Bemis Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Bemis

Pros – Bemis treats employees with dignity, respect, and a professionalism unmatched in the country. Bemis finds, trains, and keeps excellent employees.

Cons – If you enjoy the northern states, like Minnesota or Wisconsin, then Bemis headquarters and location of employment may be a perfect fit for you.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the Good work. Your company is truely a wonderful environment to work and grow a career. Best wishes to your fine organization.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Bemis full-time for more than a year

Pros – Atmosphere is friendly. Rate of pay is okay. Opportunity to advance if you play the game their way. Occasionally proactive to situations.

Cons – Management has HUGE problems communicating effectively or accurately to their employees or perspective (contract) employees.

Advice to Senior Management – Learn to tell the truth and not WALK on your employees. Remember you came from somewhere.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Bemis full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Nice hourly people, benefits are stable

Cons – The worst place for women to work, you are literally treated like you are in the 50's. It is just a matter of time before they get a class action lawsuit in discrimination. Never seen so many managers with huge ego's and bullying as a leadership style

Advice to Senior Management – Get with the times, know that women are a contributing species. Really try to find managers that are transforming, not tearing down. Really get with the times

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Bemis full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Benefits are pretty good. Parking is good. Lots of places to go if you need to get away for lunch (if you are allowed).

Cons – No advancement for someone who isn't related to someone already in an advanced position or if you don't have a mechanical engineering degree. HR is a joke. If you have any issues they will not be handled appropriately or quietly. Management is slow to praise but very quick to pass the buck as well as the blame. Many managers can't manage and instead of being let go or demoted they are promoted or moved to manage a different angle.

Advice to Senior Management – Step out of your comfort zone and let go those you know can't manage. Embrace those who are true leaders and have great knowledge. Respect those below you and respond to their innovation, as you claim the company is based on innovation. Remember your hourly employees sacrifice a lot with the swing shifts they work.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Bemis full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Good overall company to work for.

Cons – Company has some culture issues

Advice to Senior Management – Work on Culture at certain locations

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Bemis full-time for more than a year

Pros – Better than unemployment
Large organization
More than 150 years of existence

Cons – No interest in input from employees
Very short-sighted strategic decisions
Very un-informed upper management

Advice to Senior Management – Spend time to learn your business before making strategic decisions

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Bemis full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – There was no need to worry about advancement. All high level positons were filled by those from the outside.

Cons – Unless you are in the Fox River Valley, you have little chance to advance. At the plant level, outsiders were constantly brought in to take higher level positions.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Bemis

Pros – I felt there was great interaction between departments to maintain a cutting edge within the industry. The manufacturing facility in Indiana managed to recover during economic challenges that required substantial downsizing.

Cons – It was very difficult finding opportunities for advancement. Most exempt employees worked very long hours on a regular basis, particularly during the economic hard times.

Former Employee – worked at Bemis

Pros – People are great to work with.
Large company culture
Bemis' Products are located in every aisle of the grocery store

Cons – Large company culture
Human Resources department can be tough to deal with, too bureaucratic
Bemis doesn't understand their key assets are employees.\

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Bemis

Pros – The company supports personal growth and learning very well. Big company with small company feel which makes it an easy place to work.

Cons – Some of the facilities use union labor, it make it hard to get work done because the negative attitude of union workers.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep the unions out of the shop to keep a positive attitude in the work place and keep productivity up.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend