Accounting - Anonymous employee QUIKRETE Employee Review

1.0
2 Jul 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The location is close to 85.

Cons

Despicable culture! Private company only required to report taxes. They can say and do whatever they want because they can. There is no regard or respect for the staff - referred to as "minions in cubes" by management. There are no growth paths, only the path they want for you. Annual assessments are not even based on performance, supervisors do not know or care what their people are doing. The culture is the more you do the more you get, the less you do the less you get. Health benefits are worse than horrendous. Air conditioning is turned off on weekends and other random evenings in hot Atlanta weather, employees are expected to work in 83-85 degree temperatures regularly in the summer months. while management thinks they might be saving money. Most management and CFO does not communicate with the "minions." There is no reward for exceptional performance and conversely no consequences for sub standard work or very little work. They continue to acquire companies and require some employees to take on more and more responsibilities. If you happen to speak up regarding the heavy workload your told you can leave. There is virtually no HR, they only manage benefits and the senior manager is a crony of the owners. Very difficult to navigate in this horrible culture.

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Cons

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Pros

• SPEC MIX Management generously sponsors an after hours book club to save you from the burden of actual on the job training. • You get to develop incredibly thick skin during the complimentary weekly screaming tantrums from frustrated contractors. • Your personal vehicle will receive a free and permanent custom coating of authentic concrete dust. • The company ensures you never have to carry the heavy emotional burden of making too much money by capping your commission. • You will master the art of being a sales rep, a debt collector, a logistics manager, and a firefighter all at the exact same time. • It is a paradise for early birds who love the peaceful serenity of frantic contractor phone calls starting at 6 AM sharp. • You don't have to stress about closing new deals because plant-level disasters will safely eat up your entire day. • You get the unique privilege of working with a vintage equipment fleet that management has lovingly kept stuck in the dark ages.

Cons

• The position is a total bait and switch that acts as a glorified dumping ground for logistics and plant level fires rather than actual sales. • You are trapped in an impossible paradox where management expects high daily call volumes but leaves you zero time for business development. • Contractors will scream at you on a weekly basis because the plant cannot stop making production, quality control, and logistical mistakes. • Your day is sucked into a vacuum of tedious administrative grunt work, forcing you to act as an unpaid customer service rep and debt collector. • SPEC MIX leadership is entirely insular and out of touch, operating a rudderless ship with no modern growth strategy. • You are expected to win over new clients while armed with a decrepit, aging equipment fleet and non-existent marketing support. • Management completely abandons you during a massive technical learning curve, offering only a book list to study on your own personal time. • You are expected to be at the beck and call of frustrated clients starting at 6 AM sharp every single day. • The base salary is insultingly low and the commission structure actively penalizes top performers with strict caps. • Management stripped away company trucks and replaced them with a pathetic stipend that forces you to destroy your personal vehicle hauling heavy samples. • You are forced to subsidize the corporate bottom line with rapid personal vehicle depreciation and a permanent coating of concrete dust. • The job is a soul-crushing and high-burnout environment designed only for those comfortable being operational workhorses under a model that devalues success.

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