Growing too fast to keep up - Anonymous employee J.M. Huber Employee Review

4.0
Jul 6, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The people, opportunities for growth, benefits (401K, 5% annual contribution, Profit Sharing) and compensation, Huber Principles (most people are accountable, occasionally a member of management is allowed to not abide by all principles if they have a high performing team). Family owned (stable), and very "community service" focused). Constantly adding new benefits (like additional Maternity and Paternity leave).

Cons

Very high expectations but lip service to "work life balance" which isn't real considering we were constantly expected to do more with less in the name of finding "efficiencies" (another word for spreading the work to those who already work hard). Too many projects which land in the laps of those already doing the work. The different legs of the business don't always play well together - very siloed. Hard when you are trying to work together on a project that affects all. New President for one business who acts like people aren't important, makes comments about the plants need to "Keep getting product out, I have kids to put through college" - very insensitive - many employees also have kids to put through college. Felt a culture shift after he came on that is not positive. Sometimes very unreasonable expectations because he doesn't seem to understand the business and doesn't seem to trust the leadership team to run the business.

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Cons

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