Not a great place to work for Long-Term! - Inventory Specialist The BoxMaker Employee Review

1.0
Nov 23, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The company seems good at first, but.

Cons

The management is completely terrible, they rely on their co-worker to do management tasks for them, while they sit back and take all the credit. There is absolutely no promotion/ advancements and certainty no recognition of the hard work done. The pay is very low. There is always an overload of work dumped on employees that sometimes are not even related to the position.

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The BoxMaker attempts to select candidates with integrity and who are reliable. From that, many coworkers have become Lead Operators or Managers of their department. Granted, those types of promotions typically do not occur during the first year of employment, and they are awarded to coworkers who show a willingness and desire to learn and accept new responsibilities.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jan 16, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Not gonna lie, the best part of working here was witnessing the drama ALL the time among everyone. Its like they all hated each other but forced themselves to be painfully cheery when they needed something from each other. Coworkers here are something else, but if you love Naruto and anime im sure you’ll fit right in with the rest of them, because thats all they want to talk about.

Cons

Managers and supervisors will lie to anyone, for anything, for any reason. They wont train properly. Wont answer questions professionally. The lead always answered -“i dunno” to near every question i ever asked them. And the worst part of this job for me was dealing with the individual that trained me on a manual cutter. The issue there was hygienic (you can imagine very bad B.O.) and this person was always unnervingly quiet all the time answering in 1 or 2 words to everything i asked in regards to my work. Management never helped me with that situation because well, the ‘don’t date your employees’ rule doesn’t exist at The BoxMaker of Lowell. Once you’ve worked here for a few days you’ll hear the “stories” from someone just like I DIDN’T want to. My advice: Don’t be surprised by how nonchalant they act when they tell you. I think they’ve just gotten used to turning a blind eye just like I kinda had to. Look, if you need a check every 2 weeks this is what I would consider a “stepping stone” job ok. If you get a job offer while working here, TAKE IT! If it’s just a few simple checks you’re wanting then, by all means, apply and prepare to be disappointed, overworked, and witness lots of drama. In my opinion, it’s just disorganized chaos at that plant being run by a manager that spends more time snap chatting with their female employees than actually being an actively engaged authoritative figure like a manager is supposed to be.

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