Austin Industries Reviews

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Management is ignorant, unethical, and deceitful. Insurance costs are insane!! Esop is a joke. You are a worker bee, nothing more.

Cons

Management only exists to put out fires when they arise. They also ignore requests for PPE/ Tools needed( even when hiring) for their own benefit be it financial or political.AESOP program looks good on paper but try withdrawing money from it before you retire or die. Wake up people! They’re keeping the money in that statement they send you every year! Benefits are trumped up to be better than they are and they have increased almost exponentially inspite of the customers added contributions over the last three years. Corporate is uninvolved even on the largest of sites/projects.maybe once a year....GOOD LUCK!

Eight year company veteran. Good riddance!

Cons

There needs to be improvements across the board. There are inconsistent processes and many that don’t make sense AT ALL.

It’s an open-office environment with only a select number of actual offices. Sometimes it feels like a call center because of how it’s set up. At times it can be distracting. Also the cubes face in an awkward direction for anyone who wants to talk to you - you can’t see the other person coming until they present themselves in your “cube”.

This is the first place I’ve worked where it feels like I can’t think for myself. I’m micromanaged and told how to ask certain questions. It feels almost like I’m being brainwashed. It’s super odd.

It’s definitely not the most innovative or impressive place I’ve ever worked.

Cons

To many chiefs eating overhead not enough going to infrastructure that produces positive ROI.

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toxic culture, generally disengaged employees, definitely a "do as I say, not as I do" mentality, zero flexibility

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The biggest concern is safety. People have died in this position and others will die in the future. However, truck drivers die on the job, so there are inherent dangers in most positions, I suppose.

The schedule requires long hours and mostly outside in all types of weather! Each schedule work periods are long 12 hour days and six days straight... (not each week, explained below).

The schedule is 6/3 days and 6/3 nights....
Work is six 12 hour days and then three days off. Following these days off, six 12 hour nights and then off three days off.... the cycle continues to repeat... an average 16 hours of overtime per week.

There are 121 days off per year. A “normal” schedule (Monday through Friday work week with two weekend days off) has 104 days off per. A “normal” schedule with an average of 16 hours of overtime per week at $20 an hour has annual compensation would be the same... (about $66,600) Most industrial jobs which require overtime means more than five days a week. Austin employees who work more than 6 days out of 9, only if the employee volunteers to (if asked by management or working for someone who takes a day off).

Most everyone gets along and has plenty of joking time, but if you have a plan or desire to make it a better work place, don’t expect anyone to support those efforts. If one employee desires to fix anything, they would likely be shunned by their peers and management alike. Most co-workers are easily threatened by anyone desiring to improve the work area. This includes any attempt to repair equipment, create a maintenance schedule or suggest changes to current rules and/or procedures. An employee even asking questions will result in young peers developing an immediate dislike or distrust for them... simply because they have an apparent agenda to change something, regardless of the change being for the better!

Most employees are young and scared of leadership, but leadership has done nothing to deserve this inherent fear. None of the current leadership appears to desire improvement or change of any kind. Any trailblazer employees are not dealt with or encouraged. Other employees who may create a workplace using combative comments, negative attitudes or by breaking equipment, even intentionally.... are not dealt with or encouraged either. It seems to be about maintaining the status quo! Management is very good at doing nothing about anything. Not a healthy environment and has negative a impact on safety!

Cons

A lot of outage work 12hrs 7days a week

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All are cons, literally

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Insurance is a little high

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Benefits are getting better
Could be better sustainability-wise