there should be more manager interaction. Most of the managers rely on the opinions of their supervisors and group leaders to evaluate employees for reviews. Would you want a person who dislikes you as a person deciding how you are evaluated for a performance or wage review? There are many people with different opinions and personalities and leaders should be trained to be able to be fair and treat each person equally.
I'm not sure if the managers have had any "people" skills training, but it is my experience that none of the supervisors or group leaders have. If your supervisor or group leader decide they "like" you, you have a good work experience. If they decide they don't like you, they can make your work day very unpleasant. The managers are only informed of the issues that supervisors want them to know about, they have no idea how workers are treated, how the department is run, or how unfair some employees are treated.
how much favoritism there actually is within their departments, but yet they are qualified to evaluate employees and write their wage reviews. When you hire in at Cook you are told how friendly everyone is and how the company is one big happy family. My point being, not everyone is on the same page. The pay could be better, the benefits could pay more for hourly employees. The co-pay for insurance is OK but the out of pocket expense is high. There is a separate co-pay for medical and dental. The premium for employee only is decent, but for a husband and wife only, the premium is almost triple. I'm not sure about pay or benefits for salaried employees. It is very hard to advance within the company. I have been employed for 15 years+ and have yet to be chosen for any of the positions which I have applied for, and there have been several.