Fabri-Kal Reviews

3.1

44% would recommend to a friend

(81 total reviews)

Mike Roeder

67% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Fabri-Kal has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 81 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Fabri-Kal 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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81 reviews
2.0
29 Oct 2018

Looks good on the outside, but it's just another job.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Relatively stable work environment, and relaxed atmosphere. The company looks great in the beginning. They host lots of events and contests in the office. You can come and go as you please, most of the time, and people tend not to notice. If you do the bare minimum and don't speak up, no one will bother you.

Cons

Upper management claims to be working on improving culture. In reality, they are perpetuating the favoritism and biased culture that is running rampant, in all departments. Opinions are king at Fabri-Kal, facts and logic don't seem to matter. If you want to get ahead, tell the right people what they want to hear, even if you don't intent to (or know how to) achieve the goal . If you're a smooth talker, or the bosses pet, the next promotion is yours. People that work hard completing projects and get to the bottom of problems often meet with disagreement and criticism in open forums if they challenge managers or peers ideas. Facts and data presented with be disagreed with and ignored, and the managers gut feeling will be the deciding factor. If you want something to happen, you have to make it the right persons idea. It's can't be your idea. There is no accountability. People can complete their assignments and flat out miss the objectives, and subsequently blame all the issues that arise after implementation on others. Several managers allow it, for what seem to be a variety of reasons. The truth of their employees actions would reflect negatively on them, the person is favored and can do no wrong, or they aren't involved enough to know any better. In this environment, even the good people quit caring and just do the bare minimum, or leave because they realize effort and accomplishment are not valued.

2.0
16 Apr 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Very good pay! I had a very small but awesome team. Nice breakroom.

Cons

Very toxic atmosphere. Instead of trying to find solutions to issues, they try to find someone to blame. Management is an exclusive club, if you don't smoke, drink or play games with them you will not get far at all. It's annoying when you are super busy and walk into your managers office just to see everyone looking at jeeps or talking about how to say a word right. There are some great people working there and I hope the best for them. I also hope management can figure out that leading by example is a far better mural booster than watching the cameras hoping to find someone mess up.

2.0
27 July 2017

Hourly Employees are an Afterthought

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Pay is competitive. Most people you work with are nice.

Cons

This place treats their employees like machines. There are no sick days. You get a 'point' when you call in... More than three points in a rolling one year period and you are ineligible for promotion, at six you are fired. Your personal life/family does not matter to this company. They will change your hours or give you mandatory overtime at the drop of a hat and penalize you for having scheduling conflicts. As you would expect, salary/office employees are not held to the same standard.

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