Used to be the rising star of the packaging industry, then scaleup happened-albeit uncontrolled - Packaging Engineer Niagara Bottling Employee Review

3.0
Jun 3, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Company was very innovative and fast paced when I joined and was still a rising star. The top leadership was and still is a hard working bunch. Niagara was and hopefully will be a market leader in not only product but packaging innovation in the future. The Niagara I started with was like a social club where everyone collaborate as one. Hopefully, that norm is brought back.

Cons

Becoming an industry behemoth might be harming rather than helping the company culture. There's a lot of incompetency and lack of "servant leadership" in middle management. Work VISA issues are sometimes exploited by this middle management, albeit knowingly so- to keep international voices subservient. Cross team collaboration is not encouraged any more and this causes information silos to build up between different departments. Top leadership needs to take account of why certain talent might be leaving and introduce bottom-up feedback loops to understand where the culture might be going sour.

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Niagara Bottling Response
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Thank you for your review. At Niagara, we greatly value our Team Members and hope that they want to stay with us for a long time. We strive for continuous improvement and monitor our employee retention closely. A main focus of ours is ensuring that our Niagara Family feels supported and happy. We are sorry to hear that this was not your experience, and we will be sure to share your feedback with the appropriate teams. Thank you again for your review.

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