VANTAGE FOODS

When I first started I was excited it seemed like a fun place to work and the wage was crazy good. Soon I found out why the turnover is so crazy here. 
I applied being told I'd be part time and I'd only work a few days a week but instead I was put into 5 days a week shifts right of the bat.

The regular hours were long but once you hit probation they didn't let me know that automatically makes me put onto MANDATORY overtime. Unless you have a paper saying you have a doctors appointment you can't get out of it and what days they put you on is random. I didn't drive at the time so I had someone pick me up and drop me off. So random days my ride would either have to go back home or spend 2-3 hours waiting for me to finish my shift after "surprise" overtime. They also tried to make me start an hour earlier than my schedule but I put my foot down because my ride was already getting up four hours before their shift. 

On top of the overtime they were adding extra days to our shifts making them 6 days a week with even more overtime. Now don't get me wrong the money was killer but this job literally takes over your life even to the point they made it 7 days a week on my schedule. My routine became getting up early. working 12-13 hours and coming home and sleeping repeat. 

I tried talking to the managers about how much we were overworked but they kept saying that the money was worth it. I like money and I saw a lot at this job but after 2 months of barely seeing my family I finally broke down in the break room and quit.  

If you really need money but don't do anything outside of working or need a summer job it's good I guess but for the long haul you will go insane.

If there are abnormalities in the product do the Supervisors and Lead hands take action to ensure quality and safeness of food for the public and how do they respond?
    To control cross contamination it appears that some procedures are ignored during periods of high volume.    
    Supervisors (if you can find one on the floor) rarely stop the production. If the Customer has concerns about the product it receives, the Company blames the employees for not doing a better job.  So many of us don't raise concerns anymore because they fall on deaf ears from the Company.  Safety for the public doesn't seem to be a subject the Company addresses.
     Maybe the management should take a good long look in a mirror before they harass and blame good employees. 
    NB. re : "Good place to work"...you forgot to mention the overtime is forced not voluntary!!!
    Perhaps when the Vantage Foods Management Team is replaced soon it will be a good place to work. Many of us are counting the days.

My day would start getting ready to go to the production line . I would always be on time . I would always do the hard jobs . Example one round I would be in unwrap , The other round I would be bagging . The next one I would be toting . And then Gasing , I would help out by cleaning up the line when I had free time and help out others . I always got treated poorly by co-workers . I got talked down to . If your not liked they bash you and make fun of you . They harass you if they do not like you . Do not trust anyone even management will not help you because they do not care . They stick up for the bullies there . Do not be late or you will be written up . Do not bother reporting anything because management will not help you . The most enjoyable is getting the paycheck and going home .Hardest part would be getting along with co-workers and when you tray something you know is right  and they criticize it and make you tray it again . I learned about different kinds of meats and how to tell if it is no good .

Went to work changed into a smock and gloves and helmet also a hairnet . Went to stand on assembly line . Got treys ready , Tray meat products . Made sure they where safe to tray and of good quality . Cleaned area free of hazards when I had time . Labeled packages on assembly line . Changed areas throughout rounds example . First I would tray meat . Then I would bag them . Or I would unwrap the meat .  If the product would not meet standards I would put it aside and report it . Always on a time limit . Kept up once I learned.  Cleaned up the floors at the end of the day . Then picked up buckets etc from line to keep area clean and clear . Cleaned equipment .Hardest part would be working with the machine it would act up a lot .  I liked working fast and making sure products are good quality and organizing the products as well . I liked traying the meat the most .

Management is poorly trained. Many Blue hats and Lead Hands do not know their jobs and should be replaced. Huge lack of communication between depts. 

Forced overtime and when it comes to calculating pay for OT hours accounting has no idea how their system works. FYI...Punch out 1 min early and you will loose 15 min. pay. Don't believe me??? Ask accounting ! 

Company Policies may as well not exist as they are not enforced. Safety issues rarely addressed and the safety committee is a joke. They DO NOT meet as the contract states. 

The Union appears to be in bed with the Company. When in house meetings are given, members ARE NOT to ask questions. 

The Maintenance dept. rarely fixes equipment issues but rather takes a band aid approach to a problem and often will address the symptom BUT NOT the problem.

Supervisors are given little to no support and are ran into the ground along with laborers. When hired you are "part-time" meaning that you work anywhere from 20 hours a week to 70 hours a week,Tuesday to Saturday and sometimes forced in on either Sunday or Monday. Before the last contract review the pay was good enough to deal with the gloomy terrible atmosphere and the lack of support from higher up, after you might as well go work for Mcdonalds, you'll get paid less but get treated better and get benefits before the two year mark.

Peg plant. Great team of hard workers. Very multicultural and yet family. Cold environment and hrs can vary. Management not afraid to assist on line. Currently assisting Ontario plant.Huge translation for both plant's Giving Wpg a huge high five for their additional hours to help another plant survive their future even when ours is in question. Family atmosphere.Everyone from top to bottom has an open door policy. Great place if you're willing to work hard! High five to vantage peg🙋

I reassessed the HACCP plan for case-ready Products, preparing for the BRC standard application. 
I tested Daily sample by using Zeltex, Babcock, ELISA, and 3M PetrifilmTM.
I updated records and documents such as the letter of guarantee from suppliers and the MSDS of chemicals.
I got knowledge of food safety control on raw meat manufacturing, especially case-ready product.
The whole management group works efficiently. They really work as team, think in advance and are full of innovation.

this place doesn’t care about anyone that works there your just a number!! (easily replaced) the wages make you puke the upper management doesn’t care about the workers at all they’ve got rid of some of the best supervisors that at least cared for us workers and did what they could to make our day better but the company looks for easy ways out the places is just messed up it’s all gone down hill since the start of 2018 and still in a downward spiral anyone wanting to work at this place is better to work for tim hortons get paid more lol

Great place to work but if you take time off or have an appointment of any kind, have the proof and make sure to keep the original of the proof and give HR the photocopies that you have made. Keep track of your hours and make sure that they match up with what is on your pay stub. Keep you personal business to yourself and dont over share. ALWAYS take your union steward with you upstairs if a problem ever comes up. NEVER GO UPSTAIRS ALONE WITH A PROBLEM!

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