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Pactiv Evergreen

Acquired by Novolex

Engaged Employer

Pactiv Evergreen reviews

3.2

48% would recommend to a friend

(867 total reviews)

Mike King

57% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Pactiv Evergreen has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 867 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Pactiv Evergreen employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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867 reviews
1.0
Feb 8, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's a paycheck. They seem to take safety at their plants very seriously. My supervisor. I'm looking for another job.

Cons

Too many to list. Its a very successful company, but that does not mean they reward employees with that success. They have plenty of opportunities for easy morale boosters, but they only give lip service to how important the employees are. Below market area pay, appalling benefits (compared to other companies in the metro area), inflexible hours, telecommuting only for their benefit (such as grossly extreme weather conditions or power outages and management has deadlines that need to be met), very, very, very dismal corporate office space that's filthy and needs both equipment and furniture updates for their employees "that are so important to them" to be more efficient and productive. Its depressing place to walk through the halls on a daily basis. Combine that with all the miserable people you come in contact with 9.5 hrs. x 5 days a week that is some serious hard time. Eight out of ten people will tell you they are actively seeking alternate employment (and they are public about it--even with their managers!). Oh, and politics, politics, politics. Can't tell you the number of cliques that start at director level (or higher) that just trickle down through the ranks. The worst in-fighting I have ever experienced in my entire career.

1.0
Feb 6, 2014

Maintenance Mechanic

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Its a pay check, with lots of overtime if you want it.

Cons

Racially charged environment which was recently brought up to management at the end of 2013. When they had a real opportunity to make a difference they sat on their hands and protected the long time redneck employees. Long time employees in the maintenance dept. rule, while new employees, especially if you are black or other minority, you will have a rough road. But not much need to worry, they one hired one guy who is black, out of 20 guys and many years. In addition, 12 hours rotating shifts for the people not in the click, but not for day shifters who been there awhile they good for the nice shifts, and easy work. If you need the money, take it. If you highly skilled, you don't need the money that bad then avoid it. I got out as soon as I saw what was going on. I even call the CEO, and he did nothing about people calling other people the "N" word. This is with allot of witness.

3.0
Jan 14, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are decent. vacation days are just ok. people are great, have potential to grow into long friendships. convenient shuttle service if you take metra. You can learn a lot if people want to train you. Easy to move to other areas (laterally).

Cons

Multiple systems of data due to many acquisitions, require lots of manual data manipulation. lack of standardization in reporting data. Management fire and demote people without proper communication; they also favor certain people from legacy companies. HR is unresponsive to issues and company culture could use some improvement. No training or defined career path. Hard to get promoted since there are not a lot of levels to grow into. you can move into another position easily but it's not a step up. work is often not communicated in a timely manner, and deadlines can be somewhat unreasonable.

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