Georgia-Pacific reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(3,046 total reviews)
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David Duncan

71% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Georgia-Pacific has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,046 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Georgia-Pacific employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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3K reviews
1.0
Jul 20, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great people hourly. You can learn a few new things if you are new to the mechanical job.

Cons

Supervision do what they want with 0 accountability. HR department is one sided for the company and have very little concerns for the hourly employees. Supervision, planners, and upper management will contract jobs the hourly employees can do for way less than any contractor and not think twice. The company has very little concern with grievances from the union and try to push over them. They cut hours and lay off while hiring salaried employees and say the hourly folks was laidoff for economic reasons. Saftey is preached from salary employees however when it comes to production then saftey is second. The company has contracted jobs that was found unsafe. They contract these jobs at night so no one will be there to question it except the next day. The saftey department only leaves offices when an accident has already happened. I feel if koch industries knew what all was going on here they would be genuinely upset and make a change. Management here preaches the koch guiding principles but fail to follow them. The guiding principles of apply to the hourly employees and never a salary person. Pay is on the decline because HR only looks at surrounding mill pay. If they want retention they should look at all employment skilled and non skilled, mills and non mill. They claim to do a 50 mile radius. Personally I drive 54 miles. I want this to be my last career but if pay and hours keep dropping I'll drive in the other direction.

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Georgia-Pacific Response
6y
Hello and thank you for writing a review and informing us about your current work environment. First of all I want to let you know I will be passing these concerns on to the appropriate leadership team for review because safety is a top priority at GP and should be practiced by everyone. I would encourage you to use the GP Guideline to report safety incidents. I’m also sorry to hear you feel as though employees are not well respected or listened to. Thanks again for writing a review and providing honest feedback. – Bethany at GP
3.0
May 24, 2019

Expectations

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, competitive salary structure, seemed to have opportunity for growth, there are many great people that work for the company.

Cons

Lack of training opportunities, communication gaps, fear of retaliation if concerns are taken to higher authority per relationships amongst management within department. Be very clear on the “expectations” as they will be clear on you “not meeting” what was never explained. No opportunity to improve if you don’t meet the expectations you’re unaware of; some managers would rather just lose the talent completely than to fix their inability to train and lead employees.

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Georgia-Pacific Response
7y
Hello- thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. MBM® is the framework and business philosophy we apply to our everyday work and business goals. As we continue to look at how we are leveraging this philosophy and practice, we appreciate your feedback on areas to improve. I would encourage you to speak to your local HR contact around any concerns or if you wish to remain anonymous, please contact our Guideline at www.reportlineweb.com/georgiapacific. Thank you- Molly from GP
4.0
Feb 18, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The management philosophy is excellent for innovative, collaborative individuals.

Cons

The practice of the principles of the company diminish extensively at the mill level. It is a good-ole-boy system.

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