Carpenter Co. Reviews

Pros

Carpenter Co. is a very enthusiastic company with can do attitude, willing to go the extra mile for all of their customers.

Cons

A lot of gossip, retaliation, undermining, and negative attitude. No influence from outside Carpenter locations. Employees don't know how many hours they will work each day in Utah since their schedule depends solely upon retail sales. Therefore the location is typically understaffed and employees work long days and weekends for most of the year. Summer time is a great time but employees only average about 6 hours a day. Budget your money.

Advice to Senior Management

Work with customers on establishing more realistic timelines for order fulfillment. Listen to what branch locations are communicating to division locations because there are underlying issues in the branches that aren't being addressed.

Pros

Flexble hours. Easy work. Great Regionals. Lots of divisions.

Cons

VP of Sales is not skilled at the position. Very low pay. Upper management has been mailing it in for years and the falling sales show it. SAP means stop all production due to upper management wanting to micro-manage all accounts.

Advice to Senior Management

Get rid of some of the lazy top management.

Pros

The majority of the folks at the company were very approachable and caring....good folks looking to make an honest wage. The company could have so much more going for it if it'd only listen to it's employees when they have legitimate business concerns/business process improvements. There are many opportunities for improvement to positively impact morale, production and profitability....and retention.

Cons

Micromanaging runs rampant within the organization. There exists a definite "old school" mentality/culture perpetuated from the top down and in no way shape or form, is this a progessive organization. Business process improvements are not a focal point especially if investment (whether large or small) is a key factor. Members of senior/executive management would be wise not to offer their dissenting opinions (or be the utmost cautious in their tact) to those in charge or face possible ousting. Development opportunities are extremely limited and for such a financially successful organization, 'the wealth' is most definitely not shared. Performance is not objectively or meaningfully measured, as such, employee apathy runs rampant; general increases across the board (not individual/team-based performance) also reinforce such an atmosphere. Top performer or bottom performer, one can expect the same increase. The company has also recently had some downsizing due to the market (no brainer here) and long-term employment opportunities should be a concern for one considering a career with the company.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen and consider that those of differing business philosophies may just be the ones able to catapult the company into the 21st century where it belongs....the business model and culture must evolve in order to stay a viable competitor in the global market and retain top talent.

Pros

Insurance! Can't think of any other.

Cons

this company has proven time and time again that it is only interested in lining upper managements pockets. No bonus! 1 1/2 percent annual pay increase, which for most amounts to less than $10/wk!

Advice to Senior Management

Treat employees the way you would want to be treated, fairly!