Element Materials Technology reviews

Lied to about per diem. The per diem will not cover lodging. They say you can get home but they are so short handed that works out to once a quarter if you are lucky and there is coverage. Pay is lower than the industry standard. Management will cuss you and berate you if you ask any questions about missing pay. Oh yeah, they will "accidentally" forget to enter hours or release your per diem. They have a secondary per diem option where they say they pay for lodging. If you take it you WILL be placed in the cheapest place they can find no matter how unsafe or disgusting. Often times up to an hour away from the job site and travel time is not paid. If they still feel that lodging costs are too high they will switch you to a $50 per day per diem for food AND lodging and tell you to figure it out. They say overtime is available, when they should say mandatory. Expect 70-80 hours on 7 day weeks for months at a time. They do NOT offer raises after 90 or even 120 days as promised. Turn over is extremely high. Abut 1 out of 10 hires makes 90 days. Career advancement does not exist. If you ask every manager will give you a reason why it is not under their scope of responsibility. Find a local company and work for them. This job is for single men who have no expenses to care for at home!!!!

Company is on a trend of trying to grow while cutting costs. Our company was purchased by Element and middle managers were not changed. This resulted in a larger disconnect of what happens here vs what upper managers see. We still have a tiny company spending mindset while trying to be a larger company that does more work and more technical work. Some equipment is over 20 years old and should have been replaced 10 years ago. With the current rules of capital budgeting and purchase of new equipment, our location is destined to lose capabilities until it is unprofitable. Due to equipment failures this year , we are not able to meet revenue goals and missed out on all but the first quarter bonus. We also lost our most experienced and valuable expert employees due to disputes with middle managers about overwork and underpayment. It is common for some salaried employees to be forced to work 50-60 hours every week and to come in on holidays. Healthcare costs have doubled over the last two years due to reduced company contribution. Pay raises are constrained between 1% and 3% per year and depend on greatly exceeding expectations. I don't think it is possible to exceed expectations as everyone complains that you can never work hard enough to achieve this. Our location has no Christmas party other than a "Dirty Santa" in the lunch room and a mere $200 Christmas bonus for every employee regardless of position. Typically a Christmas bonus with other companies is equivalent to 80 hours of base pay with extra for excessive profit. I'm embarrassed to give tours of our lab due to the disrepair and antiquity of our lab and equipment. I'm extremely tired of the "buy the cheapest option" mentality.