RUN! Don't let the name fool you. Time to jump ship, it is SINKING fast! - Anonymous employee Odom Employee Review

Don't let the name fool you. Coke's slogan is Open Happiness, but the production plant in Honolulu is not representative of the brand. Perhaps Open Misery might be more fitting. If offered a salary position, run! Not worth the amt of hours you have to put in, as at least if you're hourly, you get paid overtime, which there is lots of. Lots of downtime due to machines breaking down. Management stresses less overtime, but doesn't do anything to remedy the situation when it is what it is...what can one do? Unclear on job description and job hrs during initial hire. Company is highly dysfunctional at the plant level and system-wide. For such a large company, you would think they have better training programs for front-line associates. Their training sucks and is akin to dropping you in a pool before you learned the basics to swim. Constantly understaffed due to high turnover. When people quit, you end up having to do more work. Have to look externally for qualified candidates as they can’t promote anyone within who is qualified as they have already left the company. Antiquated and not well thought through policies. Company has gotten leaner and meaner. Working at coke you would think you could score some free coke...Nopes! Cheap company when it comes to their employees and capital investment in plant equipment and personnel. High turnover (over 20 in the past year and a half), constant low morale, long hours, high stress with bosses breathing down your neck. Management bullies and threatens to write you up for even the smallest gaffe. They rule through fear and intimidation. Incompetent management has no clue how to manage people or work load. Unable to even take breaks at times. You are made to feel you should be happy to have a job. Managers can know less than their subordinates and are not held accountable for high turnover or complaints. Managers have unrealistic expectations. Uncaring management with inflated egos who only think of their own survival within the company. They will figure out a way to get rid of you if they want to. Management will hold you responsible for anything and everything (BLAME CULTURE). Some managers themselves do not know how to run the machines and have no prior production experience, when machines break down, their only question is how long til its fixed and up and running again. I would have prisoners work production at Coca-Cola as that would be a fitting punishment. They will work you to death and treat you like garbage. Production operates like a 3rd world sweat shop. There are limited job advancement opportunities. Rather than working your way up the corporate ladder, you may have lateral movement or may even be offered a position LOWER on the ladder. Gone are the days where a career is made at the company, you are just a number to them. They don't care about you at all, just their bottom line.