key account manager

sanitation worker

production

shipper

machine operator

Weston Foods

My job was straightforward and simple.
These are things I've noticed along the way.

1.Training is a joke. My first week on my schedule it said "training" but training was me observing and asking helpful co-workers for answers. There was no one designated to train me.
There's literally nothing to my job BUT there will be bumps along the way that can make things inconvenient.

Boxes go through machines to be taped.
Sometimes it'll get stuck, and tape or labels will run out. I was never told where to get certain items such as tape or labels to replace them in the beginning. To this day I still don't know how to change labels. The machines continue to run so even if someone is changing labels my attention will be elsewhere.
 
2. Often times they'll tell you do somethings that they've never showed you and they'll have the audacity to get annoyed for the lack of "training" you've yet to receive (I'd like to believe the annoyance is directed at the  situation at hand as I can understand having the same problem re occur 
can be exhausting on their end).
This results in them getting someone else to do it and continuing the problem in the future.

Again I'll give them credit, managers and supervisors probably see a ton of faces, we're all dressed the same and it's pretty loud, but again lack of training and communication is the problem.

a) Putting boxes in a machine is an easy task. When a box gets stuck and stops it and no one ever told you how to restart the machine 
it becomes less easy.
b) there's multiple conveyors with there own number... when you're told to go to one and you were never told where that specific one is 
it becomes less easy.
c) One time I helped one person dump products.
they were probably told to just dump it, not taking into account that was their first day and obviously weren't familiar with the layout of the area.
Summing it up
When you have to figure out stuff with little instruction it becomes 
less easy.

When you try to explain how certain situations occurred they don't listen, they repeat what you're supposed to do quicker, it's very odd. You would think they'd want feedback for certain instances so things can run smoother.

Overall I want to clarify working (well my position anyway) WASN'T hard at all. Co workers (my Co-workers anyway) have a great dynamic that make our jobs somewhat smooth.
This bakery is 24/7 so being fast is necessary, but the lack of communication is very annoying and needs improvement.

Having worked in the majority of manufacturing positions at Weston (Machine Operator, Mixer, Sanitation/Operation Help), they are all similar because they all suffer from the repetitiveness/same routine problem that comes alongside all factory work. However your manufacturing position will dictate how much pressure and stress you feel while working on the floor with stress levels varying from person to person depending on how production is going. 

The nature of the work is definitely not for everyone as you will get dirty (but the company supplies uniforms to each employee). The work can be physical and fast paced but is not a problem as long as you use proper communication and teamwork to get the job done.

Despite being unionized, pay and benefits are rated below average to mediocre for newer employees. At the time of this review, the wage progression for new employees is also very slow and lengthy due to the outdated union contract which causes significant turnover rate. However job security is good and lots of extra money is made through overtime with a six day schedule being common.

In terms of workplace culture, your experience is largely determined by what you make of it. Management and supervisors can be hit or miss depending on your own experience, concerns and interactions. You will generally be left alone if you just do your job. However the co-workers here are the defining part of the environment and culture. From all the years working here, the co-workers here are a very tight-knit group of people and will feel a lot like family. As a whole, they were willing to work together, very friendly, easy to talk to and celebrate special occasions and birthdays by organizing lots of potlucks. 

Overall this is was an okay place to work and is your typical factory job but good co-workers made it an overall positive experience.

I have worked for Weston Foods part time now for the better part of 5 years. I can tell you right now that management is great, they are extremely helpful and would give you the shirt off their backs, but that's where the good things about this company ends. There is absolutely no growth or job advancement here. You can make lateral moves between departments and maybe make a few dollars per hour more, but that's it. All the salary or positions with more responsibility are posted for outside hires despite having bright people and post secondary educated employees working here. Partly to blame is the continually worsening collective agreements that just take the life out of the place. New hires can never make the amount of the people who have been here 10+ years because of the wage caps, so while you may be doing the exact same job, you can never make as much as the guy beside you most likely. I have worked in production, sanitation and maintenance and am probably one of the best/most diversely trained employees here, but they're just going to let me walk out the door when the time comes. The turnover is a little ridiculous for all the departments and the wages are low so it's hard to keep the talented people that work hard and that want to work. It's just sad for me to write this because I do like this place, but it has been proven to me time and again, that there is no future here. 

started out at entry level packing bread,been there almost a year now and have been trained for oven operator and bread pan stacker,want to start a 12 hour shift schedule that would work great for company and employees,but needs to be staffed,starting wage us good ,but the favoritism is the most negative thing there ,certain management favor their own nationality,and if they don't like you in a certain department even though you work really hard and efficient other employees will make it harder on you or gang up it make you do work that your not suppose to to get you placed back in bad shifting and entry level position ,the pay is good the hours are endless if you want to work them .The benefits are pretty solid as well as the way they work their paid holidays over all if you can except favortism and just do your job and do it efficient good place to work , most management is great except the cpl that are on the production floor alot if times , just talking to their own people in their own language which can be intimidating because you know they are talking about you or another worker if your nationality,it's safe and great place to work and room for advancement fast if you can learn fast 

