Really positive place to work. - Pack Out Coordinator Alene Candles Employee Review

5.0
10 Feb 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Management is very good at realizing a job well done and showing gratitude for good work and they also encourage everyone to push themselves to learn new things. Employees are very nice, good benefits for vested employees. Always working to better the employee experience. Easy yet fast paced work makes the day go by pretty quickly.

Cons

Alot of negativity on the floor from temporary emoloyees/vested employees who do not like change. Some machines could use better up keep or replacement all together. Still working on better communication between departments, not quite there yet.

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Alene Candles Response
10y
Thank you for your review. We are constantly trying to ensure that our employees have the best possible experience working at Alene, and appreciate that you’ve acknowledged that. Change isn’t always the easiest thing for people, but it is necessary for us to evolve as a company and continuously improve. Your feedback is greatly valued.

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5.0
3 Nov 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Alene Candles was a great company to work for. People were nice and everyone contributed to the best of their abilities. Alene did a lot of work promoting a very positive culture and added a lot of activities for associates through the years. The company was not perfect, but what company is? Everyone was doing there absolute best and that's what counts. It is amazing to see how a senior leader like the COO knows the people on the floor by name.

Cons

It's a small company with a very seasonal product, so work can be a little hectic at times. This should not be a dealbreaker for anyone who is thinking about coming to Alene. Also, it is a small company so career opportunities are less. But Alene spends a lot of time compensating this by providing a lot of training and development like the leads program.

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Alene Candles Response
1y
Thank you for sharing your experience and kind words about Alene Candles. We're happy to hear that you appreciated the positive culture and our commitment to training and development through the Leads program. We acknowledge the challenges of working in a seasonal business and appreciate your advice on planning for peak seasons. We’re always looking for ways to improve our processes to make the busy season more manageable for everyone. Thank you again for taking the time to write this review, and we wish you all the best in your future endeavors. Sincerely, Human Resources
1.0
30 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None, that place is an absolute mess.

Cons

They don't test for rec use, so between the smell of the candles and the smell of rec sometimes working there is horrible. They are always showing favoriteism. Some people make more money than others in the same role, and they arbitrarily give raises to people in the in crowd. I know of at least 3 peoplen that got money with no extra work doing the same job as everyone else. Manufactiring, engineering, and maintenance are always talking bad of each other. Also, they talk a great game on safety, but allowing ppl to go in feeling nice, or ppl going out on a smoke break coming back feeling nice and no one doing anything about it tells a very different story.Manahement is clicquey and gossipy. I didn't care about leasership yapping to us that Everest was a waste of money and NH needed to shutdown or that the people representing the customer are incompetent or so. I was there to do my job, every day felt like a soap opera.

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