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Maine Drilling and Blasting

Though you can learn a lot and they encourage you to train beyond your hired position (pay increases the more valuable you are in this sense). Typical multi million dollar company though, they’ll tell ya, for instance, you gotta start @ $X for the 90day probationary period but once you have put the agreed time and hard effort in (including a LOT of driving to different job sites per day) you’re likely to find the management tune changes to “oh you’re first raise will be in a year” (annually every June). Hard work in all weather conditions, A-type male coworkers as well so be sure to stand your ground or management will walk all over you! Great company to grow in and earn 6 figures in only 3-5years if you’re willing and able to afford to put the time and effort in until then...

My time at Maine Drilling and Blasting was both educational and challenging. 

It is a corporation that has set the bar for the industry standards in technology and in safety.

My typical day at work varied upon the project. I was in involved in safety, pre-blasts, seismic monitoring, helped with the blaster training program and much more.

There was no "typical" day to be honest. I was flexible and went where I was needed. This required a lot of travel and visiting many sites...often in one day.

I enjoyed my time at Maine Drilling and Blasting. Then I have found that I also enjoyed working independently. Maine Drilling and Blasting did allow me a lot of opportunities to learn much about all areas of the industry. 

As a minority in this field it was a stepping stone to becoming successful as a self-employed consultant.

There is room to grow and the company is growing however, landing a position means being overworked and underpaid for many years.  They will constantly give you more responsibility and then when it comes time for a yearly review the raise is never good.  You are put in a position that is constantly underpaid compared to other industries at the same level.  The actual people you work with and the team is amazing and I have zero complaints.  Whether you work in the field or the office the level of support and tools needed to get the job done are endless.  They have an employee stock program that is incredible for retirement.  

I loved working at MDB. The work was unique, for someone who is looking for a lifting fast paced job. This is it. The other load crew members were great to work with and the communication is great. But, a good portion of the management is rude and hard to work with. The balance of work and life is not there. You don’t leave until your done there is days you will be out at 2pm and days you will be there till 10-11pm if not later. If you are okay with the uneven balance and can put up with the management, along with working through the heat and cold well doing lots of physical activity than this is a great job with decent pay. But very little room to move up. 

A typical day at work involves hauling from one of the magazines or meeting the blasters at the job site between 6-7am. The blaster does site evaluations and safety checks. Preparing the blasting area involves loading holes, stemming, timing delays, and setting mats. It's not too grueling and safety is always the number one priority. I learned a lot about blasting, drilling, and construction site operations. Management was great, they communicated their desires and goals effectively and always did their best to empathize with the employees. The hardest part of the job is the hours. You have to wake up very early and work long hours, which is very hard. The most enjoyable part is seeing the explosions.

Long days in the summer heat and the winter cold management will only ask for more and more from you. You will be asked to lie about certain things and will be expected to deal with other situations that you know are wrong And management will not listen because they are the ones asking you to do it. They have major favoritism and if you're not one of the favorites you will be ignored and shoved off to the side. They talk a big game and they have a lot of meetings talking about safety. When you get in the field, it's a completely different story of being asked to bend the rules or ignore them all together. 

I was a driver for them in Auburn NH and I have to say that my time working there, I have never been treated so well in a job. The management and EVERY employee makes you feel like family, and treat you with respect. Every day was different and exciting. Great benefits and lots of hours when you’re a driver. The only reason for leaving ( in my case ) was health reasons, otherwise I would still be there. So if you are looking for a family business, and they treat you as such, work for them, you will like it.

I was a laborer for a drilling and blasting company. The company had no good communication skills, I had to be at specific locations to drive to, to meet up with if I went out of state. 40% of the time their addresses were places that didn't exist. So after the year ended and spring happened I was invited back for their yearly meet up for re hiring, I went through the full process and they never called me back. Very ignorant and arrogant on their end. Im glad that I don't work for them anymore

The good workers get whipped and over worked and underpaid they tell you what you need to hear in order to get there equipment running very poor on managements part they don’t take care of there guys way to much work do not have that many guys hours and driving is unreal they make you break DOT laws there paper work is screwed up on the trucks they make you drive it’s a nightmare is most aspects but the superintendent is kinda cool if you know how to deal with a company man don’t get trapped in the politics and use your head could be a good job 

If you’re a young person YOU WILL TRAVEL a lot spent time all over the northeast from Maine to PA. They don’t care about home life just care that the company is making money. Little to no competition for travel get”truck days” that don’t amount to anything when the managers have fuel cards and stay in there home state. Drillers use their own vehicles own gas that the “truck days” cover again doesn’t. 

Only good thing is the brotherhood you get from other drillers senior drillers are willing to teach when they can and always a phone call away.

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