Triumvirate Environmental reviews

Cons. Every company has them, and Triumvirate is no exception. Personally, I have a few of my own gripes and also a few that are more general. You'll notice that a lot of these reviews on Glassdoor really slam into Triumvirate for long hours and little pay. For one, yes Triumvirate does have long hours. I saw myself in the office by 6 or 7 AM every morning and out (usually) between 4 and 6. Sometimes earlier, sometime later. Regardless, this is the nature of the environmental services industry. It is very much client based, and it is emphasized to get the job done for the client, which may mean staying later than usual. Little pay...yes and no. Let me dive into this topic by way of explanation. Triumvirate's Environmental Specialists are mostly fresh college graduates. Most are looking for their first full-time job. A good deal come out of college interested in working for the "environment" and come across Triumvirate, which is technically an environmental consulting firm but is more in line with the "service" industry, which is not the same as working for the EPA or DEP. Hazardous waste management is the name of the game. As far as the pay goes, it really isn't that bad. With the longer hours you work on top of overtime and the training you receive, yes the work is hard but I lived very comfortably on my pay from Triumvirate. Morale. This was the problem I had the most trouble with. My morale wasn't too bad, per se (obviously we all have our days when we hate our jobs) but since I was working closely with many younger people unused to the idea of a 10 or 12 hour work day, there was quite a bit of complaining over everything from management, to pay, to the hours, to the work. While there is a "family" aspect, it does get cliquey sometimes and there is quite a bit of talking behind backs. Everyone seemed to be trying to "get out" or "move on" from their role in the company, which shouldn't be the case. TRIUMVIRATE, IF YOU READ ANYTHING FROM THIS POST READ THIS --- work on employee morale, especially in the lower echelons. More needs to be done than the occasional pizza party or drinks after work. Get creative. The work. Not everyone expects that there is a good deal of labor involved in the Specialist position and operations in general. Its hard sometimes, knowing you have a college degree and you have to move 400-pound drums of hazwaste as part of your job. And in the beginning, there is little else you do outside of manual labor. That being said, it does get better. My first week on the job I was told by a more senior employee that I would hate this job for the first couple of months, and then it would get better. This turned out to be true. There is a certain amount of risk you take on as a Specialist. The materials and chemicals you work with are serious stuff and not to be fooled with. Be forewarned. My number one problem with Triumvirate was the lack of organization. There seems to be a lot of "juggling" going on within the company. Fixing issues with clients, training new people, organizing transportation , etc, etc - for an entry level employee all of this gets fairly intimidating. I hated coming into work thinking I was going to one client site and then finding out that the schedule had been changed overnight and I was going somewhere completely different, doing something I was not familiar with.

- No company culture. Everyone sits miserably in their cube for 9 hours a day with minimal interaction with one another. You literally could walk around the entire office and everyone would just be staring at their computer or in their office with the door closed. Honestly it was the most demotivating environment I've ever worked in. Everyone just runs out of the office at their end time of 3:30, 4, or 5. - No people strategy. There are limited growth opportunities / no visible succession planning. All promotions that I witnessed occurred on a reactive not proactive basis. - The pay and overall benefits is not competitive. Anyone could go to another company and get a 30% raise, easily. The 401k is a joke (25% of the first 3% is matched, what??) and the holiday schedule included 6 (!) paid holidays. No bonuses offered to corporate employees outside of sales or account management. Healthcare is expensive with high deductibles. - The leadership team does not have good judgement. Two examples come to mind: my direct boss gave notice and the head of my department started interviewing for her position. I was not included in the interview process in any way, when I would be working with this person on the most frequent basis. Another example of poor judgement was when one winter, there was a snow storm that was deemed a state of emergency. The office was not shut down and employees who wanted to work from home were told to contact the COO to work remotely. What kind of gross scare tactic is that? You should trust your employees to be able to do their work remotely for ONE DAY when it is dangerous for them to be commuting to the office. For a company that claims that safety is their # concern, it is laughable that they do not allow employees to work remotely in inclement weather conditions.