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Silgan Containers

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Silgan Containers reviews

2.9

48% would recommend to a friend

(302 total reviews)
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Mike Gresl

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49% positive business outlook

Silgan Containers has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 302 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Silgan Containers 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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302 reviews
3.0
Apr 9, 2015

Interesting.. Good old boy system in full effect.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Stable.. Once in you are stable OK pay.. Could be higher for experienced employees Some training.. Willing to train in new areas

Cons

benefits stink.. Health and dental are a horrible package Hours.. Consistency is not easy to come by in the company. Promote on accomplishments not on the good-old boy system.

1.0
Apr 6, 2015

Its like pounding a square peg into a round hole...

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Being able to clock out each day

Cons

Extremely stressful place to work. No parts to fix any machines, not even bolts. More time is spent on searching for parts that we do not have. Hard to breathe many times inside plant. Constantly exposed to toxic fumes and upper management plays dumb when it is brought up. Silgan in Edison cannot even keep an HR rep hired. It is no wonder when you deal with the upper management like they have here. They have meetings about issues brought up on this site yet all we get is the email address for the plant manager...gee...thanks. I could rather submit a complaint to animal excrement and would get better results. Complaints fall on deaf ears and this place is sinking fast. Recent upgrades = Less production and working every holiday. Forcing good employees to look for careers elsewhere. Constantly running understaffed and forcing employees in on holidays. Extremely HOT in summer time and very cold in winter. Employees are punished for upper management mishaps. No incentive to give 100% each day. Broken heater/AC in breakroom more than it actually works. Locker rooms and bathrooms stink like you know what and bathrooms are rarely cleaned and kept up....and the locker rooms are NEVER cleaned. I'll stay away thanks.

3.0
Mar 30, 2015
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Pros

Stable and secure company with lots of opportunity for professional growth and for building long term career. Multiple locations across the US and management is willing to relocate. State of the art manufacturing plants. Nice, down to earth folks. No nonsense manufacturing company.

Cons

Wages, salaries and benefits are x-below average. Tight budgets barely leave fat on the bone.

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