Ryerson reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(439 total reviews)
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Edward Lehner

88% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Ryerson has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 439 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ryerson 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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439 reviews
2.0
Jul 21, 2016

Wrong direction

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Wide breadth of inventory - expands customer base.

Cons

Lost focus on the customer and focused on the wrong business that eroded sales.

3.0
Jul 4, 2016

Poor Communication from management to support staff

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The company has potential with the new CEO, Eddie Lehner. The academy training program is a excellent program for new college graduates or individuals with a few years of work experience.

Cons

But they need to clean house with the "old boys school mentality". Eddie has a great vision and in some aspects it is being followed but there are too many of the old school mentality of a bully management style that are still on staff and that are continuing to get promoted while losing staff members that have the same vision that is supposed to be happening at Ryerson. The academy program is great but with the constant change of management has directly affected the outcome of the training program and the new manager has the sales experience to guide the training employees but he needs to let go of the micro management and old school mentality to embrace the support staff in place to let them do their jobs. Based on the past couple of months since the new manager has been in place some great support staff has left based on both his and the general managers management styles. Communication needs to greatly improve from middle management to support staff throughout the company. I am afraid that the academy program will suffer for the lack of management (Ryerson Academy/CSC) not able to see beyond their own faults and be able to make the changes to embrace the corporate initiatives and future of Ryerson.

3.0
Jun 16, 2016

Inside Sales Representative

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There is a pretty good work life balance here and the people in the company are very knowledgeable because most of them have been here for 20+ years. The CEO is great.

Cons

There is an oder workforce and they are not always open to new ideas or new directions for the company. As a young professional, it often feels like I am beating my head against the wall a little bit. We often try to present new ideas or ways of doing things that fall on deaf ears.

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