project engineer

farm laborer

Jr. Davis Construction

Working at Junior Davis construction has its pros and cons. Formans and supervisors overworked laborers and employees to the point of almost slavery. The company offered competitive pay and decent benefits for the area but in comparison to having to work under the superintendence that were in charge of the job sites it was a nightmare. There’s a lot of backstabbing  an unnecessary overworking of laborers with little to no breaks and no courtesy compassion or care towards family problems job related injuries or other issues and employee may be having. I would not recommend to work for this company if you would like to advance in your career or expect a raise for Hardwork because the only thing hard work will get you in this company is the expectation of harder work the following day

JR Davis seems to be a great christian company. I was well paid, and the crane was great. Unfortunately the Superintendents were not. 

I was hired as a crane operator, the 3rd one inside of 3 weeks. During downtime your forced out and away from the crane to do manual labor.  

There is little crane work during the day, so most of the time your not even in it, or climbing in and out all day because they want you out of the seat after each pick.. There is one Backhoe and very little to do with it as well. So your left picking up trash, or swinging a hammer, rather than tending to a $500,000 piece of equipment. 

This is JR Davis's first crane, and they just need to learn how to treat a crane operator. Maybe one day I'll go back when they figure it out. 

It truly does seem like a good company to work for.  Someone higher up needs to check on these Superintendents seriously. Especially the new ones that have no clue what they are doing.

What is the best part of working at the company?
You work with a group of strong, intelligent, and great women.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Communication was very poor. There would be an overall meeting of some things that are not being done correctly but no direct communication, instruction or guidance on what your doing wrong. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It was ok for the most part. Not rrally fond of working in trailers and I did not like that there was no where for you to really enjoy your lunch. Also, there was co-worker that was very loud at times constantly laughing loudly. It became quite annoying, frustrating, and hard to focus sometimes.

The hourly personnel where great. The management had NO clue of what we were doing on a DOT job, as I don't believe they had ever done one before. They subbed out a mill and repave on  6 lanes of hwy for 3 miles, and never checked it for cross slope or straight edge. All had to be redone. And the super was cutting corners left and right. Doing very bad practices for DOT paving. I have been a supervisor for the last 20 years and never have seen anyone do the things I saw. When I brought it to the attention of the owners, they told me not to worry about it, and let the Superintendent in charge do as he wanted.  Unbelievable...

Some foremans are great..some not so great..some will call you with where the job will be and some you have to call them..make sure you have your area supervisors number as well in case you can't reach the foreman..long hours..no reimbursement for gas or tolls spent..jobs all over..some foremans don't even let up for a lunch break..and forget about raises worked there two years got dollar raise and if you're working concrete..wear a mask that stuff is toxic..will be forced to take vacation at Christmas..won't get paid for it till your second year if you last that long..

Upper management only cared about their bottom line vice president and president of the company is a pompous person  that doesn’t care about his employees. If you do not fit into the click of upper management you’re out the door as a foreman for the company they treated us terrible. Pay was decent if you was like if he was not liked everything you did said was recorded and reported back to upper management also management encourage your subordinates to be back stabbers to get information about what Formans did if one of your employees did not likes you then you would lose your job

What is the best part of working at the company?
Always work and there is good foreman and people in the company. Great working environment 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The heat and if at times people aren't working together and not paying attention to details 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Great working environment at times if working as a team to get the job done 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
40+ hours, Monday through Friday

they preach safety, and yet you are pushed throughout the day as if you had no rights, as in 10 to 15 min breaks between 4 to 5 hours of work. porta johns are subhuman, you'd think that in this age they would build restrooms on job sites that are of long scopes.(years). pay is a joke, a gentlemen has been there for 10 years and he makes 16 dollars an hour. animosity between ,most of all bull dozer and excavator operator's against end dumps and roller operators. its funny, the job is so simple and they make it difficult and pathetic.

I would not recommend working for JR-DAVIS to any of my family or friends. Yes the benefits and compensation are great depending on position. The foreman’s and up in the paving division didn’t care about doing the right thing and actually doing good quality work. Company does not care about FDOT Specifications as I was told to do things that went against FDOT Specs. I decided to part ways because of this and how I was being treated by one of the paving foreman's and Supertindent’s.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Nothing cause it's not what you know but who you know in that company 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
It's a father and son company, hard to get promoted with a decent pay rate 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic and too many lazy workers 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stressful and tiring , you're basically getting beat up by the time you put your vest and hard hat on

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Project engineer 3 salaries reported	$49,667 per year
Farm laborer 1 salary reported	$20.50 per hour

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