Pros
Solid pay for the area. Has made noticeable improvements to mechanical safety.
Cons
Employer was recently purchased by Nutrien. Insurance is pretty bad compared to other plans I've had in similar facilities. Horrendous onboarding process. Most of the employees don't know any of the policies outside of vacation and 401k. Nobody on site ever received a handbook. The guy brought in to change over the network had no idea what he was doing and hasn't been back to fix the mountain of issues he created. Only one computer in the building can be used to print for production. Lost over a year's worth of documents on the change over. The people who approve and schedule shipments are offsite and lack basic communication with our management or just agrees to everything unconditionally. Receiving orders daily for product we don't have. People literally rushing to create product while the shipping truck is at the dock waiting to be loaded with that product. Received defective labels that have to be applied by hand. Complete chaos every day. Management doesn't take an active role in the daily function of the plant. Working 12+ hours a day to complete work that would take half that time if people weren't allowed to screw around and waste time doing nothing. On site management unavailable or absent from the plant for large portions of the day. On site management brushes complaints under the rug, and never listens to the supervisors who are actually on the floor and know the environment. Even though complaints come, nothing is addressed, nothing ever changes, and nobody is ever punished. Widespread nepotism.
