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Different rules for different people, management has their favorites. Favoritism, nepotism, and cronyism run rampant. Coming in every day on time and doing your job means nothing if you're not part of the good old boys club.  My assignment was in a steel mill, which in itself is a very dangerous environment and the pay did not equal the hazards associated with this job. Company hires individuals with zero structural inspection experience and then pays them more than people that have been there for years. After working there a couple of years at the Great lakes works, it was turning into more of a TV show than a professional work environment. Individuals were hiring all of their family and friends, I thought of calling this department all in the family. It's a shame because I truly enjoyed my job, caring about what you did and having perfect attendance means absolutely nothing to the people that were running this division. If you were the one properly doing your job it meant nothing but if you complained about the ones that were not doing their jobs and pencil whipping the inspections you were the bad person. Never in my professional career I've seen such a dysfunctional work environment, this place would reward failure and promote incompetence. Working for this company was one of the worst experiences of my professional career and would not recommend this place to anyone.

I've really enjoyed my time working at Orbital Engineering. From day one, the onboarding process was smooth and well-organized, making it easy to get up to speed. The leadership team genuinely cares about employee well-being, and there's a strong emphasis on work-life balance.

What stands out the most is the supportive and collaborative environment. My team members are always willing to help, and management is approachable and open to feedback. I've had the opportunity to take on new challenges, which has helped me grow both professionally and personally.

The company also invests in its people through training, development programs, and regular check-ins about career goals. The benefits package is competitive, and there are great perks like flexible scheduling, employee recognition programs, and team-building events.

Overall, it's a great place to work if you're looking for a positive culture, professional growth, and a company that truly values its employees.

Honestly, I have no idea what’s going on at the moment. Chaos and lack of direction I can deal with, but not when my manager threatened not to pay me the full 40 hours because they felt like I took too much time on a project. That is what made me decide that it was time for me to go. It made me realize that there was nothing of value for me there and I need to go somewhere that appreciated my skill set and set meaningful goals and appropriate tasks. 
I stayed so long because the schedule is good and they’re really good about working with you if you need time off for a doctors appointment or a day off for something else. 2 weeks of PTO, and an optional week of paid PTO (you pay for those days off, it’s taken out of your paycheck over the course of the year). 

a typical day at work includes various structural inspection duties of critical structures at mills and refineries. I have learned many different things ranging from how to spot trouble points, recommend repairs on spot if needed and how to run a field crew. co workers are all close knit and we look out for each other and help guide each other through these dark times. The hardest part of the job is the mental stress and the feeling of no job security anymore since new management came into play with no experience on how to run this type of company. the most enjoyable part of the job is it is not labor intensive and we go at our own pace for the most part.

I enjoy working for Orbital Engineering but a steel mill is a dangerous place. Also, all of the jobs Orbital does for US Steel are bid jobs and making it competitive and layoffs are always a possibility. With that said, an average day consist of an agenda of structures that need to be inspected in order to make sure it is safe for everday use.  The hardest part of the job is the heights.  Many times inspectors are anywhere from 60ft to 200ft in the air inspecting overhead cranes and crane runways.  I have learned a huge amount about safety in the workplace. I have fall protection experience in which I am always 100% tied off to lifelines.  I also take the US Steel safety training once a year.

Working as on on-site contractor has its pro's and con's. Pro's being you are generally restricted to 8 hours a day, which considering my commute to the client's site is plenty of hours, as the client generally doesn't like to pay overtime. But, the con's outweigh the pro's, in that you are treated differently than their own full-time employees. You don't get any of the shared bonuses they receive for a lot of times, the work we do in making them look good. Basically, no real incentives, it eventually just becomes a job and a pay check. The management at our company is not very supportive and we are just forgotten. I wish we got rewarded for the work we do other than just our weekly paychecks. I could go on and on about the con's, but I digress.

Orbital has poor management and treat you like a number not like a person. They violate NJ labor laws in violation with paying their employees who work in NJ. 
Their VP of HR lies to get what he wants. 
Their project manager does not even like his job and is a puppet to the VP of HR. 
Would never recommend this company on any level, 

I worked with them as a contractor for another company and they could careless about placing me with another company when I was laid off. I found this odd because every employee they contract they make money on, but because I consistently advised of the NJ labor laws they were violating they refused to replace me with another company.

1-their foucs on making money are more than foucs on devloping their employee.
2-You will be asked to cheat to make more money for the company.
3-If you are busy and effecint employee, they will take your work and give it to someone not knowing what to do so he can charge more on the project and make them more money and you will starvig for hrs to work and charge on.
4- managers not qualified to hold their positions,, very ignorant and dumb.
5- their health care system are very poor.
6- you dont get your PTO if they let you go.
7- if you have alot of PTO and try to cash out, they will pay you half the price.
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not recommeneded to work in this company.

The Good,
Most employees that work for the Pittsburgh, PA office are remote (work from home). 
As long as you don't have scheduled meetings/video conferences, you're basically able to work whatever hours you want.
The Bad,
You're hired in through a temp agency. 
No paid holidays, vacations, sick days, etc. Only paid for the hours worked. 
Very expense family insurance plans.
Communication between management and other co-workers... Like pulling teeth.
Being remote sounds great until you need a certain co-worker/manager and they decided to take three hours off in the middle of the day.

Successful strides have been made within HR department over the past couple of years including adding a Talent Acquistion team last year. Our HR service model focuses on providing great customer service to managers, team members, new hires, and candidates. There have been recent opportunities for continuous feedback from current employees resulting in positive changes within the organization. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Field inspector 8 salaries reported	$66,250 per year
Structural engineer 2 salaries reported	$146,500 per year
Project manager 13 salaries reported	$124,962 per year
Designer 13 salaries reported	$66,846 per year
Construction coordinator 10 salaries reported	$113,450 per year

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