Great foundation and company values poor execution - Process Engineer Georgia-Pacific Employee Review

2.0
May 1, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Peers and coworkers typically are amazing. Those closer to the work typically are amazing humans who really care. Excellent pay, benefits are average, time off decent, and opportunities are plentiful.

Cons

As one elevates to roles at Sr levels the further you find them (your leaders) not living up to company values. Directors, regional leaders, and VPs rarely live out guiding principles and values and you typically find them more as micro managers attempting to justify their role. Do not go here if you value bonuses, you won’t get it. Some of the plant mangers especially in CPG were the worse I had ever worked with especially with micromanagement. Undermining department leaders, inappropriate conversations, and poor people leadership. The influx of hiring IP people and not grounding them in Koch values is why people like myself left and will continue to leave.

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Georgia-Pacific Response
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Thank you for leaving a review; feedback is incredibly important to us. We're disappointed to hear of your experience. It's the expectation that every employee practices and upholds our principles so that we maintain a positive environment. Please know we have shared your feedback internally for further review.

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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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