AJM Packaging reviews

Career Opportunities. There is almost zero opportunity to advance here. No matter how well you perform you will be flat lined in your role. Very few if any employees were promoted within or advanced their career. Fill the position then hamstring you in it. Compensation & Benefits. The pay and benefits are grudgingly adequate upon acceptance. Make sure you negotiate the best that you can get because after you are in, you will neither see a decent raise nor merit for the remainder of your time. Helpful hint, if you get far enough in the process to be offered a position, they are desperate and you should ask for more. “Bonuses” are hand delivered by the owner, once a year sometimes, and are arbitrary in amount and dependent on his whims. If you were a star until the last week of the year but made a typo the day of his decision it will be fatal. Work/Life Balance. Simply put there is none. You are expected to be available 24/7 with little to no warning. There is no consideration for the Life part. You will be expected to be in not one minute late at the start of the day and leaving at your normal business hour is frowned upon, if you are salaried. Time off for any reason is used against you in your review. Guaranteed that you will be marked down for this as a means to give you a lower rating. Senior Management. The company is dictated to by the owner. There is only a couple people who are authorized to decipher his directions. You will always wind up with a conflicting understanding of what is required of you, and you will always be held accountable for the outcome. Your manager will never be responsible for any misunderstandings. There is much finger pointing, passing the buck, and blame game. Senior Management will never take responsibility for actions taken, if they get around to taking any in the first place. You will always feel like you are on your own. Culture & Values. This company is run like it was 1890. Demerits are given for perceived infractions and used as a punishment. A typical response is “If you don’t like it then there are others at the door waiting to take your place”. The concepts of fair, respect, and civility are foreign to the culture. Demeaning other employees is common openly and behind their backs. Expect to be screamed at by the owner or witness it on a regular basis. You will always feel like your job is in jeopardy. If you are in dire straights it is a job. Not a career though and you will hate it.

AJM is an extremely unpleasant and stressful place to work. The owner is unhinged and has yelled at employees in the middle of the office as well as screaming obscenities in the office when a fire marshall was doing an inspection. My manager was was one of the worst managers I've ever had. I had very poor training and my manager would become visibly annoyed when I would ask questions during training. The manager picked on one coworker all the time. You are thrown under the bus by management for things that are outside of your control. If the plant or a customer makes a mistakes it your fault. I wish I taken all the negative review to heart and not accepted a position at AJM but I quickly learned the negative review are very accurate. This place will negatively affect your mental health.