senior plant operator

equipment operator

refuse collector

recreation attendant

crew supervisor

City of Gastonia

Management is infective sadly I was apart of it but not high enough to make consitant changes. City council should fire all management in water/sewer and start over and bring in people from outside to help fix issues.

Once an employee is off probation it's about impossible to loose your job. And so many take advantage of this. Some employees literally will stand around all day and do nothing. Upper management says unless you actively give instructions then a person standing around has done nothing wrong. Supervisors should not have to constantly list every task of a day.

The city of gastonia does not care about long term employees. It was getting to the point people working 15-30 years would retire and nobody would have a clue they retired until the didn't come to work. No kind of recognition ect. Just shows while you can do what's best for yourself NOT the company.

This was by far the worst place I’ve ever worked in my career. They have their favorites that they let do whatever and then the others have to work harder for far less pay to do all the work. They constantly talk bad about each other and the management is even worse. Break rules when it benefits them, but will get you in trouble if you’re not a favorite. There is no room for improvement and no where to move up opportunity wise. Everybody working there hates it and wants to leave elsewhere. The management doesn’t care about you and will turn their backs on you the instant they can. No loyalty from anybody, everybody is fake. 

My job requires me to read electric and water meters. Also connect and disconnect. Management here is terrible only care about money and profits not the actual employees. In return it makes workplace culture terrible and the morale here is very low. We are hardly ever fully staffed. Hardest part I would say is dealing with upper management who just doesn't care at all about your opinion or you as a human. Then it would be dealing with weather and customers. Most enjoyable part is we get to be out on our own most the time. I don't recommend this job.

In my department (solid waste) it’s a good idea department management loves you until you express your opinion on something, then they will be out to fire you. In solid waste the hours are good but if you make driver that’s all you’ll ever be no moving up farther than that, you’ll be a driver for 30 years if you stay that long. The best advice I can give anyone applying for a job in this department is keep your head down and shut up, don’t rock the boat and don’t share your opinion AT ALL or they will do their best to get rid of you our department manager likes to call those kind of people snakes in the grass, and that someone needs to pull their fangs out

you do hourly labs, mix phosphate, mix baking soda,  run and get samples every 4 hours, must teach yourself the plant.

work place 
heavy gossip, heavy micromanagement,  some cool people there but they are leaving, keep busy schedule 

very underpay job as op however lab does get pay more to do less work. 

To many chiefs not enough Indians 

Management will not help you because they need someone to blame

Cameras not for security for the plant, but to watch the employees.

Don't Do it RUNNNN

A typical day includes driving to different job sites with my crew and taking care of business at each place whether it be mowing it or planting trees or shrubbery.
I've learned how to deal with the public and work with a team of men to get the job done.
Supervision is great with understanding on all sides.
My coworkers are very knowledgable and good to work with.
The most enjoyable part of the job is meeting the public and learning different jobs that we do in town.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Friendly co-workers. Not micro managed. Support from supervisor. Appreciation  for job done.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
I do not find the job stressful.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very cordial and positive. Appreciation for job done.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Working crashes, relaying information to citizens, interacting with officers, fire and EMS.

This place is not a bad place to work for the first month or two. But once you get settled in, everyone’s true colors start to show. The leadership here is very toxic and they do not care about their employees at all. Some of the coworkers make this place enjoyable but the majority of them are lazy, gossip, and love to spread rumors. Management also loves to change the shift you work on without any notice or thought to your own personal life. There’s no wonder why the turnover rate is extremely high!

It was a very stress-free atmosphere with very good benefits.  The money is low for the responsibility but, you do not work hard.  It is far from challenging and it really needs a little fine tuning.  It is a small transit company so you build a good relationship with the customers and that is the enjoyable part of your day.

Management had their (her) favorite picks and if you weren't one of them, you might as well go elsewhere. They would bring in new hires at new, higher pay rate, expect me to train them while paying me the old rate which was much lower than the new hires with no experience. Everyone is not held to the same standards. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Senior plant operator 3 salaries reported	$66,183 per year
Equipment operator 4 salaries reported	$25.55 per hour
Refuse collector 7 salaries reported	$21.83 per hour
Recreation attendant 8 salaries reported	$15.52 per hour
Crew supervisor 2 salaries reported	$65,933 per year

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