laboratory assistant

safety manager

safety coordinator

process engineer

plant controller

Ash Grove Cement Company

My day to day is never exactly the same. This keeps me busy and constantly developing my skills. There’s such a variety of different equipment and machines that we work on, so it helps build and develop skills. I’ve learned how to understand the way plc logics controls equipment and how they protect the equipment and personnel. Working with 12,470VAC-120VAC and 460VDC-12VDC, motors of all sizes, various instruments and controllers and much more. The Management team is amazing and like nothing most people have a chance to experience. The culture is world class and I’m fortunate to work with. Hardest part of my job is working around high temperature conditions in certain areas of the plant and climbing stairs. I enjoy the fact that I’ve been able to develop a skill set that is very useful and demanding. This leads to a strong sense of accomplishment and satisfaction when you’re able to resolve complicated problems that gets the plant running and processing product again. Also the opportunities I’m given to further develop my knowledge and leadership skills that will help me grow into better career positions/opportunities.

What is the best part of working at the company?
There is no best part if you decide to work for this company there's no room for you to advance or move up it a dirty job and the younger man will stand around and watch you work.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The machinery constantly breaks down and if you're a forklift operator you're going to constantly jump up and down all day long.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very bad it's the worst place I have ever worked.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stacking pallets all day and jumping up and down off my forklift all day.

Reviews are going to vary significantly by plant. The Chanute plant is pretty decent. Some managers are great and others aren't. Management is the real issue. Indecisive micromanagers can ruin productivity at times. There's also a lot of disunity at the plant. This comes from numerous factors, union vs salary, production vs maintenance, etc. People feel left out of things, or when they are included, they aren't heard. It's tough to summarize all the reasons that people don't get along. The culture is pretty open I'll say, you don't feel like you need to avoid stepping on toes. A lot of people like it out here. But there are a lot of challenges before I'm wiling to say that the culture is "good."

What is the best part of working at the company?
Lived in the same area and many benefits’ good Pay’ lot of nice coworkers 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Really I just don’t stress about the situation just work your way through it’ & then leave work at work!

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Environment was good to work with so it makes the culture nice too 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Coffee and see what was on schedule’ discuss how & what is going to happen’ & do it in a safe manner’
Most times get input from workers and get er done

I worked for Ash Grove for almost 6 years and I enjoyed my time working for this company.  There was something different to learn almost everyday but there were times where it was repetitive work.  I enjoyed working with the people that I worked with for the most part.  Even though during the busy time of year the hours could get hectic and would seem like we live at work just about, it was a great experience working with the people I worked with.

You'll work nights and weekends and respond to constant phone calls, texts, and emails when not at work, but still be called lazy.  

The hourly employees make more than most salaried employees, but they will still complain all day, and you can't talk back to them or they'll threaten to unionize.  

Management is clueless, they've run off a lot of people in the past few years and they continue to run down the people who've stayed.

Plant consisted of very hard working individuals, and this garrnered a great deal of success, but the leadership was very disconnected. I routinely felt that people were not on the same page, there was a lack of accountability, and thus it was hard to improve on the status quo. I enjoyed the people, and felt the company was strong in the market, Overall I enjoy working here. I would like to see a better sense of accountability, and better communication.

Work-life balance
Work-life balance at Ash Grove Cement Company is good

Pay & benefits
My pay and benefits at Ash Grove Cement Company are excellent

Job security and advancement
In terms of job security at Ash Grove Cement Company, I think are fair

Management
In general, managers at Ash Grove Cement Company are good

Culture
Collaboration with my colleagues at Ash Grove Cement Company is fun

Overall
My experience working at Ash Grove Cement Company was a learning curve

Within six months of my hire date the plant manager and QC manager were both terminated.  The production manager was demoted.  The change in leadership made this particular plant a difficult place to work simply due to the hourly folks not having any stability and they projected this in their attitudes toward daily tasks.

The core values of Ash Grove are good.  And the new plant management seems to be making a positive difference (I've heard).

Worst place to work for it’s a very hostile environment to work in with others no communication when you ask for help with something good luck pay is very low for all they ask for you to do they hide a lot from inspection management there sucks they act like two year olds it’s actually pretty sad how it’s being managed they will fire you with than your first 60 days don’t waste your time on this place 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Laboratory assistant 3 salaries reported	$18.00 per hour
Safety manager 2 salaries reported	$90,000 per year
Safety coordinator 2 salaries reported	$80,000 per year
Process engineer 2 salaries reported	$97,000 per year
Plant controller 2 salaries reported	$93,500 per year

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