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concrete pump operator

Ernst Concrete

Working for Ernst is great job for me. I drive a cement mixer. A typically at Ernst would be to clock in by 7am and clock out at 5pm and during that time i would haul about 4-5 loads. Although i have learned that every day is different based on how many orders we have going out that day. some days you will be expected to come in much earlier than 7 and some days you will stay later than 5. On the other hand there will be some days that there is very little concrete to pour and you could come in at 12 and leave by three. During the summer I averaged 50-55 hrs a week, in the winter its closer to 35-40. One thing i really enjoy about Ernst is my sole responsibility is to drive and keep my mixer clean. So on slow days you don't have to worry about the plant manager trying to find random work for us to do. Although there is also a lot of days were its back and forth from the plant. You get loaded, you leave, you come back and immediately get loaded again. Some days can be very relaxing and some days can be very fast paced....in the end its a nice balance between the two. Hardest part of the job is difficult places to pour concrete. This cannot be blamed on ernst but rather the company who has ordered the concrete. The mixers are big and heavy and some job sites just don't seem suited for a large mixer. In this case you can always consult with fellow mixer drivers or the dispatch team for guidance so there is nothing to worry about. The management is good in my opinion and my coworkers are good as well.

Great pay, great people, great equipment... however that’s about where it ends. You find out the day before around 430PM what time you report the next day. Could be at 130am or 245pm depends on the jobs for that day. You can work up to 14 hours a day and they usually push it right to the 13ish hour mark especially in the summer. You HAVE to work every other Saturday and they highly encourage you to work your off Saturday’s. Although every Saturday is OT regardless of the amount of hours your at, so that’s a perk. Some days you may sit on the yard for an hour or so waiting for a job some days you “load and go” for 14 hours. Overall if you are single and/or don’t have a family or need to worry about childcare it’s a great company that pays you well. The benefits are fantastic around $35 a week for health, dental, and vision. Your first year you receive 0 paid off days. They will allow to take unpaid days off but be ready for the 20 questions on why. During my time here it looks to be extremely hard to move up within the company. There is a dispatcher and plant manger, everyone else is an Ernst family member. Overall good place to work, but that better be all you plan on doing with only 4-6 days off a month. 

I did not work there for long. An old injury came back to haunt me and was making it very difficult to do the job. That was no fault of Ernst, it was my own personal issue. The plant I ran out of was nice and well kept. The managers are good people and they stay off of your back as long as you are doing your job. At times I found the mandatory overtime everyday to be frustrating and the widely varying start times to be somewhat unreasonable, but I understand why it is the way it is. In the construction world, people need concrete and they need it when they need it, I also was not a fan of being sent to run out of other plants. I understand why this is necessary, but I did not like it.

Overall, it’s not a bad gig. You can make as much money as a class A driver and still go home and sleep in your own bed every night. If you can handle 60+ hours per week and deal with sometimes unreasonable start times, go for it. You can definitely make some good money.

This company has absolutely no care for there employees health or family needs. The employees are not permitted to take lunch breaks at all and are sometimes working 15+ hours a day. The managers are all horrible and there are entirely too many people with  Authority one manager tells you to do something and then you get in trouble for doing that by another manager. I have had managers curse and scream at me for absolutely no reason and be completely unprofessional. They are always rushing you while your driving which in return could cause an accident in which you would be fired for. The company used to be great and very family  oriented but things have changed since Ernst bought out another company and expanded. If you have a family or enjoy your personal time such as nights and weekends I would not recommend working here. I am so glad I no longer work here this used to be one of the top companies in Cincinnati to work for but that has definitely changed for the worst. I have been hauling concrete all my life and it's all I know and it's what I love to do but I can honestly say working here changed that.

After 21 years I can honestly say hiring into Ernst Concrete as a mixer driver was the best career choice I could have made. The industry is very demanding and life sacrifices will be made but you’ll find everyone making the same sacrifices from the top seat to the bottom. The industry requires long seasonal hours minimal breaks and a competitive environment. It’s stressful, dirty, demanding work but I found a peace and self satisfaction of a job well done. The company has the best equipment pay and benefits of any ready mix company that I saw come and go in the past 21 years. Do they demand a lot from an employee? Sure, but they’re  just trying to remain competitive in a cut throat industry and don’t mind sharing the profits with employees in one form or another. If your hardworking honest cooperative diplomatic and flexible mentally physically and emotionally this is the job and company for you. There are opportunities for advancement into multi level management positions. Thank you Ernst for the memories.

Bottom line is you can work your butt off here and go unappreciated  unless you are the few chosen ones. You can work as hard as you want here and go unrecognized.   You can be lazy  i’ll get away with murder. No one does anything.Poor ethics and management. Only thing good about this company is the pay and the drivers. Each one of the drivers are like family. The drivers are the best  part of this job .  You can fail a drug test or refuse one and you get hired back in no time. You could work at this place for years and put in a notice and they’ll tell you to go ahead  leave (ballground).  The big thing is supposed to be clean trucks but somebody with a nasty truck with concrete all over it gets paid the same and nothing gets said!  I got Laid off when the economy got bad in 2009 With no notice at all I lost everything I had.  Stupid me went back for a second time. THE ERNST KIDS HAVE TAKEN OVER AND HAVE MADE THIS THE WORST PLACE EVER TO WORK! Would never work “family”company again!

i worked for this company for 3 yrs and let me tell you if your thinking about working for these guys please read this ad entirely.where it says you must take orders is right.if they tell you to dig a ditch if you want to keep your job you better do it.for 3 yrs i never got a raise.when they had the layoffs and plant closings. didnt tell us until the day they closed the plant.came in on friday these guys called a meeting and said todays the last day this plant is closed.this used to be a decent company but no more a big change in mgt.these guys arent worth your time.they fire drivers for the least little things.the economy is no better and neither is buisness for these guys.they need drivers because every one has found something much better.youve been warned leave this scuz bucket company alone.

I left my job of 12 years to come to Ernst and everyday I am so glad I made the change. It makes a huge difference when you love your job and the company you work for. It's not too often people who have 20-30+ years of service and can still rave and speak so highly of the owners and company they work for. I have heard so many people here- from all different positions & backgrounds- rave about what a great company Ernst is and it speaks volumes to me that after all their years of service they still love Ernst and are loyal to the Ernst family. Ernst is a very generous company, and they genuinely care about their employees and customers. They expect you to work hard and to do your best everyday. Benefits, 401k, and profit sharing are excellent here. 

It doesn't get any better than John Ernst & the Ernst family!!!!

Great place to work, the people I work with are more like family than co-workers. Typically great paychecks, I have amazing benefits, and I have grow to love working for Ernst and working with/along side the Ernst family. I can take pride in the place I work and don’t mind working hard because the Ernst family doesn’t mind getting there hands dirty along side any of the employees. Overall amazing work place if you don’t mind working hard instead of hardly working, out of the time iv been here there hasn’t been any sort of lack of hours, some may say to many hours but iv never heard anyone working here complain about to much money. 
I would highly recommend working at Ernst Concrete!!!

this company does not care about there drivers all you are is a number to them and they don't care if you have a sick family member or even a death in your immediate family they still expect you to be at work and not at your own fathers funeral unreal i mean the pay is great and so was the hours bout they all so do not care about dot regulations and expect the drivers to run 16-18 hour days go home and get 5-6 hrs of sleep and be bk ready to hit it again. I'm really surprised that none of the drivers there have not had a bad wreck and killed any body yet ,wait that's write they have,and not just one or two but they real dont care. glad i left them or i could have been the next

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