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Carmeuse Lime & Stone

In 2.5 years, I've watched 4 staff fired, and 4 people leave to persue employment elsewhere. That number is high when you consider there's under 20 full-time salaried staff at the plant. It's sink or swim for new hires, training is almost non-existant. This high rate of termination makes trusting the HR team impossible. I've never worked for a compnay with such a high rate of distrust of HR - You could ask anyone in plant if they trust a thing HR says, and everyone would respond "NO". Additionally, it's a "who you know, not what you know" kind of environment, with friends of upper management getting first kick at job openings. Bothers, nephews, good friends of managers are direct reports to family members, which makes for some rather obvious favoratism at times.

I rated compensation so low because job descriptions change constantly - work loads increase and roles change with each firing - and there is no change to compensation to go with it. I've had my job description tripple in length in those 2.5 years, with no change to compensation. Even requests for a discussion about my compensation are shot down.

That having been said, the plant makes a quality product and there are a lot of people that genuinely care about the plant. Sales are strong for now - some softening in the short term - but should be strong for years to come. My plant has been in operation for over 150 years, and there are a number of staff members with over 20 years experience at the plant. There are deposts here that will keep the plant running for 100 years more, so provided you can avoid the quartly firings job security will never be an issue.

This company is depressing to work for to say the least. Management claims to care about their employees but they absolutely DO NOT!

It doesn’t matter how much work you do for them or how much time you commit to creating them profit, you are expendable and they let you know it. The union is a joke and in bed with management. They will throw you out on the street if they  given the opportunity. If you plan on working here, prepare to be covered in carcinogenic dust ALL DAY,  EVERY DAY.  

Most of the employees are gossip queens. They will shake your hand and smile at you, act as if they are your best friend and will talk down on you the second you leave the room. 

HR director is a cold, unapproachable and quite frankly, evil human being if you can even call her human.  The members of the management are smug, condescending, and self serving people. They subject their employees to insufferable conditions  and attempt to make up for it by buying lunch once a week as if it will make up for treating them like expendable slaves. 
 
I would strongly consider if your mental and physical health are worth sacrificing before coming to work for this company. Your patience and peace will be tested each and every day here. Only the strong survive!
 

They claim to be all about family, but when it comes to your own family it doesn’t matter to them. Management was extremely poor as well. Scheduled to work overtime on weekends. If you have plans of taking vacation to visit with family that comes home or just to get away from work. Good luck trying to get it. The probationary period is ridiculous as well. If you refuse any overtime when it comes to you, it could potentially put your job at jeopardy. At least that’s what some supervisors/foremen stated. It was my dream job when I first started working there and then it turned into the worst nightmare ever. Absolutely no work life balance whatsoever. Like I stated previously about vacations might as well dedicate yourself to working there. Holidays, well you might as well plan on working them while management gets to enjoy them. Safety issues might as well fix them yourself. Because management turns a blind eye to them and is too focused on production instead of safety. Overall I didn’t enjoy working for this company. 

The company is very focused on customer satisfaction, and the product quality is probably the strongest in the region. They also have a great safety program, though there are a lot of "initiatives", seems whatever is popular is introduced as the newest thing for the company.  Carmeuse has a strong focus on customer satisfaction and relationships, but they do not value the individual employee enough. There are frequent layoff's & management reorganizations regionally and locally. The company has high expectations of their employees, and sometimes expect too much. Expect long work hours if salaried.
Overall, this was a decent company to work for, but as an employee, you should be prepared for unexpected changes in organization. Just know going in that Carmeuse will do the right thing for Carmeuse, even if it means an unexpected layoff.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Good work environment  job security and company always on a uphill momentum in all areas production quality safety benefits and several different types of jobs. To advance
Or change too


What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
We all have stressed  individually that is a personal  and beneficial for all of us to find ways to deal with stress and still work safely and efficiently

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
A diverse group of people cultures. Ages. Races. But overall people who normally wouldn't mix outside of work. But there is a unity there were people work together well and above average fair treatment and harmony



What is a typical day like for you at the company?
 A good sense of  being. Apart of a vital role in the functioning of the workplace and leaving with a sense of feeling good about what work was performed that day and leaving next crew in a good relief position

Prior management was good to work for but most retired and new managers are horrible to work for. Pay is ok for this area. Most of the employees are locals who are uneducated and do not like outsiders. I was asked on many occasions by numerous managers to do work that was unsafe including working underground by myself, driving pickups that were deemed unsafe, etc. when I first took the job it seemed fine but right out of the gate I was lied to about my pay. The union that they have was horrible and only took care of certain people and did not want to fight for miners at all. The whole experience was awful as there were many cut throat people working there. I really enjoyed being a mine foreman in the sense that I was able to see production goals set and met daily but dealing with the locals was super hard. I was made daily to feel like I was and outsider and not part of the team. Very frustrating place to work.

Was one of probably 20 Temp workers who were given the false hope of becoming a full time employee at the Clear Brook location.  Worked long, hard months putting up with the rude Forman (plural) treating us like idiot temp workers who shouldn't be there.  Granted some of us shouldn't have been there do to lack of being safety minded.  Every time us temps would ask about becoming full time it was either "oh its coming, just be patient" or "I'll get back to you on that."  We found out that we were only there while they downscaled the sister plant and transferred all the full timers to our location.  Management slyly told us at a meeting neglecting to tell us temps that our jobs were in jeopardy until specifically asked about it.  They only said it was a possibility and kept us in limbo for a good month and a half.  

Some advice for Carmuese;  if you need contract workers with a non permanent contract length, hire contract workers who know the parameters of the contract. 

A typical day at work was to expect the unexpected. I learned a lot about problem solving on the go, working as a team.Management was the team of production people. We kept plant running efficiently and productively, there was chain of command procedures and most issues were reported by team leader to production manager. And were passed on to appropriate salary employees. We worked with a low level of supervision with great results. We all worked hard and worked safe. All the employees are friends/family and safety always came first.the hardest part of the job was long hours 24/7 365 days a year operations. Leaving the company was the hardest part of the job.The most enjoyable part of the job was working outside with minimum supervision, and the comrodery between coworkers.

Lots of maintenance and clean up. 60+ hrs a week and swing shifts along with working weekends and holidays.  Management is pretty good about explaining the tasks at hand and will help with any questions or problems we may come across, but sometimes short on getting the right tools for the job.  Safety is always a priority and plenty of people willing to help with questions or jobs that need it.  The hardest part of the job is just the long work weeks and weekends, and holidays we have to work.  No holidays off, and with working weekends as well, I miss a lot of family functions and kids games due to the long hrs, but I can't blame the company fully just because we're undermanned, and they do hire a lot, but people just won't stay long, so it's up to the ones that have been there the longest to pick up the slack and that takes a toll on everyone.  But I work with some of the best people around and that makes the job a lot better 

Management is horrible and have pushed many good employees away, hr doesn't help you, only their to protect the company.  Plant manager has lost the respect of almost every hourly employee. If you get in trouble, the plant manager will talk about it to every manager so nothing is ever confidential. Pay is decent but you have no reason to stay since you can find a job making the same pay else where. If you do decide to work here, just be prepared to be a number, and not valued as an employee. All salary people get away with everything, if you and a salary person did the same exact thing, you would get wrote up and salary wouldn't. Morale is very low. Now the employees are what made me stay but if it wasn't for them then I'd be gone. Let's not forgot to include the many conflict of interests that goes on but corporate never investigates. 

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