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The only way I would recommend working at MRC, is if you needed a job w/insurance.

Monessen has a high turnover rate, if you make it past 3-days, you have potential.
There are Two Buildings in Monessen, right across parking lot from each other.  One building, you will get free lunch bought for you almost every day, plus an incentive bonus to "stay" there with conditions that apply, while the other building gets nothing, you have to bring lunch or go out and buy it, no stay incentive bonus either, so that really makes you feel appreciated if you are in the wrong building.

For myself, I gave my entire working life to MRC Global, starting soon after High School and staying with them till my 60s. I had going on 42 yrs with them.  Volunteered and worked out of State for them, even sold our house and moved my Family out of State to stay with them. 
Even though I was a Supervisor, I was never given an Office, my desk was a kitchen credenza stuck in middle of whse with a 20 yr old office chair, while people without titles were given offices, and the ones who complained about them, were given newly built larger, nicer offices.  The Managers offices spared no expense, were like Apartments.

So being in my 60s, and after almost 42 yrs with them, the time came when I needed to take care of a Elderly parent out of State.  I went to the main members of the Human Resources Dept., a Senior Vice President, and the new Company President, to ask for an Early Retirement in order to do so, and be able to end my lifelong career with them as being "Retired", they ALL said NO.   Exact words from HR, was if you need to leave, then you will need to Resign.  So that is what I did.  This MRC reaction showed me their true colors and what they think of long term employee's.  Also they had granted many, many, early retirements prior to myself asking.

So folks, I hope what it took me my whole life time to learn about this Company, will help you to decide if you want to work there or not.


Everybody hates that place. It’s full of corporate greed. They could well afford to hire and an adequate workforce, and work them a decently paid eight hours, but they instead choose to cut corners, keep jobs downsized, and and give someone the work of two people, essentially breaking down their workhorse and taking advantage of mostly family men with their backs against the walls, or young men and women who don’t know a better life is out there. The warehouse managers job was to inspire, but really he’d just feed you lip service, tell you what you want to here, or give you a run around. The shipping manager was a snide, belittling little man whose leadership ran his workforce into the ground. He no longer works there. He should get his money back for all those self-help cds - his rhetoric, false confidence, and cheap assertiveness were see through. Not too mention the fact that, because the warehouse was consistently short-handed,  the room for growth was decimated with a hiring freeze, meaning management has the power to tell those in the sales building not to hire any of their warehouse guys. They make a sick game of your job and distribution in general. Not only will they work you for ten plus hours a day, at their will, they will spring up mandatory weekend. This is a place is all greed, tricks and lies. The amount of everyday drama is ridiculous. If you’re a family man and need the money, work here until you find something better. If your young, save your money and invest in something else for a better future, a trade, or school.

A lot to say here…  

Bottom line, if you have a problem with a coworker or manager just go straight to HR. 
Management does not solve any issues except use it against you. 

They allow people to get away with things that should cost them their job. Meaning, leaving vendor outtings inebriated, bad behavior towards coworkers and new employees. There’s certain people in sales who will go into your orders and change them making it look like everything is your fault. 

They expect you to donate to everyone’s birthday, or special occasion and if you don’t it is frowned  upon. Even though it is great they celebrate all of those things.. it’s not necessary. 

Training is ok, the program is easy but does not help with what you actually deal with on the job from a sales point anyway.. 

You have to be on call at least one week out of the year but they don’t give any kind of training as to handle all the different accounts. Just the one you are assigned to work on. 

You do get to go to a lot of vendor lunches and outtings, those are nice because you get to network and see what other opportunities there could be out there. 

Management makes up a lot of “rules” on the fly that are not listed in the handbook. Best advice, keep track of all of that in case they use against you. 

They preach about taking care of customers & accuracy but jump down your throat to rush and get everything invoiced at the end of the month. 

The list goes on and on… 

It is a place to get experience and then go to a competitor where you are valued, appreciated, and paid more. 

The CEO has the audacity to say he is looking out for the company by laying people off and forcing longtime employees to retire, he being so concerned about the stability of his company he sells 1.6 million in stocks during the worse downturn the company has seen in decades during the same time that he has placed a pay freeze no employee can get raises. So he expects employees to suffer while he prospers and this goes for the entire Executive Management Team. However if you are one of the chosen you can get a bogus promotion that gets that person more money.  Everyone knows that if he is selling that he must not have faith the company is going to recover.  Stocks have dropped from $27 per share to $9 per share.  If this shows his great leadership then keep investing in this company.  This company has lost its way they were one of the most successful companies in the country but at this rate they are heading for a great fall.  Do yourself a favor and look elsewhere to a company that will appreciate hard word and provide a stable work environment.  The fear of losing your job is at every quarterly financial statement, to keep the stockholders happy.

