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VCUBNFO t1_jc3wsb6 wrote

They reduced the workforce for the facility in 2008 by 180 workers.

They are opening a new facility in Pittsylvania County with 400 workers, 300 less than the current facility.

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ohsweetpeaches t1_jc42mfb wrote

Interesting! I drive by it often, it smells so awful in the summer that I imagine the people living nearby will be glad for it to close. I wonder what they will do with the current factory - it didn’t say in the article.

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Greenmind76 t1_jc4ccn0 wrote

Replying to ohsweetpeaches (#2,223,285)

Grew up in a small town that had a poultry plant and whenever I visit in the summer it’s absolutely horrible. My first job was actually working there one summer. I would take chicken pieces off the line and be covered in chicken fat, bits and pieces of chicken, and oil from the birds.

The money was really good for someone who had no degree or job experience but it inspired me to go to college.

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[deleted] t1_jc4q7pd wrote

The article is paywalled, I think. Does it say why they are closing that plant? I actually recently started driving by that plant pretty frequently.

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Ms-Pamplemousse t1_jc4w3yu wrote

People in Glen Allen must be making too much money to be worth the convenience at this point.

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bodydamage t1_jc4zzds wrote

Big oof.

At least Bear Island is spinning back up, and Lego is projecting to open their plant in Chester next year sometime, so the folks working there have some options short term and long term.

Last I checked the Lego factory is going to be hiring ~1700 employees

I’ve also been seeing a fair number of ads for jobs at Gerdau in Petersburg

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Dazedsince1970 t1_jc5i3tm wrote

Hmm, off to Arkansas where child labor laws have been reduced?

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MrImBoredAgain t1_jc5ob0t wrote

Wow! I took a job there many many years ago when I was fresh out of prison and they were the only place that payed even halfway decently for a newly released felon. Was a solid stepping stone, but good grief what an awful place, even for a newly released ex-con. I had worked in the prison laundry room, and regularly cleaned inmates jumpers that were soiled from feces, blood, and even worse things. You can't imagine the smell of a suicidal inmates jumpsuits after intentional self-soiling, then being run thru a dryer 2 or 3 times after being "washed" in plain cold water. until you pull into the Tyson plant, that is lol. But the place did give me the means to have my rights restored and record expunged. I imagine those who want to could use that place to accomplish the same. Shame a place folks like me can use as a springboard is shutting down, especially in Glen allen where that demographic is woefully underrepresented as it is.

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Paid-Not-Payed-Bot t1_jc5obka wrote

Replying to MrImBoredAgain (#2,226,060)

> place that paid even halfway

FTFY.

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  • Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. The deck is yet to be payed.

  • Payed out when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. The rope is payed out! You can pull now.

Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment.

Beep, boop, I'm a bot

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Myfourcats1 t1_jc65a1j wrote

I just found out this morning. I work as an inspector here. They haven’t actually told us. We heard it from the plant employees. Time to polish that resume.

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FattieBanton t1_jc6fa2g wrote

That part of town is still glen Allen? Or are there two such facilities in this area. Used to drive by it on the way to Poor Farm Park in Hanover County

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MuadDave t1_jc6vwcc wrote

Oh boy - here comes more development to what used to be quiet, rural Elmont. It's bad enough we're fighting a 160+ house development on about 150 acres right on Winns Church Rd. It's also disturbing that the land owned by Manuel Loupassi at the intersection of Greenwood and Winns has recently been logged. That can be a prelude to development.

I guess the county wants a return on it's $20 million (ill-advised, expensive, unwanted) water and sewer lines they forced thru years ago.

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Cdogghaze t1_jc71dod wrote

Did some research not long ago and found that almost all of the sex offenders in my area worked there. Wonder where they’ll go now

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Colt1911-45 t1_jc7pi3t wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#2,224,414)

My guess would be that it is old and out of date. Probably labor costs are higher in Hanover now than they were 20 years ago so it is not cost effective for them to rebuild in the same area. Also as mentioned by another redditor Tyson stated that other locations were not running at capacity.

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Colt1911-45 t1_jc7qp1v wrote

I have 2 separate questions or issues with this

  1. How are poultry companies posting record profits during Covid amid shortages, inflated prices, etc? I would rather this be investigated by Congress than whether Biden's son had so and so on his laptop, or Trump tweeted such and such 2 years ago. Makes me wonder what is really going on when we are arguing over petty political bs.
  2. Is this closure going to affect local poultry producers? I know there are a ton of chicken farms in Amelia County. I wonder if this will raise their costs getting their birds to market.
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resident16 t1_jc7tjhh wrote

This is where a lot of sex offenders in the area work at. Wonder where they’ll go to now.

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bodydamage t1_jc8lpey wrote

Replying to Colt1911-45 (#2,229,854)

That’s not entirely true, it’s not telling the whole story.

Bear Island was previously owned by White Birch and made newsprint. In 2017 they idled the plant and put it up for sale, Cascades came into the picture as a prospective buyer and wanted to see the plant run, so White Birch started the plant back up temporarily so Cascades could see it run. Cascades purchased Bear Island and is in the final stages of converting the plant to make linerboard(the stuff cardboard boxes are made out of) along with being a 100% recycled fiber process.

They’ve got something north of $400 MILLION tied up in the conversion in addition to the $37 million they paid for the plant. Between their investment and demand for linerboard I’d be shocked if they idled the plant.

Source: I know multiple people who work at Bear Island currently under Cascades ownership and I know several people who previously worked there under White Birch ownership.

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Colt1911-45 t1_jca65it wrote

Replying to bodydamage (#2,231,662)

Thanks for giving me more insight. I work for a company that was a vendor there and we have been burned by them a few times. It just didn't seem like a very stable place to work, but like you said that's quite an investment so hopefully it proves to be a good place to work.

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