International Paper Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Corporate slow to respond to obvious management problems."

What do you like about working at International Paper?

"It was like a large family, had long-term employment."

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

"Stop promoting your people who are good at giving lip service."

What don't you like about working at International Paper?

"Lack of personal growth and career advancement."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Talk to lower level employees and protect them from retaliation."

"I was a temporary employee that was hired to take up the slack while they updated their computer system. I was not told this until after they updated their system and was let go. I feel they were not truthful to me because they were worried I would not perform my best work, and I feel very disappointed in their management of the accounting department."

What do you like about working at International Paper?

"I enjoyed the team camaraderie, and the family atmosphere."

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

"Yes, get any information in writing. The accounting manager is unorganized and forgets sometimes. Something in writing will help when he changes his mind."

What don't you like about working at International Paper?

"I did not enjoy the system by which they had set up their accounting processes."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Quit outsourcing their accounting to third world nations. It costs twice as much to correct the errors, and takes as much time to prepare the documents for transmission."

"Big corporation. Lot of chiefs. Good team atmosphere."

What do you like about working at International Paper?

"I was a key player in working for the plants as a mediator with the IT developers. Performed a lot of training and testing for the plants."

What don't you like about working at International Paper?

"So many Managers to please (dept. heads), the priorities were sometimes hard to determine."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make priorities clear. Have meetings at the same time with all heads to set the priorities."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have employee interaction and involvement to get at the root cause of problems and maximize profits."

What don't you like about working at International Paper?

"Safety policies that contradict one another and only upheld by management when it conveniences them."

"IP/WY was my employer for 18 years - had been nice but time for a change."

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

"To have the interest in this industry so you can grow with experience, and the company will grow in the market place."

What do you like about working at International Paper?

"The team work and managers for whom I learned from and worked under. Middle management treated people respectfully and not like a number."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Do not be too hasty to eliminate senior personnel along with their knowledge and experience."