United States Steel Reviews

Pros

Decent pay depending on your department. Good benefits.

Cons

Poor management/union relationship. Poor communication.

Advice to Senior Management

Better communication. Treat employees better.

Pros

Company treats people well at a high level, e.g. great benefits. Lots of smart, hardworking people. Much of management nearing retirement age (con for now), which may mean many opportunities for advancement in a few years.

Cons

Tendency to take for granted that U. S. Steel is not the center of the universe and people are willing to leave if dissatisfied. Having experience is an important consideration for advancement, but there is too much emphasis on age/seniority over talent.

Advice to Senior Management

Company should be a meritocracy, not a glorified union

Pros

Pride in working for a company that creates products that add value to society.

Cons

Age is basis for promotion, not knowledge or skill. Management is treated as a glorified union rep by HR.

Pros

Pay, benefits, pension thats it

Cons

- Use safety as a discipline tool.
- Take safety way overboard.
- Think every trip, fall or scrape is because the person is a pothead. They can't seem to understand that accidents happen.\
- Spend tons of money on useless safety propaganda and paint but little on parts and maintenance.
- Treat employees like dirt. Threaten everything with discipline.
- Fail to understand a happy workplace is a productive workplace

Advice to Senior Management

Its not 1950 you don't have to scream at people for nothing all the time. intimidation just creates resentment and causees lack of productivity. Spend more money on parts and maintenance instead of safety and maybe you can make your plants more cost efficient.

Pros

Healthcare and dental benefits are alright.
Three weeks of vacation after one year of service is good.
Company sponsored pension.

Cons

Expects management to "clock" in and out like an hourly employee.
Expects management to work unlimited hours putting work ahead of personal and family interests.
Expects management to be available 24/7 during holidays and vacations without giving credit for time worked.
Old style "yelling and screaming" management.
Union vs. management mentality.
Fear of getting fired is the only real motivator.
Fear of making a mistake leads to inaction.
Fails to realize things change over time.
Micromanagement is a company philosophy.
Fails to update technology.
Rewards and encourages imcompetance by placing more responsibility on more talented people.
Lets less talented people "slack".
Fails to get technical people proper training.
Deaf upper management.
Promotes the one who gets the boss coffee vs. the one who does the work.

Advice to Senior Management

Take my Cons listed and reverse them.

Pros

benefits retirement insurance ditto ditto

Cons

incompetent supervisors and management. most people in charge have little or no knowledge of jobs, Safety is first only if your not a salaried employee. Supervisors are chosen by your ability to do what your told and nothing else, make no decision on your own., managers are never wrong and always have a scapegoat. Have no interest in maintaining mobile equipment, will spend 100000 dollars on housekeeping but can't get filters, belts, hoses, and batteries without half of Pittsburgs approval, then wait six weeks. They don't trust anyone. Treat their employees like dirt.......

Advice to Senior Management

learn to practice what you preach. Safety is great but you people take it to the extreme. The little people can make you or brake you. have a little gratitude....

Pros

-Pay in line with other companies
-Flexible hours and time off
-Great experience to put on your resume
-Location with parking

Cons

-Management style not up to date
-Have heard that advancement opportunities are rather political
-Depends on your boss, have heard some can be difficult to work for

Advice to Senior Management

-Promote employees on productivity and leadership ability rather than playing favorites.
Update management practices and employee satisfaction will increase significantly.

Pros

Good Benefits
Competitive Pay (for some locations)
Good Retirement Benefits
Good experience for undergrads that lack professional experience
On-site parking

Cons

The management style and culture of this company is reminiscent of the 50's (or earlier). There's no flex time. In order to advance you have to be willing to relocate to not-so-desirable locations and you must be hand-picked. You are basically put in the positions that management wants you in and you have very little input as to what position(s) you would like to move towards in order to achieve your career goals. There are some great people that work for the company but there's a large number of people in this company that are very rude. Management also lacks knowledge and communication skills. Personally, I respect supervisors that have knowledge about their job and mine not supervisors that are completely clueless. A number of supervisors are clueless.

Advice to Senior Management

Management needs to work on their communication skills. They should also make an attempt to at least act like they care about their employees considering a lot of people work a lot of overtime and give 110% towards their jobs.

Pros

I worked at their Muriel Street location on the South Side of Pittsburgh. Location was nice because I didn't have to pay for parking

Pay was pretty good. About on-par for other students seeking master's degrees.

Work hours were very flexible, so it was a nice place to work while in college.

Cons

My manager wasn't very good - more technical than a people person.

I got a performance review at the end of my first year working there. I didn't even know they did performance reviews. When I got it, I had no idea I was being measured (well, I really wasn't, it was just based on my boss' opinion).

I graduated from school with 2 master's degrees (MBA, MS-MIS) and they offered me a $40K mainframe programmer job. Seriously? That's pathetic. I called HR to make sure they understood what I had to offer. They had no response.

Advice to Senior Management

The old-school "keep your head down and do your work" mentality is rampant here. You need to find a way to get your employees to speak up and offer ideas for innovation.

Also, your information systems are a MESS! Someone needs to open their eyes.

Pros

Compensation, benefits are a plus

Cons

need to move in order to get ahead

Advice to Senior Management

promote on ability and not on playing politics