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McCain Foods USA Employer Reviews

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Not to bad of a place to work to work at and very safe place to work at.
Maintenance (Former Employee), Portage la Prairie, MB – May 14, 2013
A typical day at work
There was no typical day at work,it was always diffrent and i like that.

What you learned
I learn alot about the industry and how it work and learn a lot more about building projects

Management
Management was ok,,it was run fairly good for a big company

My co-workers
My co-workers where a good bunch to work with safe to work – more... with and fun to work with,we worked hard but to hard

The most enjoyable part of the job
The most enjoyable part of my job was the project and letting me come up with ideas and letting me build them as well to be used in the plant – less
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PRODUCTIVE
Data Entry Clerk/Machine Operator (Former Employee), Mississauga, ON – December 6, 2012
Pros: chiristmas gifts, free lunch on chiristmas.
Cons: a lots of extra hours.
Typical day for this job i had when i had to work on a positon where a female had never worked before. At this job i learned to be fair, treat people as you would like your self to be treated. Management was good, This was a factory job for me and i was student at that time and at begining i found everything so hard but co-workers there were so good – more... and helpful which made it so easy for me to work there. – less
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Very good place to work - They thought of there employees
Accounts Payable Clerk (Former Employee), McCain Foods Canada, Florenceville, New Brunswick – November 6, 2012
Pros: christmas parties and good vacation time
Cons: whould have liked to have worked there longer
Worked 32 years for the McCain Group of Companies and exjoyed every minute of the time spent there. Wish that it could have been longer.. Would recommend them to anyone looking for employment.
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Productive place to work.
EH&S Supervising Project Engineer (Former Employee), Florenceville, NB – August 18, 2012
Pros: free lunches
Cons: long hour only due to long distance travel.
I enjoyed working here but family life was affected being located in the woods.
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Interesting people in an older plant.
Shift Engineer - 2nd Class (Current Employee), Carberry, MB, Canada – May 26, 2012
Steady production of two food products for an outside customer for export South. Rare production of domestic varieties and some to Latin America.
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a great place to learn
shipping and recieving (Former Employee), Portage la Prairie, MB – April 29, 2012
Pros: to many to mention
Cons: down sizing
12 hr shift work
shipping and recieving
nothing good to say about management
a good team of employees
management was the toughest part of the job
my co-workers
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Maintenance Engineering Manager (Former Employee), Wombourn, ENG – June 16, 2013
I am responsible for Maintenance Engineering and Production improvement projects across the Wombourne site, including…
- Managing the Maintenance Engineering department (30 Supervisors & Engineers),
- Controlling Engineering revenue budgets totalling £1.2m,
- Creating, justifying and implementing Engineering productivity improvements and cost saving – more... projects,
- Responsibility for improving Engineering uptime (greater than 97%),
- Ensuring the Engineering department complies with all current food hygiene requirements and involvement with external food hygiene auditors, and;
- Liasing with Central Engineering and other McCain sites on engineering issues. – less
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Great place to gain skills for other jobs
Poly Operator (Former Employee), Houlton, ME – April 28, 2013
Pros: ability to buy product at a big discount
Cons: the hours, since it was not forty hours a week
Learned that if you worked hard, supervisors and managers notice and move a person around a lot more. Most of the co-workers were nice and friendly and knew each other quite well. The part I disliked about this job was the drive. The part I liked most about this job was the friendliness of everyone who worked there.
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Productive
Material Support/ Forklift Operator (Former Employee), Fort Atkinson, WI – April 10, 2013
Pros: hours, wages
Cons: costly health insurance
Multi task jobs, learned how to drive a forklift.
Help breaking people on diffrent jobs.
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Great job security and Lots of overtime
Maintenance (Current Employee), Appleton, Wisconsin – March 31, 2013
All in all McCain Appleton is a very good place to work you have good job security but work alot. 12 on 2 off is the norm.
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Management claimed open door policy, never saw it.
Quality Control (Former Employee), Plover, WI – March 9, 2013
Pros: decent wages
Cons: 12 hour shift, uncaring managers
The pay was good. Like any plant, there were co-workers that were not always pleasant. Management was not readily available. The 12 hour shifts were the hardest part, my co-workers the most enjoyable part.
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Great place to work, Good people and fast paced environment
Sanitation Supervisor, CPFM (Current Employee), Othello, WA – February 21, 2013
Pros: great management team, good benefits, safe work environment
Cons: long hours, large workload, poor advancement for sanitation field
Managing 40 sanitors over 4 x 12 hour shifts in a plant that produces up to 2 million lbs of finished product a day seemed a huge step up from where I was 5 years ago. McCain took a chance on me, and I feel I have delivered and then some. I have been given the opportunity to further develop my skill set, as well as build a sanitation program for the – more... facility from scratch.
