First Quality Reviews

Current Employee – been working at First Quality full-time

Pros – The company focuses on making cutting edge products, using the latest technology. First Quality is ethical in their business dealings. Aggressively chases efficiency and sustainability. Privately held, with a focus on long term growth rather than short term gains. Management is actively involved.

Cons – Weak development path for advancement. Staff has been cut to the absolute minimum in each role. You can feel isolated in your position with no mentor, so you are on your own, sink or swim. This can lead to employees feeling like management does not care, the truth is that there is very few layers and they are stretched so thin they don't have time to address employee issues.

Advice to Senior Management – Recognize success, realize that employees can be developed into leaders with the right plan.

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at First Quality full-time

Pros – Some people are very nice and helpful, clean facility, annual bonus. average benefit.

Cons – The only thing IT management doing is trying to keep their job.

Current Employee – been working at First Quality as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Great people, great empowerment, great experience

Cons – This job can be boring at times

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at First Quality

Pros – Owners were committed to the business and willing to invest in the company. The central PA manufacturing locations seemed like good places to work for people already living in those areas. If you want to stay with the company long term, there are opportunities.

Cons – Information was kept very secret so that it was hard to get the job done in certain functions. Direction was not always given to people at all levels resulting in confusion. Nepotism was also an issue as most key managers seemed to be related to the owners some how.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at First Quality

Pros – People are friendly, Environment is not bad
Salary okay

Cons – Salary
Managment poor. no communication
Owners all over the place
Knee Jerk reaction

Advice to Senior Management – Get it together
Communicate.
Set reasonable goals

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at First Quality

Pros – It was an excellent internship and paid really well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cons – It was in the middle of pennsylvania away from everything!

Advice to Senior Management – I think they are doing a great job!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at First Quality

Pros – First Quality is a huge family-run operation with a lot of cash flow. They always invest in the latest equipment to remain competitive and efficient. They have top-quality products, and are committed to manufacture them in the U.S.A.

Cons – All company decisions are made by the 3 brothers who run the company. Top-level management largely does not have decision-making power. Information, especially financial, is very hard to come by to do proper analysis of market decisions.

Advice to Senior Management – Allow the employees to make more informed decisions to support the business by providing full information disclosure, including the financial metrics. Allow sales force to develop and nurture relationships with retailer buyers without interference and "going over their head".

Current Employee – been working at First Quality

Pros – - Company spending a tons of money for new equipment and latest technologies.
- Kind of good salaries level, if they really need you.

Cons – - No respect for employees at all
- Serious lack of management communication
- Owners and managers absolutely don't care about employees (if you are not a part of owners family, then you just a junk.
- They can throw out anyone with kind of 1 hour notice
- Start outsourcing process and just simply throw away team members
- Absolutely don't keep their promises

Advice to Senior Management – Major advice for owners, start keep your promises and stop stupid savings process, when you just throw away your team members and looking for savings in that places, when savings is not actual at all.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at First Quality

Pros – They offer good deal for bathroom tissue and paper towel for their employee.

Cons – They are private own company. So they can laid off people without reason. Lack of communication with other site location. The owner doesn't not have any future plan.

Advice to Senior Management – There are no leadership for this company. Their managment is a mess. If you ask for budget for project, they always hold off. Lack of commuicate with other site location.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at First Quality

Pros – High Quality Products. Easy to believe in the product you are selling. Known as the industry leader for their line of products. Very vertically integrated to allow for better purchasing power of raw materials for products. A large variety of products in both the retail and long term care marketplace.

Cons – Family business. Non- family members treated with disrespect and passed over for MOST management roles
Management Team is inept and extremely slow to react to changes in the marketplace.
Marketing program is very weak with with a lack of leadership.
Lack of clear corporate direction and focus
Crisis oriented management style. Most sales people feel like "Firemen" rather than sales professionals.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to the field sales teams. Implement some of the ideas taken to the management meetings.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend