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The Doe Run Company

To clarify, I ended up being okay with most coworkers. This is a company deep in the boonies and you get to hear a lot of racist comments during breaks. This is however the only company I’ve ever worked where management and hr both join in with the racist commentary. 

The management seems lost and inconsistent when it comes to punishment or just tough decision making in general. You’re required to wear a respirator, unless you’ve been there for 20 years and then you can basically do what you want because management won’t actually punish you. To be fair though, the smoking area is literally right by the plant and doesn’t require respirators past the little fence that keeps all known contamination inside the plant(joking). 

You will truly be a number to this company, leaving everyone in the company to indeed look at their employee number to see when they might be told they’re gone or getting switched to some other bad location. Also, there are more bad jobs here than good if you’re working in the plant and you most likely won’t ever luck into an actually good position. 

The pay is good if you just look at the amount, when you start to factor in long term health risks for working in a place like this you’ll probably end up with less than you think. You’re exposed to harmful chemicals on the daily, you do receive blood testing, a respirator is provided, however as much as the company doesn’t want to admit they’re max blood lead among other harmful chemicals is still higher than what a typical doctor would suggest and even osha in some instances. The insurance is mediocre at best, literally get better benefits at any other job. The vacation time is received at 90 days which is about the best thing going for it, since you work 12s the time burns extremely quick. No real compensation for 8 hour workers vs 12. There is a hard pay cap ceiling, so one you’re a 3 pay which will most likely never happen unless you’re just really wanting to work a bad area means that you won’t ever get another raise unless you move up the ladder into management which obviously is in limited quantities. Some exceptions given for maintenance, electricians, and garage workers. Bonus’ potential is completely gone, unless you’re management and 401 matching has been recently reduced by half. One mine was completely shut down recently and this company is in a very do or die situation where if a new plant isn’t built they won’t be allowed to operate because of the environmental damage it has caused. 

You also run the risk daily of getting seriously injured, the work environment is very unsafe. Outdated and broken walkways, vehicles, and heavy machinery are all around. I wouldn’t touch this place unless you value your life at $20+ an hour. 

Benefits are good compared to locally but are severally  lacking compared to other like companies.  Vacation is 80 hours which they claim is 2 weeks but you work 12 hours so it's really a week and a half not two full weeks. Other companies compensate for this depending on the hours you work. No sick pay or leave unless you count the points you get. 

Safety is a joke.  They make rules but it's mainly to get you fired (protect them) not to protect you. Supervisors make sure production of lead is #1. No safety manager last very long without mysteriously getting fired.  Been through 4 within 2 years I think. If you get hurt it's always gonna be your fault.  If you don't feel safe,  they'll send you home. 

No work life balance.  Because of location drive time is average 45 minutes 1 way.  So...  once you count drive time,  the over 12 hour shift,  eating a meal real fast.  You might sleep 6 hours before leaving for work again.  

Bonuses have gone away.   This year was only 1.5% which is a drastic cut from years prior although we had a "record year" in lead production. 

HR is there for the company not the employee.  They always take the company side. There is a reason why they are up on the hill with the other big bosses. 

Breaks are shorter.  No extra breaks allowed during heat. Stand over 1200 degree lead doing manual labor then go eat real fast and come back.  12+ hours.

There isn't job security here.  If they want to see you go then you're gone.  Doesn't matter how hard of a worker you are.  I've seen it happen numerous times.  They seem to make up their own rules as they go.

Been in business 160 years be lucky to see 161 due to poor management and absolutely terrible spending habits. No room for advancement and no respect will ever be given to you for hard work. Your a number on paper and you draw a paycheck that is well below the national average.Worked there for near 15 years and watched the management destroy the company that I once loved. It's an embarrassment to work for a place that does not pay their bills to vendors and contact labor. All of the experienced miners are leaving due to poor company management and zero chance of ever moving up in the company. This place is a joke to it's core. It's a highly dangerous dirty work environment and the pay is below scale for the same job nationally. You get to work beside contract labor doing the same job and they make 10$+ an hour more. I would never suggest the Doe Run Company to anyone they are highly manipulative and will hold your job above your head because it's the best pay in the middle of nowhere where the work actually takes place. Don't do it there is no future there you'd have better chance for advancement flipping burgers. If your into cliques and getting stepped over time after time for positions you want while they hire off the street to fill them than this may be for you.

