Mixed feelings - Anonymous employee Yarde Metals Employee Review

3.0
9 June 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

A lot of amenities; on-site gym, beautiful building, fresh coffee made all day, nap rooms, homemade lunch specials made by the ladies in "The Ladle" (fairly inexpensive) Great pay, generally good culture/atmosphere, no smoking on premises.

Cons

Once the company was sold by the original owners, to a bigger corporation from California, the "family culture" changed. It just got worse every year as far as becoming more and more "Corporate". The management team is very close and have all known each other since high school which results in some favoritism. HR dept likes to gossip about people's personal business. The CEO has a strange outlook/vision on what he wants the company to be, and instead of doing what has worked since the business started, he is changing everything and it has shown to hurt the company. The morale of the employees has shown a significant decrease. Many people have quit and when someone quits, the CEO would rather try not to replace the person, instead they make other employees do the job of 2 people. I heard many employees state being "sick of being overworked and under appreciated"

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1.0
18 June 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Workers are friendly and helpful. Facility is kept very clean. Safety is important.

Cons

COO frequently will intimidate and embarrass his direct reports in front of their peers. Will make unreasonable demands such as "tell me before you leave for the day in case you have not done enough" or change someone's shift just for punishment. Has actually caused a Sr. Director to have a stroke at work from terrible stress he applied to him the day it happened. HR Department is so afraid of being fired if they stand up to him that employees stop going to them. Hard to believe it was a top employer in 2012.

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