McCain has great people power with a wealth of knowledge in their field. I also think McCain leads the way in safety improvments and process safety management in their industry. I am always proud to talk about how well we are doing with our TIR, and that is such an important aspect. Probably the hardest part of the job is the constant change. This is a positive attribute, but an enviroment of constant change is hard to get comfortable in. It is definitely not a place for someone who is stuck in their ways, or someone who does not possess a teachable spirit and a flexible demeanor. A usual day for me starts early and ends late. Meetings, emails, calls, training, vendors, plant audits, long term project progress, and new projects or demands developing on an hourly basis that need immediate attention. You are never bored. You also never taste that fleeting moment where you feel accomplishment. There is always more to do, and the low hanging fruit was picked years ago!
The most enjoyable part of my job is the relationships I have made over the years, and the respect I have earned from my colleagues. I also love to see the plant clean and smelling good, and I think I have done a great job at imparting the importance of sanitation, hygiene and food safety to the employees at McCain during my tenure. I hope your experience is half as good as mine. – less
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productive structured work place.
Forklift operator, ADR operator (Former Employee), Burley, ID – January 28, 2013
Pros: medical benefits and 401k
Cons: system for abscenses and procedures for dealing with those.
McCains was a very structured work place based on team work and saftey. In this position I learned mechanical basics for repairing and trouble shooting equipment, as well as how to operate forkilfts, unloading equipment and large trucks. My co-workers were very helpful in assisting with problems as well as helping to learn new skills. This job was physicaly – more... demanding but after learning more about it the challenges were enjoyable. – less
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Great company
Sanitation laborer (Current Employee), Othello, WA – January 15, 2013
Great benefit package and gain excellent experience.Working environment is always friendly.
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sales man (Former Employee), delhi – December 24, 2012
some time tough work to convince to about product
but couple of minute i have succeed to convince
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One of the largest companies in the area
Chemical Sanitation/ Back-Up Lead Worker (Former Employee), Plover, WI – December 2, 2012
Pros: good place to work for, caring management, and close to home.
Cons: seniority gets you when you are at the bottom, and the company loses part of the business (permanent lay-off)
I liked working for this company. They seemed to care alot for its employees. They would have company parties and order catering for a very productive run. The management seemed to listen to the employees and help them out if needed. It was never a hard place to work for. Most work was easy and enjoyable to do. Good over-all place to work for.
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lots of things too learn
Cold Storage forklift operator (Former Employee), Othello, WA – November 14, 2012
Pros: good hours
Cons: long travel time to work
my work days pulling from packaging line stocking cold storage
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Good place to work if you'll sell your soul to the company...
Varied (Former Employee), Plover, WI – October 10, 2012
Pros: wages
Cons: work environment, management, no work/life balance, company does not support it's written values and does not value employees
McCain Foods is not a good place to work. The management team is a "good ole boys" club - if you're not willing to join them or comply (no questions asked), you quickly become a target. Production and the bottom line is key - everything else gets a blind eye. The workplace is not supportive of females - there are very few, and they are not taken seriously – more... and viewed only as something to look at. The only positive thing is that the wages are more than fair - but they come at a high price - you must be willing to sacrifice any work/life balance. Luckily, I met a few great coworkers as well. – less
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mind numbing job. Not a fun place to work
former maintenance mechanic (Former Employee), McCains Rice Lake – September 30, 2012
Pros: benefits are the only pro
Cons: short breaks, to much overtime
Bad place to work if you have a family and enjoy spending time with them. They ram overtime down your throat. Unless of course you happen to be in management , then you get your weekends off. Production co-workers were good people, management treats you like you are beneath them.
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Mansfield – October 8, 2012

Incompetent and abusive management, constant fear of making the slightest mistake that could cost you your job. Maintenance department management and plant management with the cooperation of food safety management routinely ignore food safety issues when downtime is required to fix food safety issues.

exemployee22 – April 23, 2013

mccains rice lake has to be the worst job around. line leads treat you like garbage. any other dept..especially sanitation runs you to the ground and doesn't care about any of your concerns. stay away from this place at all costs,

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Nice place to work
Sales Analyst (Former Employee), Lisle, IL – September 12, 2012
This was a great place to work. The management style is very family oriented and everyone is very friendly.
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About McCain Foods USA

No small-fry, McCain Foods is the #1 French fry maker in the world, processing about 1 million pounds of fries and other potato – Read more