A typical day in the the products department. The movement of lead in the refining processes, the preping of the lead, desilverizing, alloying,casting and shipment of the finished product. Over 20yrs i learned invalueble work ethics and standards through experience and in house trianing. Upper managment is generally good. The Products Dept. is were i worked for almost 20yrs. Products Deptartment coordinator lacks abiltity to to have front line supervisors operate at a same level of expectations. the mix of a hourly self directed work force mixed with a salary supervisory crews allows for this. In this deparment you are NOT equal to others of the same title. i believe the idea of a pecking order is very counter productive. I always thought coordinators were to uphold same work practices throughout a department. Moral is never at a high. it is just liiked at as a 12hr shift that you must get through. Once well staffed crews of 9-12 hourly employees are now no more than 7. this has lead to rush training in a sink or swim enviorment. the people are generally good to work with. and the hardest part of the the job is the work enviorment. it is very deamanding.

The management does not care and will let bad employees degrade and run off good workers. Supervisors are consistently defended from management leading to constant power trips from supervisors and complaints from other employees. The company would rather invest in outside candidates than ever considering current employee’s experiences, making it difficult to excel in any capacity without leaving the company and coming back at a later time. The lab is a joke to the rest of the company. The company is drama filled and only gets worse because management refuses to intervene. Morale is consistently low. The hardest part of the day is trying to deal with the micromanaging and being expected to learn all the different processes. They like to throw everyone around to all the different departments without adequate time to fully understand and develop skills needed to perform each departments tasks. 

A very challenging environment. It is challenging because one cannot predict the challenge to face as the day goes by. The plant is big enough to have variety of experiences. Acid solid separation area offers material handling experience and the salt production area is a different unit of operation with crystallization equipment. The back area of the plant is where the furnaces are situated to produce solid lead.
The management is fantastic because of the minimum hand on management style. I had the opportunity to make my own decision in the process of solving problems. 
The hardest part of my job is the age of the equipment. one cannot predict the equipment that will break down in the next minute.
The most enjoyable part of my job is the people and the fact that I had opportunities for different responsibility. No room for boredom.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Hourly employees are bunch of good people and you can learn a lot from the experience 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Corporate in st.Louis is setting too many rules and have no idea what’s going on 2.5 hours away 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Morale is low on a lot of people and have alot that complain but there’s a handful at each mine that hustle and work hard to keep the place going. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I bounce around from work area to work area checking on employees making sure they are doing what is asked of them and making sure they are being safe and helping them with anything they might need

Unless you are getting on with the regular side of Doe Run Remediation, don't go to soil and land Services. It's all a game and it's about who will tattle on who and who will be the best yes man. No room for questions or learning here. You either do what they say with no questions asked or you don't. You either fall in line and be best friends with your supervisor or you don't go anywhere. I saw guys with no experience that weren't even full time doe run employees bounce ahead of giys who had been there. I wouldn't recommend doe run, specifically Soil and land Services to anyone unless you want to go to work and feel like you're in kindergarten again. 

I am a Maintenance Supervisor for The Doe Run Company. Responsible for the maintenance of the plant on a nightly basis. I manage between 5 - 12 employees and contractors nightly. Responsible for annual training and mobile equipment training of these employees. I have earned the respect and loyalty of each of my employees. As a team or individual, when given a task to complete, I am certain they will achieve my goal. Trying to maintain the plant without the parts to fix problems is a challenge for us from time to time. I enjoy knowing that when I leave work, the work we did kept the plant operational and safe on a nightly basis.

A typical day at work was seeing what you had to do for the day, some days there was a lot of material to run and some days there was not a lot. at this job I learned to operate Heavy Equipment, take inventory, be a lead person, and work the traffic scale . My co-workers, some were good to work with and some were not. The hardest part of the job was trying to be in charge and nobody listen to you or follow instructions. Most enjoyable part of the job was when you got rewarded for doing a great job, and supervisors recognizing your hard work.

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