Georgia-Pacific Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"The people."

What don't you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"Lots of weekends."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus in quality of life for employees."

"This company should be called Georgia Pathetic."

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"It was close to my place of residence."

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

"Stay away if you are interviewing for the Albany, OR position."

What don't you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"Poor Management, uncomfortable work atmosphere, poor training."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get a new manager who knows how to deal with humans."

"It was a great job for me, but the job was eliminated."

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"The job was interesting, because the work was always different from day to day. You learn a lot about making resins and basic chemistry. You get to work on different projects. The people were great to work with, especially the chemist in the R&D department. The challenges were always there and exciting to work through. The job had a lot of responsibilities form the everyday task to big projects."

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

"Ask a lot of questions on the business. How it is going. What the growth factor is. Is GP/Koch going to close any more plants? Ask for a lot on money since raises were always less than 3% when they came."

What don't you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"That GP sold out to Koch Industries and the entire work environment changed. New policies and management changes that affected the smooth way of doing things that GP had established. The biggest thing Koch did was to close plants and eliminate jobs. Several plants in the chemical division and other divisions were closed."

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"It was a Contract Job."

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

"Keep track of communications between departments."

What don't you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"Location."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More communication."

"Steady work."

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"Steady, full time work."

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

"If you want to work all the time, this place is for you."

What don't you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"Rotating shift work and on call 24-7."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make shifts permanent."

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"Team work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Great team effort."

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"The people."

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

"Don't."

What don't you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"STRESS."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Quit LYING to people!"

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"I loved the company and employees. Great benefits."

What don't you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"No complaints."

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"Building Products experience."

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

"It's changed to BlueLinx."

What don't you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"Call center."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Team building."

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"They treated you very well. Best management team I have ever worked for."

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

"Be yourself. They appreciate that."

What don't you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"Some decisions for the west coast were made by pencil pushers back east without a clear understanding of the West Coast market."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Let the West Coast management make the decisions for the West Coast."

"Great experience, company was bought out and they changed a lot of the environment and company policies that negatively impacted the workforce."

"Shifting paradigm."

"Great place to learn and get into the packaging world."

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"Constantly busy, worked with some great people, and it was a great experience."

"BlueLinx was an excellent place to work."

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"Growth opportunities and the employees (felt like a family)."

What don't you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"Overall, it was a good place to work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Always be open and honest with your employees. It will definitely boost morale and motivate employees to perform at their highest potential."

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"It was fun."

What don't you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"Hard work."