MBM only when it's convenient - Anonymous employee Georgia-Pacific Employee Review

3.0
Aug 25, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Positive culture influences through the Koch Market-Based-Management philosophy. Pay (not total compensation) is at or above market.

Cons

Market-based-Management only looks at compensation as being your salary and bonuses, which means that your benefits are being eroded under the false pretense of the ACA. Salary ranks were forced to take Low-Cost-High-Deductible healthcare insurance this last year, which means that if you have any health issues or kids your salary that's above market suddenly turns south-of-market. 401k doesn't vest for 3 years so if you're there, you're in for a 3 year stint if you want your match. Not much effort to retain top talent. In fact, I'd say that they wouldn't care if they lost their best and brightest unless they have "Vice President" or above in their title.

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Cons

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Expectations and priorities frequently changed without corresponding adjustments to workload. Performance feedback lacked important operational context, such as competing priorities, project reassignment, and resource constraints. Communication tended to favor frequent meetings over clear written expectations. Accommodation requests and communication support were difficult to navigate and lacked a clear process. Single-engineer staffing model creates a challenging environment for vacations, medical appointments, training, and long-term sustainability. Heavy emphasis on immediate deliverables can make long-term engineering work and root-cause analysis difficult.

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