Just Born Reviews

3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(62 total reviews)

Chip Jett

100% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Just Born has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 62 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Just Born 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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62 reviews
3.0
20 June 2015

In disrepair....

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Company donates heavily to local charities.

Cons

Saddening to see the demise of this once great company. Company was founded on a corporate culture which is still referred to but not adhered to. Rotating door of upper level management. Employees hired based on friendships, not qualifications. Different rules for everyone depending on your friends, your socialability, and your looks. If you were high school prom queen or the all-star QB, you will fit right in here. If you are a working professional serious about your career, take a pass.

1.0
19 Mar 2016

Candy Not Good

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Pros

Good pay and benefits. I am going to add "this" just to hit the 20 word minimum. There is nothing else good about this place.

Cons

Staff is horrible. Upper management especially. Union shop, if your a hard worker expect nothing in return. Union presidents wife works in the office. Environment very unhealthy. THE CANDY- I ran machines that made peeps. There is nothing sanitary or healthy about this candy. I saw people without gloves sticking their fingers in the slurry before it hit the conveyor to form the peeps. LICK their fingers and stick it back in. Some of this was managemnet. The Carnuba wax is the same wax used on vehicles. The guns that put the eyes on the peeps I saw cleaned once in the three years of working there. There is sugar dust all over the pipes and rafters above the conveyor belts, all different colors. I watched on several occasions, as well as other staff members, men on sanitation pull pucks out of the urinals with BARE hands and then go out and use the same hands to wipe staff tables and machines used to package open candy, without WASHING their hands. Where the peeps get their sugar coating no one ever cleaned inside there and constantly old sugar and mold would fall onto candy and belt. Candy is made of dyes and fructose high corn syrup. It would take three or four showers before the dye would come off of my skin, imagine your inside. Building itself is filthy where candy is made in all departments. Numerous reports of finding pills and other things in candy. Upper management was constantly changing. Almost a complete different staff from when I had started. Very cut throat and a very clear line was kept between workers and office staff. Management cares nothing for employees. They embodie the ideals of workers are just a number. I could go on....

1.0
26 Jan 2016

Do not value hard work.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good health benefits, some good coworkers. Decent salary, can support your family. Vacation and sick time are fair. Nice place to work at first.

Cons

Poor management, chaotic, unrealistic goals. Workers not treated respectfully, inappropriate workplace behavior by senior staff. Honesty and hard work are not rewarded. Very political.

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