Valmont Industries Reviews

Pros

good pay and benefits thats it

Cons

poor upper management need better trained leaders

Advice to Senior Management

listen to our employees

Pros

Valmont has relatively good benefits when compared with other companies it's same size.

Cons

Compared to other companies I have worked for, Valmont Industries surpasses all others in intimidating, coercing, and ragging on their employees in training instead of educating them as a training method. I was never in the military but have never before been ragged on, insulted and intimidated by any other employer the way I've been treated at Valmont. I took a two dollar cut in pay to work at Valmont then was reduced in pay two more dollars an hour before my 90 day probationary period was over because they were not satisfied with my progress.

Advice to Senior Management

Get some one with real management experience to be your supervisors.

Pros

You learn alot from other employees, its a very safe work environment, you get pretty good help,and the other employees are pretty decent.

Cons

You dont get acknowledged for anything you do, you dont get fair pay, and theres too much favoritism in the plant.

Advice to Senior Management

Try to be more fair about things, help when help is needed , dont pile on saturdays just because you dont have anything to do, and it wouldnt hurt to show a little acknowledgement every now and then.

Pros

The company culture is great and management is generally quite ethical. There's a real employees are family feeling. Excellent subsidized cafeteria at the Valley site.

Cons

The Valley site is pretty isolated, although not far from Omaha. There is a bit of a glass ceiling for women in management.

Advice to Senior Management

Preserve the culture that founder, Robert B. Daugherty, established and Valmont will remain a great place to work into the future.

Pros

opertunity to progress in welding certs. and pay and benefits are good

Cons

when improvements are to be made the engineers take charge instead of the people that work with the equipment, supervision dosnt listn

Advice to Senior Management

leadership needs to listen to men on the job floor and take into consideration what they recomend because they deal with the equipment daily,favoratism has alot of pull in the shops. its who you know not what you know

Pros

They are a stable corporation with plenty of work. they also have decent benefits. They are a multinational company with offices in most major countries.

Cons

The leadership at my site shows that they have no idea what goes on in an industrial site. They do not have any idea how to schedule work, the work week, or the time off schedules of the employees. They can not insure that materials are present on time so that the work they schedule can be done in the amount of time allocated so that the employees do not have to spend every weekend at work, away from their families.

Advice to Senior Management

Management needs to start listening to the employees to find out what really goes on within the company, instead of act like they are listening and still doing the wrong thing.

Pros

Pay was average, ability to take on more responsibility always an option

Cons

Senior management is a good ole boys club. Valmont will be in serious leadership trouble in a boutten years when they all retire.

Pros

Valmont Industries is conviently located in the growing community of Valley Nebraska. There is a strong comradory among the long term emplloyees as well as tenured members of senior management

Cons

As of late the turn over rate in upper management has led to instability throughout the company. The acquasition of competitors which is usually a good thing has led to a negative mark on the Valmont brand due to inferior products being produced

Advice to Senior Management

The people who do the actual jobs have a wealth of knowledge, use it to benefit everyone. Also think about developing more people within the organization.

Pros

The work atmosphere is excellent. The benefits that are offered to the employees are very good, including the health insurance, 401K options, Payflex availability. The attendance policy is easy to follow.

Cons

There is some lack of communication between top management and employees which leads to uncertainty as to job stability.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep the employees informed as to changes that will be affecting them. This will help to eliminate the desire for good employees to look elsewhere for a career.