Shaw Industries reviews

They underpay for trade positions. They expect you to be an operator, team coordinator, mechanic and electrician. They work in a team system with no team work. They put new people to train new people while others just sit around and talk or sleep. Management is scared to say anything to operators/floor workers and it really kills any chance of anyone trying to do better. The solution for poor performance for anything in the plant is to work 7 days a week. You never knew if you were working the weekend until Friday. Health insurance is terrible.. the dental and vision isn’t bad.

Cons of employment with Shaw ... Hmmm, where do I start? Maybe my story will help you decide if you would like a job at Shaw Industries. I accepted a technical position with Shaw Industries to provide a very specific type of technical support with respect to their ongoing pursuit of process improvement for several different manufacturing and process types. The hiring manager told me he loved my above average expertise/experience using a specialized software product. I was pleased to be so fortunate in my job pursuit, then. It went well for about 3 years. I was loving a short commute and working with many folks that I knew from grade school. My “friends” had done well for themselves in staying geographically close to other family and working locally. I applauded their successes as Shaw Managers and made a huge effort to be a valuable team member. I introduced a new dimension in designing prototype equipment. Those who depended on the quality of my product, to be successful in their work, loved me … thought I was “a magician”. But there was nothing magic about it, you see. Using the skills for which Shaw hired me and intending to create a quality product was all I did. The added precision was just a by-product of what the software allows. Sadly, management didn’t understand what I was doing and were not interested in the benefit of what I brought to the table. Gradually, old friends seemed less than friendly. They became smug and arrogant. Managers started bullying me and talking about me to other managers, even my own managers, making jokes about me. I was blacklisted from working on higher profile projects, based on verbal instructions from the "Untouchable(s)". My own managers did little to effectively intervene, after I complained of adverse treatment. They were obviously more concerned for safety of their own jobs to stand up for me. The real “kicker” is they failed to intervene in THE VERY BEHAVIOR that Shaw purportedly abhors. You see, Shaw will not tolerate under any circumstances mistreatment of its employees, by anyone. Shaw mandates, as a matter of company policy, ALL employees complete ongoing “training classes“ on a variety of topics, such as “Diversity and Inclusion”, for example. It goes to great lengths to help ensure it's never guilty of such abhorrent behavior, that everyone has a place at Shaw. Problem is … those policing such behavior are guilty of it, and it’s tacitly tolerated, especially among managers. Finally, I laterally transferred to a completely different area of business within Shaw, and the same scenario started to play out. After about a year of hard work, and unsolicited overtime to keep up with the workload, a particular manager in a completely different department began picking at me about my job performance, of which customers were well pleased. I tolerated it until she retired, thinking things would improve, however the retiree's co-manager/colleague/BFF in the world decided she would not let the tradition die and increased her level of picking at and bullying me. I tolerated it for as long as I could stand it. After one afternoon of picking at me, I politely asked for a brief word alone with her in the conference room. I was polite and explained my position ... I'd been bullied in my previous Shaw position at Shaw by managers she knew well and bullied by her BFF who had retired. I told her it just isn’t right to single me out and I'd like it to stop. She refused any discussion, and we dismissed. About 3 weeks later, around 4pm, I was escorted off Shaw property based on a pre-planned, fabricated story that I had violated company policy, and it was carried out by two corporate level department managers of Shaw Security and Shaw Risk Management. The accusation was cooked up by the manager I politely confronted about bullying. I should have reached out to HR, but I wanted peace in the workplace and addressed her directly to give her a friendly chance, not causing a big workplace row. I learned a very valuable lesson; it was a bad decision. What started out as a promising career with a global leader in flooring manufacturer, Shaw Industries, turned into a nightmare for me … one of the greatest disappointments in my life. I worked long, hard hours and delivered good quality output for a decent salary and benefits. I even still enjoyed my work while being mistreated. After leaving Shaw, I ran into several former employees who had been terminated for unfounded reasons. The (A) sheer dishonesty of those who played “roles” in my termination, (B) the elimination of my ability to work hard and provide for my kids and me, and (C) being forced to address my own mistreatment by a manager, who wasn’t mine, are the reasons I’m sharing with you my personal employment experience with Shaw Industries, a company so large, it’s never held accountable for its own injustices to its employees. One last thing you may find interesting … a fellow Shaw colleague and I overheard a training manager, through her own indiscretion, make a statement to another manager that, "Shaw is adopting a policy of supplanting the aging workforce". No kidding, folks. Not making up this stuff. I know that Shaw is, for hundreds of employees, a great place of employment. I made scores of great friends and know that its employees are honest, hard-working folks, like you and me. It could be a great place for you to work, too, so don’t let my experience dissuade you from applying for a job. Any company can have rouge managers, so Shaw certainly isn’t an isolated case. Feel free to decide for yourselves the truth of my experience. It’s your prerogative.