Close that facility permanently with 15 minutes notice - Anonymous employee Georgia-Pacific Employee Review

2.0
May 16, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Paychecks were on time, plenty of overtime was available.

Cons

Management turnover was high, benefits reduced each year, management was deceptive and untruthful,.. They laid us off and said we would be back to work in a few months then called us in for a meeting and told us the sawmill wouldn't reopen and ripped us off on our severance packages.

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Georgia-Pacific Response
7y
Hello-Molly here. We’re sorry that we had to close Coos Bay. It truly was a difficult decision to close the facility permanently due to availability of raw materials, unreliable rail service and market conditions. We will pass your feedback along to our management team. Thanks and good luck.

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