The actual salary that is offered to new employees is  lower than what is advertised on their job offers on this website. When I applied, it was advertised as 17 to 18 $ an hour, but in reality it is closer to 16 $ an hour with a 0.80 surplus for night shifts. There are no benefits or vacation days granted to new employees, even after the initial three months. Only the long term employees who have been there for 5+ years get these benefits. The new hires are not considered full time, they are considered seasonal even when working full time shifts. There are also no possibilities of advancement/promotion at the factory. Teamwork is important for this job, but cooperation with colleagues is difficult because most people don't seem to care about hard work. The shifts are 12 hours long, and you get three 15 minute breaks (paid), and one 30 minute lunch (unpaid). Its very depressing and mindnumbing work. It is very loud in the factory because of the machinerie. The shifts are hard on the body because of the manual labor, but you get used to it after a few weeks. 

OMG ... the  stench!  Well I guess a plus would be lost appetite & weight!

Scheduled for interview, got a number to call at the door, but no one answered the in-house door-phone nor the cell number I'd been given for someone to open and let us in.
5 employees came & went on their breaks and said "yep 😃" when we told them - so respect is obviously low on the priority list.

Once finally inside, the smell was even worse, turned my stomach!
3 guys were almost done filling out a wad of paperwork, we were given the same to do; they'd been there for 2 hours!
There were wayyy too many too-personal questions before an actual hire, incl. drivers license number! And signing an ok for someone else to drive me to a job site ... ? 

We just looked at eachother and said "are you ok with all this?" after 3 pages out of 25+ ... and we left. A good thing, we made a new friend.

We'd have been hired by a temp company, paid less than company/factory employees (by $.50), but would also be the first to be let go during a cut-back. Been there, done that.

Mostly everyone is very helpful and appreciates questions. They teach you and make sure you know how to properly do your job. Very team oriented for the most part. Some of the workers that have been there a long time, can be un approachable, but in time they loosen up. 
Like all places, you have one or two workers that have been there a long time, that are more than willing to let new people do all the work, while they basically walk around and socialize, but it’s like that in a lot of places.
I’ve been treated really well so far. I work hard, give a full days effort, and they appreciate that, and it shows.

Advice? Yes. Show up for all your scheduled shifts, work, don’t stand around, learn as much as you can, and you’ll be fine. 
 

Working at Weston's Cobourg hasn't been great. It is a place that has a lot of people from the same families working there and also people who went to schools together, family friends etc 
There is so much 'click'  situations there and if you don't belong to a certain circle of clicks or friends, then you are out of things.
Some of the Supervisors are close friends with some employees and they always team up together against other employees if they don't like you for whatever reason.
Also Management seem to favor employees who are their family members or friends in almost every way. Such employees always have upper hands over others in many ways!
So many employees have been there for long not because they are happy there, but because it was just suitable for our families lives. We had to put up with situations just to get by!

Very large company with a lot of opportunities for grow.
•	Make collections calls  
•	Perform accounts reconciliations and apply deductions on customers’ accounts
•	Review customers' overdue balances and perform write-off's 
•	Send invoices and proof of delivery to customers
•	Assess customers credit information and update their credit limit on a regular basis 
•	Resolve customers` billing disputes and negotiate payment plans
•	Resolve credit holds situations to allow the release of orders
•	Send delinquents customers to C.O.D.
•	Transfer uncollectible accounts to collection agencies 
•	Experience with  Citrix, RMS system and advanced Excel functions (V-Lookups, Pivot tables)
•	Apply cash payments and participate in special projects as needed
•	Participate in monthly and year end reporting

As I said before, if you value your mental health, and especially your physical health, stay away.

They will try to lure you in with benefits but is the point of the benefits so that you can destroy your body with awful, back-breaking, soul-crushing labor?

My first week I was told on how easy it is to get suspended as if it's some sort of initation. They (managment) will terrify you with making mistakes.

All the older guys there treat their jobs as the be all and end all; and will expect you to do the same.

You are a number there and god forbid you sit down to take a break if there is nothing to do.

Managers play favorites and are not helpful.

Save your time, your back, and your peace of mind.

You can get the same money for less work if you know where to look.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Key account manager 3 salaries reported	$104,000 per year
Sanitation worker 6 salaries reported	$18.19 per hour
Production 6 salaries reported	$18.55 per hour
Shipper 4 salaries reported	$19.37 per hour
Machine operator 4 salaries reported	$18.52 per hour

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