CalPortland reviews

3.7

74% would recommend to a friend

(159 total reviews)
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Allen Hamblen

82% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

CalPortland has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 159 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CalPortland 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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159 reviews
3.0
Aug 27, 2015

Needs improvement

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Job security. We are a growing company which is amazing. Hopefully this means more promotions, better benefits, and more employee events. Most people are very nice here as well. I've only met a handful of bad lemons, which is not bad compared to the size of the company.

Cons

Sadly, most of these reviews are true. Favoritism is an absolute disease here. If you work here long enough and become BFF with the boss, you'll have a higher salary, take 2 hour lunches, come in late, leave early, do minimal work while the rest of us are working our butts off. Lately, people here have been dropping like flies. Leaving for better companies because there isn't a lot of growth here or people want more than just a paycheck. It's sad to see people who have worked here for 5-10 years and then all of a sudden leaving. It has come quite clear to me that people want more than just a job. We have ok benefits and 401K but that's about it. We do not have tuition reimbursement anymore either which is sad. I could definitely see myself working here for 10 years if we start to slowly improve things.

4.0
Jun 15, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

This company has great morals and values and treat most of their employees like family if not all. It is a great place for training and learning at the plants and in the office.

Cons

Do not compensate a lot. The benefits need a lot of work. It would be nice if they helped pay for Masters.

4.0
Jun 5, 2015

Overall good place

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company is big enough to provide comfortable benefits and pay packages, but small enough to give you the opportunity to face time with executive management. If you are smart and work hard, you'll find that management will promote you and will be receptive to your ideas. As far as the comments regarding the CEO on earlier posts are concerned, I'd have to disagree. The day I started the CEO knew my name, and I started as a JR staff member. When I was leaving, he took the time to talk to me about why and shared his thoughts and insight on my career path (and I was not a Glacier employee). I've never heard him yell at anyone, not even in our quarterly review meetings. So all in all, it's a good place to work and you'll find that most people that work at CalPortland are very nice and helpful.

Cons

The company could use more incentive based programs

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