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Show up on site on time. Go to you area of responsibility and have the morning meeting with your team leader/ foreman and go over the plan of the day. Everyone on the team is given a specific task or responsibility to accomplish to meet benchmarks for that day. If all goes well, barring bad weather, equipment failures, or any other incidents,  you meet your daily goals safely and efficiently, then you have your end of day meeting, clock out, and go home for the day.
I learned a lot more working with other tradesmen. Working closely with the welders, electricians, steel workers, and civil crews, you pick up a lot of new skills and ideas from their craft that can be applied in your own trade.
Management, overall is usually pretty good. It really depends on when and if things don't go as planned for the day. And things DO happen on the fly. It can cause some confusion in how to carry forward with a daily plan that affects several key areas on the jobsite and several crew's production and benchmarks for the day. Often times, management has to be able to maneuver around certain issues, and they don't always make the best call. But it is understood that they have to make a call and they do so the best they can and with the safety of their people at the forefront. 
The hardest part of the day is really just not being able to make your goals or benchmarks for the day due to weather or other unfortunate events. It becomes frustrating when you have a specific deadline to meet and you cant meet goals how you planned for the day.  It's a personal pride and sense of duty and satisfaction thing more than anything else. You have good days and bad days.
 The most enjoyable days are when you come to work and everything just flows and goes as planned. You reach your benchmarks and can go home knowing you accomplished the mission of the day. It's very gratifying.

My typical day would contain entering employee hours broken down by different job numbers and entered into our clients payment labor system, then taking those hours and breaking them down by task and entering them into my company's payroll system. I also processed new hire paperwork, and organized personnel files along with safety training files. Worked with procurement to write purchase order numbers and enter correct pricing into accounting system to get vendors paid, ordered materials and scheduled delivery or goods including concrete, soil, concrete testing, general construction materials and drug testing. I would also work with Quality Control with welding to update and maintain welding logs and weld mapping with prints.I learned quite a bit including proper procurement procedures, proper documentation for employees, safety rules and regulations, proper welding procedures and documentation. I learned a lot of great skills at this position including proper hiring procedures and documentation, proper materials and procurement procedures, welding processes and procedures for industrial construction. Management at my current position was great, they would assign tasks, answer question I might have and let me do my work on my own so I had a great sense of pride in the work that I did. My coworkers were great we respected everyone for their individual skills and worked well together. I have very much enjoyed my time at Westcon, it has been a great place to work with great people, but I am considered a field employee so if we were to run out of construction projects at my current site there is a high chance or layoff in down times, and possible reassignment to another area of the state or country, and I would prefer to stay in the Bismarck/Mandan area.

Bilfinger is a multinational company, headquartered in Germany. I have always admired this company and was very happy when I finally had the opportunity to absolve an internship at Bilfinger in Budapest, Hungary. I interned in the financial department.
Soon, I sadly had to realize that I did not like my job and the atmosphere at all. The reasons were:
- Co-workers did not like their job either
- Annoyment and stress were common feelings
- Management gave orders, employees followed without thinking
- Management constantly complained instead of seeking for solutions and improvement 
- Very unorganized workplace 

To conclude, co-workers were warm-hearted and helpful but the management only taught me how not to lead a company. 
However, I still believe that Bilfinger is a great company providing great opportunities. My complaints are based on my experience gained during my internship and solely concern the firm and former manager in Budapest, Hungary.

I enjoyed my co workers and the management. They were encouraging and I felt genuinely cared about.  They were all kind. 
On the other hand, the really fast work pace and all if the changing of systems while I worked there was not something that suited me.  I didn't like that there was so many meetings. Some meetings are productive but many of them took me away from getting my work done way too often.  The workload became overwhelming and too many fires needed to be put out. It became exhaustive. My work life balance became bad when pandemic turned it into mostly WFH not long after I started there. But, still, even day one working at Bilfinger, it was stressful. I'll just say, it's not for everyone, but is perfect for others who thrive in fast pace and stress. I wish I was one of them. Because, as I mentioned earlier, the people were fabulous! 


My typical day consist of reviewing safety and quality standards are being met. Plus the production goals for the project are being accomplished by our Sub-contractors onsite. I have learned that doing everything in my power to plan ahead and staying organized will produce the results needed to be successful. The way I manage my time and my work fronts is vital to bringing positive outcomes to the project. I’m a team player, no matter what title you hold, everyone needs to work together to be able to reach the goals of the project. There is really nothing hard about my job, I work better under pressure and an impossible deadline. I love the challenges of any task that I have never done before. I always find a way to exceed myself and bosses expectations. The most enjoyable part of my Job, is when a project has exceed the safety and quality goals. Came in under budget and beat the schedule.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Field craft are an excellent and honest group to be around.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Poor management and managerial skills of managers.  Also computer literacy and function is very poor amongst office staff.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Poor at best, vile at worst.  The company prides itself in saying it's beliefs and values are amazing but it's the usual same corporate buzzword stuff that gets thrown around.  Also the "one team one dream" mentality is a total lie spread through the company.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I left a long time ago but the place is generally toxic.

Although working at Bilfinger was quite short; I was disappointed when I was one of many to be laid-off.  When you have an understanding of corporate America, this occurs, they may need to take other actions to keep their company competitive. 
I sincerely walked into a team that had no drama, all worked well together, and the veterans were more than helpful to show you what needed to be done.  I walked away with knowledge of another accounting and data support system that is a great value to add to my resume. 
Only drawback, if there was more transparently; the management team would have saved tremendous amounts of money by making their decision clear earlier, especially with folks that were there for years and had impeccable knowledge and history with Bilfinger. 

Co- workers were excellent. A number of long term employees that brought a lot of knowledge and skill to the business. Firm commitment to embracing lean  and making the company better and more productive. Projects involving capital equipment were often stopped and started a number of times over the years. Vendors didn't trust us, because we always asked for quotes and then never bought machinery quoted. When projects were approved, it had to be completed immediately at the lowest possible cost. Timelines were not respected even when they were correct. The company's history of being a cash cow for a number of owners has caused it suffer in purchasing equipment.

I would show up ever morning for meeting where foreman would be told they were gonna be fired if any of the guys would screw up. you given tasks on paper to run with no orginaztion from bilfinger nor plant you work with. You then struggle to find a mode of transportation to get across the plant. You couldn't get parts in a timely manner at all. You then get blamed for everything. They have you do trades your not licensed in. They constantly failed to plan jobs or communicate. It is great pay and all but not worth it.

My job at KBB was something different every day. I had my day planned but was always prepared for my plan to be interrupted with something else important and top prority. My favorite part of the job was the diversity. I enjoyed the challenge of dealing with CDL drivers files, DOT inspections, Oregon State DOT safety audits, Accounts Payable, Purchasing, Receiving, and Environmental coordinating.
Working with with a diverse group of people was my most enjoyable part of the job! The hardest part of the job was probably the language communication, but we always figured it out and helped each other complete the job.

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