field engineer

construction coordinator

laborer

administrative assistant

equipment technician

Blattner Company

A good friend of mine was with the company 3 years, and I also worked on a few sites in the office. You cant trust anything that's told to you, and rumors are trusted by management like you're back in junior high. They started treating employees as numbers or robots rather than people. Everyone looks for a scapegoat for mistakes, and your experience and true worth will never matter if you arent one of the guys who goes out drinking with upper management. It's incredibly cliquey, the turnover is insane, and the benefits do not outweigh the negatives.  Raises were promised but never given, promotions were about the same, you can never trust the schedule you're told you'll be working, and you live every day not knowing whether your job is secure or not.  Upper management has no problem saying to your face that if you dont like what they're asking/expecting of you, they will replace you. You exceed the bid and goals and make the company money, and they demand more and more. They work their people to death and then wonder why no one wants to stick with the company anymore. Theres simply zero appreciation or acknowledgement that these people are human and have lives/families outside of work. They have lost most of the few good people left in upper management to other companies, and I will never regret leaving for one either. Trust me, if you have another option, take it. Blattner eats your soul and leaves you a shell of who you used to be.  

The downward spiral I have personally witnessed over the last 3 years is astounding and pathetic. If something doesnt change, I believe Blattner will go bankrupt. They arent getting enough jobs because of their ruined reputation. Other contracting companies' reps have said they no longer wish to do work with them in the future, and there's evidence that their solar division is being done away with entirely.

This place has some serious issues. They hire guys that are not fit for their position so it creates performance issues on the job and a larger workload for the other co workers. They constantly hire an fire foremans and project managers so at no point will you ever have a boss that will remain there long. You will build a good working relationship with your boss then out of know where they will fire him and bring in a new guy that is clueless. There's definatly a buddy system going on in the office and upper management looks at the rest of the help like field fodder. They will buy lunches and make fantastic, illustrious speeches and tell everyone what a family they are but allow special favors for one person and then lay off another without any notice the very week before Christmas. Trust me blattner cares only about the profit margins, and they will run threw however many people it takes to get the job done. Not to mention they pay the lowest hourly of all the wind farm companies

typical day includes preparing job hazard analysis for each specific task performed by employees under my supervision, and JHA meetings with everyone to make sure hazards and safe practices are understood by all. Ensuring that everyone has the materials and tools needed to complete their task, facilitate completion through advice and demonstration of technique gained through years of experience. filling out submitting production reports, inspection reports, time sheets, ect.

I learned a lt about time and people management as I was running a much larger crew with many more tasks than ever before, as many as 35 people doing 10-12 completely separate tasks.

Management was very supportive and helpful while for the most part letting me control day today operation of my people.

The hardest part of the job was learning to be efficient at the managerial side of things, i.e. paperwork, meetings, ect.

The most enjoyable part of any job for me has always been meeting or exceeding expectations, deadlines, and cost plans.

What is the best part of working at the company?
People were nice and so were the trucks

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Its affiliates with non Union employees that aren't properly trained in the craft areas. Thats dangerous 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Work environment is way different than ive ever seen. Young ppl in positions they shldnt be in, and Foreman that dont know what there doing. I was terminated for passing other ppl on a county road. A rock chipped someone's windshield so I was given a verbal warning then the very next day 2 Blattner ppl showup at my house unannounced wanting my truck. Terminated! Unbelievable 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Meetings meetings meetings!!! Been in the field over 15 years and had some Young FE tell me she was tired of ppl in her office and to get out! Really, Wow

What is the best part of working at the company?
Everyone i encountered seemed to really love working there. They were all friendly, nice and supportive. Great benefits, new equipment, paid travel. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The work/life balance is not there. 3 week rotation with a weekend off to travel home. I have young children and missing them wasn't worth everything they had to offer. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Like a family, truly. You don't get along work everyone you're related to and we're all humans at the end of the day, but it's about being comfortable enough to put differences aside to get the job done and go home at the end of it. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Training week was informative and blistering fast, but you learn a lot.

At the start I loved blattner but after a year or two i figured out it was a horrible place to work. The only way that one gets promoted is if you know somebody in the company. Safety is a joke at Blattner, they dont take it seriously until someone gets hurt, and then it turns to the "blame game". Blattner is the king of taking short-cuts when building wind farms, trying to find cheaper sub-contractors (that always make mistakes) and cheaper materials. On the plus side Blattner will hardly fire upper management rather they will force you to quite, which was my situation. This company is the definition of "spoil system". After 10 projects with Blattner, I can say that 80% of the management hated working a Blattner, but only worked because of bonus and per diem. 
At the end of the day, I am grateful for employment at Blattner, but I still would not recommend this company.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Teamwork was probably the best thing about working for blattner energy when I was in solar plus the pay was pretty good

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Constant labor type work you know hard labor in the hot sun freezing cold

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work is where you're building basically solar power plant and you're out in fields and in the country breaking new ground doing solar construction

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Get to work have a morning meeting get materials together and everyone get on ATVs and go to your individual workspace and do the task assigned to you

Work-life balance
If you want to go work a ton of hours and make some money then it’s great, but if you have a family that you want to spend time with you’ll find you have little time and energy for that when you do get your days off.

Pay & benefits
Decent pay, not very competitive with other companies though. Great health insurance. I’ve heard the dental and vision they offer is quite expensive for the coverage that you get.

Job security and advancement
They promote people within the company often.

Management
Most of the management that I’ve worked with have been great.

Overall
It’s great if you want to work as many hours as possible and fill up your wallet. If you want to be able to spend time with your family or have a life outside of work then it might not be for you.

After being with Blattner for a year, I can honestly say that this is a good ole boys club for sure.  To succeed or advance you better get in tight and that's a hard thing to do.  Blattner is new to the solar sector and needs experience people to achieve their corporate goals but their leftovers from the wind division keep messing that up.  The problem is the corporate big dogs don't see it and good people come and go as fast as they can be hired.  Sure some stay and drink the cool aide but those are the ones that can't find replacement jobs elsewhere.  To compensate for all of the stuff you have to endure throughout the year, you get a fat bonus!!  What's you dignity worth?

What is the best part of working at the company?
It's a wonderful work experience, it's not hard,I love learning new things,the pay was excellent every week,and it was seasonal 😀, gotta love that!!

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The more I traveled with them,they couldn't get me perdem, so I would have to ride hours back and forth home cause I didn't know anyone I could stay with

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Peaceful and every one had respect for everyone ,and the brother sister love was there,I AM MY BROTHER AND SISTERS KEEPER!!

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy, from putting the bolts in  plug and play or perlings but by the time you look up it's time to go home

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