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Heartland Label Printers

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Laughing stock label maker - Press Operator Heartland Label Printers Employee Review

1.0
27 Apr 2016
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Pros

Only work 4 days a week. They hire anybody

Cons

1. Not allowed to LEGALLY park on public street that the business is located on. If parking in parking lot near production floor is full as it usually is due to opposite shifts cars, you are NOT allowed to park on the street, even though your state taxes you pay makes the road look nice, and your drivers license, registration, and plate renewal fees so allow you too. Instead your only choice is to park in a parking lot for a DIFFERENT business WAYYYYYYYYY on the other side of the plant. 2. Look, this company is FILTHY rich. They had enough money to buy all their sales people all brand new company cars. NICE cars. THAT THEY COULD TAKE HOME. Nice sized sales team too. Now, I come from a strong manufacturing background. 7 years of machine operation with wages up to 16.43/hr. Print shop wages at Heartland ranged from 12-14/hr for operators. 1% raises per year IF you are fortunate enough to be oh so kindly graced with such a gesture. 3. You are allowed only 30 MINUTES FOR BREAK!!! 12 hours of work! 8 hour 5 day a week office shift ALSO gets 30 minutes of break...for their 8 hour sit at a desk shift! 4. Ridiculously engaged in a 5s program so much so that if the orientation of a tool is not matching the photo that was taken on day 1, points are to be deducted! 5. No press floaters OR assistants! ALL SETUP AND TEAR DOWN DONE BY YOU.

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Heartland Label Printers Response
3y
Sorry to hear you didn't have a good experience. The parking situation is now a non-issue as we have plenty of space and we have adjusted our compensation system.

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5.0
17 Mar 2022
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Pros

as a new person coming into the field, everyone at heartland have been more then happy to help/train. a lot of people on first shift have 20+ years of experience in label printing and if your stuck on something they are more then willing to help. Heartland has a very "family" feel to it, with the yearly picnic and team bonding events its clearly easy to see why heartland has such a great culture. Everyone is very personable and get to know you. Everyone is willing to help. all of the label support people in the office have had operator experience so if no ones around you can always get them. the pay: $20 starting a hour for operators (with shift differential). with 17-20 being other support positions. the supervisors/Managers are all very helpful. they are very patient with helping you understand something. OT: the overtime is endless. since ive been here (1 year) i havent had to work "forced" overtime. they offer double and triple time for any hours worked over your normal shift. if you enjoy working and like money, Heartland is the place for you.

Cons

12 hour shifts. some 10 hour shifts would be nice.

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Heartland Label Printers Response
3y
Thank you for your comment and sharing. We are continuing to work on things and are moving in the right direction. Like you had noted about 10 hour shifts above we did switch to 10 hours shifts at our Little Chute plant for our Monday - Thursday shifts (1st and 2nd Shift). Our weekend shifts, Friday - Sunday, work 12 hours each of the 3 days and while working 36 hours get paid for 40 hours. In addition, our Maine facility has switched to 4 (10 hour shifts). They are also working Monday - Thursday. Our California plant works 5 (8 hour shifts) Monday - Friday.
4.0
22 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Solid company with good direction in a tough market.

Cons

Not a high-margin business, so pay is competitive, but can't always match some bigger houses.

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