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Good workers but poor management - Anonymous employee WestRock Employee Review

2.0
Oct 8, 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

good pay, good work life balance with a few opportunities to work from home when needed, great people to work with at my level, office building was nice, good experiences to learn the paper and packaging industry.

Cons

poor health plan (obama care light) and no sick days (just use your vacation PTO for sick days - that is just wrong). Old technology platform in IT - needs serious upgrading from a 60's system and also they have pieced together their platform with 8 or 9 different systems that don't talk to each other. Management has run amuck is what I would say. They have no accountability and make the lower rank and file pay for their mistakes. Also difficult to move around in the company to new positions so you are really on your own - always look over your shoulder and be prepared for the inevitable layoff every 2 to 3 years.

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Pros

Great pay, easy work, plenty of hours.

Cons

Some of the people who work in the warehouses are lazy and they have the so called manager wrapped around their finger, So you end up doing their job and yours. The manager won’t do anything because he is just as lazy as the warehouse guy. And is scared of the consequences if he actually does his job and disciplines the sorry ———‘s So the real workers are the only ones that suffer. That very manager told me two weeks before becoming the manager over the shipping department that he didn’t think he would become the manager because he had already told the other managers that we have to stop over working our real workers to cover up for our non workers. I told him that night he would be the same way as soon as he got the position, And if he did that I would be the first to tell him. Point being: If you are a lazy piece of trash and have no self respect or work ethics this is the place for you. Bad thing is that you can not get in touch with anyone that has any interest in cleaning up (this particular terminal ) of a very good company.

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