Appreciation for good people has gone down hill.....
Pros
The people you get to work with is the biggest pro. We got lunches family style for thanksgiving and christmas until covid hit. All that was considered too close proximity to sit together. Even though we were all touching the same products day in and day out. I started in shipping in 2018. I wasn't expecting a lavish job. I was told there would be little to no room for advancement by current employees. So I did not have high expectations. I felt appreciated at first. Then one of the owners past away. Then covid hit. Now go to cons....
Cons
You are appreciated in the moment of working hard. The moment the owners and CEO feel like you are no longer an asset. Even if you are having an off day; you're treated poorly. Yelled out by Scott, Tom, Or Donna for your lack of working to that top teir work even when some of us are not only doing our job but those around us who are not there due to illness or just they just walked out due to poor working conditions. Management and upper management bully and ridicule those around them to feel better about themselves. It has only gotten worse over the last few years. I went to Human Resources about these issues time and time again. Thinking maybe if I stood up enough and used my voice things would get better. All it did was put a target on my back. I finally had to put my notice in and walk away. Myself and so many before me tried to make a difference on the inside. All it did was make our working conditions uncomfortable and unproductive. I know that Tom and Donna can be better. I have seen it. They are choosing not to be. One of my coworkers who had been a long time employee recently got let go for standing up for a new hire who was being bullied and ridiculed by a manager and her staff member. In her doing so she got let go for being toxic and no longer an asset for the company! That just makes me sad. She was using her voice to stand up for someone who had just started. How is this toxic? I just pray that things will change. I am sad to say I will never work for the Fosters ever again as they have lost all my respect. If I had any advice to give to those who work there or will work here. Treat it as a job. Do not get sucked into there games and bullying. The "family" they promise you is one that will kick you when you're down and laugh at you.
