ADM reviews

I find it hard to believe that adm has earned so much success as an agricultural giant by running process facilities like the way the hazleton plant is run. There is such a disconnect between management and hourly employees to a level that creates a very unsafe working environment. Most safety issues that are brought to management's attention are dis-regarded until a serious incident happens that can't be "pushed under the rug" and after the employee is blamed for the incident, then the proper engineering changes are made. We are forced to work all major holidays without so much as a thank you, while management gets to celebrate those holidays with their families. If you are seriously considering a career at adm cocoa hazleton you might also want to brush up on your firefighting skills, we are not allowed to call 911 in the event of a fire because upper level management doesn't want deal with the publicity, so we are handed water squirting bottles and off to the fight! None of us have had ANY proper training to be put in situations like this, no respirators, no nothing, but if you do pursue a job position at this location you should have plenty of time for external training because your family will leave you!

Upper level management has literally no regard or respect for the workers, and is shameless in demonstrating their disdain. Sounds extreme, but it truly borders on sociopathic. Workers cafeteria has elementary school style and size lunch tables. When complaints were lodged, response from plant superintendent was that they didn't want you in there for long, so they're not going to make it comfortable. Management cafe is another story, however. Reward for hitting a safety goal in most places may be a sweatshirt or coffee mug... we once got a candy cane and a packet of hot cocoa mix, because it was near the holidays. Employee drops unconscious in the entry hallway, is forced to leave via ambulance...and then is charged a day on his attendance record for leaving. Working environment is 120°F or more in much of the plant. Work schedule is impossible to live your life around. Full production scheduled on major holidays including Thanksgiving and Christmas, all while equipment sat idle for weeks prior. And unless you have an engineering degree (brains optional), don't even bother suggesting an improvement to the process. If it ever gets implemented at all, it will only be months or years after your suggestion, and after an engineer has reintroduced the idea as his own and taken credit for it.