Kimberly-Clark Reviews in Everett, WA

Pros

They have many different locations, so you can find one near where you want to live. They also offer a 9/80 schedule. It's super nice to get every other Friday off. You get to dress fairly casual, mainly khakis and polos.

Cons

The Everett location is not well organized. The engineers are overworked. Many of the operators seems unmotivated. It may depends on where you work in the mill, it a very large location. There is no cafeteria, however. There also is no common lunch room, so it's hard to connect with co-workers outside of your area of work.

Advice to Senior Management

Feedback to employees is crucial, especially when training new engineers.

Pros

Strong financial position. Fairly secure

Cons

Not focused on American markets. Better to seek employment from Clearwater or another company that is investing in its American Manufacturing.

Advice to Senior Management

Rather than closing your assets cut down on the size of your corporate collosus. If Clearwater can make a great profit with only American assets why can't you?

Pros

Unlimited OT, I work about 600 to 800 per year, I know of people working 3000 to 3200 Hrs per year. If you are a go getter should be OK, be ready to work OT new guys usually get "Forced" to work.

Cons

Too many superviser, very top heavy. The ratio is 6 to 1. It is hard to remeber who tom talk to depending where you are in the mill. Very little training for newer employees, alot of promises when you get hired, Hrly rate is low for the area, Oil Refineries in the Area pay more per Hr and get better Bennys,

Advice to Senior Management

Give praise to your workers, acknowledge the good ones, the people getting dirty. Very little feed back on work done too many supervisors, trying to go too many directions.

Pros

Interaction with Engineers and all Employees is an open book. The Company truely respects all ideas and offers feedback regularly. Someone qualified will help and guide you through any project at any level at any time.

Cons

shift work, older site, needs more updating, the Company is fully aware

Advice to Senior Management

Make it foremost that all management dealing with hourly let hourly know how important and vital to the success of the Company. Move the engineers out of their offices and on the shop floor at least 75% of the time. They need to be on those machines and not their computers much, much more often. Trouble shooting paper machines does not usually happen from a computer. The paper machines are all needed now machines. Follow up reports are important, but are always after the fact.