Pathetic, Disorganized Management - Safety Manager Barton Malow Employee Review

2.0
Feb 16, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Company vehicle, well at least until they took it away. They did provide a monthly vehicle allowance, though.

Cons

Where does one start? From the day I was hired I was given no guidance, direction, orientation, or training. I was sent to a job in Texas and just dumped. Had to deal with a couple of third party safety clowns who made a total mess of things, which demoralized the Barton Malow workers and made my job even more difficult. I should have pulled the plug on this place at that moment. The project management team did nothing to encourage, but, rather, maintained a fiefdom that played against corporate back in Michigan. After two months I was transferred to a job in Indiana, which lasted for 1 1/2 years, but it was so disorganized and the mid-level leadership was mainly millennials, who made it into a frat house. This company is so top-heavy with VPs out the ying-yang and Barton Malow could save a pile of jing dumping half of them. When I got a call from some mid-level safety hack telling me that some VP heard a rumor about my complaining about per diem and that this needed to be addressed I realized that some VP had way too much time on his hands to deal with BS like this. Now they've restructured and they've added more layers of bureaucracy that the whole company will eventually capsize. I was supposedly "laid off" however the rhetoric of the severance agreement was more indicative of termination with phrases prohibiting speaking derogatorily about the company. Good riddance.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

One of the best things about working here is the culture — it genuinely feels like family. Leadership doesn't just talk about caring for employees; they live it. Servant leadership truly cascades from the top down, and you can feel it in everyday interactions. Leaders are engaged, approachable, and make every employee feel valued and heard. Beyond the people, the culture itself is beyond pleasant — it's the kind of environment where you actually look forward to coming to work. Add in the flexibility of working from home and a solid benefits package, and this is a workplace that truly invests in its people.

Cons

The work can be fast-paced at times, the high standards here keep things moving, which is a good thing but can occasionally feel like a lot. And when you genuinely love what you do, it can be hard to disconnect at the end of the day. Honestly, those are the only cons I can come up with.

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