Need to change with the times - Maintenance Salary Essroc Employee Review

-non-existent work/life balance. A "good" week is around 55hrs. A bad/average week exceeds 60-70hrs. This is due to the work force being reduced as a result of the 2008 recession and now everyone is multi-tasking. -high level of top down management and micro management is used in excess. -people are treated like an employee/number and not a person. -lack of any progression plans or employee development does not help retain people -VERY reactive attitude towards every aspect of the business. This includes equipment reliability, replacement of employees that are going to retire, yet do not bring people on board to train before they leave...ect -benefits and salary are average at best. I have known 8 salary people who left for other jobs in similar roles. Their pay increased and workload decreased. -in the recent recession, the market was down and so plant upgrades and spending were greatly reduced. Now that the cement industry has been in a PREDICTED growth market for 3+ years, minimal upgrades are barley being done. As a result, all equipment is expected to run at 100% capacity with little money put in to make it reliable. As a result, there are a lot of long days (12hrs+) to keep the equipment running. -Lack of support from the corporate office on equipment issues. -Poor communication across the corporate and management levels. Advice to job seekers: Some of the reviews on here seem to be planted. Who has absolutely no cons to their job? This is an objective review of the company and my experience. I voluntarily left rather than being fired. Some people have negative feelings when they are fired and bash the company as a result. This is not the case with this review.