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Skin Puller / Trim Collector (Current Employee), Athens ga –
Pros: pay
Cons: short breaks and same thing over and over
a typical work day consist of pulling skin off of 8,500 chicken breast
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Coneline Production
Coneline Production (Former Employee), Chattanooga, TN –
I went in to work and manually inspected each chicken tender that came through to be weighed before being sent to our companies. Although it was extremly cold it was a great work environment.
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The productive work I did at pilgrims pride
Meat Processor (Former Employee), Sumter, SC –
Pros: we had to pay for lunch
Cons: we had short breaks
I learn alot at Pilgrims Pride breast meat. The chicken we eat everyday, I learn how important its to clean them. My co workers was very nice. The hardest thing about the job was the time i gotten home to my family.
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Great
Production Planning Intern (Former Employee), Mount Pleasant, TX –
Pros: learned a lot of good business knowledge
Cons: short term
Loved the summer internship, a lot of great business experience
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An ok atmosphere surounding the job
Lead person (Former Employee), Sumter, SC –
Alot of yelling and working is a typical day at pilgrims. I've that the poultry business is vast conglomerate around the world. Management was very strict ,but i got immune to it. The hardest areas of the job was first cutting and rolling wings. Overall I enjoyed working at pilgrims.
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Area Manager (Current Employee), Guntersville, AL –
Pros: people that i work with and the daily challenges
Cons: staffing
Direct production / processing supervisors across several departments on a single shift to assure cost-effective, on-time manufacture of quality products
• Direct production operations and personnel to meet established production and quality control standards, to control budget and costs, and to provide data regarding types, quantities, specifications, – more...  and delivery dates of products produced
• Establish short-term activities directed toward production continuity and balance: shift schedules, requisition of materials, machine loading, grievance resolution, and equipment maintenance
• Coordinate and integrate with other plant function areas to ensure support in attaining output, productivity, and quality
• Recommend improvements in production flow and methods
• Ensure effective use of operating methods and procedures designed to eliminate operating problems and to improve product quality
• Counsel supervisors as needed on job performance and departmental efficiencies
• Recommend modification of machines and equipment in order to improve production – less
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Very unorganized
Maintenance Technician (Current Employee), Chattanooga, TN –
Pros: pays the bills
Cons: to many chiefs not enough indians
Not much room to move up. They dont seem to care about you and they seem to forget it takes everyone to make the wheels turn.
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Rather be broke...office culture difficult to decipher...
temp (Former Employee), greeley, co –
Pros: nice looking building, huge variety of food for lunch
Cons: are the workers aliens?
Worked at Swift (Pilgrim's Pride is part of Swift) as a temporary. This company did not make me want to work there other than as a temp. Permanent people seemed afraid to lose their jobs.It felt like you were on another planet while in the building.Phoney smiles waiting to make a kill.More weird office games.As for me, I just can not and do not play – more...  anymore for any amount of money.Life is too short to be that uncomfortable at work..I prefer to live my life with less and appreciate more. – less
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Horrible place to work.
Stack-off Worker (Former Employee), Moorefield, WV –
Pros: good pay, good benefits.
Cons: horrible supervisors, massive drug problems, rampent favoritism.
I worked at Pilgrim's Pride for 14 months, I was constantly singled-out bu my supervisor for no reason. I was forced to work on 2 man lines by myself and all pleas for help were ignored. I eventually was able to get moved to a better line until I was fired for a pathetic reason.
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Good Pay, Not a Bad Job
Line Attendant (Current Employee), Canton, GA –
Pros: good pay. good benefits. advancement
Cons: cold, wet.
Good pay, Good benefits. I work third shift, and the ability to advance if you really want to, is there. Overall, I do like my job.
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Overworked and underpaid
Quality Assurance Technician (Current Employee), Georgia –
New responsibilities are added everyday, but mention a raise and the department can't afford it right now.
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Productive and interesting place to work
Saddle Pack Assembly line (Current Employee), Guntersville, Alabama –
Is a fast pace learning experience . Lot of nice and friendly people .
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Very fast paced. It was all in your park, as you were in control of purchasing and selling products.
sales manager (Former Employee), south Texas –
Great company, with decent benefits. Overall, you were your own boss, with little supervision. Hard work, but paid well and very fair. When asked, management was always available and willing to help. I enjoyed working with them.
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fun place to work
USDA TRIMMER (Former Employee), ATHENS, GEORGIA –
Pros: great benefits and good pay
Cons: not enough hours
learned something new, great work enviorment,fast past great pay
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The worst company ive ever worked for
Quality Assurance Tech. (Former Employee), Sanford, N.C –
Pros: healthcare
Cons: points system, management, poor production
i worked with this company as a quality assurance tech. The way the company runs itself is ither you have friends and you advance or if you make anyone mad then you will get fired. Supervisors hold your points untill you make them mad and then get rid of you even if you have been told by many people you are the best for this job. its just a rediculous – more...  place to work and they are never fair to each employee and this company is going down the drain with corruptness and poor production. – less
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Ashley – February 9, 2012

I agree completely! I have worked as a QA Tech for nearly 2 years and I can say that it is all about numbers; quality is not top priority. Not only that, I just watched another QA Tech advance to management position who has only been a tech for 6 months! Just because he has a family member in management! I have been trained on several different lines while all he has ever done is SSOP's and SRI's...AMAZING! Nevermind the fact that I and several other highly qualified QA's put in for the job.

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Pilgrim's Pride is a great and overall exciting place to be employed by
Warehouse-Re-hanger (Former Employee), Sanford, NC –
I liked working for this company because of advancements that could be acquired to excel with hard work, and patience. The friendly staff, co-workers and management made this job fun and exciting. I would recommend this job or work site to anyone that is looking or seeking full time employment.
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Very Team Oriented And Has Great Benifits
Carrier Support (Former Employee), Greeley, CO –
Its a great company to work for as long as you don't step on your supervisors toes or someone close to the supervisor otherwise they will get rid of you.
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great place to work and learn new things
packing and shipping (Former Employee), sumter sc –
i enjoyed working for pilgrams pride.I learned alot and the people was great i would love to work there again
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Advancement, Point system
Leader 1 (Former Employee), Sumter, SC –
Pros: healthcare, cafeteria
Cons: points system, breaks, pay system
There isn't much advancement with in Pilgrim's pride. Someone who work there a year can make the same thing as someone who work there 20 years. There point system and vacation system doesn't really help the employer Pilgrim's those days. If you happen to go on medical leave any vacation time that yo may have will be tooken from you.
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Sandra – February 11, 2012

People are completely expendable at this company. Job-seekers beware: you may get a job at the headquarters, but you can be laid off with absolutely no warning. People vanish from their desks! A very dog-eat-dog environment...it's all about covering for yourself and climbing the ladder. Sad day-to-day environment in a spectacular building. Can't tell a book by its cover!

About Pilgrim's Pride

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation is a producer of poultry in the United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico. In the United States, the Company – Read more