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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
Dec 10, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I have a job (w/meager benefits considering how successful the company is)

Cons

First and foremost the people I work with have experienced the scorched earth called the Pactiv/Reynolds merger. Most of the trench warfare workers have all been with the company less then 18 mos. Management (if they've were lucky enough to survive the buyout) is cold and self-serving. Mid-management level is so ill-equiped to manage themselves let alone a team of people. The atmosphere is abusive, but it is known, accepted and tolerated.

1.0
Jan 20, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They offer a good starting salary.

Cons

Spent more time trying to find out EVERYTHING! Nothing works, everything is outdated, no one knows who is doing what or where to go to to find the answers! Senior Executive Mgmt is a joke, as is HR. They laugh about all the ways they cheat the company. Sr Executive management break company policies and books his own travel - having the company pay for his personal trip to DisneyWorld! HR falsifies financial records so the money the waste is hidden by falsely adding other peoples names to dinners they never attended. They don't give admins access to their calendars, they book their own meetings, they block their days so they can avoid working while looking like they are busy. And be careful of your hours worked, they won't pay you in full for them. And when you bring this to their attention - they ignore it and then fire you. And when they fire you, they wont pay you out fully. Have fun fighting for what they short you on!

1.0
Jan 13, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Weekly paycheck, they hire anyone

Cons

Training is minimal, they tell you how many in each box and that's it, you see a trainer for no more than 5 minutes then they leave you alone until next station. No one really explains the start up board, you never see a boss to ask what happens after training in relation to breaks. 8 hour shifts just started so if you are on second you deal with 4 shifts who all do things differently. I got multiple different answers on if I would be going to a different station at 11 for half hour, at 7pm people leave and no one says do you go to next station or break, it's just very confusing and very few english speaking trainers so you have zero clue on anything. I didn't know what to do when machines started screwing up because I was by myself after 5 min, you cant get ppe out of vending machine so you have to ask someone every single time, they expect you to be as fast as veterans after 5 min even though you have zero experience.

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