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International Paper

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Good coworkers but terrible management and politics. Not for the long term! - Pull-Pak Operator International Paper Employee Review

1.0
22 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good employees to work beside. Nice facility

Cons

Awful management and supervisors. They have no interest in improving the plant or looking out for the people working under them. They’ll happily give you two or three jobs and expect you to perform all of them without compensation. Oh and god forbid anyone goes on vacation, they’re not going to fill that spot while they’re gone. Way too many politics going on at the upper levels that always trickles down to the floor. There’s a reason this company continuously loses money on their box manufacturing side. Not a bad place to make money for a year but do not make any plans on staying. Worst place I’ve worked in my life. I would recommend all of my enemies to work here

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5.0
11 Dec 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Great co-workers/environment Easy work for outstanding pay Great schedule that is set for a year and allows 1 full week off every 4 weeks.

Cons

Can be extremely dirty. A bad day with plugs can be very physically demanding.

1.0
10 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Benefits were fairly decent when I was there. PTO was pretty generous. Pay was decent enough, along with a Bonus at certain pay levels. Many of the people I worked with there were outstanding - although, most of them are gone now. They did retain a few subject matter experts, most have left or leaving - but I guess it's a possible pro they might not cut your entire department..

Cons

The Cons are the new 'wonder boy' CEO. This puts most of the 'Pros' here on shaky ground. The new CEO - Andy Silvernail, is a ruthless cost cutter. I would expect as/if the stock continues to drop - other benefits, people, or pay will be gouged - like they did the entire IT department. Andy was making big stock promises when he started up, but it was clear from the start, his only concern was the stock price. I still talk to some people they did retain or forced over ("rebadged" - such a terribly soulless word for it) to the new MSP. Every single one of them is at their wit's end. They are hemorrhaging what's left of IT in the company and all of the deep knowledge with them. It WAS a great place to work - now they report working 60+ hours a week trying to make up for the incompetence of the new MSP. At least one of them told me that he has dealt with more downtime and high priority problems in the last couple months, than the previous 15 years there. So if you are considering a job in IT at this company - in any capacity, expect to work long hours with no real path or possibility for advancement.

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