Extremely Poor Management - Production Associate Georgia-Pacific Employee Review

3.0
Apr 4, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

* My coworkers are great people. * The work is satisfying. * My commute is very short. * The pay is good.

Cons

* Management is extremely inept. They just hired two floor supervisors to get us "back in line", even though we aren't the problem - management is. * Micromanagement is a cancer here. * Benefits are sub-standard for such a large company. * Rotating shiftwork. We work the day shift, then midnight shift, then evening shift, and so on. We currently work 8-hour shifts, but we used to work 12-hour shifts on a rotating schedule (7 days of day shift and 7 days of night shift each month), and we would get 7 days off at the end of each rotation. Now, we only get our weekends off, but didn't get an increase in the number of vacation days we are allotted (well, the union president managed to negotiate an extra week of vacay for the senior workers but us junior workers remain at two weeks a year). So much for union support. BOHICA.

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Cons

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2.0
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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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