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Veritas Steel, LLC

I worked here for 4.5 years. Management changed with every new moon, and gets worse every time. They reward incompetent,  unqualified, hostile employees with management positions. Are a lower level manager, you are expectes to treat production employees like slaves. Upper management views those under them as property and not people. When I finally did leave, the HR manager called and badgered me for 40 minutes about why I was leaving, and what he couod do to make things better. He proceeded to tell me that he did not believe anyone there was worth better pay or benefits, as they  hadn't earned it.

The safety culture here is disgusting. Equipment is often in disrepair, lacks appropriate safeties and you are expected to look the other way when management deems it safe, whether it is or not. Theplace is a living, breathing OSHA violation. Don't  even think about getting hurt. They will do everything they can to protect their record, not you. It doesn't matter if you're safe, just as long as it seems like you are. You are expected to make work your number one priority in life. Forget about your family, your hobbies, your home, and your health.  Veritas is your only worry in life. Have an emergency at home? Tough. Better take care of it before your shift. Awful weather not permitting you to leave your house? Not their problem. Buy a truck, get to work. Want to spend a weekend away this summer? Cancel those plans, you're working every Saturday until the weather starts getting cold, and you're not getting anything to show for it. You may also be laid off in six months without warning or severance.

Investment in equipment is minimal, and maintenance personnel are few and spread incredibly thin. If you want any meaningful vacation time, expect to work 8-15 years before getting it. No sick leave. Do not be fooled by false promises of better hours and more money and advancement opportunity. You will work second shift for years. 

The union is weak and leadership bows to the company at every crossroads. The average union member has absolutely no say at all. Expect to pay around a thousand dollars in dues every year for what amounts to absolutely no benefit to you. 

They pay is barely above average for industrial jobs in the area, and plain pathetic for the industry. Benefits are not the worst, but just okay at best. Health insurance is expensive and covers very little with cost considered. 

Management is pushy, incompetent and focuses only on today, and not the future. Lots of captains, not enough players.. Veritas Steel cares about one thing,  and one thing alone. Pleasing its investors. If you absolutely need job, they have one for you, but if you are looking for a career, work/life balance, and a sense of worth and accomplishment, best to just look elsewhere. 



The work is often pretty cool, though.

I am a flanger/ fabricator.  I am the first step threw the door. I assemble basic I beams. The web is usually 8 to 10 ft wide with flanges that vary from 18 to 26in in height and from 1 to 4inches in thickness. Ranging from 30ft to 160ft long. I started as a grinder,grinding all day long. I advanced to being the best fastest flanger in the company. I would set the times of completion, by the times I was able to assemble said girters. But no matter how many hrs faster I completed my task it was not good enough or appreciated.  It was always what more can they get out of me. I take great pride in my work and I do things safely and efficiently.  I aspired to a senior lead man. With responsibilities of reading blue prints and assembling said products.  My day to day responsibilities consisted  of getting my 10 to 20 man team assigned their tasks and then I would be required to do my own work as well. My job was to troubleshoot problems keep my men and women on task. The manager I had was great! He gave me a list of tasks on Friday morning and by Sunday night I would have to have said jobs completed. As my time passed I took on more and more responsibilities. I contributed to making it a safer place to work. I was able to grow my leadership  skills dealing with the day to day problems that comes with working there. Was it not for the C.O.O. officer u would still be employed there. However I found my job rewarding and fulfilling. I bring energy and optimism to my workers. I strive to complete set goals for myself and my team. I am usually the first to arrive and definitely the last man to leave. I take pride in being the best, and finding new ways to streamline the process. The company is a better place to work today then it was when I started. Due to certain managers and new leadership. I am thankful for the opportunity to work there I learned a great amount of knowledge  and I can say it made me grow as a human being. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Avoid this place at all cost. The management are liars, they play games, don't provide training, and if they offer you a relocation bonus they will not honor the way it's written in the Offer Letter and they'll prolong giving it to you. 
For example, Before coming to Palakta Florida, management told me I would receive the initial relocation bonus the following Friday but after driving 8 hours to Florida and almost three hours away from the plant they texted me that payroll goes in on Tuesday so I wouldn’t get a check until the next Friday believing that was the payroll check not the relocation bonus. The Offer Letter says “after” I start “work” I would receive the initial bonus but instead I was being told that’s not true I won’t receive it until the following week. I went there on good intentions but my intentions were returned with dishonesty and disrespect management. Then after several emails and text message exchanges with management I noticed been continuous deception. They put me in a dangerous situation with consideration to my safety and well being. I was on the verge of being homeless and starving and over 1,000 miles from my nearest relative. Their lack of compassion and sympathy is beyond my comprehension. With management being uncooperative and unresponsive, other managementoersonnel were ignoring my emails and phone calls so lead me to believe they are aligned with not looking out for my well being. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management lying and inconsistency 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Horrible, no training after being told they were going to train me. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Weird and inconsistent with more productive businesses

