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James Hardie Building Products

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Overall I am very satisfied as an employee. Compensation, benefits and fellow employers make it worth working there. - Anonymous employee James Hardie Building Products Employee Review

4.0
Jun 6, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Compensation is very good for the area as well as benefits. With a little hard work you can move up quickly. Fellow workers are easily to get along with and very helpful, always willing to lend a hand.

Cons

Job security is in question. Management seems shaky, I feel like I am being criticized a lot and by people who don't know how to run my position. Management positions should be promoted within the company by employees who have worked their way up. There is a lot of micromanagement and that makes it difficult for me to perform my job. I feel like I'm constantly having someone look over my shoulder. Also, although the plant is performing very well, hours are being taken away. I am happy with my hourly pay but I am making the same as when the plant was performing poorly, and with less hours, so I am actually bringing home less money now, which doesn't make sense. You can move quickly on the pay scale if you learn a lot of positions, but eventually it caps off so there is no possibility of a raise now unless a supervisor steps down.

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5.0
Jul 16, 2026
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Pros

- Laid back management - Good product with a built in advantage of being the brand name in siding. Easy to get crews, builders, and contractors to adopt it because it actually performs well and looks great. - Solid benefits - Home office work mostly - You are given a ton of leeway to create your own plan of attack for your market

Cons

- Most of the team in HQ that creates strategic plans has never actually stood on pumpjacks and install ed the product and has an immense lack of understanding of how the product is actually installed and the difficulties/challenges they face. - Training can be a bit lacking. I would definitely recommend only working for this company if you have experience either doing exterior construction (speciically siding) work or have worked in the industry previously

2.0
Jul 14, 2026
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Pros

good health benefits, decent pay, 6% 401k match

Cons

a lot of coworkers related to each other, favoritism all over the place. racism noticeable on the production end of the prattville plant. not safe to work if you’re a female.

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