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      Where Ambition Meets Burnout — and Burnout Usually Wins - Shift Supervisor POET Employee Review

      2.0
      3 Nov 2025
      Shift supervisor
      Recommend
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      Pros

      POET is probably one of the best places to work in Jay County, Indiana—though that’s more a reflection of Jay County than POET. If you’re looking for a place where you’ll quickly develop a wide range of technical skills, this is the spot. The plant runs hard, and you’ll learn fast because you have to in order to keep up. If nothing else, it will make you marketable. Also, brace yourself for the canned corporate response that will appear below this review telling me how much they “value my feedback.” It’ll be quickly followed by a handful of glowing 5-star reviews from corporate office staff to bury this one deep enough that potential candidates will need a backhoe to find it.

      Cons

      Jay County’s limited industry means wages trail the market, and Poet job responsibilities expand faster than job titles or paychecks. “Performance punishment” is part of the culture—do well, and you’ll be rewarded with more work. Expectations vary wildly depending on who you know and how well you navigate internal politics. In over a decade, the facility has been fully staffed exactly once—and only for two weeks. Turnover is constant. Production routinely runs at nearly double its design capacity on a skeleton crew. There is zero standardized training, so most people learn by firefighting (sometimes literally). Problems often sit ignored until they explode late on a Friday afternoon, just as management and maintenance are walking out the door. The technicians that make it beyond 90 days here become extremely skilled—just not valued.

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      POET Response
      7mo
      Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective — and for more than a decade of dedication to POET. We truly appreciate the expertise and grit that our plant teams bring every day, knowing the work can be both rewarding and demanding. We hear you on the challenges around staffing, training, and workload balance. We’re continuing to invest in better tools, training programs, and communication to support our team members and help every plant thrive. POET’s culture is built on innovation, hard work, and heart, but also on listening and improving. Feedback like yours helps us improve for the people who power POET’s success. Your note about a “canned corporate response” made us smile, because it’s tough not to sound that way. But here’s the truth: your feedback matters, we’re listening, and we’re using it to keep improving. So yes, we value your feedback — and not in a canned way, but in a we’re actually reading this and talking about it kind of way.

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      5.0
      23 Jun 2026
      Intern - hourly
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Best environment I have ever worked in, you can tell that Poet cares about its employees, I enjoyed going to work.

      Cons

      You need to be able to pick up on things quickly, the job involves a lot of going with the flow and figuring things out.

      1.0
      12 Mar 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Friendly coworkers at first Initial team camaraderie

      Cons

      Poor management practices Lack of organization and clear expectations Micromanagement Unprofessional handling of confidential employee information Job responsibilities frequently outside the stated role

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      POET Response
      3mo
      Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective. At POET, we are committed to maintaining a professional workplace where team members are treated with respect and where clear expectations, accountability, and confidentiality are core standards across our operations. We also want to clarify that team member compensation and personnel records are maintained within secure electronic HR systems rather than physical documents, and access to that information is strictly restricted in accordance with company policy. The situation described does not align with the processes we have in place to protect confidential information. Individual experiences can vary, and we encourage team members to raise questions or concerns through the appropriate internal channels so they can be reviewed and addressed in a timely and constructive way. Our focus remains on supporting a collaborative, purpose-driven environment where team members can contribute, grow, and succeed. — POET
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