0
Jul 7, 2026
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Pros

Talented and hardworking electricians, operators, mechanics, and plant personnel. Interesting automation and controls work with opportunities to solve challenging technical problems. Significant autonomy at the local level when responding to production issues. Good compensation and benefits. Corporate engineering resources are knowledgeable and generally willing to help.

Cons

Expectations and priorities frequently changed without corresponding adjustments to workload. Performance feedback lacked important operational context, such as competing priorities, project reassignment, and resource constraints. Communication tended to favor frequent meetings over clear written expectations. Accommodation requests and communication support were difficult to navigate and lacked a clear process. Single-engineer staffing model creates a challenging environment for vacations, medical appointments, training, and long-term sustainability. Heavy emphasis on immediate deliverables can make long-term engineering work and root-cause analysis difficult.

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