Smithfield Foods Reviews

Pros

most jobs dont require any lifting whatsoever,

Cons

some lines require you to lift 60-70 pound hams up onto another conveyor belt, and thats about the only hard part

Pros

Pay is decent and in line with industry

Cons

Benefits, and management is very sub par

Advice to Senior Management

Lose the attitude

Pros

The benefits alone are worth working here.You get raises every 6 months and it is a very nice place to work.

Cons

I have no cons at working at Smithfield because it is an awesome place to work.If you haven't tried working here then you don't need to say anything bad about it.

Advice to Senior Management

I think all of the management are doing an awesome job at the location where I work and I wouldn't want to work anywhere else.

Pros

Good Benefits able to move up in producton good pay my hours are good now paid vacation paid holidays

Cons

the point system the pain involved there are some good supervisors but there are others that dont understand the waything should be done we are the ones that do the job hands on so i believe when there is an easier way of doing the job but the same amount of work is being done and its less strain on us it should be took into concideration

Advice to Senior Management

I know u cant put this company on tv but I believe we need to have an undercover boss come in every plant from somewhere high up in the chain so they can see for there selves the thing really going on then mabey if they try and do a job hands on they will see there are better ways of getting the right amount of production done at a smoother and more organized fashion

Pros

If you can bring yourself to kiss the boss's butt you can advance and do pretty well. If you can't you
end up like me! See above.

Cons

Long hours, Cold damp environment, low wages.

Advice to Senior Management

Treat your employees as the assets they are. Don't just use them and throw them away.

Pros

the people whom i worked with were great good employees ,but you wouldnt know this by the raises

Cons

they dont care about your family time or things that sometime come up an you have to miss a day. the care more about the product than the people

Advice to Senior Management

production is good it makes you money, so you should give better raises to employees, an remember they have families

Pros

The pay is better than most other companies in the area. Location, I only live two miles away from work.

Cons

The health problems I've had due to the climate of the workplace. The company doesn't think the cold is a contributing factor.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop trying to keep employees and management that make the job 10 times harder than it should be. Start keeping the good employees even though they make an opinion that you may not like.

Pros

benafits and good about given breaks and overtime.

Cons

managent wont lisen to workers on input in safty meeting and no team work

Advice to Senior Management

if white hats put quaity first it would be better, they just want to get the meat out the door ,so it looks better for corpate ,hourly wage people work hardes get paid lowest ,if they would pay more they would get even better ,and maybe have more team work.

Pros

My top choice of working for Smithfield is, I definitely love the people,and I enjoy my job.

Cons

When they tell you are off and then you're not, you have to miss out on your plans.

Advice to Senior Management

We have a life and other family outside of Smithfield, cause I personally do consider Smithfield my family.

Pros

there a great product and the company is for the workers,good benifits , payed vacation, payed personal days off

Cons

i dont have any but @ chirstmas time work 7 day a week but that is not always a bad thing

Advice to Senior Management

get more involed in production on the floor