maintenance technician

traffic operator

local driver

project administrator

maintenance crew

Roy Jorgensen Associates, Inc.

This is a company that has been around for decades and still acts like a small family company instead of the large enterprise which to which it has grown. Distinct separation between the corporate offices and field offices. Field offices have a chance to work together using a program for work orders and productivity, only to be undermined by some at corporate who want to micromanage everything instead of allowing the field offices to perform as a team.  This reduces the camaraderie between offices and the opportunity for them to work together, help one another and easily transfer should a better opportunity arise.

There is a top heavy management which does not listen to the crew members and admin that are in the trenches actually doing the work.  Managers have no regard for work/life balance of the employees.  Training and advancement are almost non-existent.  Getting the job done quickly is more important than employee safety. Unrealistic expectations of employee responsibilities and under-staffing to save a few dollars at the expense of employees' health and family life.

From day one, the company talks about the possibilities for growth and advancement, but employees are not informed when positions open and there is a distinct "good ol' boy" network to keep employees (especially women) in their place.  

Crews are often overworked and forced to work without proper resources and equipment.  It is extremely damaging to employee morale for crew supervisors to be begging for vehicles and equipment for crews to perform their jobs, only to see another mid-management level employee hired and issued a brand new company truck which they only drive from home to the office.

Loved my co-workers - they are the reason I stayed as long as I did.  Unfortunately management caused a huge turnover rate in employees and broke the spirits of many, in addition to causing stress levels that resulted in numerous employees becoming ill and needing medication for heart issues, high blood pressure, migraines and other stress related ailments.

While the CEO is not directly responsible for these issues, I believe real employee and company issues are ignored as long as a profit is being made.  Regional and local managers are untouchable and crews and admin staff are left "holding the bag" for any issues instead of the poor mismanagement of time and resources being addressed.

There’s so much I can say about this place. If you don’t have a certain last name you will be treated differently. The culture here is if you are in the right family you’ll get treated like the exception. I left because I was told by the gossiper of the office that someone less qualified than me started at 5 dollars higher than I did when I started, and was also given better quality work equipment than everyone else In the same position as her! How fair is that? I made good money but only because 8worked my way to making what I made not because I was the family member of someone in the right position. Only one person in that office was last allowed to do and say whatever she wanted because she was in the right family! She would come and go as she pleased and she knew she was untouchable. I wasn’t even comfortable expressing how I felt while I was employed there because I felt I’d risk losing my job. Very high turnover because people quickly catch on to the nonsense! I don’t ever see it changing as long as the people in management stay in management! I witnessed people get set up for failure and get fired without the appropriate process in place. There’s no one to confide in not even HR protect you. The few good people get overworked and treated like they don’t matter when in fact they are the ones to hold the company together! I hope they learn one day to value the good people and get rid of the snakes!

The project manager should have majored in theater because he puts on a great show, showing false sympathy over safety and a sad attempt at portraying a sense of urgency to get the work done. The week starts off with a blanket safety meeting where none of the things discussed are carried out on the field, the sole reason for this meeting is for management to cover themselves in case injuries happen. The company does not care about your safety, they will send you out without proper equipment.

Every day is a scramble trying to figure out what to do because management has no idea what their workers should be doing, we end up being short on trucks or equipment but are still forced to go out unprepared. If anything goes wrong, it will come back on the workers because we are made to sign a paper after each safety meeting. 

Expect to work around chemicals that will harm you long-term without proper safety apparel provided. Don't even bother asking because they will give you an extremely hard time.

I arrive at work 5 minutes early, load up the company vehicle and prepare all the equipment that is necessary for the work day. My crew leader and I then drive around maintaining the safety of the toll roads for other motorists. I have learned how to drive a company truck, operate a weed eater, and how to organize the items in the company truck. My crew leaders and managers are all about safety and making sure the job gets done right in a safe and efficient manner. My co-workers are friendly and helpful.  The hardest part of the job is having to work in stressful and often hazardous conditions. The most enjoyable part of the job is finding interesting items on the side of the roads. (i.e. laptop, kindle, cell phones, coins, etc.)

You can get the same hourly wage indoors without risking your life everyday. Upper management does not care about safety, regardless of the safety meetings. Look out for yourself, this company is a nightmare. There is no real objective because the money is paid by contract, so the company has to create a facade that looks like they are working when everything involved is non-skilled labor. Whenever they are about to be fined, they scramble to grab workers from other projects to help out with their project.

This company is a huge joke, and the biggest clowns are the clients that actually pay money to have this company come in and perform a poor job just to not receive a fine. Do yourself a favor and work somewhere else, there is nothing to learn from Jorgensen

What is the best part of working at the company?
Helping drivers on the road 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Managers don't know what they are doing. The office personnel wants to be the boss at the same time the receptionist is trying to be the boss neither of them are familiar on what to do on your job field. HR once told me that we are all just numbers brought it to her attention a few weeks later on.she swear up and down that she never said that. Little do they know I always recorded our conversations.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It's nice now at first maintenance didn't get along with road rangers

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Head supervisor is very forgetful don't understand why he's still there just grab your keys and go

Nothing! No pros about job. Management cares about themselves!Don't pay enough to continuously interfere in family time with their lack of scheduling and workmanship. You can be " on call" at the drop of a hat and disappoint your family's prior plans. Happens a few times a month because they are extremely unorganized and refuse to take responsibility for their downfalls. They don't pay enough to interfere with daily life and family time. Management needs to be replaced with one's who know how to balance work/home life and ones who know will hire and qualify other quickly. If you want a job that has you by the balls all the time this is for you. If you want a life outside of work... DO NOT DO IT!! 

the interview process is easy. they want to know if you can work outside. it doesn't matter if your certified in anything (example: heavy equipment, tractor, paving,) because they wont let you do it. you will walk and pick up trash. maybe ride the zero turn if one of the zero turn guys are out for the day or vacation or whatever. if you get hired on and get sent to the clay county project they are nothing but snitches. the pay is so underrated. as im typing this review they have my position which I do posted for 20-26$ an hour yet im only making 12$. so if your looking for stress then this is the job for you.

Terrible work life balance, terrible management, horrible equipment, zero to nill safety procedures.
No room for growth whatsoever.

No pay increase for years.

Employees no call/no show, repeatedly tarde day in and day out.

Management ignores safety concerns expressed by workers in the field.

Blanket meetings, no one is held responsible nor trained properly to correct mistakes.

Employees must enter there own time through a company developed time entry/productivity software. 

Time sheets are repeatedly wrong.

Poor houskeeping.

Overall extreme lack of leadership of any kind.

My main complaint is training and communication they will preach safety but all of my certifications were long expired. They wont buy stuff to do the job right until it becomes a problem and they are forced to change the way they do things. They dont give real training for the jobs you are going to do everyone just has to figure it out as they go and you are usually learning from someone else that hasnt been there that long and doesnt know what they are doing either. All that being said it was a fun job where i did so many different things and learned a lot through the 5 years i was there

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Maintenance technician 24 salaries reported	$20.32 per hour
Traffic operator 5 salaries reported	$20.50 per hour
Local driver 4 salaries reported	$20.94 per hour
Project administrator 2 salaries reported	$22.00 per hour
Maintenance crew 3 salaries reported	$15.00 per hour

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