Caraustar Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Started as Shipping Clerk @ $5.85/hr finished QC Mgr @ $72,000."

What do you like about working at Caraustar?

"Very career oriented, started as a shipping clerk finished as Quality Control Manager after 15 years."

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

"Be yourself, change positions as available and learn as much as you can. Your potential has no bounds."

What don't you like about working at Caraustar?

"High turn-over of upper management. Located next to corporate HQ, Mill was used a lot as training ground."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep communication between corporate and mill flowing, employees like to be in the know."

"Expectation to do much more with much less and no compensation"

What do you like about working at Caraustar?

"Fast paced environment. New challenges. Hourly personnel would work with managers willing to work with them not against them."

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

"Have questions ready for them. Most of the persons you will interview with will not have questions for you."

What don't you like about working at Caraustar?

"Mandatory overtime for exempt salary including nights and weekends. Company often would not pay on terms normally 15 to 20 days past terms, which has a very negative impact with suppliers. Was hired as a Production Supervisor. Was given the rolls of Environmental Engineer, Process Engineer, placed in charge of the entire chemical program and promised a title change with additional compensation. After three years I left with the title Production Supervisor. Bonus program pays quarterly to hourly employees but annually for salary and normally not until the second quarter."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Terminate your Maintenance Manager and replace him with someone who will work with the company not against."

"This job was in a papermill, condition are harsh and unforgiving."

What do you like about working at Caraustar?

"I liked the work that I did and loved the people, we all cared and looked out for each other."

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

"Use this job as a stepping stone, don't let the good pay suck you into a job from which has little return on your investment of the years of your life of which you can never get back."

What don't you like about working at Caraustar?

"Working conditions, very dangerous environment, long hours, swing shift, little management support or compassion, hI incedent rates."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Treat everyone as a person not a number, a happy healthy workforce is your greatest asset."

"Great potential but company structure was poor and not capable of meeting corporate goals."

"Review is a double edged sword. Good place to work. Was given great opportunities. Hit a stonewall for growth and left only to become a bigger fish in a bigger pond."

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

"Hello. Good luck on your interview; you just might be a candidate for the same job as I am."

"Interesting"

What do you like about working at Caraustar?

"Working with people, Opportunity to make a difference"

What don't you like about working at Caraustar?

"Promotions not always based on experiance. Managers in charge of areas with no past building experiance"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Promote competent people who know how to balance employee realtions with making a profit"