What is the best part of working at the company?
Learning sub arc welding and knowing that the materials you work with will eventually interact or aid millions of people. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
A general lack of experience combined with less than effective tools creates a very undesirable and unsafe working conditions.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
A faction like boys club that has such amazing potential when everyone is able to look past petty differences, but with an attitude that makes high school look enjoyable to a nerd, real talent seems to get sidelined while flattery and compliance get you posted positions. All in all rither you are one of the southern cheek kissing cool kids or your tossed in some dusty corner as meat for the grinder. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Talk, stand around, get faulty instructions, hunt for tools, get yelled at for leaving area to look for tools, welding a few beads, and grind till the sun goes down, or up, depending on the shift.

A typical day at Veritas Steel would include a toolbox meeting at the beginning of each shift. Tool box meetings are meetings that go over safety, near misses, and the game plan through out the shift. 

I have learned many things while working at Veritas Including Safety, production, leadership, communication, and inspecting equipment properly.

While working at Veritas Steel, a key part of my job title was to have good communication skills with my supervisor and management.

The hard parts about working at Veritas Steel is that there is a lot of hard physical labor, need to be able to work fast paste and efficient.

The most enjoyable parts about working at Veritas Steel would be the work environment. The people I work beside, I would consider family and are absolutely great people to work with.

* I start my day looking make sure things are accounted for and getting done by going over them as a team with our morning safety lesson. and as a team continue to do my part in helping us grow fixing , repairing and upgrading.

* In my time at veritas I have learned more about equipment, job processes , and importance of the jobs we all do how seemingly small things make big impacts through the plant and company.

* The management team currently is strong with advice and making sure we succeed as a whole. If one is not sure we get together and fix the issue.

* The culture is Great in all aspects of Safety, Great work atmosphere.

* Hardest part of the job for me id have to say is Time feel like I could always use a little more.

* The best part is a new adventure every day its not always the same thing day in and day out its a constant up and down changes and different learning experiences and in love that. Best part of my job is it challenges me every day to make me better.

Worked with me throughout the COVID-19 issues from the very beginning. Adjusted my schedule and hours until it was necessary for me to stop working to care for my family. Once home was resolved, welcomed me into the workforce with the same attitude as before, allowing me to adjust my hours to meet home obligations.

The management and HR has gone above and beyond to work with me and called weekly to ensure I was doing well. HR helped me to complete all paperwork for payments and assistance while off work, and followed up to ensure everything was going well until the end. 

I came to Veritas with no prior experience in this type of work, but they trained me and helped me to establish a career building bridges. I am extremely satisfied with my decision to join this team.

Organizationally they are split between the corporate side and shop/production side. 

Working in the corporate side of thigs is great. A solid company with good management. Efforts are recognized and rewarded. Management willing to take nearly any action to support and improve operations, they invest in Safety, new top of the line equipment and generally have a very solid core of employees with very little turnover.

Working in the shop/production side is a slightly different story. It is much more strenuous, some parts of the shop culture are very stuck in their old ways so skilled worker turnover is higher, but there is lots of opportunity for skilled workers to get recognized if you can get the job done.

Overall I think they are a great company to work for

I worked here for 5 years, saw management change 3 times and about 350 employees come and go. If you like overtime the average week is 50 hours with up to 14 mandatory Saturdays. If you have hobbies or a family forget them when you start, you'll have no time for that.

Current management is the worst I've seen there. They are restricting vacation any way they can. They fire employees as soon as FMLA doesn't cover them for surgery, illness, or injury. Recently they suspended an employee for staying with his wife while she delivered his kid instead of coming to work. Don't expect any better treatment because nobody is valuable to them.

Only positives are decent pay, the employees, and the things you build.

I'm proud to build iconic monuments that last multiple generations!  

I like the new shift schedule.  Overtime during the week and no more Saturdays is nice!  They added a new weekend shift which is a popular shift to get on. 

I have referred a few past coworkers to come work for us and they seem to like it too.  Nice referral bonus program.  

Benefits are decent.  Insurance premiums are in line with other places I've worked.  Job class pay is better than before.  

I don't understand the negative reviews when there are so many past employees coming back to work for us.  Maybe the grass wasn't greener on the other side of the fence?  


Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Laborer 195 salaries reported	$24.80 per hour
Fabricator 66 salaries reported	$25.66 per hour
Maintenance technician 28 salaries reported	$31.39 per hour
Welder 62 salaries reported	$20.46 per hour
Fitter 4 salaries reported	$19.47 per hour

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