Ever wondered why talented employees leave their employer? - Anonymous employee Radius Recycling Employee Review

1.0
Feb 4, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Employees are genuinely nice. Executives are trying to make things better. Nice bright office. Company paid parking in downtown pdx is superb (although not sure how long it'll last).

Cons

Poor integrity from some of the middle management members. I've caught my direct manager lie about things and then try to cover them up. I lost respect for her immediately. Same manager would take sick days to stay home and not work or actually take pto, but never put in pto time on the timecards. I know at least a couple of managers in my department that get away from this. How wonderful is it to just take time off without using your pto hours? Really awesome but so wrong. Talents join the company because of the company, talents leave the company because of their manager. I can't speak to other departments, perhaps it's better, but in my department, I see these types of lies and cover ups all the time. I have seen enough. I personally cannot come to work everyday knowing lies will be thrown in my face and the people doing it just do it so naturally. It's disgusting.

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5.0
Jan 29, 2026
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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
Apr 30, 2026
Recommend
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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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