Ingram Barge Reviews

I have been working at Ingram Barge full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Ingram is the largest Barge company in the industry. The company prides themselves with core family values, zero harm, customer satisfaction and teamwork environment.

Cons – For applicants desiring to work on the river it does require travel up to a 28 day schedule being away from home.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Ingram Barge full-time for more than a year

Pros – Friendly Co-Workers
Helps with family issues without being intrusive
Excellent brown water pay and benefits
Usually excellent living conditions

Cons – Six hours on, six hours off workday
Crew dispatch can be difficult to get a hold of
Human Resources (generally considered a con anyway)
As a Junior Engineer you work four weeks on and you get two weeks off

Advice to Senior Management – It seems that half the time I call to make travel arrangements any one of the three dispatchers that I have had are either not available or are out for the day.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Ingram Barge

Pros – plenty of oppertunity to avance
very understandable about homelife
always willing to help the needy
hve nice up to date equipment

Cons – haveing to be gone from home
a good portion of employees are young and dont understand what it is like to be away from home

Advice to Senior Management – i feel we might get alittle greedey at times we need to look at the surroundings more often as well as the elements

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Ingram Barge

Pros – safety, med. ins. ,job training, lots of advancement,

Cons – being away from home so long

Advice to Senior Management – keep doing a good job

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Ingram Barge

Pros – that you are part of a team that is safety oriented there is no lay off's plenty of growth in the company that you can choose to move up in ingram also watches out for their people and the environmental and helping to make a difference with industry of towing vessels

Cons – work during holidays miss birthdays gone from family have to work during cold wet weather and the hot blistering heat

Advice to Senior Management – put t.v's in crew's room allow internet for personal laptops give more raises, bigger safety bonus, better weight control on boats like putting a bowflex on boat instead of just tread mills better heath insurance that cost less for both employer and employee

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Ingram Barge full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good pay, good benefits, paid vacation

Cons – Being out in the weather

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Ingram Barge

Pros – the time off definately make it worth the job. the people i work with are world class. we use SLAM in everyday situations to stay safe. we are always lookin to get a new plaque on the galley wall every to look back at all of our accomplishments.

Cons – weather is the number one thing that makes work hard. the adverse conditions can make work hard and dangerous but thats why you always stay on your gaurd and take your time at work. no reason to rush yourself and become a possible M.O.B. candidate.

Advice to Senior Management – i believe that management has done a fine job.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Ingram Barge

Pros – very family oriented. an awsom company to work for. pay is great. most of the people are awsom and great to be around. the overall leadership is great and they strive to improve all areas from safety to diet. would not dream of working any where else.

Cons – there a few individuels who cause undue stress on others by their bad attitudes and unproductive habbits. There is nothing worse than getting on a boat and the crew are all grumpy and unresponsive to kind words, it makes for a real long trip.

Advice to Senior Management – give feedback to those individuels who do a good job for the company. let ohers know where they can improve and be more productive for the company as far as vendors and safety eforts. educate the work force as to where the paycheck really comes from (the customers).

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Ingram Barge

Pros – 6 months off a year, decent benefits,

Cons – underpaid, isolated for a month at a time with practically no freedoms, company treats deckhands like trash if they have a problem they are the easiest to replace, company puts unworthy people in charge consistently

Advice to Senior Management – Give every boat a survey every six months to be done anonymously by the crew and truthfully investigate problems, don't just investigate until your ass is properly covered.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Ingram Barge

Pros – they have 28 day boats and 21 day boats the harbor tugs are 14 day boats, days off are great

Cons – the being gone for up to a month,the cell signal sucks most of the time for calling home

Advice to Senior Management – deckcrews work real hard to get tows out and the wheelhouse gets big bonus, that not right