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3.5
Average Rating
(based on 32 Pactiv Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.2
Growth Opportunities
3.0
People You Work With
4.0
Person You Work For
3.6
Rewards You Receive
3.4
Support You Get
3.4
Way You Work
3.8
Work Setting
3.5
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Maintenance Supervisor
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Production Supervisor
Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 2 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1.3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.9 / 5
Company Culture 1.1 / 5 Way You Work 1.4 / 5
Machine Operator

"I work with food plastic containers, operate the lable lines and different task."

What do you like about working at Pactiv?

"The people I work with and a none stress job."

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

"Easy job just wish I had the first shift and nothing much."

What don't you like about working at Pactiv?

"I work 3rd shift and the rate pay very low."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"We need more maintenance guys on dutie to fix machines."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Operating Mechanic

What do you like about working at Pactiv?

"There is a new challenge every day. People were for the most part helpful."

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

"Safety is job one. H ave a good work ethic. Not afarid of working."

What don't you like about working at Pactiv?

"Hot during summer months. Some people make my job more difficult."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Compressed air drops closer to make change overs quicker. Train other people on change overs to make things go smoother."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Regional Continuous Improvement Manager

"Great organization during private ownership but recently lost it's business compass."

What do you like about working at Pactiv?

"The ability to set the pace of the organization for the next 20 years with Lean application."

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

"Company no longer embraces continuous improvement - long term value creation is not valued."

What don't you like about working at Pactiv?

"CEO deciding to sell the company to a venture capitalist and the decision to discard Lean."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management team including directors and plant managers were great to work with."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Senior .NET Developer

What do you like about working at Pactiv?

"Everything at pactiv. I like the environment, work and people"

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

"Very good company to work for but its fast pace!"

What don't you like about working at Pactiv?

"Nothing really I pretty much like everything about pactiv (work and people)"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"management is new so no suggestions as they need time"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Operator

What do you like about working at Pactiv?

"I like some of the people I have met over the years"

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

"If you are black or white you will never get a job that will last more than a few months"

What don't you like about working at Pactiv?

"I don't like that I am one of the lowest paid yet have more responsabilty because I have more seniority than most of my peers. It's a buddy system and if you are not hespanic you are just slave labor with no chance of moving up the pay scale. You must be bilingual . I do speak Spanish but it is not Mexico Spanish it's what they teach at school. Doesn't count."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take care of your people they will take care of you"

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Subject Matter Expert

"I worked for Pactiv for only 3 months before my position was eliminated. I found the job challenging, the environment clean and comfortable, and company a pleasant place to work."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Plant Productivity Manager

"Pactiv was a fine place to work, but had limited growth potential for me. I was wearing too many hats, so needed to make change."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Pactiv Employee

"They don't care about their people at all.No improvement on the plant or working conditions. It's all about the bottom. They don't even keep a good parts room. No programs to train people at all. They just want everyone to live and die there."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Pactiv Employee

"Not bad, but there is a high turn around on management and employees."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Pactiv Employee

"This is a great company to work for and has its challenges like any other."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Pactiv Employee

"Pactiv, a great company for career growth and strong company in terms of sales and profit. Excellent benefits and most importantly a lot of support to fix issues with speaking with sister plants."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Pactiv Employee

"Ever since reynolds consumer products going public Pactiv is looking like a company for sale."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Supply Chain Manager

"Great company with a lot of potential for advancement."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

Pactiv Reviews FAQs

Is Pactiv a good company to work for?

Pactiv has an overall rating of 3.5 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 32 Pactiv Review Ratings left anonymously by Pactiv employees, which is 10% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 84% of employees would recommend working at Pactiv.

Does Pactiv pay their employees well?

Pactiv employees earn $52,000 annually on average, or $25 per hour, which is 21% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 16 Pactiv employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Pactiv Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Pactiv?

84% of employees would recommend working at Pactiv with the overall rating of 3.5 out of 5. Employees also rated Pactiv 3.2 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.4 for Rewards You Receive, 3.0 for Growth Opportunities and 3.4 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Pactiv?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Pactiv is a Director of Continuous Improvement at $201,000 annually. Browse Pactiv Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Pactiv?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Pactiv is a Parts Clerk at $16,000 annually. Browse Pactiv Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Pactiv?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Pactiv to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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