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Duro-Last Roofing

This position included a company vehicle which served as office and transportation. a typical day would include customer calls ranging from simple to complex issues regarding everything from delivery to installation problems. which required both over the phone instruction, and direct on site visits. scheduling onsite inspection of both finished and on-going projects, as well as  warrantied installation evaluations. With an average of 2.7 million square feet of new single ply roofing per year inspected. this position taught me to become an excellent listener and communicator both verbal and written. I also gained an ability to communicate with all levels of the business community. To express an understanding of customers concerns and the direct actions which would resolve their current situation. In this position many "hats" were required and often called upon in the course of a single day. Consultant to my customers, Problem solver to building owners. Information gateway to the company. I maintained many responsibilities with a daily or weekly goal, and always knowing that the company stood behind me and my decisions. they always valued my input and process of caring for my territory. A primary resource in the day to day business would have to be my peers. they were always there and an excellent sounding board no matter the instance. Most difficult issue to handle in this position in my opinion happen to be the travel. Although my primary territory was north western Ohio. when needed, travel to other regions of the country were inconvenient but necessary. regions i performed work Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Kentucky and Pennsylvania. With that being said one of the more enjoyable aspects of this position was the travel. although it took me away from my family and friends, I had the opportunity to see a great portion of the country.

I would say that that typical workload varies on were your placed. I work in the mixing tower that actually takes the products to make the actual roofing membrane. 

I did learn ALOT of about their offerings, and would consider using their stuff on my home. work culture is superb, and they really do treat people with respect, compassion and with integrity. the pay is absolute to the job you work. hours are extensive but you do get a good work life balance. 

with that said, some of the management team are incredibly distasteful and their attitudes are like politicians - make bold promises, glad hand you, but never follow through or gaslight you

during my time, there's a few  workers there that are, at best, not employee material. meaning, they should have been fired. of those, one of them has a severe anger issue, and has freely admitted that he committed aggravated assault but still employed there. I'm not sure why or what really happened.

the director of safety is absolutely clueless, and said things that made me go "hmmmmm, pretty sure that's a not legal" I did file an extensive report to HR and it was very thoroughly investigated. 

I questioned that fact that during the summer, it was over 100 degrees outside, and inside where I was, it was pushing 120. we were told to keep working - I didnt feel it was safe to do so. 


JRB does do really good things for their stuff, food during the holidays, turkeys / gift cards. upper management is very professional, and if there's an issue, its addressed appropriately. the CEO is very welcoming and shows a lot of care. 

Management does not care one bit about employees life outside of work. They constantly pile more and more work on top of us knowing that we are short staffed every day. They won’t hire new people and when they do, they take one look at this place and run away. Maintenance team is awful. Don’t ever ask them to fix something that needs to be fixed because they will just barely fix it so it stays together just long enough for them to walk away. Co-workers all hate themselves and everyone else. No one is happy here unless you’re in upper management. Your attendance is the only thing that matters to HR when it comes to your yearly raises/evaluations, no matter what you are capable of doing for the company, they only give you a raise based on if you have perfect attendance or not. I would 10 out 10 suggest going somewhere else. Unless you hate your life. Then duro-last is the perfect place for you. 

There is plenty of room for advancement within this company and hard working individuals get rewarded by either being promoted or receiving a large wage increase. My biggest recommendation for new employees is to stay in constant contact with your manager or supervisor because building a strong relationship with them is key. I wish the vacation time was easier to accrue but hopefully this is something that will change in the future to make Duro-Last's vacation time more competitive with other businesses in the area. Overall, I really enjoy working for the company and they have excellent benefits when it comes to health, dental, and vision insurance as well as 401k with company contribution and profit sharing. 

I would say that this is a great place to work if you don't mind driving a lot everyday,if you are an independent person that can handle setting up their own schedule everyday,and don't mind working outside in the elements. One down fall to the company is that management is not consistent with every employee as to how issues are handled and rules and guidelines are more lax with some employees and more strick with others. Great company to work as far as being able to see a large area of your assigned territory and not being stuck inside and behind a desk everyday.

Where do I start, everyday is stressful to the point you want to walk out the door. Sales keeps promising customers unrealistic production times. Company barely has enough material on hand to keep its production running. I'm supposed to get a 1 hour lunch break. I haven't had a 1 hour lunch break in over 10 months. I'm lucky to choke down a sandwich or whatever I bring that day to eat on the fly. Forktrucks are constantly breaking down and it takes maintenance forever to fix them. They keep piling more and more work on you, even when they know you already hsve too much on your plate. Most of the older employees (in production) that have been here for years are miserable. Don't work production here...

From my experience, it was a nightmare! Following policies and talking to your superiors, including HR, does nothing but blow up in your face in the end. Career advancement, pay raises, and equality are just not an option for some people. If you are not a man, you will NOT survive with this company. 12 hour shifts can become stressful, and it seems that no matter what you do, it is not good enough for management. Management, plant manager, and HR do not care about their employees as human beings. They stress Safety, Teamwork, Integrity, and Respect, but lack it all themselves. Do not walk away from this interview, RUN AWAY!

Do not bother, do yourself a favor and look elsewhere.
You will have a supervisor that does not know how to run machines, or even the products.  They are just there to harrass you.
The employees that have been there a while have formed cliques.  They will see you as a temporary solution to them having to do actual work.  You will be used to do hard tasks and then run out the door to make way for the next rube.
Training is a joke.  You  will be given a ten second demonstartion and then have every mistake a reason for belittle you.  In short.  Duro Last pedagogy is to be rude, mean, obnoxious.
Seriously stay away and save yourself the stress.

I've worked there for three years, and it started off like a nice place to work. The job was easy, and made some good money. As the time went, you start to see why they're constantly hiring people. The turnover rate was insane. Some of the HR department was very transphobic and homophonic. And very little PTO and it was like a "first come, first serve," with vacation time in my old department. If they don't like you, they'll start writing you up for every little small thing. You can put your two weeks in, but they'll fire you before those two weeks are up. It's an AWFUL place to be in.

HR is completely lost as to their job function, roles and responsibilities. They do not hold all employees to the same standards as it pertains to absences and tardiness and unethically uses these policies to wrongly terminate employees they do not like. If you bring concerns to HR it is only a matter of time before plant manager and HR gang up on you and find or create some policy you have violated to fire you or use “At will Employment” as a means to dismiss you from the company. Employee morale is very low. Tribalistic environment BEWARE!!

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Inspector 1 salary reported	$62,000 per year
Production associate 2 salaries reported	$19.00 per hour
Account representative 10 salaries reported	$83,250 per year
Supply chain manager 10 salaries reported	$117,500 per year
Production 2 salaries reported	$19.25 per hour

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