senior inspector

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Dura-Bond Pipe

A typical day at Durabond for me was starting each day checking the chains and straps for the overhead cranes then signing and initialing a safety procedural book for them that I checked them and they were safe to use. I learned how to strap and rig up large pipe and other structures we welded and shipments that were delivered by trucks. The management was hard to please and monitored everything going on, to the point where it was very uncomfortable. This job was very difficult and fast paced, I felt like a chicken with my head cut off running around the building. Physically very demanding and stressful to work at. You are on your feet all day and we only got one break all day that was only 15 minutes... NO MATTER THE CONDITIONS. We worked a lot of Saturdays from 6AM-Noon and weren't told until Friday afternoon 95% of the time so don't even bother to plan a whole weekend out. Honestly the only thing I enjoyed about this job was the co-workers I worked with, they were very helpful to me and were the only reason I lasted as long as I did because they had my back when management didn't.

This is a pipe mill. This place makes pipe from steel plates. Do those two sentences give you any indication you are going to sit in an air conditioned office? Sure, a few of those jobs may be available now and then but you should expect to be in the mill or the surrounding departments where you are expected to work long, hard hours. Starting pay is around $29.00/hour. I work 12 hour days, 5 days a week. Saturday work is often expected, if not demanded, with the current job. You will receive 1.5x for overtime and 2x if seven days. At the end of the day you should expect to leave tired, if not exhausted, and filthy - read the first sentence. If you are looking for a job where you can coast, this is not the place. If you are a hard worker and willing to learn, this is a place where they will teach you but not coddle you. 
I have been here 6 months (close to 7) and I do not like working so many Saturdays. I am learning a lot and I know the long weeks will not last forever. I love the pay checks and the benefits are excellent.

There are always going to be days where nobody wants to be at work,but we all need to work to make a living and provide stability for ourselves! I always do my best to achieve the happiness of my employer. I always get along with my peers as it make the work place a much better place to work in. I do my best to go above and beyond to satisfy my employer. I worked in all the weather elements year round. Winter was a bummer but atleast I could bundle up. Summer was extremely hot most days which made for miserables days where you had to crawl through 80 foot gas line steel pipes that are already hot so is as they came down from the upper mill.

Management is the downfall of this company especially Drew they treat you with no respect and play favoritism they hire people who they like with no skills to do the jobs especially in maintenance in which I worked if you were one of the favorites you got more money and less of a work load I can write a book of why you shouldn't work here only thing that kept me here was the money which isn't bad but is still behind of what others are paying I'm just glad I quit and moved on what a waste of 5 years I spent there

This was the most negative work environment I’ve experienced. Management creates a culture that feels toxic, with little regard for employee safety or morale. The focus is on production at all costs, often leading to defective products and unsafe practices. Employees are pushed to work excessively, and going above and beyond is not rewarded—it simply becomes the new baseline expectation, with job security threatened if you don’t keep up. Overall, this was the worst job I’ve ever had and I would not recommend it.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Safety I'm making sure you leave that way you came and making sure you make production

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Nothing really stressful just enough overtime

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Hard-working people good teamwork

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Working much hour I can to provide for my family

They need help from ownership to allow for training of all management.  They have no skills to allow them to help themselves by communicating clearly and calmly to their staff.  This would boost moral and get a better direction of leadership to the workers for better productivity.  That is why no one wants to work there.  They all learned how to be managers from the head guy who runs both plants.  He is the reason the place has the turnover it does.  No one knows how to talk to each other in a respectful way.  

What is the best part of working at the company?
The pay,health benefits, coworkers,2 or 3 bosses maybe

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not knowing what department I'm in day after day and bosses

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Dirty environment  culture is ok if everyone would speak English when you talk to someone in English 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Hot and busy typical pipe mill

They will emphasize team work but won’t work with you at all.  The list of grievances is the same and the complaints are the same but since the problems are so often they know the work around instead of trying to improve. OSHA ? no such thing, they pride themselves on paying them off to look the other way. 

They cover up too many accidents and layoff a lot. the supervisors do not do safety meetings until someone gets hurt. They should be done once a week at-least. There are way too many safety violations that could shut them down if only OSHA knew. When someone gets hurt there never a supervisor around. Their usually in an office on Facebook or playing games as I witnessed it numerous times.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Senior inspector 1 salary reported	$29.50 per hour
Machinist 4 salaries reported	$26.17 per hour
Industrial electrician 4 salaries reported	$40.00 per hour
Quality assurance inspector 3 salaries reported	$27.97 per hour
Millwright 3 salaries reported	$30.00 per hour

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