Insect Packer (Evergreen)

Josh's Frogs; Durand (MI); On-site; USD 22,041; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off

Short-term and long-term disability

$50,000 life insurance

Fully vested 401(k) plan

Free membership to Calm Premium

Generous employee discount

Free breakfast, snacks, and coffee

Travel opportunities for expos/shows

Job summary

A leading online pet store in Michigan is seeking a full-time Insect Packager to handle live insects and manage packaging for feeder insects. This position offers a competitive wage of $16.00/hour and includes benefits such as health insurance, paid time off, and a fully vested 401(k) plan. Candidates should demonstrate attention to detail and data collection experience. Join the team in a rapidly growing industry where you’ll contribute to shipping friendly products across the country.

Qualifications

• Candidates should have attention to detail.
• Experience in data collection is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Packaging and sending feeder insects to customers.
• Handling live insects and creating fruit fly cultures.
• Counting orders and managing cricket delivery.

Skills

Attention to detail

Data collection experience

Job description

Josh’s Frogs is a fast-growing online pet store and leader in the industry, and we pride ourselves on selling only happy, healthy captive-bred amphibians, reptiles, insects, and fish. We respect and protect our people and animals, value integrity, and commit to constant improvement. We promote from within and offer ample opportunities for growth and advancement.

This job ad is evergreen, meaning it will remain open for the foreseeable future. We are not actively hiring for this position at this time, but someone from our recruiting team may be in contact to get you into consideration for future openings.

We're looking for people who appreciate creepy crawlers to join our Insect Department as full-time Insect Packers! As a part of our Insect team, you’ll be packaging and sending feeder insects to customers across the country. Your primary responsibilities will be packing insects into shipping‑friendly containers, creating fruit fly cultures, handling bugs like cockroaches and mealworms, and counting orders. If you’ve been looking to work in a cool new industry with a dedicated team, this might be the perfect fit!

Pay and Hours

Full-time (40 per week), Monday through Friday OR Sunday through Thursday, schedule varying between 7:30 AM and 4 PM

$16.00 /hour

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision Insurance (Josh’s Frogs contributes 80% for single and family coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield)
• Paid time off (Holiday, Sick, and Vacation, with Sick pay and 24 Holiday hours added upon hire)
• Short‑term and long‑term disability
• $50,000 life insurance
• Fully vested 401(k) (100% company matching up to 3%, then 50% match up to 6%), with additional options for Roth
• Free membership to Calm Premium (including up to 5 dependents)
• Generous employee discount on the Josh’s Frogs website
• Free breakfast, snacks, and coffee provided at work
• Travel opportunities for expos/shows (in some positions)

Day‑to‑day tasks

• Pre‑packing insects
• Handling live insects
• Counting orders
• Creating fruit fly cultures
• Receiving and rotating cricket delivery

Qualifications for this position

• Attention to detail
• Data collection experience

Special consideration is given to those with

• Leadership experience
• Experience with the scientific method

How you could exhibit our core values

• Integrity – Communicating when uncertain about what to do, always looking for more, and alerting management when mistakes are made
• One Team – Helping Shipping when they need it, and communicating with sister departments
• Constantly Growing – Brainstorming for ideas to improve efficiency, communication, and organization

Herpetoculture is booming, and we're the proof! Josh's Frogs was one of the INC 5000's fastest‑growing businesses in 2022, and we're proud of it. What's more impressive is that this is Josh's Frogs' FIFTH year in a row on the INC 5000 List! Only 5% of businesses have made the list five years consecutively. One of our core values isn’t “constantly growing” for nothing; the proof is in the pond. Come join the team and expand alongside one of America’s top‑growing companies!

It is the policy of Josh’s Frogs to provide equal employment opportunity in recruitment, selection, training, compensation, promotion, job transfer, and assignments. These opportunities and other conditions of employment are extended to qualified applicants and employees regardless of an individual’s race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, and/or other protected categories under applicable laws.

It is also the policy of Josh’s Frogs to make reasonable accommodations for qualified persons with disabilities, and to extend employment opportunities to such persons, as well as to special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam era, Recently Separated Veterans, Armed Forces Service Medal Veterans, and other protected veterans. The Vice President of Human Resources is the Equal Employment policy officer for the company.