Philip Morris USA Employer Reviews

I liked to keep my work area clean. When my machine was running good, I was always cleaning. I feel that a clean machine will run much better. I enjoyed all my co-workers and they were all very helpful if I needed anything.

A typical day at work was going on time studies to observe the machinery operation and what causes downtime from the machine. I learned that in order to save the company money certain maintenance was necessary in order for the machine to operate properly. I loved my manager at that time and he was very understanding and caring. He made coming to work – more...  appreciated. My co-workers sometimes appeared not to care for the people who didn't have their degrees in that field of work yet wasn't always willing to help their peers learn more about the job. The hardest part of the job was sometimes the locations of the time studies and the hours you were required to stay on the assignment. The most enjoyable part was meeting the production workers and when we celebrated holidays together. – less

Challenging position: Very seldom we have the same problem.

A high paced interesting organization to work for with many opportunities to learn.

* Call on 6-10 Accounts per day
* Selling and merchandising
* Very stable management
* Co-workers were very supportive and driven
* Obtaining all the right tools for a specific territory
* Getting to know all the Accounts

excellent benifits and management. coworkers like family. easy and demanding work. high quality job. tention free.

Great pay and benefits. Wish I could have stayed in Cabarrus and retired there.

Employees are expected to perform and learn. Work is challenging but resources are available internally to make efforts successful. You must manage your time and work to assure a work-life balance.

Machine operator and supplied production lines with materials.I learned how the tobacco industry worked.Management was very professional, Great people to work with There was no real hard part of the job. I could work at my own pace as long as the job got done.

Very advance in using the Continuous Improvement concepts, Extremely competitive in using new technologies and implementing advance equipment, Strongly committment to the work team concepts and encouraged environmental growth.

Opportunity to work with many trades, and contractors to defend the requirements of the project and insure that the customer was satisfied with the effort by Kellogg.

Not a place for a family man or woman. Focus is placed on the bad and never forgot. The positive receives no praise and is never remembered,

Company offers many opportunities to work on different jobs and learn new skills.

The company portrays themselves as high on values however I was hired and laid off a year later as part of a company restructuring of its salaried workforce. Where is the forcasting and planning? CEO gets 10 million bonus and we get laid off.........!

Good place to start a career and learn the basics of the CPG industry

I enjoyed my time at Philip Morris. The job changed a lot over time as more lawsuits and government controls were put in place. When I left, it was not as fun a place to work as it had been in the beginning.

Ever wonder what goes on behind those gates you see off Interstate 95? What use to be the premier production job is now a plantation simply moved in doors. We're under seige, new management has taken over with the mindset of doing WAY more with WAY less!!! A subjective set of rules for associates, enforced at the will of the powers that be, only used – more...  to get rid of tenured associates and/or "troubled" associates. What is good for one should be good for all, but it all depends on whose set of eyes are being used at the time. I 100% agree that trimming the fat is always in the best interest of the company and ultimately for the associates. However, when what was 1 job less than 7 years ago and not results driven, paid more and had less demands (physically and mentally) now encompasses 3 times as much, pays less, purely results driven and physically and mentally exhausting - you have to wonder what rights are being violated to make this possible. This is a unionized environment but you would never know as jobs are created and modified at will, with out any intervention from Union "officials". When you question changes your labled as a "trouble maker" and ostracized. You feel your opinion, background, senority and quality of work you produce would hold some type of merit when it comes to decisions that effect the job you perform, but it only equals to fuel for the fire when it comes time to pick a new bullseye. As an associate your asked to embrace change, but when it comes in the form of being pushed beyond your physical and mental limits, risking your well being and sacraficing the quality of the work your producing one wonders is it worth it. – less

You were expected to perform in your assigned duties. I worked in the machine shop(mostly lath and mill some serface grinding) and all parts I made were checked to ensure they were correct as to the engineering blue prints. I made precision adjustments to high speed packing machines that were totally mechanicaly driven.We did a lot of speciality welding – more...  -tig aluminum and stainless. – less

I started my career at Philip Morris as a college intern and continued for 8 more years. I was promoted to several different positions, compensated well, and trained for every new position.

I was allowed to sharpen my teeth at Philip Morris USA. The management staff allowed for growth through constant challenges. It is one of my biggest regrets to have resigned after 10 years.