84 Lumber reviews

3.0

44% would recommend to a friend

(972 total reviews)
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Maggie Hardy

50% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

84 Lumber has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 972 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The 84 Lumber employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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972 reviews
1.0
May 4, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

The guys I personally worked with at the Somerset, PA (since closed) were cool, and I did learn quite a bit about the field through training's that have helped me maintaining my own home...that.....that's about it.

Cons

(To preface: The store I worked at has since been closed, but all the below topics are company wide for your reference) Where to start 1. ZERO work / life relationship. You work a minimum 48 hours a week for w whopping 9 dollars and some change an hour. Don't get paid for lunch, so at minimum you're physically at work 51 hours per week. Kiss your wife and kids good bye on Monday morning, because you won't see them util Sunday. 2. Pay is horrible. As stated above 9 bucks an hour. 3. Company is VERY cheap. No heat or A/C. NONE. Only have 3 paid holidays off per year (Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Years Day....that is if Christmas and New Years Day falls on a week day, if not....sorry about your luck) 4. Must put company bumper sticker on car for "grass roots" advertising. I refused and caught quite a bit of flack for it from my Co-Manager. Granted ever time our Area Manager came (announced most of the time) I (and another employee) would run out and slap a sticker on our bumper so we didn't get sent home / wrote up. They aren't helping you pay for the vehicle, they can't tell you what MUST go on it. 5. Must be clean shaven. Even if your beard is trimmed and kept up with. I guess they reverted to the 40's. 6. OUT DATED computer system. Words can not explain how poor this was / cheap the company is to not upgrade 7. Good Ole Boys club big time. If you aren't in the clique, forget about being noticed, no matter how hard you work this is just off the top of my head, and the biggest ones that come to mind, I'm sure if I sat and thought this out there would be MUCH more.

2.0
Apr 28, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

The people there seem cool but that's about it I can't really think of anything else to say that's positive

Cons

You work 10 or more hour days for like 9.42 an hour if you have facial hair you have to shave regardless of whether you keep things trim and proper you have to advertise for the company by putting a company logo bumper sticker if the owner of the company comes and see your car without one they send you home they tell you this fancy title for your position but when you get there you find out all your doing is grunt work there is no sitting down and although they give you this time table for when you get promoted you find out by other people that in real life it takes ten times the length they tell you it is

5.0
Apr 16, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Fast paced, the days fly by. Meet all types of people. Compensation can be great if you're motivated. Paid training/expenses in Eighty Four, PA.

Cons

Nothing major, every job has less than desirable parts. Self study (early training) needs updated. PTO could go up a little bit or at least rollover.

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