QUIKRETE - an incredibly toxic workplace - Anonymous employee QUIKRETE Employee Review

1.0
23 Aug 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the people are really nice.

Cons

QUIKRETE is a horrible company to work for, especially if you are in their corporate office. I don't work in the plants is much better. It's a white man's world where women's opinions are not listened to & women themselves essentially act as eye candy for the men. I fully believe that I was hired more because of my looks rather than because I was qualified to do the job I was hired for. Management is horrible all around. And the company's non-existent response to the coronavirus pandemic was an absolute joke. They created an incredibly unsafe working environment and COVID basically ripped through the work force of the corporate offices. You could wear a mask in the office and would not be asked to take it off, but it was clear from interactions with fellow employees (especially management) that they disapproved of people wearing masks in the office place. A worker was out because of COVID and the only thing I heard from their supervisor was "So when are they going to be back in the office?" The company showed no care or concern for its employees and how the pandemic was impacting them. All they cared about was maintaining their profit stream and that meant bodies in the office and actively discouraging work from home, which was a feasible avenue for many employees but see reference to the 1950s mindset below. The 401K retirement program is a joke - it's not even worth the investment. The company itself operates in a 1950s mindset and it shows. Using technology that would help to streamline processes is frowned upon. It's by far the most toxic workplace I have ever been in. If you value your professional & personal ethics, do not work here because you will have to compromise them, and no job is worth doing that.

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Pros

• SPEC MIX Management generously sponsors an after hours book club to save you from the burden of actual on the job training. • You get to develop incredibly thick skin during the complimentary weekly screaming tantrums from frustrated contractors. • Your personal vehicle will receive a free and permanent custom coating of authentic concrete dust. • The company ensures you never have to carry the heavy emotional burden of making too much money by capping your commission. • You will master the art of being a sales rep, a debt collector, a logistics manager, and a firefighter all at the exact same time. • It is a paradise for early birds who love the peaceful serenity of frantic contractor phone calls starting at 6 AM sharp. • You don't have to stress about closing new deals because plant-level disasters will safely eat up your entire day. • You get the unique privilege of working with a vintage equipment fleet that management has lovingly kept stuck in the dark ages.

Cons

• The position is a total bait and switch that acts as a glorified dumping ground for logistics and plant level fires rather than actual sales. • You are trapped in an impossible paradox where management expects high daily call volumes but leaves you zero time for business development. • Contractors will scream at you on a weekly basis because the plant cannot stop making production, quality control, and logistical mistakes. • Your day is sucked into a vacuum of tedious administrative grunt work, forcing you to act as an unpaid customer service rep and debt collector. • SPEC MIX leadership is entirely insular and out of touch, operating a rudderless ship with no modern growth strategy. • You are expected to win over new clients while armed with a decrepit, aging equipment fleet and non-existent marketing support. • Management completely abandons you during a massive technical learning curve, offering only a book list to study on your own personal time. • You are expected to be at the beck and call of frustrated clients starting at 6 AM sharp every single day. • The base salary is insultingly low and the commission structure actively penalizes top performers with strict caps. • Management stripped away company trucks and replaced them with a pathetic stipend that forces you to destroy your personal vehicle hauling heavy samples. • You are forced to subsidize the corporate bottom line with rapid personal vehicle depreciation and a permanent coating of concrete dust. • The job is a soul-crushing and high-burnout environment designed only for those comfortable being operational workhorses under a model that devalues success.

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