Unlevel work-life balance - Production Worker Baxter Employee Review

3.0
Mar 9, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive pay, great benefits, and the products produced instill a shared value of life

Cons

Work life balance is often not appropriate with excess overtime resulting in losing good employees and leaders. Failure to meet production demands in a short time frame can lead to rapid negative consequences even when issues may be uncontrollable such as delays in obtaining/maintaining appropriate staffing to meet production demands.

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Baxter Response
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Hi, thank you for taking the time to write this. We appreciate the callout on our compensation, benefits, and products. We take the points you mentioned seriously and will communicate them to leadership; it's valuable for us to hear and helps us take action to improve. If you're open to it, please contact us at BaxterCares@Baxter.com to discuss your experience in more detail and understand your comments better.

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