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- "Salaries are good but you must know your value to the organization and be firm when it's time to negotiate your compensation." (in 42 reviews)
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Reviews about "work life balance"
Return to all Reviews- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Very productive with your time, helped with learning ins and outs of the workforce.
Cons
Work-life balance is somewhat skewed
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
Focus on safety as a core value. I think the company is sincerely looking to improve in diversity and inclusion and other ways, it's just going very slowly. Good salary for region. Most people are long tenured and really care about each other and the company's success. The training is more than most companies offer these days and is a good set of tools.
Cons
No work life balance. Change is often actively resisted and risk avoidance/status quo is often rewarded. Lots of middle and upper layers of management - difficult to get even simple things done amongst all of the partial owners.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
12 hr shifts are like having a part time job. Work life balance isn’t to bad except for the guys on the top end being forced to work open shifts because of the old guys retiring and leave of absence. Pay is good you train and set up usually two jobs above your base job. The work is repetitive and challenging mentally and physically sometimes, but also very chill when things are running smoothly.
Cons
Cooperate and management favoritism. If you don’t fit into their cult like mold you will never rise above being just an operator. Selective discipline measures, some people are untouchable while others get fired soon as they look at someone the wrong way. To further that point they refuse to fire deadweight and make the good operators carry the load. Cooperate refuses to give hourly raise to operations for the last 6 years but gives maintenance whatever they want. Just raised the bottom rate this month which helps no one because we certify on the first job tier within months of being hired. So minus tue utter moronic decisions made on the top end it’s a good place for a career.
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Good pay Rewarding work Lots of room to develop
Cons
Work life balance sometimes not great Majority of the time, you are not given much direction
- Former Employee★★★★★
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Great experience, challenging opportunities, competitive salary
Cons
Work Life Balance does not exist
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
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Great Benefits and great salary. Room for growth in the company if you make the right connections. If you work hard you will learn a lot in this position. The trainers are very dedicated to the team. IP offers a lot of free courses and certifications.
Cons
The helpdesk functions like a call center. Team leads are only focused on metrics and not helping employees grow in their careers. Military-style mindset vs work-life balance.
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
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Culture was well above average
Cons
Work/life balance was below average
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
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Good pay for people just starting out. This company also has many unique opportunities and they give a lot back to the communities where the plants/mills are. Amazing work/life balance.
Cons
HR is atrocious across the board. I've never received a prompt email back from them. I've always had to follow up multiple times. There will be problems almost every month end close that nobody knows what to do with. Training for new hires could be better.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Appropriate work/ life balance Diversity and Inclusion
Cons
No downsides. Loved the environment!
- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
Benefits, 401k, people, learning experience
Cons
Work/life balance...to room for outside life...work 12hrs/6days a week
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