STAY AWAY FROM PLYWOOD AND LUMBER - Engineer Georgia-Pacific Employee Review

1.0
Nov 13, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Possibility to move up at the facility level is there if you stick around long enough because most people end up quitting within 2 years due to terrible work environment. Benefits are O.K.

Cons

Cult-like corporation with MBM brainwash. Company culture is a joke because it preaches all the right things but isn't followed by management at all. MBM is manipulated by people and used to get what they want at whatever cost. Most people just use the buzz words like "adding value" with a few of the guiding principles drizzled in sentences from time to time. No pay raises at all unless you get hired to a new position. Even then they probably won't give you much of a pay raise if at all. Absolutely HORRIBLE management environment. Managers that are well known for being terrible managers are allowed free reign to do as they please as long as they get results. This drives a company culture of a lot of miserable employees that are treated terribly with the worst managers I have ever seen leading the pack. Environment was filled with backstabbing and malicious politics. Absolutely toxic environment.

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5.0
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Pros

Flexible. Good team. Fulfilling. Kind people

Cons

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2.0
Jul 7, 2026
Recommend
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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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