equipment operator

truck driver

division manager

operator trainee

laborer

Hulcher Services

This company is a horrible place to work.  Glen Hulcher claims that people are the reason his company is so successful, but he let's his corporate office use and abuse them. The company hires Business Development Managers aka Industrial Field Sales Reps and views them as expendable assets with almost unattainable goals.  The heavy equipment, trucks, and cars are more important than employees.  

As a salary employee,  you will be dispatched to job sites and derailments that require no sales presence and made to stay even when there's nothing to do but sit in your car/truck.  You'll be required to operate on little to no sleep for 20 to 40 hours depending on the size of emergency.  You will have to sleep in your car during downtime as you have to be released by management to get a hotel.

My territory was multiple states and divisions due to lack of sales presence at times due to high turnover rate.  I was gone from home no less than 3 days a week. My relationship and family life suffered.

I could never be more than 1 hour away from home on personal business due to needing to respond for emergencies.

The amount of travel for this job can be as little as 50% to 75% and God forbid you have anything happen to your company vehicle. A rock chip in the windshield is considered a preventable incident that will count against you on your company safety record.

Best advice I can give you is to not work here in Sales.

Operations side of this company control everything and has enough pull to get you fired for almost nothing.

What is the best part of working at the company?
You have the opportunity to make meaningful connections.  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
During my experience with the company, I was expected to do things that were outside of my job title without compensation and when I brought up my concerns, it was completely turned around to make it seem like I was the problem. I was hired on to do an entry level job and was made very aware I lacked experience. I accepted this role to gain experience. I told management I understood what the pay was when I accepted the offer, however, the amount of work being piled on me was concerning for the amount I was being paid. I was being assigned higher level requisitions to fill and screening candidates knowing very well that was above my title. After being strung along for months, I was given a 'promotion', but the compensation was significantly lower than what had been discussed. I once again took my concerns to management and offered up solutions on taking on a different title or realigning the work load. This ultimately ended up with an unprofessional meeting that started off aggressive and it implied I was 'disrespectful' and lacked 'common courtesy'.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment was decent. I experienced several leaks in the office I was assigned to work in which ended up being disruptive. I wouldn't go as far as saying the work culture at this company is toxic, however, the lack of accountability with some managers was astounding.

You will work outside in any weather. 30 below or 100 above. There are no paper cuts here. The environment is loud and the equipment and work performed has the potential to seriously hurt or kill in the blink of an eye. Some weeks you work 40 hours total in the shop and other times you will work 30+ hours non stop before getting a couple hours in a hotel. Then back out for another 15-20 hours for several days in a row. This company specializes in train derailments so you do not get to choose the hours you work. You work them all or you quit. Corporate thinks nothing of your child's birthday, weddings, funerals, holidays, hobbies, how long you have been with the company or what your job title is or was. To them you are just a tool that they lease according to a contract negotiated with the union. If a laborer quits then a operator becomes a laborer and expected to do the labor as someone less qualified takes their job. If your phone rings you are expected to be at the shop within an hour regardless of the time day or night. You can be sent out of town with a couple hours notice for up to 17 days at a time. Few make it a month and those that do go to one of the companies competitors that pay better for experience and commitment.  

Operators and labors or union they do and say whatever they want because their union. 
The company does not care about you or DOT regulations operators drive oversize loads out of hours driving unsafe trucks and trailers go from one job to another without time off or sleep. When you do get time to work on stuff upper management will not let you spend money to fix stuff because they say it’s been slow have been making money. 
Upper management only cares about everybody wearing their PPE get lectured over and over about it, but when it comes to working in a hazmat derailment they don’t care about you being hazmat trained or working a hazmat derailment with outdated respirator cartridges and having other training that management supposed to have. 
Do not believe anything that the management tells you it’s all nothing but a lie being an assistant  division manager or a division manager everything gets blamed on you from operators and management. 
They expect you to go to a job that you never seen or did not bid on then when it does not go right because of the equipment they ordered is not the right equipment then you get blamed for it. 

