Berry Plastics Employer Reviews

Come in start working.
Do what the chalk board says
I learned more safety
my co workers were great
hardest part. everything was so awkward to move around
enjoyable part was having help when you needed it

I learned how to manage my time everyday and how to multitask. Everyday I'm in charge of operators and daily operation of my assigned presses. I have to insure the productivity and efficiency of each press meets standards. I'm checking quality of print and do repairs to machine if needed. The hardest part of my job is insuring everyone is doing what – more... they have to and following all the rules. such as HCCAP, GMP, ISO, and OSHA. – less

Hours cut across the board, massive layoffs, morale is critically low and the future of the company in Easthampton, MA location is seriously in question.

co- workers fun to work with
Management ok
worked 12 hours
I have learned its hard to advance in company
Hardest part of the job is the mandatory overtime

This company has been around for a long time. It is a physical job, and mechanical aptitude is highly recommended if you wish to advance within the company. I learned a lot about troubleshooting material and mechanical problems, handling personnel issues, and scheduling/preparation for tasks. The management wants you to do your best; efficiency and – more... cost savings are big goals within this company. The coworkers tend to be of mixed ethnicities and communication problems sometimes arise from this. The best part of the job is that when you are performing your tasks and keeping an eye on quality, how and when you perform your tasks is left up to you. – less

Overall nice place to work. I left to make more money.
I built business quickly by setting up west coast distribution stocking program.

Very laid back atmosphere, decent hours, flexible breaks, very easy work days

Berry Plastics was one of my favorite environments to work in. The only issue I had with them is that their training program was not very organized and they have a very dictatorial stance on safety that is much more bureaucratic than practical.

They trained me to be a leader. They helped me to grow the maintenance skills I enjoy.

Learned many different skills in a warehouse and production field.

Enjoyed the the innovaiton group, very fast pace, developing equipment and processes, workking with vendor and PD engineers. Sampling and tials with customers. Hardest part was working with product that was not up to requirements for NuSeal products. Most enjoyable part was cming up with the solutions to trial, and making improvements along the way.

My typical day starts out in the shop where the other electricians meet. Checking in with the boss to see what his needs are for the day and Address any current problems that may be in progress due to call ins last night. Then after getting the important things caught up its time to catch up. Work I had no time to do on the spot because of down time – more... issues, Lights that may be out, Bad liquid tight, Replace bad outlets ect. After is pm's:Cleaning filters on electrical panels.
In between that I get calls as they come in. – less

A typical day would be setting ink in the machines and packing boxes at a very fast pace.

It is a labor job, you mostly keep the machines running by adding empty boxes to the machine and taking and stacking the filled boxes.

Berry is a good place to work fast paced enviroment. Has some fun challanges. The automation team has a very busy job of helping operators understand and run there machines(automation).
PM and maintain,trouble shoot and repair constantly designing and upgrading automation equpment. Upgrades can be as simple as installing a laser in place of a photo – more... eye or as complex as adding a plc and hmi and writing supporting software. – less

Typical day started hectic. You are behind from the start of the shift. I learned a lot about time management, multi tasking, team work, and how to work well with others. Management was pretty good, had meetings everyday which allowed for better team work. Co-workers where great no complaints there. Hardest part was figuring out the righ routine to – more... help you manage the work load. Most enjoyable part was the people I worked around. – less

A day at work would be to Supervise all the set-up and tooling,and supervising processing of the machines.I learned to be more consistant of processing.The most enjoyable part of my job is processing.

The company is part of contracted agreement that allows everyone to earn there keep. With the time spent with one another, the atmosphere is of a family one and the hardest thing to do is to not do something to help someone in anyway shap or form. Along with all the perks of the job there must be some form of "negative" and to be forward; the industry – more... the company is involved in allows for the need of many workers who are capable of basic learning skills and with the type of industry involved they are in high demand of such, which to say the least, enables many to come join the team. – less

Atypical day at work is packing parts into boxes. Checking the qulity of the parts to make sure there wern't any parts that were bad getting to the customers. I learned how to be a good team member and help others that looked like it was needed. The management was vary friendly and helpful. All the co-workers all had the same mind set and that was to – more... get the job done as quick as possiable but with the highest quality. The hardest part of the job was getting your rhythm on all the knew machines. Once you learned them it was like a good feeling, and the most enjoyable part of the job was working with a hard working friendly group of people. – less

Go to your assigned press, Review work schedule and take over where last employee left off. Set up press for next job. I learned alot about the flexographic printing field.The management was constantly changing. MY coworkers were excellant. The hardest part of the job was loading the film on the press with no help. The three day weekends every other – more... week. – less