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Allan-Myers

Lets start off with if you like working 10-14 hrs a “NIGHT” and  once in awhile they will push you past the 14 hrs because they can by law. you will be working at night and will do that 6 days a week. Its really seven days because you will start on a Sunday evening around dinner time and your work week usually finishes on a satruday morning around 4 AM so you will be in the truck every day of the week during the asphalt season. The supervisors only supervise the newer drivers because they can bully the new ones and will talk down to you like you are a piece of trash and anything you say to them is always wrong because they are always right.  They will turn the other way when senior drivers trash up the truck you are driving for that shift or even sabotage it and you will be in a different truck everynight because the truck you drove last night broke down again for the 15th time. Don’t leave anything in the truck after your shift because the other drivers are like buzzards and they will rob your stuff blind and the suoervisors will tell you its your fault. A driver will leave 2000-4000 pounds of hard asphalt in the truck you have to drive and the supervisor will make you get in the back and dig it all out by hand. Good Luck with that job on a weekly basis. They hired 39 new drivers last year and 35 drivers quit or got fired by the end of the year so turnover is so ridiculous that it’s a joke. You will not have a life outside of work and you have to wakeup  to see what your start time is for every single night. If you kids are grown this might not be a problem. You are just another number and there and that’s all you will ever be. Oh and the foremans out on the jobs will yell and curse at you and it almost comes to fist fights so do the other drivers. Myers is the poster child for the hostile work environment so if you like that then Myers is the place for you. You can make decent money but who couldn’t working all of the time. You could write a book on that place but its not worth it. IF you can talk to newer drivers before taking the job do it because they will tell you what its really like to work there

Great company core values safety is something they stress a lot about. However, there management is a joke and if one person dosent like you that is friends with a higher up then your life becomes really hard. The guy they have running the three plants up here is a joke. He’s arrogant and pushes everyone against each other. If you work night shift they don’t care what you have to say. If you work day shift your high and mighty yet they are required to share trucks. Night shift drivers usually run asphalt which is usually a 10-12 hour night but if you have the truck out past the time the day shift driver needs it you get wrote up and personally harassed. When they know you don’t determine what load you get and they don’t want you driving above the speed limit. I think the worst part is that they have a list with every employee on it and to get higher up the list all you can do is work there longer. They don’t care about the kind of work you do or how you drive. Seniority is based upon how long you’ve been with them, period. They need new management that is willing to listen to all there employees not just there little cliques.

Great benefits, management is sub par at best.. advancement is only for family and friends. Management motto “do as I say, not as I do” aka hostile work environment with no shortage of hypocrisy and incompetence by foreman’s promoted by friends in management. High employee turnover, just over 200 employees hired this year, over 170 have quit (not fired). Absolutely no transparency or trust in management (rules and policies only apply to the yellow hats, supervisors are unaccountable for their actions and their incompetence and negligence is encouraged.  HR will ABSOLUTELY violate your trust and privacy, if you think for one second that when you call HR, that your issue will be resolved or handled without HR calling and warning management about your issue, you’re sadly mistaken. Also after 90 days, your scale pay will no longer exist, they have a loophole whereas the company can take over 85% of your fringe benefits

This company will put you with great people, allow you to show what you’re capable of and then try to convince you to focus solely on making work progress faster and easier. Very minimal effort seems to go into actually adhering to the seemingly high standards they claim. Old school methods and shortsighted planning take precedence over quality assurance and risk management. Management does not like to be questioned and is short tempered when issues are brought up. Very little consideration is allowed for a learning curve into advancement. People who are driven and willing to learn must yield to people who don’t bother to improve their own practices. Some people can use intimidation tactics and still be considered a leader while others get reprimanded for quietly bringing up unsafe or improper practices to those with authority to fix them. 

Young employees, mostly in their 20's there, are in charge out in the field/jobsites and are the ones most likely to be promoted. Starting work there involves several weeks of "training", even if you've been driving trucks and in the construction industry for decades. Their safety program is fanatical but effective. 
 Alot of time is wasted doing things like unnecessary, redundant paperwork. Not enough time is allowed to prepare the trucks for the shifts; only 15 mins at the beginning and end of shift.  Due to the rare opportunity for drivers to be promoted, there is back stabbing going on within that Dept, which leads to mistrust of coworkers. Since the company works fast, there is little time for gossiping, which is good. Overall, I'd say it's a great company to work for if you are young and looking to have a challenging, rewarding career in construction. The hourly pay is well above average and with excellent benefits.

Coming in as a Mechanical Engineering student and joining the company as a Project Engineer Intern, there was little "mechanical" engineering at all. I understand that the company is mainly civil, but if the position is asking for mechanical engineers, at least provide these individuals with an engineering environment. I also believe that if I were a female, which I am not, I would have been able to be in the office or actually be around engineers. I was with the laborers 99% of the time. They are cool people too, but as an engineering student at the time, I would have found it more beneficial if the job posting was titled something completely different rather than looking for cheap labor and calling it an internship.

As far as the work at Myers goes, the projects were very interesting and provided great experience.  The field conditions can be difficult at times, so I would definitely advise against working at Myers if you are opposed to walking in the heat, cold, or mud on a daily basis.  The project team I worked on was excellent.  The PM was driven, a great leader, and fostered an environment that challenged you to grow as a professional.  Myers has an excellent training program for new hires, and provides younger employees with mentors to show them the ropes.

The culture is very demanding, though, and it's a sink or swim environment.  I also was commuting well over an hour to job sites each day which can have a negative effect on work/life balance.  Work days, including commute time, were easily 13-14 hours on average.

The company is very competitive, but if you like a challenging work environment there are few better places than Myers.

typical day is getting your machine road ready with generator lights eltronic system set up check teeth on milling machine all fluids and help set out a lane closure making sure all dump trucks dowhat theyre supposed to and filling miller up with water throughout the night making sure knocked over cones are put back up continuously checking depth of cut and adjusting where it needs it doing any skid steer work if needed or roller . the hardest part is trying to be in too many places at once since im on a very lean crew with not alot of man power but everyone pitches in anywhere needed to get the job done safely. best part of the job is the guys i work with they sre the best group of men i know and we area tight knit crew and everyone has a good head and are like minded .

Too many chiefs not enough indians. Company is currently structured to keep management protected. Being honest and unbiased here. Watched several employees get terminated due to lack of leadership or leadership misguiding them. Things look good on paper with them but reality is sad. My first day I was told, "the office claims safety is number one but we are a construction company that needs to make money." Later I found the real translation was "make money so when the supervisors go to their bosses they can take credit." Very quickly they will turn on you here to protect themselves. Its sad really because the owner and his sons have formed a company with great potential and great structure. There just happens to be too many managers that are looking to advance their careers by squashing others in their way. 

A typical day at work is busy and structured, with clear tasks and expectations. I learned how to manage my time better, communicate with coworkers, and handle responsibilities under pressure. Management is generally supportive and willing to help when issues come up, though things can feel rushed at times. The workplace culture is team-oriented, and most coworkers are respectful and helpful. The hardest part of the job is dealing with high workloads and staying focused during peak hours. The most enjoyable part is working with a solid team and gaining skills that are useful for future jobs.

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