Tyson Foods Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"A wide variety of talent brought together to complete each task that is given to the organization. Some being an extremely large amount of talent and experience others bring some and are taught along the way. A company that takes responsibility for the outcome of each project and understands the strengths and weaknesses."

"Good company, good salary's, lack of communication from corp bosses to plant subordinates."

"I've worked for Tyson for 13 years now in both production and FSQA Management. Overall, it has been a good company to me. The facility in which I'm located is one of the bigger Tyson facilities, which employees more than 2,000 team members."

"Poor management at Tyson Information technology, HR group (IS HR). I have worked with various groups in IT at Tyson, and most groups are either ok, or are pretty good. However, I have never seen such complete incompetence from the management like I see in IS HR team. Our management does not care or support their own people; we constantly have to deal with snobbish and at times degrading comments. We are being talked down to, as if we are misbehaving children, not adults. What’s worse, is that many of these issues have been brought up to HR’s attention by our team members, including a large meeting to discuss leadership issues. HR has yet to address any of these issues or help resolve any of these problems in our team. Our “leadership” is carrying on as it always has with no repercussions. My advice: if you are going to join IT team at Tyson, stay away from IS HR group. Join another IT team."

"They (Tyson) pride themselves on being a family oriented company and that may be the case for their office, dispatch, and plant workers. But for us drivers they could care less if we want to make it home for a weekend to see our families. And even if we were able to come home they get us home in the middle of the night Friday night to Saturday morning and then expect us to leave out early on Sunday. It's like why even bother to send us home at all. And I'm supposed to get my daughter every other weekend but end up barely even seeing her or spending much time with her because of the short time I am home and the fact that we gotta sleep some of that time too. They are not the company I thought they were going to be or even that they claimed to be."

"I have worked in Tyson for 10 years and I have had a great experience with the company."

"Tyson foods is a an outstanding company to work for, the biggest issues that the company has are within each location, the Wilkesboro location for example is the only one that I can speak for and while this facility is very large it also has a great deal of room for improvement from the top level management within the facility with a change at the very top the Wilkesboro facility could be an outstanding location to work in. Poor training and management skills at the top level result in a level of turnover that is much too high to have a successful company and the basis of this lies in pushing the employees and managers too hard due to a constant problem of being short staffed. This results in more stress on both management and hourly employees within the company. I would however recommend working here to anyone as there is immense room for growth within the company and there is a high demand for products offered, and once staffing issues are corrected the workload for each person would drop from doing 2-3 positions per person to just doing the job that you are hired to do."

"Good place to work if you have no education. Pays very well for limited education."

"Well for me, the opportunity to work in the food industry is rewarding enough."

"I don't think I have ever been spoken to in such a way by any manager I have ever had. I was also told during my job interview I would have to work every third Saturday and that quickly blossomed into every other weekend to include the Sunday of the weekend. I have been a laboratory manager for over 20 years and have never been so unhappy in the workplace. I like the people who report to me and I like the work. I just have issues with the atmosphere. It is very depressing."

"I have a good relationship with everyone in the plant. My maintenance managers are great people. My only problem at Tyson is I feel I can achieve more. Lots of employees I work with seem to have lost a desire to learn more. Many are 15+ yr experienced employees stuck in bad work habits. Lots would rather change parts or look the other way when trouble occurs. All in all, Tyson is worth billions employing hundreds of thousands of workers with great values."

"I have worked in the Waste Water department since I was hired in 2006. I worked full time and went to school until I graduated last year. They offer tuition reimbursement and that helped me to be able to afford to go to school. I haven't been able to move up since I graduated."

"Too much of a buddy system it's not so much what you know as it is who you know."

"Tyson is a good company, lot's of training and emphasis on FSQS."

"Overall a good company. Easy to work through issues and flexible."

What do you like about working at Tyson Foods?

"Pay and benefits and equipment are better than average trucking companies."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest. Company is very open and will work with you."

What don't you like about working at Tyson Foods?

"Most loads are either last minute or to much time built in with a lot of waiting at the shipping plants."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Need better preplanning. Most things are addressed reactively rather than in a proactive manner."