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There is no work life balance with this job. If you disagree with management with the way things are done then you won't get very far with this company. After a year of working you get 40 hrs of paid time off, after 3 years you get 80 hrs. of paid time off, after 7 years you get 120 hours of paid time off. You can't get benefits till after 90 days of work and benefits are way to expensive to purchase through the company. Currently paying over $700 dollars a month for me and my wife just in insurance alone. Half of my weekly checks are taken out by taxes and insurance. 
  If you are looking for safety then it is something that they emphasize but be prepared to explain for 30+ mins on how the task is being done unsafely and expect anything you say to be thrown out the window. Company doesn't spend necessary amount of money on proper safety equipment when it comes to PPE. Given paper thin respirators to deal with hazardous toxins and fumes. Safety Glasses are cheap after about 20 mins of wearing them you'll have a headache, but your required to wear them at all times. Company doesn't pay or give credits toward boots with steel toes. Usually buying a new boots every year due to the type of work environment I work in. No tear away vest to prevent injury if your caught in something. Gloves are cheap after about a month of wearing them you'll need new gloves, which you have to pull teeth with management to get.  No time for rest in the summer or winter. It is constantly go go go go. Company is more concerned with making every dollar be worth five dollars then their actually employees. Wage isn't high enough for cost of living in the Utah area. Pay more in rent then what my checks are but can't find anything cheaper. Management can't keep supplies and replacement part on hand cause they constantly are cutting the budget every year. Company is growing faster then they can handle. Over 65% of their current work force is less then a year old and they are highly proud of this fact, but they are unable to keep employees any longer then a year. Been here for two years and have seen 12 people leave or quit just where I work. Company needs to work on retaining their employees instead of driving them away. They state if you don't like the way we do things then just leave.

Your treated like you are not important yet given responsibility the upper management should be responsible for. Often short handed yet safety is priority? Once you get used to the fact the.managment is constantly gunning for you so don't slip not for a second and you have covered your tail you can be comfortable knowing your never going to meet the production goals the job was bid for and the estimaters are not responsible for not biding the job wrong or responsible for mobilization of the wrong equipment for the task . They use tabulated data that has no relevancy to the job.
The best part of working for Kilgore is you will have an education you rely on the rest of your life. If it wasn't for the short handed employees that are in the field that treat you like your family and respect the fact that you are not alone in the experience you are having I truly believe the company as a whole would fail and it would be your fault due to lack of ownership and you were given the opportunity to do something you had no idea you was hired for and told what to do by 4 other people that have different comprehension of your roll in the task at hand and delegated there responsibility to you so they are not accountable for the fail

What is the best part of working at the company?
I would have to say the employees make up the best part of the company 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The company and the dispatchers want you to work 70hr work weeks sometimes 13-14hr days going over drive time and they don’t care as long as the job gets finished 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment is go go go even if your working more than 12 hrs and your over your drive time they want you to go back and get one more load 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
You get to work on time the moment you clock in it’s pre trip your truck and go the whole time being watched by safety of you take too long they say get on the road rushing you if something is wrong with the truck and you tell them it’s usually just run It for the day. Production can’t stop for this company

What is the best part of working at the company?
Going home. Get a tremendous workout physically laboring your butt off all day everyday.  One of the hardest if not the hardest workouts I've ever done.  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
To many bosses too many things to fix to many safety issues. Uncoordinated... Long hours.  Very messy very dirty job.  Especially the wet plants making sand  lots of standing water to wade through.  

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The blame game.. your on your own solving problems that require a team effort with food management. That's not there.   It's always under the gun, promises never kept.  

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
hustle, confusion, dirty stinky, overtime, broken equipment, dangerous..

Advancement is a function of who you know and who likes you not skill and value a person brings to the company. Those in leadership positions are insecure and lack conflict management skills.  The leadership doesn't understand that if your not moving forward your slipping backward...there is no plateauing.  They don't understand that just the right amount of friction is the force that keeps the tire on the road...too much and one spins out - too little and one slides of the road.
Collaboration is non-existent only YES people are accepted.  Which shows when you look at their 2018 performance as a company.

The management doesn't plan or prepare. Required the work of 2+ people out of you if you work out of town for quality control. Had one person doing crusher control for 2 crushers and 2 wash plants 8-10 agg samples a day as well as asphalt testing for 3-4 samples a day. Had 3 people in the main lab doing less. More than once there were concerns of lack of material because they didn't start preparing on time. Expect workers to do 14-18 hrs a day with no breaks because they give a "paid lunch" if you took any time to eat and it slowed anything down you got yelled at. They don't care about the employees. Averaged 60-65 hrs a week but got over 75 a couple times.

KILGORE is a horrible place to work. I worked there for 9 years to get thrown out because I wanted to better my life by going to college and picking up my children after work interfered with being "on call". Management only looks out for themselves and will screw you over any chance they get. They make big promises and never deliver. Claim to be a safe company that follows rules/regs, but will always take the fastest route to maintain production no matter the cost. Does not respect workers, especially drivers and treats you as if you are just another # that can be replaced at any time. 

Good bunch of guys and gals. The older employees are always  there go help you out if need be. good balance  with letting  you handle  your affairs. The company  as a whole is always  looking for work and knows how to get it. there safety programs  are strick but fair. Truck drivers  are picked on the most.  room for advancement  however your first yr is bit rough. Family  culture just don't  expect  a x-mas  dinner 
You will work for every  dime you make old school with a smile.

I worked in the valley pit in bluffdale and it is the worst place to work you get treated bad on a day to day put down told your not smart enough to do your own job and the management is the worst they will talk you up so much then next thing you know is they are saying you are the worst worker and will just leave you in the ditch don't ever take the time to work and train there guys right neve care about safety until something bad happens then it's all about safety all you hear is production this production that and for being msha that's horrible again do not work here you would be better holding a sign under the freeway 

I felt while working at Kilgore, they didn't care much about the environment in which the employees had to work in as much as they could have. The department in which I worked had a manager and supervisor. I felt the manager to be afraid of the supervisor who influenced her employees through bullying, arguing, and eves dropping, creating a hostile environment. When the matter was brought up to management both the department manager and Office, the matter would be ignored.

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