Georgia-Pacific reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(3,048 total reviews)
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David Duncan

85% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Georgia-Pacific has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,048 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
2.0
May 2, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

With the company being so large, it is relatively easy to gain rapid promotions. HQ location is easily accessible, and most of the employees are great people. The owner, Charles Koch, will send you a Christmas card every year (no bonus enclosed, sorry).

Cons

If you do too good of a job, you'll be told you cannot apply for another internal position. If you don't get a promotion, you won't get a raise (despite them raising the salaries for new hires!!!). In general, by the time you are eligible for a promotion, they just give you more work, but only the same salary that new hires in your former position will be paid. Don't expect a performance review. You will have to complete a self review, as well as many peer reviews, but you won't see the result of them from your supervisor. They always tell you "we'll have it next week" but you never will. I didn't receive one for the last 2.5 years I was with the company despite repeated promises that all managers are required to give them annually. It doesn't really matter though since you won't receive a raise. Nothing better than being told that the company is having record profits, that your performance "exceeds expectations" and then being told that they cannot afford to give you a raise.

3.0
Oct 5, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good place for aggressive, young and bright people. You can gain a lot of responsibility quickly if you show your potential. Risk takers can be rewarded. Not for the faint of heart, kind of a heartless system. Job security is iffy, but you will learn a lot if you either stay with the company or get bounced.

Cons

Potential is rewarded and cultivated. Older mid-level employees don't seem to fit in the game plan. No pension-401k only. Bonus money for performance is part of the game plan, but rewards that I saw were pretty arbitrary and didn't amount to much. Job security is a problem-steady reorganizations leave a lot of people as odd men out, regardless of past performance. Cut first and hire later if you've over done it seems to be the general principle.

3.0
Sep 7, 2009

It's not MBM's fault.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

GP has a good work atmosphere (besides compensation, see cons) and does well when it comes to sharing knowledge and resources. You can usually find help from an internal source so no one is left on an island. There are opportunities to change jobs, more laterally than vertically, but that is probably the same for most large corporations.

Cons

The compensation process is a nightmare. Managers can put you in for a raise, but they have no say in the final answer. Senior managers make the decisions, but they have no idea what value you bring to the company. In the end, you are left with no raise in compensation even if you are below "Market Value". The only way to get a raise is to get an offer from another company, then GP will match it immediately. Why didn't they pay you that in the first place? Definitely not Market Based Management.

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