Overall this company has some great people working for very little appreciation, lower level management are for the most part good to work for but have very little support from above.

This is one of the best jobs I’ve ever had. They have AMAZING benefits-they are very very lenient with parents with kids. They just started a leave for parents who had a baby- which is HUGE. A lot of companies don’t do this. You get paid holidays off, two weeks paid vacation almost right away. What more can you ask for? We all work for money and benefits, not because we want to. This place has the best benefits. Vacation, purchased vacation, paid sick time, weekends off, most holidays off, you get instant insurance- The best insurance you could honestly want. It’s very low drama, everyone gets along for the most part. Management is very lenient and caring. I’m not sure what half of these people do for MRC who left negative reviews- but my job there in Monessen PA is very physical… and the money is worth the work. I’m glad I didn’t go off the negative reviews when I applied. My best advice is, is truly it out- if you don’t like it , move on. But it’s definitely worth giving it a shot. I’m glad I did, I love my job, my bosses, my co workers and everything inbetween.

My day is very very busy from start to finish. Always plenty to do from small more personal tasks to large company deadlined tasks. 
I have learned a great deal from this company and even been to plenty of ceminars and classes above all how to always improve my work skill. 
My manager is probably my most favorit yet, sternand steady as one should be but understanding of work and personal situations. 
My co-workers are my best friends were one big famnily and work well together day in and day out. 
Hardest part of my job is taking on several tasks and people at once, me being the only person in my position it can get busy for me alone at times and specifically month end. We make out with flying colors reguardless everytime. this is also part of my favorit as well. I am relayed uppon and needed for many parts of our office and that gives me a sense of security and fullfillment. This is my job but also my second home and thats a great feeling at the end of everyday as well.

I would say this job is good for young first-time job seekers (warehouse associate) because you get training on forklifts. Most of the people that you work with are great and look out for one another. I would not say this is a place where you would want to stay to long at, they have good benefits, but the hourly pay is not good. Pay raises are always brought up in meetings with the CEO, he always says how warehouse associates are the front-line workers and are so important in the company, but they pay poorly, and CEO says they are working on giving "competitive pay" but nothing changes. Gets frustrating at times because only small amount of people does more than others but yet they all get paid the same. Most of the people hired is from word of mouth (friends, family), not many people apply. work seems to be pushed on employees, even when shorthanded 

Management is stressed and it trickles down from there.  Distribute daily, weekly and monthly reports; Perform efficient and accurate data entry using MRC Global specific software related to customer order processing, purchasing, receiving, inventory, accounts receivable, accounts payable/invoice auditing, and miscellaneous office processes; Confirm accuracy of purchases with vendors, including shipping, billing and customer support, Learn new business processes and office procedures as required and serving as a resource to others; Establish rapport and provide prompt responses to internal and external customer requests using written correspondence, proper phone etiquette and other effective interpersonal skills; Maintain confidential information pertaining to normal supervisory duties, personnel issues and customer issues.

I was new to the industry and this company took a chance on me.  The chance paid off for both of us.  I started out as a sales rep so I could learn the industry, but due to the oil boom that was taking place, I was fast tracked into the field and got to learn on the fly.  Management supported their employees and were always concerned about the safety of all employees.  I was promoted twice in less than a year and that came with more responsibilities and more salary.  The only thing about the job that I did not like was that there was very little time off and I wasn't able to use all of my vacation either of the years I was there.  Unfortunately they did not pay me for those missed vacation days.

To start with, Management is poor. They have a high turnover in the sales office and can’t figure out why. They overload you with busy work. They “forget” to tell you things. Training is a joke. They have mandatory meetings they count as your lunch period. Therefore not allowing for an off the clock lunch. If you live more than 10 minutes from the office, they are not understanding by any means. Managers manipulate the time clock for their benefit only. Managers gossip about employees behind their backs. Especially to new employees. One new manager in particular will make you feel like you’re doing something wrong for asking to use vacation or sick time. If you aren’t in the “in crowd” you better have thick skin. HR is a joke. The list goes on. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Packer 20 salaries reported	$1,400 per week
Warehouse associate 5 salaries reported	$20.00 per hour
Truck driver 10 salaries reported	$23.30 per hour
Distribution associate 10 salaries reported	$20.00 per hour
Order picker 10 salaries reported	$1,600 per week

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