Sonoco Products Employee Reviews about "small town"

Pros

- Competitive Benefits - Competitive Pay - Global Company, but doesn't feel that way always

Cons

- Still figuring out work from home/balance - Corporate location is very small town

Pros

Small town charm, nice people, genuinely care about their workers and products. Very interesting facilities. Excellent pay and benefits. For a global company it feels very personable

Cons

If you don’t like small southern towns then this might be a draw back. A bit of a drive to get to the closest major cities.

Pros

Sonoco has a very family-oriented culture, driven from its small-town roots in Hartsville, SC Pay is very competitive for the industry Product line and day-to-day work is dependent on job function and division within Sonoco Some divisions are very innovative and jobs customer facing, some divisions are old manufacturing environments and drab day-to-day work

Cons

Very conservative company and views

Pros

great management who really wants you to succeed, growth opportunities, good pay, low cost of living, ability to work with energetic and impassioned people

Cons

Sonoco is located in a very small town and they do absolutely nothing for trailing spouses. I'm not saying every trailing spouse has to be given a job, but it would be nice if they worked with other employers to help ease the transition or even treat spouses like internal candidates so they have a slight preference with all other things being equal. Sonoco keeps saying they want diversity in their workforce, but the policies now for those being recruited from elsewhere favor men with stay at home wives. So until they do something for trailing spouses, talk of diversifying the workforce sounds like lip service. I really enjoy my job at Sonoco, but my spouse's situation causes significant stress at home. If not for this situation, I would be planning to retire from Sonoco decades from now.