Never know what the day will bring, you're on call 24/7 365. 8 hour "shop days" are not common in busy divisions of the company. Most of the time you're out working an hour or two away from home. Expect to spend a lot of nights in hotels. Least favorite part of working there is when the company sends you to a different division states away and doesn't tell you when you're going to come home. You will work until the job is done, might be 2-10 hours, might be 24-36 hours, you never know. Larger jobs I have worked for 2 days straight. Management varies, for the most part if you show up and work hard you'll be treated well. Would not recommend this job to a "family man", you will spend many nights and days away from your family. Would recommend a job at this company to someone that seeks a bit of a rush and that does not mind constant travel. For CDL holders, the company does not care about your federal 14 hour logs, they will make you run over your hours. 

Working as an operations support specialist sounds like a interesting job when really you are fielding majority of calls where the ground crew expect you to know everything as if you are on the field with them. Training occurs rather quickly and if you did not get the training, that's on you according to management. Keep in mind like all jobs, there are slow days. So if a slow day hits and you haven't gotten the experience,  again that's on you. Rereading the job application, they have changed to 24/7 365 day availability. With that I wouldn't bother. You'll find yourself miserable and stressed. Any mistake is on you and the most help you'll get is a pep talk. Keep in mind that this job circulates alot of money. And if you cost the company money,  no hesitation on letting you go or turning it into a learning experience. The company still operates on old standards and will need to evolve with the times. 

Typical day alot like a fire fighter a bit of standby but when the bell goes off it's go time.
How to work as part of team,how to work safely because sometims people don't make it back home.The most important to me the people you work with are like your family.
every body has there job to do if ones not on there game the family helps get it done but the job must get done..
The hardest part is leaving your real family but as long as they understand what your trying to do is for them as well as you seems to make things alittel easy.keep your head in the game.
Every job is diffrent new site new people new situation going to diffrent places looking at something that looks almost like armagiden when its all over the satifaction of we did it.

Friendly and helpful environment. Enjoy being able to take ownership of my role and duties and continue to do what I enjoy doing which is helping people obtain employment. Enjoy having my own office space to close my door while interviewing candidates. Have one on one interaction with different divisions and hiring managers. Only area of frustration is flexibility with working remote or working from home on days I have a sick kid or something like that. I work a lot til 6:30-7:30 at night but unfortunately that doesn't transfer if I need to leave early for an appt or something of that nature. Working from home during COVID was a routine I got used to and I will get used to this one too . I feel value in the work that I contribute and feel a responsibility to my hiring managers as well as candidates looking for work which I enjoy!

Hulcher specifically division 60 has poor management and horrendous work life balance.  The management at division will lie to employees to get them in the door and keep them at Hulcher.  Management disrespects current and past employees.  Management team makes ill mannered statements about former employees.  Jobs that are not emergency are supposed to be done during regular working hours never seem to be scheduled for regular working hours.  Commonly working 70-80 hour a week with no federal reset. Hulcher may cost you your CDL because of this and Hulcher will fire you if you lose your CDL.  Hulcher management in many cases encourages disrespect to hulcher employees FROM OTHER CONTRACTORS.  My best advice, find a different job.  Do not work at Hulcher Services. 

Plenty of room to learn new rail-road specific skills, and potentially invigorating at times, depending on a number of factors. Though if you are trying to start a family in any capacity or care about being home, this may not be the career choice. This is more of a lifestyle, and may harm your mental well being if you aren't prepared and don't connect with your co-workers. 

On call 24/7/365  Work until the job/jobs are complete, this could be up to 30-40+ hours at a time outside with or without weather. 
Drive/operate/labor while sleep deprived. 

If your division is understaffed, you will have to do much more travel.

Sometimes all the food thats nearby your job is gas station/fast food, if you're trying to be healthier this isn't the move. 








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