Does Clearwater Paper pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Clearwater Paper employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Clearwater Paper. This rating has improved by 7% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Clearwater Paper?

63% of Clearwater Paper employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Clearwater Paper 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Clearwater Paper?

Machine Operator (20) , Converting Operator (5) , Analyst (3) , Converting (3) , E&I Technician (3) , Electrician (3) , Forklift Operator (3) , Equipment Operator (2) , Intern (2) , Journeyman Electrician (2) , Line Lead (2) , Maintenance (2) , Maintenance Technician (2) , Manager (2) , Operator (2)

What are the pros of working at Clearwater Paper according to real employee reviews?

"Good Pay and Team in the area" ((in 39 reviews)); "Great benefits and people to work with." ((in 31 reviews)); "Most of the people I worked with were great and friendly guys." ((in 20 reviews)); "Flexible hours but then nothing" ((in 4 reviews)); "Clearwater has an amazing culture when compared to the rest of the paper industry." ((in 4 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Clearwater Paper according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management, Value loyalty over skills, kind of rotting company back in 2016" ((in 18 reviews)); "Poor upper management, poor communication" ((in 8 reviews)); "Many new faces mean constant training." ((in 4 reviews)); "Poor management poor leadership don’t care about how long you have worked there" ((in 4 reviews)); "Poor communication and mangers." ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about Clearwater Paper layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Clearwater Paper layoffs and their outlook for job security at Clearwater Paper in 2026.

What Clearwater Paper locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Shelby , North Las Vegas , Lewiston

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3.4

63% would recommend to a friend

(199 total reviews)

Arsen Kitch

62% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Career opportunities

3.1

Culture & values

3.0

Work/Life balance

2.6

Senior management

Clearwater Paper has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 199 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Clearwater Paper employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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199 reviews

3.0

May 19, 2017

Lack of Leadership Upper Management!

Maintenance planner

Recommend

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Pros

Potlatch Corp / Clearwater Paper has been around long time and had Experience Work Force many years with knowledge of machines and great leadership!

Cons

New CEO does not believe in Past Management and does not move up people within the Company! Turnover & moral is very low. They hire from outside and then do not manage them. No Work Flow Management is implemented.

2.0

Apr 2, 2017

Enough already

Machine operator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great coworkers, pay. Union environment. People go over and above what is expected of them. Nice area to live in. close commute.

Cons

Management has no idea how machines run.Little preventive maintenance. Short staffing of machines. Possible closing of the mill, no investing into machines by company.

2.0

Nov 7, 2018

Ok for the short term

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Decent pay, although with layoffs they've really been stingy and have tried to shortchange people. Insurance, 401k, PTO is pretty great. I enjoyed most of the people I worked with, and being in manufacturing can be pretty interesting.

Cons

I would not recommend this as a long term employer to anybody, especially people who think logically. Logical thinking seems to really be lacking here. At every company, there is a degree of things that don't make sense and things that are inefficient. Here, that pool of things is huge and can be very taxing day to day. Over the last year they've been laying people off in an effort to save money. Problem is, in my opinion, they laid off some of the most productive and progressive people and chose to keep people that don't have ... "challenging" personalities. Processes are very unsustainable. They are making effort to move in the right direction, and have made improvements in certain areas, but with the limited resources I suspect their issues will only persist/get worse. Stagnant cesspool of filth.

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