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
1.0
Jun 29, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good hourly pay. Materialistic safety rewards from incentive program. Safe plant operations. Get a burrito now and then during meetings and big jobs. Over all, good co-workers.

Cons

Major management favoritism to relatives, friends, and favorites for advancement, with experience ignored. Closed eyes to favorites behaviors, punishing hard workers with such statements, "if your not over 16 hours, fine". Includes employees lying, turning off phone while on call, hiding for hour or more before returning to plant, not directly going to jobs, and returning to plant yard and not reporting in. Safety of equipment, and down assigned equipment, awful. From 9 months down times, to ignored legal and safety requests. Neglected equipment write-ups (cry sheets) leading to dangerous results. Upper management contact is hid from employees. They will force you to far away locations, and pay you less. Safety and legal requests, research, training preparation, human resources are number of things they try to have you do on your time. Management quotes "we will look into it" . "we will get back to you about this", means ignored. They will put outside drivers in your hometown plant in front of you, including few year experienced drivers versus 10+ in seniority. They will take your plant work and give it to outside higher paid drivers/locations, forcing unemployment during winter.

5.0
Jun 2, 2017

N/A

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great People and Great Teams. Continuing to develop and expand.

Cons

Slow to take action at time

1.0
May 23, 2017

IT Team Member

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

(Work) Life balance. Great place to work if you have a family and want a 9-6 job

Cons

If you are looking for a place to learn, build your career and grow in a role, then IT @ Calportland is NOT the place to be. If you are motivated by challenges, then BE WARNED against working here ! If you are the types to stay in the box defined for you by "IT Leadership", the kinds that will show up to work at 8.00 AM, pack bags at 5.00 PM and be happy with receiving 3% annual raise; this is the place for you. Do not expect to work on any upcoming technology. Do not expect to span your day to day responsibility. You could actually work at Calportland for years, without making any meaningful contributions; and yes, no one would beat an eye. IT Management is mediocre at best. New ideas and initiatives brought up by employees are either quickly squashed or passed on by Management as their own. New technology is ridiculed. Management plays politics with people they supervise to make themselves look smart. They want to be the face of IT. There is little to no recognition. Management has 'Don't ask, just do' mentality. Many IT team members are eager to take on new roles and responsibilities, but Management is quick to shun them; especially if it is outside their roles and responsibilities. IT Management has no inclination to challenge the status quo.All of them including the CIO is happy to do just enough to keep the boat afloat. Life at Calportland feels like slow, painful death in solitary confinement.

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