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From the start, employees are misled and lied to about what the company is offering and what they actually are delivering on their promises. This, and the frustration level of unrealistic and unattainable production goals is causing an extremely stressful, toxic work environment with high turnover rate within the ranks. This company continues to use the “it’s a start up” as an excuse to attempt to conceal the fact that there is simply a lack of proper experience  at all levels, and a lack of accountability for those people. The company has been in business for years now and to this date, still has no profitability, viable or sustainable business model, no mission statement, a lack of documented procedures, processes, training materials or methods, and no proper direction. Past and present employees have been giving feedback about the issues and problems here, but leadership refuses to take ownership, and their disingenuous behavior lacks integrity. They continue to hire more people to make up for the ones leaving and hoping that someone along the way can figure it out for them so they take the credit. The millions of dollars being invested here (for example the robotic systems they bought that are not being used or utilized due to the fact they cannot be properly programed for this application) will not magically make the business become successful. 

Job sounded great over the phone, when I got there for my interview I saw the job wasn’t exactly as they explained but still wanted to give it a chance. It turned out it was hardly anything how they explained it. 
They had me outside in the 110 degree heat up on a ladder doing things that aren’t even in my job description and won’t let you take a 2 minute break to cool off. I felt myself on the verge of passing out from the heat and they won’t let you stop working. No one is happy here, everyone there has an upset look on their face all day. Management seems like a very chill position seeing how they don’t do anything. This job only makes sense to someone who is a very hard worker and has no education. If you show up on time every single day, take no days off, work like a robot you can earn up to $26/hour which is not even close to what they should be paying for what they expect.

There's no consistency. There's no accountability in that ware house. The upper management is so are not Fair. They let their team leads bully the new people coming in. The women team leads mainly. Jealousy is very high in there. They have favorites. The people that work on the floor are not appreciated at all. They always barking orders, and in all it's not a general not a nice place to work.. They have had a couple managers under investigation for inappropriate behavior and some how they still work there!! They don't believe in giving a raises not even cost of living. You can move up if your liked so ladies be careful.. The upside about working at that warehouse is the hours.. 

The hours/pay are alright I was doing 50 hours for $800 weekly as a temp. Be ready to work non stop, and they will get mad if you are talking while working, because it slows down work. They say the cameras are always watching, but for some reason the cameras are only focusing on 1-2 people at a time. Favoritism is also a big thing.. Management was horrible I asked to be moved so I had a fair chance of getting hired on and 3 days later was fired. I was never late and never missed a day, never refused to do anything. There was nothing to enjoy about the job except going home. They say its a family at this job, if that is the case, it is one of the most dysfunctional families EVER.

Management demeans employees then wonders why people feel the way they do.   They expect loyalty from you but give NONE in return. Going above & beyond just gets you more work without any benefits to it. The more you do the more they give you. If you’re a bad employee, you never get disciplined or made to do what you are getting paid for.  As a master of fact, you’ll probably get promoted. If you bring something to someone’s attention it’s held against you.   Once they’ve used you to get what they want they will find a reason to get rid of you. 

Though the hours are flexible, the time I spent interning at Wheatland Tube was disappointing. I used very few of the skills that were requested on the application, such as those relating to environmental science. 
I was given little responsibilities, and those that were given to me consisted of taking a brief inventory once every two weeks, and then completing an inspection checklist that was written in such a way that was vague and did not allow room for improvement. 
More often than not, my hiring manager was not on site and was unclear in e-mail direction. 
I would not recommend this position for one who is interested in doing environmental field work.

Wasted my time. I spent several weeks working out of a conference room, no direction from leader, had to find work to keep busy. Very gossipy amongst the leaders, lots of backstabbing. 

The company is so unorganized, no one knows what is going on most of the time. The goal is to build modular buildings and ship them out but we never meet the timeline because we always end up building the modular, ripping it apart and rebuilding it 3 times over. The construction managers are non supportive always rush the tradesmen to get it done and the product is never top notch. The pay is low for the level of work they wand and employees are unappreciated.

Plenty of overtime and lots of potential to be promoted. Nice paychecks but one must be willing to put some hard work. Very likely to work overtime for months. I learned how to work with minimal supervision. Managers are friendly and do not micromanage you. You also have freedom to say what you need to say. Hardest part of the job is to avoid working overtime and earning vacation days. Most enjoyable part of the job is the amount of characters this company employs.

What is the best part of working at the company?
i miss the guys, i was with them for 22 year, 11 months, & 3 weeks

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
being held back for certain position due to being a lady

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
every culture was in the building. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
there were busy days, with varies task.

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Warehouse worker 14 salaries reported	$22.91 per hour

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