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Turner Industries
2.6 of 5 8 reviews
www.turner-industries.com Baton Rouge, LA 5000+ Employees

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Updated Mar 4, 2013

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Roland M. Toups

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33% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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Good salary. Definitely would work for them again

Laborer/Firewatch (Former Employee)
Port Hudson, LA

I worked at Turner Industries full-time for less than a year

ProsThe HR dept -- very understanding, helpful, friendly, eager to put ppl into jobs when contracts are available. The field personnel --want business (safety) taken care of the correct way, which is understandable. Project Managers were mostly easy going. Also, some co-workers were ok to get along with and some not so much, but can be expected. Turner supplied the necessary PPE's needed for the job. Pay is much better than some other contractors. Pay checks can be direct-deposited, which is very helpful. Never had an issue with getting paid the correct amount.

ConsSometimes there is a month or two (or three) gaps between contracts.

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

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too many lay offs

Hole/Fire Watch (Former Employee)
Lake Charles, LA

I worked at Turner Industries full-time

Prosrather easy to get hired

Consway too many lay offs

Advice to Senior Managementquit laying off the good workers after turn arounds

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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Had good craftsmen as coworkers, a few weak foremen. Large shortage of tools needed to perform job smoothly.

Boilermaker (Former Employee)
Deer Park, TX

I worked at Turner Industries

ProsThey tend to keep a fair amount of work and its usually rotating through the same refineries, so you tend to become very familiar with your surrounding work areas.

ConsTurner Industries tends to under stock their Tool Trailer on the job site and lean more toward the craftsmen they hire bringing all their own tools. In ways that is a good practice however personal tools tend to get stolen and then if you are short your personal tool and the Company itself doesn't have enough of those tools on hand at the job site its easy to fall behind schedule.

Advice to Senior ManagementDo a better job stocking your Tool Trailer for assurance your people will have tools and materials needed to perform job in timely and safe manner.

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Too set in their old ways, this will ultimately end them

Manager (Current Employee)
Baton Rouge, LA

I have been working at Turner Industries

ProsGood work - life balance
Fellow employees are a good group of people. You are treated pretty good and people are easy to work with.
Big on promoting from within.

ConsMajority of managers and people have been here for 20+ yrs in the same position. Very set in their ways. Super conservative. Lack of training younger men and women will be the demise of this company. When the CEO leaves, its over with!
If you know someone in the right division you will be okay, if not, good luck! The different divisions are always at war with each other. No team work at all! Pay scale is below average vs.other companies.
Raises and job reviews are talked about but NEVER followed through with.

Advice to Senior ManagementOffer the proper training on a consistent bases. Stop the fighting between different divisions and keep an eye out for younger talent.
Give job reviews and raises as you should. Get leaders with fresh ideas and perspectives.

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Good but with issues

Anonymous Employee (Current Employee)
Baton Rouge, LA

I have been working at Turner Industries

Pros- Flexible with family life.
- Provides great community service.
- Not micromanaged very much.

Cons- Many people are related which is strange.
- Many cliques and hard to break in with the rest of employees. The cliques and raises/promotions are directly related.
- Low pay
- Promised training and raises were never delivered.
- Many 'followers'... even management.
- Plethora of meetings without any outcomes.
- Rash to make massive decisions without weighing out pros/cons.
- Benefits are not good.
- Many of management has been there for YEARS and are very set in their ways.

Advice to Senior ManagementKeep yourselves and your employees updated with training. Require documentation. Lay off of the office politics. Reward staff of a job well-done through variety of means. Be open to change.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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How can they be allowed to operate?

Boilermaker (Former Employee)
Plaquemine, LA

I worked at Turner Industries

ProsEasy to advance IF YOU'RE FAMILY

ConsThe process required to hire on to a job is horrible. I literally get physically sick just thinking about having to go through their personnel office. The people there do not care about you, just their hours, they are slow, they are not organized, and make it a duty to make your hiring take as long as possible.
Once hired on and at the job site, you will notice it is very "family oriented" as in, the management people are either kin or long time friends.
No bonuses AT ALL, for ANYTHING. We once finished a job 2 weeks early and all we were rewarded with was a 2 week early lay off, NO BONUS.
They mess up your paycheck constantly and it takes constant nagging to finally get it right.
They must have teams who's job it is to figure out how to rob people of their per-diem.

Advice to Senior ManagementNone, nothing will save this company but total collapse.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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Management will fail. 20+ yrs employees are leaving.

Anonymous Employee (Current Employee)
Port Allen, LA

I have been working at Turner Industries

ProsFellow employees are all really good people.

ConsNo-Fault attendance policy (occurrences)
Hours are feast or famine
Pay and benefits are lower than similar companies
Favoritism from shop superintendent to the VP's, Only select people get treated well.

Advice to Senior ManagementGet rid of the no fault attendance policy those things don't make any sense there cruel. Remember, it takes everyone to get the job done. If you treat people like crap, that's all you'll get in return.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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Great company with good wages.

Pipefitter I (Former Employee)

I worked at Turner Industries full-time for more than a year

ProsAbility to fully utilize skills and knowledge working in a team oriented environment, useful training and detail on safety.

ConsHard work, sometimes long hours, No place for the weak!

Advice to Senior ManagementPay closer attention to the ones who get the job done

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

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