human resources specialist

Callanan-Industries

Great position for independent personalities. Some very experienced foreman and field personnel to learn from. By the same token, it’s a very tough place to learn from other managers . Very little experience from those positions. A lot of but not all other superintendents are very political and will not help you and take every shot they can at you. One of the only companies I’ve seen were supers won’t speak to each other and share resources. Terrible team environment especially for a young manager. Will feel like your on an island and hung out to dry a lot. Not all bad, but there needs to be a lot of change to bring the company back up to speed.

Start by helping set up signs and cones for traffic pattern. Get into position, control vehicle and pedestrian traffic. Keep everthing deliberately slow and manageable.
Management is very fair
Work culture is rigid but that should be expected in live traffic.
The hardest part is standing and sometime moving very fast but it makes the day go faster.
The most enjoyable part of the job was my coworkers everybody kept an eye on each other and made sure you got through the day in one piece.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Good job, solid people. Just a little boring and monotonous. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
For me it was the commute. Everybody was friendly and accommodating. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Long days, friendly helpful culture.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Moving all levels of aggregate,  driving an articulated dump truck.

Ran every machine needed, as well as helped maintain and operate several plants. Some long hours and hot days but was honest work. Company had good benefits and several appreciation events through the year. Would work for them again.

Typical day - I start between 5:30am - 8am. Deliver concrete to all different local contractors.I work with 25 other drivers. Hardest part of position is clean out after delivery is complete. I enjoy working outside, completely different from what I have done through out my career.

For years Callanan was the best place to work.  Very friendly, family atmosphere where everyone worked well together. A few years ago, that all changed and it became a typical "corporation" where we became just worker bees and all management cared about was the "numbers" and stopped caring about the employees.

Good place to work always moving. have to be a quick learner and know how to successfully do multiple jobs in the same given day. Lots of long hours sometimes you dont know when your going to be able to leave for the day. Winter lay off too as it is a seasonal position.

they advertise they promote from within, but rarely do so with regular workers. will hire people off the street to be managers because of college diplomas that have zero related skills.  then make impossible rules to follow that do nothing to help the workers to complete the task at hand.

It is a good company with decent quality managers. However, they often give credit to the wrong people which is annoying. There is a large focus o safety which is great. Overall, it is a good company to work for.

lot on your plate with minimal help.  Software is always causing a problem, slowing down the morning uploads, tickets being entered wrong at the plant which in turn slows down the procedure.

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