Smithfield Foods Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Smithfield Foods

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.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Smithfield Foods

Pros – the opporunity to advance. good benefits. i can make the bacon and bring home the bacon.

Cons – there is favorism with certain employees.

Advice to Senior Management – n/a

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Smithfield Foods

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

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Smithfield Foods

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.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Smithfield Foods

Pros – The people there are fun, funny, enthusiastic. Upper management is understandable. They help you through your professional growth. Great place to work.

Cons – The only negative feedback I would give is the work. Work was difficult but had to be done. It was necessary.

Advice to Senior Management – Extremely professional and supportive. They treat you like humans, not like machines. They are extremely friendly and kind. Great people.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Smithfield Foods

Pros – industry leader and know entity

Cons – field management politics are a minefield

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Smithfield Foods

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

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Smithfield Foods

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

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Smithfield Foods

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.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Smithfield Foods

Pros – In my experience I have learned more a bout Environmental than i ever knew before and I love it. Managers have a lot to do with that. Pay is good, and the opportunities are great. If you are interested in a career at Smithfield Packing, management will help you get there. Community involvement is great. Environmental issues are handled promptly.

Cons – The only downside that i see with the company is that they don't want to spend the money to put enough people, or (the right people) in our department. When one person is out there is no one to take their place and the Supervisor has to do the job along with their own job. That results in not a lot of time for family or to take care of business matters.

Advice to Senior Management – Find a way to see how many hrs. Salary employees are putting into the job and compensate for the hrs. daily or cut back the hrs. I work 12 and 13 hrs. a day every day for the same pay.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend