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Radius Recycling

What is the best part of working at the company?
In the The Radius Recycling company was real effective in communication in the aspect of keeping a safe environment during tasks in the work field area for all employees and my position was an Environmental Area Inspector.  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
There was only one aspect of the job that was stressful as for the management not having clear communications once and awhile.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment is a junk yard with material that consist of; CDL company trucks exporting and importing raw materials, three sorts of copper, heavy metal, wheel rims, and steel. Also, there is company representatives  and individual policy agreements during buying raw materials. Therefore, there is the aspect of customer service between company and clients.  Now as for the culture of the company is to be task oriented and motivated to get different tasks done depending on position. Also, the company has daily preparation meetings before morning shifts. The culture was positive all in all. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
As an Environmental Area Inspector to start off the tasks of the day, I be apart of the meeting and know how many import of raw materials the company is getting from other company' representatives. The next task to get done is to take out trash around the office and around the company environment to keep clean. As for the third task is to clean all oil spills that are in the junk yard from the company's trucks. Then the forth task is to provide customer service and guidance to where clients drop off material in the junk yard. The fifth task was to sign off verifying that the company did a policy agreement between the company representatives and sellers/clients during lunch and after shifts. The last task is to sweep and make sure no chemical hazards happen near office area and junk yard.

Good pay, and great benefits, except the last few months they cut down the 401K company match from 4% to 1% and they never talk about about when they will bring it back to what it was. Co workers are good employees and you’ll get along well with.

Upper management doesn’t care about their labor and their relationships with the front line supervisors. Always looking for someone to blame, and they don’t want anyone one to disagree with their decision.

Upper management in the mill are making everyone uncomfortable in their job, and some supervisor literally were crying in front of the union employees because of a simple mistake in the rolling mill dept.

They don’t promote within the company, unless you’re are really close to the the upper management.

Zero work life balance, if you’re are a supervisor, then prepare to be on call 24/7. If you don’t answer the phone, then be prepared to explain yourself to the Ops director in the morning meeting in front of everyone.

Health and Safety is the most toxic dept in the mill, and you can ask anyone about it. They will fine anything to just blame and ask to fire the employee for any simple mistake.

Finally, the micromanaging is up to the sky level, every decision you make has to be approved by your direct supervisor. And at the end, keep you opinion to yourself as they will make the decision for you.

Job: Relatively easy. Consistent hours. Good benefits.

Safety: A LOT of preaching, POOR follow-thru. 
Example: Had to make incident report of small cut. Yet, as a truck driver, I consistently wrote up safety issues/violations that went WEEKS without being addressed. I would address these and other operation safety issues/concerns during morning safety meetings and they would be over-looked, ignored or dismissed as irrelevant.

Environment: Employees constantly complained and bad-mouthed each other and management. Management lacked leadership skills and time/project management skills. Office personnel was very unprofessional and undermined management authority. Gender biased and discriminatory environment.

Overall: Working environment was stressful, unprofessional and non-compliant. Management knew less about operations than employees.

The labor/work part of the job was easy and consistent. Everyday was stressful as a result of disgruntled co-workers, a sense of impending sabotage and  Good, hard work was overlooked, every detail was scrutinized for error and reprimand.

The yard managers were great to work with. They're direct to the point, and don't sugar coat much which I appreciate it. They encourage you to work independently or as team and don't micro manage you as long as you stay efficient. They provide lunch or bbq's periodically for various reasons such as so many days without injuries ect which makes us feel appreciated.
The small tight knit group of employees knows each other on first name basis and for the most part have a positive re pore with each other. They work well together ensuring a positive yard experience for customers and successful team. I enjoyed working with all of them. The people definitely make the best part of the job, The atmosphere is relaxed, joking and fun,
Although the bonuses and raises are little to be desired, they pay is decent and the benefits are good. A combination of all making my experience there a valued one.

Dirty job. Employees are treated badly. Truck equipment is super old. Your personal vehicle gets super dirty daily from all the dust. The health insurance is super basic. Company has a 300% turnover. They don’t allow overtime very strict policy no overtime. Low truck driver wages it’s difficult to make a living if you are married and have children. I wouldn’t recommend working here if you have a family to support. Highly stressful job Micro managing drivers constantly and daily. You must wear steel toe boots and hardhats at all times. Company doesn’t reimburse for safety clothing and boots or hard hat. You must also wear safety glasses daily. It’s a high risk job very dangerous environment working around dangerous conditions and equipment daily can be harmful to your health and hearing. If you get hurt company will layoff the employee and you’ll never be called back to work. Company treatment of employees is bad it’s not a friendly atmosphere. If you are married with children I can’t recommend this would be the best company for a family man or family woman.

I worked at schnitzer for about two months through a temp agency. It was quite the experience, my time spent there!(hence the duration) so much so I don't believe a review would be enough to express my grievances an displeasures in a short & disprictive professional manner. I will state prior till me deciding this situation wasn't worth it, an employee stated to me that he felt bad, but he was instructed to yell at me, which got me thinking what else was he instructed to do? Specifically regarding me. The only individual that it seemed as though it was being done too. From the gate I peeped that it was a toxic environment, well at least within the department I was placed in which was the swing shift shredd crew. Also from one of the directing managers from the day crew.

Typical day involved reading and replying to emails; checking web sites of Ports and various shipping vessels to confirm any booking changes; check with carriers, (export and domestic), to confirm container pick up / delivery's; meet with warehouse supervisor about shipping schedule; update daily report, forward to designated staff. Contact specific domestic customers to discuss delivery scheduling.

Learned an enormous amount about export & domestic shipping.  Dispatchers for exports, whose business it is to know the inside and out of Ports, Terminals and shipping lines, know their business. I trust their knowledge and expertise ~ 

Hardest part of the job was working with and for malicious adolescents.

Enjoyable part of the job was accomplishing tasks; solving issues; meeting a handful of great, great people.

No maintenance program for equipment. Employees held strictly responsible for equipment breakdowns. You get unwarranted 3 days off for using your headphone provided by company while driving. I experienced a lot of trailers that were not road worthy and had expired tags and registrations. A lot of task I could not perform until it was taken care of. Even used my personal vehicle to go to tag office to renew some of the registrations as company car door fly’s open while driving. They do not value good drivers and look to keep a paper trail. Most loads you pick up are unsecured where metal/steel can fly off and hit other vehicles. You must secure all loads and be the professional you are.

Typical day; Always extremely busy, keep adding more to my plate without giving any outside assistance, Learned you can only do so much in a day. Taking work home didn't really help much. Management should really consult the people doing the work to be better informed to make educated decisions on how things should go. Culture; High on safety, which is good. Diversity is evident and strong.  Hardest part of job; Working my fingers to the bone without getting help even after asking for it. Not being able to keep up with everything; doing a 3 person job by yourself.  Enjoyable; Working with the guys and girls being able to assist when I can and give direction when I can't.

Sorting and staging railcars for loading and unloading, including delivering railcars to neighboring businesses. Coordinating movement of railcars with the Union Pacific Railroad switching crews.  Maintaining accurate records of rail car movements. I was also responsible for accurate documentation of railcar locations, product to be loaded and unloaded for crane operators, crane chasers, office personnel, management, and railroad personnel. 
I learned everything I did at Schnitzer Steel on the job. I got along well with all my co-workers, and managers. The hardest part of the job was working outside in all types of weather. The most enjoyable part of the job was being allowed to make decisions on the best method to use to complete tasks.

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