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What is the best part of working at the company?
The company culture is pretty good, religious stuff aside. They encourage their employees to take care of one another, and treat one another the way you would like to be treated. The benefits are good. They treat people like people.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The constant travel as an MDT can really burn you out.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The culture is generally good, but there seems to be quite a disconnect between the various groups. The people in the office in Ohio seem to have a different experience altogether. Most people in the field have been there for years, but the HR department seems to have completely rotated out 3 times in the 5 years I worked there. It made it difficult if you had an HR issue.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Working independently, visiting customer sites. Never boring.

Company management states that you do not have to be a Christian to work there but you are looked down upon if you don’t participate in prayers before meals or prior to a business meeting. Some new hires have had bible verses recited to them during interviews. Christian literature is in all break rooms throughout the building. Many employees do not feel they can say the religious activities make them uncomfortable because it will negatively affect them. Favoritism from executives towards employees who act more evangelical. Appears to be poor business decisions as there are many small businesses that have no synergy. The main transformer services business is very technologically behind as many functions are still being done by antiquated procedures - still not digital.

They state they are a good place but very few people find it to be. Promotions are based on you being liked by your manager over job performance. If you attend the right church promotions are easier to get. They lack any training programs over just OJT. They hire upper management from outside and state they have no one qualified to promote from within even though people have been there 10 to 20 years or more. Usually a friend of the President. Even the new VP of Operations stated he knew little about the business. If you need a job or just starting out you can gain some experience but don't plan on promotions unless you know and are liked by the right people. Hard work is not rewarded here. I knew of no one in the lab that had reached their top-out rate even though they have been there over 20 years in some cases.

The people working there are very nice and helpful. They make a bad job tolerable. Everything else is not great. Very poor compensation, with no path to make more. Raises are typically less than 5% annually, so you end up earning less after inflation. Long hours with mandatory overtime. Frequently understaffed. Most employees are expected to be able to cover multiple positions/departments with no compensation for working multiple roles. Also, there have been a great deal of lay offs after business has been up and increased profits. You don't feel valued as an employee here. They will cut everything they can to squeeze more money and try to make you do as much as possible while paying you as little as possible. 

SDMyers has grown from a small business started in 1964 into a very large, and complex, organization with many different business units. The communications have stayed very consistent though, from the top to the bottom. 

I was given the opportunity to learn, through self-discovery and applied instructional methods, the different services and products that SDMyers offers to their customers, and what sets them apart from other competitors. Additionally, I was able to pick up several new skills over the course of my employment.

SD Myers is a well structured company with safety and will help you with just about anything however I feel their technology and  the way they do things are out of date and also their pay rates are out of date at least 15 years behind, if MDT's are the backbone of the company and what keeps the company going then why are they paid so low if SD Myers was to up their rates at least another 20 to 30% and up their per diem to at least another $40 you would have solid team players and nobody would complain

Nice place to work. Not there that long but seen many things which makes it questionable. Leadership is one big click. Jobs not protected but some leaders at the top have been there since Moses walked the earth. They need to step down and let younger people take the warn out rains. Have a Good Place Holdings Corporate theme which most of the workers at SD Myers thinks is a joke. Family owned and are good people but blinded by the same top management team that has kept the company stagnant for many years. 

This is one of the best environments I've worked in, largely due to the team.  Safety is a major focus and everyone seems to care for each other.  A typical day in the office is 8a - 5p; the lab works 3 - 8 hour shifts with some overtime.  Field techs work on a rotation, with several weeks off per year, but they can choose to work, if they like.  Benefits and compensation are competitive for a company with 250 people.

A typical work day lacks communication and organization. I learned how to operate a JLG, paint and properly dispose of PCB contaminated insulation. Management lacks effective communication skills, organization, time management and conflict resolution. The hardest part of the job was dealing with a harassing coworker. The most enjoyable part of the job was the schedule flexibility.

Lots of over the road travel. Independent work and self-paced. Significant time away from home. Better suited for someone single or without small children and of a younger/athletic stature. Otherwise, enjoyable and straigh forward for the most part. Comes with ordinary stresses like any other job. All in what you make of it. I do miss it at times.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Field inspector 60 salaries reported	$55,979 per year
Field service technician 5 salaries reported	$95,000 per year
Laboratory technician 20 salaries reported	$19.77 per hour
Registration 4 salaries reported	$17.56 per hour
Analytics manager 6 salaries reported	$24.83 per hour

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