Employee morale at an all time low - Anonymous employee Derrick Employee Review

1.0
Apr 5, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent focus on safety. Plenty of overtime opportunities. Work parties are well done. Big bonuses (it's actually a 1/4 to a 1/3 of yearly salary which varies greatly on how well the company is doing.)

Cons

Communication throughout the company is horrid. Owners are great but have surrounded themselves with yes-men that take their huge salaries and tell them what they want to hear. Wages are unfair and raises are unstructured and unfair. Competence has nothing to do with earning more money. Hard work does not get noticed, only lots of overtime, so there's no motivation at all. Doing more and knowing how to do more equates to nothing. Mandatory 10 hour days and 50 hour work weeks so it appears employees are getting decent salaries but it's only because they work more on lower wages and the added bonus at Christmas is essentially the rest of their salary. So with the company making less money and insurance going up every year: every year that goes by an employee makes less money. The paid time off would be decent for a 40 hours a week job but for 50 it's low. Taking a day off means you then get to work 40 hours that week - the same amount as most other jobs every week. Parties are nice but you can't pay bills with beer and wings. A union is unwanted but may be needed.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Oct 19, 2025
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Pros

Weekly pay, work parties, bonus checks. They will promote you to foreman without any knowledge or experience.

Cons

Nothing but politics. You have to know someone to actually get ahead. If you know someone that means you can stop being productive and still get good raises and good reviews. They pay very poorly but make up for it with a yearly bonus that isn’t really good until you’ve been there a while. Horribly toxic management. The only way you get ahead is by being a cheerleader and a yes man. The moment you think for yourself you get punished.

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