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Sonoco Company Culture
Sonoco Culture
This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews3.9/5
Sonoco's Overall Culture is rated B
Top Rated Culture Dimensions
Gender
A+Compensation
B+Happiness
B+Office Culture
BPerks & Benefits
BSonoco CEO
Top 30%Top 30% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
R. Howard Coker
72 /100
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Mission, Vision, & Values
Sonoco is a $5 billion global provider of consumer packaging, industrial products, protective solutions and display and packaging services. From its headquarters in Hartsville, S.C., and more than 330 operations in 34 countries, the company produces packaging for a variety of industries and many of the world’s most recognized brands, serving customers in 85 nations. Sonoco’s operations consist of our global consumer packaging businesses –Rigid Paper and Closures, Flexibles and Plastics; our display and packaging division, which provides high-impact retail displays and packaging supply chain management; our industrial businesses, which manufacture tubes and cores, reels and spools, uncoated recycled paperboard and Sonoco Recycling, one of the world’s largest recyclers; and our Protective Solutions division, which produces custom-designed protective, temperature-assurance and retail security packaging solutions and highly engineered components.
Sonoco Culture At a Glance
Sonoco has 20000 employees. 195 employees at Sonoco have reviewed Sonoco across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was months ago.
Overall, the 195 Sonoco employees give their leadership a grade of B, or Top 35% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.
Employees at Sonoco are generally satisfied with their total compensation at Sonoco, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.
Overall, employees at Sonoco are generally satisfied with their team. 195 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a B-. The majority believe the meetings at Sonoco are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.
The majority of employees at Sonoco believe the environment at Sonoco is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Sonoco is comfortably fast. About 50% of the employees at Sonoco work 8 hours or less, while 4% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.
Overall, the employees at Sonoco are generally happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.
A Day in the Life
A Day in the Life
Sonoco employees generally work 9.4 hrs a day
Work Hours
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Employees at Sonoco report the work pace is comfortably fast
Work Pace
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On a typical day, employees at Sonoco have 1 meeting
Meetings
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72% of Sonoco employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
Coworkers
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Sonoco employees most often take 10-15 paid vacation and sick days each year
Perks & Benefits
A Day in the Life
83% of Sonoco employees report they are happy with their work life balance
Work Life Balance
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Sonoco employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Once a quarter
Feedback
A Day in the Life
65% of Sonoco employees call their work environment positive
Environment
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Anonymous Q&A with Sonoco EmployeesMost Recent Q&A
What's one thing you wish you'd known before joining Sonoco?
That upper management and supervisor's will lie and do whatever is needed to get their way. There is nothing production employees can do...
What makes you the most proud about working at Sonoco?
Was a great job I could pay my own bills had insurance on the right path til slapped in the face fired and upper management lied about why
What do you wish you knew before starting at Sonoco?
Office and management are liers and cheat people out of what is rightfully theirs
How hard is it to get promoted at Sonoco?
Depends on hoe fast people quit. Or who's already in line for that job
How long does it take to hear back after applying to Sonoco?
Right away except for the back ground taking months sometimes . peopple cant wait that long to start working
How often do employees get raises at Sonoco?
Once a year if you call it a raise. Last year was the first good one
What's one thing you wish you'd known before joining Sonoco?
That upper management and supervisor's will lie and do whatever is needed to get their way. There is nothing production employees can do...
What makes you the most proud about working at Sonoco?
Was a great job I could pay my own bills had insurance on the right path til slapped in the face fired and upper management lied about why
What do you wish you knew before starting at Sonoco?
Office and management are liers and cheat people out of what is rightfully theirs
How hard is it to get promoted at Sonoco?
Depends on hoe fast people quit. Or who's already in line for that job
How long does it take to hear back after applying to Sonoco?
Right away except for the back ground taking months sometimes . peopple cant wait that long to start working
How often do employees get raises at Sonoco?
Once a year if you call it a raise. Last year was the first good one
H1B Visa
In 2019, Sonoco applied for 2 H1B visas. Of the work permits applied for, 100% were approved.
Work Permit Application Outcome
Sonoco has a total of 20000 employees
2
Total Applied
H1B Applications Outcome
- 100% Granted (2 out of 2)
- 0% Denied ( out of 2)
- 0% Withdrawn Application was withdrawn by the employer before approval/rejection ( out of 2)
- 0% Certified-Withdrawn Application was approved but later withdrawn by employer ( out of 2)
This data was calculated using publicly sourced data from OFLC Performance Data
Gender Score How positively women rate their overall experience at Sonoco
Sonoco currently ranks in the Top 5% of similarly sized companies on Comparably
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Diversity Score How positively minorities rate their overall experience at Sonoco
Bottom
45%
Sonoco currently ranks in the Bottom 45% of similarly sized companies on Comparably
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eNPS
Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"Top 50%Top 50% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
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eNPS Score
| 45% | Promoters |
|---|---|
| 14% | Passives |
| 41% | Detractors |
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