Temple-Inland Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Temple-Inland full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good people, focused, extremely market focused

Cons – Difficult industry, business drivers in conflict with vision

Advice to Senior Management – None

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Temple-Inland full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – great boss and co-workers. Strong ethics and expected excellent work product.

Cons – acquired by another company and employees released with below standard severance

Advice to Senior Management – value your employees more

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Temple-Inland as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – The compensation was competitive. The company was closed on most holidays, and offered holiday pay if not.

Cons – The plant was poorly operated and the employees needs, and/or issues were never dealt with by management. Issues were never solved at the root of the problem, rather at the end of the process. Weekends were often required. The incorrect employees were blamed for problems/issues.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Temple-Inland full-time

Pros – I had a lot of opportunities to grow. Everyone that I dealt with was mostly friendly and helful. Managers were available if there was a problem

Cons – With so many different department it could be difficult to get an answer without going through several different channels

Advice to Senior Management – Have a mentor type person for new hires to be able to go to when they need information.

Current Employee – been working at Temple-Inland full-time

Pros – Great support, driven teams, great people

Cons – No longer in business, bought by ip

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Temple-Inland full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Union workplace, sometimes got a decent facilitator

Cons – constant badgering from bad facilitators, people abusing union rights

Advice to Senior Management – None at all. Corporations all look out for the company

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Temple-Inland as an intern for less than a year

Pros – All of my supervisors had open door policies and gave me a lot of great guidance. Most everyone is very friendly and makes you feel welcome right away. There a flexible work hours which promotes a good work-life balance. Pay is very fair and it seems there is a good track for advancement.

Cons – Training was good but more informal than I would have preferred. There is also a lot of talking behind people's backs, but that probably happens everywhere.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Temple-Inland part-time for more than 10 years

Pros – great opportunity for learning, good working environment, good compensation

Cons – company sold, employees given limited severance

Current Employee – been working at Temple-Inland full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – There are NONE, they were bought by International Paper

Cons – Oppressive Upper Management Style with little regard for people. Doyle was only there to make the company attractive for sale and was successful in that.

Advice to Senior Management – None needed, they got their corporate buyouts and have left the rest of us to try to be employed by International Paper

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Temple-Inland full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Innovative for an old industry

Cons – Senior management did not listen to the field

Advice to Senior Management – N/A now - Company was acquired by International Paper in 2012

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company