welder

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Alamo Group

In the interview, HR made the Alamo environment sound better than it is.  Management was almost non-existent... not poor management... pathetic, ineffective management.  They were more interested in covering their own tracks, making themselves look better to corporate and putting the shaft to the decent employees, while rewarding the unsafe butt-kissers and/or snitches.

I worked their almost seven years, and in that time I saw management cover up OSHA violations, discriminate against employees who brought issues to their attention (like they told us to) and, last but not least, take no action against other employees who had a proven track record of careless, unsafe, stupid behavior even if they did thousands of dollars of property/equipment damage to the company.

As far as HR, they were mostly interested in harassing employees, especially those who had to take emergency sick time that HR pre-approved, in order to be with an immediate family member who was terminally ill.  

Employees were constantly being expected to do their jobs with equipment that was so outdated and in such poor shape that maintenance work orders were filled out almost every day.  Yet management demanded that production schedules be met and that employees were supposed to put their lives on hold and serve mandatory overtime... many times without the 24 hour notice that the company was "supposed" to offer us.  However,, we had to give 72 hours notice to take EARNED vacation or sick time.  Otherwise, management/the company retaliated by writing us up.  Now who always knows when they are going to get sick?  Of course if it wasn't so hard for them to find and keep good employees, they wouldn't have to hire a lot of losers that had attendance problems.

The best way I can sum up Alamo is... RUN FAST AND RUN FAR!!  Do yourself a favor and keep looking.

When COVID hit, they said you are all fired everyone here is how to fill out unemployment but after they were deemed essential, they quickly reversed it all and said just kidding. Got mad at everyone was leaving and then still payed off a quarter of the company. The people are great like really great but the management is so awful and self servicing it’s hard to deal with. There is no advancement potential at all and no raises more then 2 or 3% each year and their internal rating system for employees keep it that way. There is no way to rate high enough on their scales to get a higher raise unless you change positions which doesn’t happen often. The job itself was okay but is scattered, plan on not just doing mrp, but you will managing lots of stuff on the floor. You will have to go out and move parts, count parts, fix parts and rma parts. I ruined so much of my clothes here but it is mandatory. Inventory is a mess due to the move and management doesn’t care other then to yell at you when something isn’t right or production can’t work but they are not willing to hold any safety inventory. Management does not believe in blanket orders and due to low volumes it is almost impossible to negotiate with vendors. 

I loved what i did every day. But trying to keep a smile on your face there was almost immposible. The management was very very poor and they are not productive. Employee saftey is what they say they strive for but they have you dangling a 500 600 pound over your head on a crane with small chains to hang up on the rotating line after being welded with no help or saftey gear anywear around. Alot of people come in almost every day drunk from the night before smelling of alchohol. very easy to make friends and very easy to get stabbed in the back. I was takeing points when there when i took my wife to doc appts for our infant I also brought back doc notes for the days but that wasnt enough for them even though i asked 24 to 48 hours ahead of time. Benefits yes they were great my hole family was taken care of through this company health, dental, vision, 401k were great. All in All be very careful who you make friends with there and write down everything you hear and say for later reference.

I came to Alamo offering 3 decades of warehouse experience, but was only utilized to pull parts for shipping. I offered my skills in other areas to try to cut the cost of overhead spending by offering a way to utilize perfectly good equipment rather than buying new. Rather, a few thousand dollars was spent on new equipment rather than just updating software drivers (one example). 

Starting out as a temp, you are not allowed to touch computers or drive forklifts. As my position transitioned into an inventory spot, my use of Excel was a key area that I needed to have access to, but since I couldn't use the computer, I had to utilize an Alamo employee to do my computer work for me; about 3 hours of hand typing locations and part numbers into cells in Excel and then printing those out on labels. This wasted quite a bit of time and resources: two employees doing the job that one should have been doing (one example)
These are absolutely not isolated issues. This was a reoccurring issue on a daily basis. More common sense on the management level is severely needed. 

Worked in Accounting.  The only positive about this company is that they do provide training to perform your responsibilities.  The rest is all negative.  Management doesn't follow through on ideas presented to make the process more efficient.  They expect you to perform the job for peanuts and can legally get by with doing this by stating this is an accounting clerk position when in fact it is really an accounts payable specialist position.  Not "employee friendly" because of all the rules and regulations which benefit the company, not the employee.  If you like working somewhere that you can hardly sneeze without asking permission.......more power to you.

I started off proud of my job and happy to come to work each day. Burn out is real! Mandatory 10 hour days one week and 8 the next (flip flop) or every other Saturday in this stuffy and unventilated facility is enough to kill anyone's happiness. Plant manager is never on the floor, but always in the heat or air conditioning. The supervisors are nice, but a little submissive. They can't keep employees because the don't appreciate the ones they've got. Safety isn't truly a concern; the place is filled with faulty equipment, fire hazards, and simply unsafe situations. The welding robots go down every day (not exaggerating) and maintenance is called. The insurance and coworkers are the only reason I stay.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Every person cares about one another no matter what the situation

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
I really have nothing stressful to say about this company

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment and culture at this company are excellent

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Relaxing environment helpful environment motivational environment safe environment but you have your moments where you have to work a little harder than usual but they're not bad

I was an installer building heavy equipment and dump trucks at wh rose owned by alamo group. I loved what I did and the guys I worked with. But the internal management treated employees horribly, we weren't paid what we should have been and the harder we worked the more they wanted. Most of this I could deal with except internal management, the operations manager talked to people like they were dumb or inferior, lots of yelling and high school like antics.

Working for the Alamo family was an honor and a pleasure.  I set up my own travel. Presented 6 hours of training to the department of transportation (DOT) employees.  Also, I conducted plant Health and Safety training and Safety Audits.  Management was easy to work with and employees were great people. To me they were family.  The hardest part of the job was the Friday night flights back to Texas.  The most enjoyable part of job Alamo Group took care of everything when I travel.

Good place to work. Management pretty much leaves you alone. Management strolls through the work floor frequently until hot weather arrives then its less frequent. work orders and production needs a major overhaul. Parts being lost and tracking them down. When making parts sometimes its only one or two when its not going to hurt to do 12 at a time instead of doing two parts one day and then two days later needing 4 of the same. Overall a good place to work. Needs to have a better ventilation system installed. Machines and employees will operate much more efficiently.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Welder 24 salaries reported	$27.63 per hour
Assembler 12 salaries reported	$21.45 per hour
Heavy equipment mechanic 15 salaries reported	$29.46 per hour
Fabricator 6 salaries reported	$27.13 per hour
Material handler 4 salaries reported	$18.63 per hour

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