Georgia-Pacific Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"I've worked at Georgia Pacific for 3 years. I conduct a IQS product check every hour. Inspect ink's PH and Viscosity. Adjust Beater Belts. Inspect Bundle Braker to ensure level layers into Pallets."

"I believe in the company vision and standards. I have worked for GP for only 3 months. After they purchased our company, over a dozen of the highest ups came into our facility from every division, management, engineering, safety, environmental, IT, records management. Every person that came through believes in the principals of the Market Based Management that the company preaches and lives it too. The most inspiring thing that is oft repeated is that, if we feel they are wrong, challenge it."

"Great place to learn and work while going to school."

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"It was a good job with fulfilling opportunities. I had opportunities to make a difference for the plant and the employees."

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

"Ask all the questions possible so you know the expectations of the job and the enviroment."

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

"Corporate management was based in energy. It was often time consuming to get these building products operations, markets and opportunities understood by this group."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Develop upper management with an understanding of the building products industry."

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"Good people. I have decision rights to do my job effectively. I get great satisfaction out of working in the IT field managing people and projects."

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

"Know what you are getting into when you decide to come to work for Koch. We have a huge turnover rate since bought out and being in a small area we never had this in the past. We have people accept jobs and within a year or less they are gone."

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

"Koch culture and the way it is managed. Not much emphasis from a production facility standpoint."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Treat your people the way you want to be treated."

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"MBM and the guiding principles that affect employee behavior and business acumen"

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

"Read Charles Koch's book, Science of Success. His principles for virtues and talents expectations are leading edge."

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

"Lack of progressive lean leadership. Lean is not recognized as a tool for continuous improvement."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Adopt change, be ready to understand industry changes and what has worked well with other companies."

"Great times."

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"The people, the culture, atmosphere, and of course the pay. These are some very important guidelines for people to enjoy what they are doing."

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

"Give the full description of the job with one or two of the employees that are currently doing the job sit in on the interview. To see if they are fit for the job."

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

"We cannot wear shorts in the summer due to safety reasons. Which is very understandable."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I have no suggestions. They are doing a great job and we are well taken care of."

"Experience was ok but it could have been better."

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"The people are friendly and the work challenges are interesting."

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

"Do your best, practice beforehand and make sure to catch people's interest. Body language."

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

"There are no rewards. Corporate does not value my efforts."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be open minded, and please listen to the people you manage. Create options for career advancement."

"I love Georgia Pacific."

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"The EH&S Vision."

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"I enjoyed the working environment, I learned a lot of new programming styles and some programming languages I was not familiar with."

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

"Show the interviewer with words that you are the best fit for the job, after that show him that you are the best fit with your work and actions."

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

"I did not get enough opportunities to develop software in the system."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I have no suggestions to the management. The manager was doing a great job."

"Occasionally frustrating, usually rewarding, poor outcome."

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"The challenge of turning a poor performing plant around and improving the work environment."

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

"The decision to close the plant after many improvements had been made and the progress that was still happening."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Look at the overall progress and don't base life changing decisions based on events in the past."

"One of my favorite positions and assignments."

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"I enjoyed the travel and the experience of sharing new technology and processes."

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

"Just be aware that it's a very large corporation and it's easy to get lost in the shuffle."

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

"It was a short lived project and there was no desirable options when it was completed."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To provide better options after projects are completed so dedicated employees can continue their employment."

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"I worked there 18 years at Georgia-Pacific, wonderful work with them."

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

"There is none dislike the company. Always follow the safety."

"The company is stable and very successful."

What do you like about working at Georgia-Pacific?

"The company was very flexible in terms of working with its employees."

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

"Inform your manager of your goals and where you see yourself at the company and opportunities will be made known to you."

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

"I did not like that it was a contract position."