Nice people - limited upward mobility - Anonymous employee Sappi Employee Review

3.0
Apr 4, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Hard working team Some managers allow flex schedules; work from home once in a while

Cons

Declining industry has created a lot of emergencies create new strategies all the time due to early abandonment no one knows the path forward

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5.0
Nov 18, 2025
Anonymous intern
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Pros

Kind co-workers and good hands-on experience.

Cons

Doesn't have very high tech.

2.0
Apr 4, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

-Decent entry level pay for newly graduated mechanical engineer as a reliability engineer -Operations-Maintenance coordination has some improvements, not sure if they will stick

Cons

-Cloquet mill is very disorganized and chaotic -Near constant reactive "firefighting" operations -Maintenance department is not treated as a partner, but rather as a servant -Training in maintenance is a joke

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