equipment operator

concrete finisher

lube technician

truck driver

landscape laborer

STAR CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Full-time position of 40 hours per week, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.  Most days I work straight 9 hours.  There is definetly plenty of paperwork to stay busy, especially when new projects are assigned to be done before normal daily routine.  Also, keeping office space, break room and bathrooms are part of job description. 
I learned a lot about accounts payable, accounts receivable and purchase order system.   I also learned about dispatching trucks to various projects.

Member of management are all usually very friendly in everyday workplace, but have a terrible breakdown in communication.  It is either overkill or NOTHING.  If you need to know something, you better ask and make sure you get an answer.  Felt the need to request information via email so that it would be documented.  However, this isn't completely useful either.  Most of the time, no response was sent via email, a phone call might get answers and sometimes, they act like never received email.

Employees of SSC are like a big family.  they stick together, especially when it comes to knowing that we are all in the same boat.  Fairly good pay in most areas, but no merit system for pay raises.  The company does not do any kind of annual review for evaluating job performance.  So, if you want a raise you have to ask for it and you better make sure that your attendance is perfect and you have never made a mistake.

The hardest part of my job is prioritizing all regular assignments while taking on new spreadsheets and projects, all while management does not see or understand how getting behind is even possible.  Then making it clear to someone that assistance is needed to get caught up or maybe even reevaluate job to see if certain tasks can be reassigned to make work day flow more consistently and accurately, is next to impossible. Only a certain amount of overtime is approved and working on Saturday to catch or makeup a missed day, is NOT allowed.
Am assigned a key to open the building I work in but not a key to the gate to the yard.  So, can be locked in the property if not out by 5:30 pm.
Given title for position that does not ultimately cover all of job description.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Not good thing to say about this company 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
There is a power struggle between asphalt plant and dispatch.  Asphalt plant has his family getting all the work and everyone else get leftover crum.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Back stabbing all independent drivers at asphalt plant 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Show up a dispatch time wait 2 to 3 hours not making money . Then start hauling or cancel and not pay independent drivers anything .

After working here for three years I've learned that they really don't care about their employees. They expect quantity over quality. Pushing to rush through jobs, then getting upset that some of it ain't all that great looking. Crews are not treated equally, the crew that put the most concrete on the ground is rode harder than the crews that accomplish very little. And the superintendent doesn't have a clue what he's doing. 
Overall I wouldn't recommend anyone here.

This company is upfront fast paced and professional. They are by far best construction company I have worked for in my 15 +years in the industry. The owners are awesome and down to earth. As with any big company there can be ups and downs but since I’ve been here those moments have been minimal. Would definitely recommend them to others for employment.

See pros and cons.  Getting ahead in this company is very hard because employee loyalty limits promotions and getting a boost in compensation is not automatic; employee must request a raise and state why they think they are worthy.  Management is slow to acknowledge this request, if at all.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Learning ways to work smarter 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
It really wasn't, hard to find parking if anything.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Jewish schools for kids and special needs. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Reading blueprints to cover all angles, and phone and wifi connection

So the pay sucks.  You get overtime, but they limit you to 55 hours a week.  Family insurance is so high it’s unaffordable.  If your equipment breaks down, you wait days just for a mechanic to come look at it, then wait longer to get it fixed.  Don’t plan on moving up quickly, cause it doesn’t happen.  The only positive thing I can say is I liked my crew, and our foreman. 

The management for the most part is really good. The work place, however, is very degrading. Some of the coworkers would constantly verbally assault me for unknown reasons, and would make snide remarks at anything i said and did, especially if my actions were wrong in the slitest even though i was still new to it all.

Poor communication from management. I was promised training that I never got. 90 day wait before you’re eligible for uniforms that you have to pay for and vacation time that takes so long to accrue you’ll spend more time taking leave without pay. No sick leave or pto. 

I worked as a paver. I liked the job overall plus pay was an asset but as far as foremen's the task was not favorable. Most foremen's felt that they owned you in a certain way as if they don't make any mistakes and will chill in the AC getting paid more than you while your outside having a heat stroke. Great job title but poor job management.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Equipment operator 10 salaries reported	$20.30 per hour
Concrete finisher 13 salaries reported	$21.49 per hour
Lube technician 5 salaries reported	$19.64 per hour
Truck driver 8 salaries reported	$23.06 per hour
Landscape laborer 8 salaries reported	$18.02 per hour

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