Decent Benefits, and Hours are OK, but Management is a joke - Manager Radius Recycling Employee Review

3.0
22 Jan 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Decent Pay, hours are OK, flex. for P/T employees Is an OK place to work if you are waiting for something better to come along.

Cons

Worked for this company for 3 years in a managment position. The benefits are decent for the type of industry it is, but every year your coverage will change since they try and save money by changing coverage types yearly. Human Resources is almost laughable in how they handle issues, they either ignore large glaring problems becuase they are over worked or they will make you feel like a fool for even trying to report the problem in the first place. Most of the management and regional managemet act as though they have never completed high school (which is the case for some of them) they company is filled with back bitting and slander amongst managers that you would almost think that no one wants to work with eachother. The bonus program was really good, but they cut it out with the recessions which turns around to an almost 18K a year loss in pay from one year to the next. The company has purchased several new stores around the country and has money to spend on getting them on board, but yet does not take care of the employees they already have. It really is hard to move up in the company if you are not a family member of one of the regional managers or corporate lackies. As a manager you are expected to work either Sun-Thus or Tues-Sat. and you are almost encouraged not to take time off since there is no coverage for managers vacation. Plus you have to work on all holidays except Christmas so dont expect to have any time off for a while.

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5.0
29 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Hybrid work. Great people, No drama. OT around month end is not crazy. Good work/life balance.

Cons

Recently acquired by Toyota Tsusho so some layoffs and turnover are inevitable. Feeling cautiously optimistic but the transition is still playing out.

1.0
30 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Provides experience working in a rapidly changing and highly controlled environment.

Cons

This is a terrible company to work for. Not only do they constantly change their practices/procedures, they have a lack of transparency for their employees. With several massive waves of lay offs within two years, roles were constantly changing without any proper training. Furthermore, employees who had been with the company for over ten years simply lost access to their computers rather than having a conversation about lay offs. The general lack of consideration for employees is blatant. Not only that, managers (specially west coast directors) are extreme micro managers. They will want to control every decision, from basic reporting files to everyday labor hours, all while being unavailable (refusing to answer phone calls). They will work against you at every opportunity given, truly the worst kind of people. You are not empowered to make decisions, contact your manager, or grow as an employee. They do not value any employee feedback whatsoever. Even as going so far to make drastic changes to documentation storage without consulting those who use it daily. The constant changes are just one minor example of their toxic work environment. They continually penny pinch. The company is not transparent, nor do they care about their employees. Don’t agree with my poor review? Look at the facts: this company has less than 28% of employees recommending it, they have high turnover rates and multiple past employees warned me of these issues during my employment. (If there are multiple people who hate their boss for specific reasons, listen to them. This is not a good person, it is time for retirement). TLDR: Schnitzer Steel dba Radius Recycling is an awful place to work. You are set up to fail. I would not recommend this company to anyone.

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