Optimum Nutrition, Inc. Reviews

Pros

It is a nice place to start out. You will meet many great people, learn how things work, and observe a lot about the culture. You will gain valuable experience on many projects and interact with a diverse surrounding. The benefits are decent and depending on the immediate people around you, it can be a very fun atmosphere. If you join a department with a great Director or VP, you will love it.

Cons

With the workload you are given, you will likely put in much overtime without recognition or appreciation. Turnover overall is pretty high. The medical insurance is high. Some department heads play favorites and target those they don't like by setting them up to fail. Sometimes you will witness the worst disrespect you can imagine in a workplace, and the higher paid individual will get away with it. If you are not a favorite, your suggestions for anything will not matter, even if it could help the company. The values are a joke only because they are not followed and preached by some who are hypocrites.

Pros

Optimum Nutrition affords you the chance to work with a diverse group of career-minded individuals on a number of creative projects. It's a great place to get started in your career, and they do a somewhat respectable job of trying to foster a productive environment that makes you feel as if you're part of a family.

Cons

I think there's a bit of a disconnect between the upper management and regular employees (financially and emotionally) which leads the lower-level to feel micromanaged. It's unfortunate, but it seems you can put in your time there and, while you get to work on a variety of projects, the upper management tends to be extremely critical and fickle when it comes to your contributions. In the end, the job becomes stagnant and you feel as if your career's not moving forward in the way that it should.

Pros

Great place to start out at the beginning of your career. Will teach you the sink or swim mentality. As well as Evolve or Perish. Introduction to a variety of skills. You will have no other choice but to wear many hats. You will gain great experience managing a variety of accounts and people.

Cons

Unreal work environment and expectations. Really High Turn over. Survival of the fittest, and whoever is the best at politics. No real management or leadership. You are setup to fail. You are payed pennies on the dollar but promised the world. Also, the world's worst benefits & time off policies. Not a team environment. Once you learn everything you can, which is generally within 6 months. There is nowhere to go, job will not change, monotony and complacency become the accepted norm day in and day out. Recognition is seldom given. If possible work for this company Aurora, Illinois and things will be completely different.

Pros

Very good benefits, some good managers, exponential growth, job security

Cons

Company lacks culture of employee growth, no training, no mentoring, straight to work, seems to treat employees differently, to much influx from Ireland where Group is based off - no employee growth program son local level, lack of good working conditions in manufacturing facilities

Pros

A good place with excellent benefits and career advancement opportunities.

Cons

High turnover rate. Including management and professional experienced staff leaving the company.

Pros

very fast pasted job nice people to work with.

Cons

job ended to soon needed a bigger plant.

Pros

Very busy. not all locations are like this.

Cons

They do not deal effect with people that need guidance to make them better. its a warehouse so not greatest environment. very childish. Fire people instead of dealing with actual problems. so it happens repeatedly. Not a good environment for females to work within warehouse.

Pros

Several learning opportunities available for entry level manufacturing employees due to continuous production mistakes

Cons

Very poor management, no accountability, no root cause analysis on issues, low employee morale, and EXTREMELY low grade pay. This is not a company that you can retire from unless you are amongst the idiots placed in managerial positions.