technician

lube technician

warehouse lead

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Ripa & Associates


On a typical day at the office, I had invoices to process, companies to reach out to, and invoices and documentation to file each day. 

Remember that with any corporation, HR is not *your* friend.  If you want to work here, even if you are looking to cooperate, do NOT ask HR for any kind of help; HR is there to secure the future of the company, not its employees. 

My managers gave me my performance review early (because my offer entailed a pay bump after proving myself) and essentially docked me for "mistakes" I made that they couldn't name. They ended the review by stating that since I made "so many little mistakes", they couldn't yet trust me with heftier clients, and thus, couldn't pay me what they agreed to and what I communicated I needed. Then, the very next day, they tried to give me a hefty client (more overtime required) because they "trust" me, even though they JUST said the day before that they don't trust me yet--no pay bump, either, just more work. 

In regard to workplace culture, I thought I was terrible at managing my paycheck at first. That was until I realized that 90% of my coworkers were working 6+ hours overtime and coming in to work on weekends to make ends meet. I got docked in my performance review for leaving at the time they told me (during the interview) I was allowed to leave work. So, the workplace culture is geared towards working your butt off with pay that is below what you deserve, and not leaving the office on time. 

The hardest part of working there was feeling like my hard work went noticed. The reward for hard work was just more work--which I don't mind, as long as it comes with the money to compensate you for the additional work you have to do, but that was not included. Watching the company spend hundreds of thousands on things and then watching them deny you anything more than 18/hr while you work till you puke is pretty hard, I would say. 

All negatives aside, the job has good healthcare benefits and really fun fundraisers and events that employees can participate in. They have breakfast on a specific day of the week, which was great! 

A warning to any and all mechanics and maintenance personnel considering applying at Ripa & Associates. Dont… keep scrolling along. Unless you want to be a full time auto greaser mechanic I would recommend not applying. The maintenance department is ran by Individuals whom know nothing about basic mechanic fundamentals. Such individuals have the worse attitudes I have ever seen in a working environment.  To make matters worse new rules are applied on a weekly basis, if you do not comply you are threatened to be fired. The work environment is extremely toxic with everyone wanting to throw the other under the bus. 
  All company vehicles have forward and rear facing cameras that are constantly monitored for disciplinary actions taken against you. When such disciplinary actions are taken against you, you will not receive warning, you will receive a direct order to park your vehicle in the fleet yard then denied your personal belongings or receive immediate repercussions of termination. When a termination is determined after a three day suspension, you will not receive reason as to why the decision was made. Then you will be treated as a criminal while retrieving your personal property. There are no clear set of rules only hear say. The employee handbook is very vague on rules with most not even mentioned. When a rule is broken intentionally or not your entire career with Ripa will be flushed away as if you never mattered with no fore warning.
  Pay is below average and not what is listed. Raises are once a year after yearly evaluation where most receive quarters while some might get a dollar. Hours are limited to 60 hours a week 12 hours a day. Beware of going over or you will get cussed out and threatened with your job. 
  Head this warning do not work for Ripa in the maintenance department if you value yourself, personal property, and sanity. Nobody matters, only another fish in the barrel to be discarded at will. 

When I started working at RIPA, I immediately felt welcomed. The company already had an established team prior to me starting; however, this team is strong and well versed with an abundance of commitment. The company's management support and encouragement is what drives me to do my very best every day. I've never worked anywhere and felt such a sense of purpose and belonging and just respected by everyone before working here at RIPA. I've worked for some of the largest in the sport and the work life balance they portrayed was poor, poor, poor! Working here at RIPA, this company sets the standard for work life balance and many other employee initiatives. The company culture overall is what attracted me to want to work here (not only from reading reviews, but actually talking with people that work for the company). I highly encourage anyone that wants to work for a well-respected industry leading employer to come and apply to work at RIPA & Associates. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
They are very involved in your growth and development as a team member. Taking field trips to various locations to ensure your complete understanding of a process, Interaction between internal departments is  friendly but competitive and comical at times. The relationship between the office and field staff is what makes everyday activities run smoothly. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Material Shortages and Delays 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Friendly, diverse staff, many extra perks 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
10 hrs of various jobs duties and responsibilities.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The perks, and benefits.  Enjoyable atmosphere,  advancement is always available.  Learning new things all the time. We are professionals playing in a sandbox all day. I love my job. 


What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Getting up at 5 am. Work starts at 6:30 am.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
We are one big happy family,  everybody helps out when needed !

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Safety meeting in the morning, then we talk about what needs to be done,  and who is going where,  then we check out our machines, and go to work.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Every resource available. Use to be a fun place to work when the right people were in charge. The roadbase crews lost a great leader and new management doesnt have a clue on how to treat their enployees

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
A pressure cooker. Too many chiefs and not enough indians

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Stressful but rewarding. The owner is a great guy and really took care of his employees. Grew really fast and let bad management run great people off

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Alot of production and alot of stress.

Pay is poor for the work you put in. They do not communicate with each other well at all. To many chiefs not enough workers. It’s like working with high schoolers with the clicks they have in the office. Most the time the management doesn’t know what they are doing to give advice. And make sure you don’t ask for a raise because they will let you go without a review no matter if you did everything right or not. Florida has no laws that protect employees for jobs like this. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Safety is number one and Ripa Construction has many perks offered to employees. Boot program,money loans without interest after 90 days, bonuses and amazing Christmas party for the whole family.and so much more. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Having to work weekends and some works ignore safety rules.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Work environment is busy but very rewarding. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very busy. Communicating with other employees on what's going on at jobsite

They do not care about there employees or if they have problems with there Foreman's they told me that they can't just be transferring people just because they are having issues with there forman that is cutting there hours for no reason and not treating them with respect and they also told me that if they where to transfer me they couldn't guarantee that the next forman I got would be any better because they are all bad and like that so they have a management issue they don't want to fix 

Ripa and Associates is probably one of the better construction companies that I've worked for. Most of the time they have a laid back feel to the jobs but you are still expected to be productive in a timely manner. I never really found it hard to get along with the crew members or foreman that I worked with. Everybody is there to do a job and go home safely at the end of every day.

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