Terex Reviews

Pros

Great people to work with
Great experiences working with employees around the world
Very passionate about what we do
Many opportunities for on the job learning

Cons

Difficult to find a career path and work towards advancement
Recession hit the company hard...multiple layoffs hurt morale severely

Pros

I have been here 8 years and I love what I do. I look forward to coming to work and doing what I can to help the customer whether it is internal or external.
I have been treated well by this company and the department that I work in feels like family.
I also feel that I am compensated fairly. Of course, everyone wants to make more!

Cons

In the department that I am in, there is no place to advance.
I have seen many qualified people apply for a position only to have the position filled by an outside applicant.

Advice to Senior Management

Promote from within more. Get to know the employee and learn their strengths so you can better utilize them on projects.

Pros

-Good pay and benefit for a comparable job
-Easy-going / casual work environment

Cons

-Poor management
-No vision for company
-Reactive, not proactive to resolve problems

Pros

Cool products with rich history and chance to really capitalize on global infrastructure growth especially as demand stays strong in those markets

Cons

Unable to integrate into an operating company and do not hold employees and leaders accountable for dismal results. Steady state of denial and delusion permeate the organization

Advice to Senior Management

Start holding themselves and their team members accountable for current state of affairs and if they cannot change than replace with people that will make the hard decisions

Pros

Terex has strong engineering team from investing time and resources into developing skills for their team.

Cons

Like most companies, Terex has been slow to recovery from the previous economic setback.

Advice to Senior Management

continue training interns, I believe they are great potential investments.

Pros

Great place to learn and move on

Cons

to much red tape, not enough standardization

Advice to Senior Management

open up the purse strings to the talented employees

Pros

hourly lunches, safety and cleanliness are priorities, tuition reimbursement program, casual dress code, competitive salary, company caters lunches every few months, five minute lenience policy for clocking in past your start time

Cons

Promotions within the company are basically non-existent. I've watched many qualified co-workers apply for promotions only to be told that Mgmt decided to hire someone from outside the company.

Communication within depts is severly lacking.

Some managers have been in their jobs for years and still don't know half of what their staff does or even have the knowledge themselves to be able to make managerial decisions.

Vacation time is lacking. Before you get four weeks vacation, you have to have been with the company for about 10 yrs.

Advice to Senior Management

There is no one that knows the company better than an internal team member, so internal team members should be promoted before hiring outside.

Managers should consult team members for their input/suggestions before making decisions that effect the entire dept.

Award employees by offering additional vacation days for great work/projects done or customer praise.

Pros

I honestly can’t think of one…beside the fact that you’ll have a job to go to everyday, and your boss will not be smart enough to know your job responsiblies or how long they should take … so work as much overtime as you want.

Cons

Lazy, apathetic managers and sales people who constantly fight and bad mouth each other to there customers, and sit behind there desk sending emails and IMing all day. There are no opportunities for advancements and don’t hold your breath for a raise – you’ll get one once every 3-4 years if you complain about it enough or can put up with the BS long enough.

Advice to Senior Management

Learn to be leaders and not just dictators. Learn to inspire, motivate and lead by example. Take ownership of your facilities and serve. Go out and meet our customers make them feel like you care…even if you don’t.

Pros

Working in the AWP division wasn't too bad but Construction or Roadbuilding is terrible.
There are some cool products that they build.
There are some great people working there but unfortunately they don't let any of them into management positions.

Cons

I have worked almost ten years and only have 2 days more vacation than when I started. I finally found another job where they care about their employees and will be starting there in another week.
There are many others that will be leaving as the economy picks up and more jobs are available.
There is no chance for improvement unless you are good at playing politics and don't care about the people who work for you.
I heard the Director of operations for all of Rock Hill said if the employees aren't upset he must not be doing his job right and that seems to be how they run things.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop thinking so much about your own ladder climbing and remember the people that are making your success possible.
A little consistency would be nice. Why are the benifits (ie. pay and vacation) so good at AWP but not at the Roadbuilding site just 5 miles down the road.

Pros

Products are great. Location is great. People on the assembly line are great. Most managers are great with the exception of a few. Engineers are easey to work with.

Cons

Pay stinks, most advanced positions pay entry level at best. Management has got to be the most incompetent group of folks in business. Managers who run multiple plants into the ground get promoted. Those who perform stay put those who don’t perform get promoted. Merit is simply just not recognized.

Advice to Senior Management

Try learning something and have some accomplishment before you take on a management role. They you would have something to work from. Also, promote from within and recognize those who do and those who waist air. Fire the ones who never produce especially managers. Dead weight pulls everyone down.