STAY AWAY FROM PLYWOOD AND LUMBER - Engineer Georgia-Pacific Employee Review

1.0
Nov 13, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Possibility to move up at the facility level is there if you stick around long enough because most people end up quitting within 2 years due to terrible work environment. Benefits are O.K.

Cons

Cult-like corporation with MBM brainwash. Company culture is a joke because it preaches all the right things but isn't followed by management at all. MBM is manipulated by people and used to get what they want at whatever cost. Most people just use the buzz words like "adding value" with a few of the guiding principles drizzled in sentences from time to time. No pay raises at all unless you get hired to a new position. Even then they probably won't give you much of a pay raise if at all. Absolutely HORRIBLE management environment. Managers that are well known for being terrible managers are allowed free reign to do as they please as long as they get results. This drives a company culture of a lot of miserable employees that are treated terribly with the worst managers I have ever seen leading the pack. Environment was filled with backstabbing and malicious politics. Absolutely toxic environment.

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5.0
May 28, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good culture, competitive pay and great benefits. Great place to learn and work hard while being rewarded for it

Cons

Workload can be pretty high with a stressful environment at times

4.0
Jun 30, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Schedule, flexibility, pay, co- workers, relationships

Cons

No COLA, annual reviews pushed back, comp reviews consistently pushed back even further. Non value added meetings & ‘fluff’ with Koch book reading requirements (which directly conflict in the respect philosophy when it comes to comp reviews), no consistency in business units- ie. Moving from one to another group a vast difference in how they treat/respect employees

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