I work in packaging for a HUGE company in the cannabis industry and I just need to vent about them. I am quitting soon anyway so whatever.
Where do I even begin on why it sucks here…
first and foremost: THE ATTITUDE FROM MANAGEMENT! Super off-putting. They almost never acknowledge you, will look at you funny if you ask questions, they require us to wear smocks, masks, and hairnets but almost never follow those rules themselves. From the minute I even sat through the awkward orientation my supervisor made snarky remarks about the vaccine, and rushed through a lot of safety information just to get me onto the floor faster. Management will also just have conversations through you like you're not there, which imo is really weird and rude. The most interaction I've had with my managers are through many disappointing announcements. A coworker of mine told me that she asked one of the supervisors a silly “what are we getting for our Christmas treats this year” type of question and he laughed in her face and walked away. Really positive and good vibes here, totally like they want all their consumers to believe.
Speaking of which, false promises.
When I was interviewed, I was given a promise of a diverse and open minded workplace, a week off for Christmas, and never working Saturdays. Guess which of these promises were broken… ALL OF THEM. From the very START before I even officially started, they requested my pronouns and just never respected them, which is ironic because it was right after a whole bullshit speech on how Wyld is super supportive of the LGBTQ……. Like get a clue. I let that go because that's just how it is now. I don't expect my jobs to ever genuinely support us so whatever. They also announced last minute that we weren't going to recieve our week off, and that we would have to work MANDATORY Saturdays for one week in December, and all weekends in January 2023. If you request it off, you won't get it off. If you call off anyway, they have grounds to fire you.
I get it, but it's still all very dehumanizing. I'm lucky I don't have a second job or kids or school. But a lot of my coworkers do, and are actively scrambling AS I TYPE THIS to find care for their kids or some way to accommodate this schedule. It just sucks. There's no morale. There are so many injuries because corporate demands so much of both packaging and kitchen that we don't have time to actually do anything besides rush.
In the warehouse, its COLD in the winter and it's LOUD and BRIGHT and we don't even get to pick any music. They say we can't have our phones but the leads are on Slack the WHOLE TIME, and even management will have their phones out sometimes. One time I had a horrible ocular migraine from all the nonsense and I was told I would get points for leaving early. (Yes we go by the shitty point system).
No decent parking, no heating (i think we did get ac during the summer though), no real accommodations for our coworkers with temp disabilities, no communication between management, no real support, only 2 bathrooms in the building, and a bunch of disgusting portapotties outside behind the warehouse, sigh….
When I started here, I was almost proud to work here. But I'm ashamed I haven't ever tried to change anything.