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3.5

70% would recommend to a friend

(518 total reviews)
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Avner Applbaum

57% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Valmont Industries has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 518 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Valmont Industries 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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518 reviews
3.0
Aug 30, 2014

Once good company is now sadly an unhappy place to work

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Pros

Short commute. Benefits are good including nice tuition reimbursement, prescription drug insurance, and participation in Healthcare spending account. Training is available but you have to seek it out on your own.

Cons

No room for advancement. There is no longer a sense of community or teamwork. It is a constant demand of do more with less and be sure you cover your backside. First step to solve a problem seems to be to assign blame.

1.0
Apr 26, 2012

Worst Job Experience I've Ever Had

Anonymous employee
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Pros

A couple people were very nice. Compensation was not great, but acceptable. Benefits were okay, but vacation and personal time was below standard.

Cons

No training or training plan. Was shown a few things then turned over to a fellow employee who was obviously over-worked and over-stressed and who made it clear that training a new person was not on their agenda. The job shadowing portion of the training consisted of watching this person type really fast for four hours with their back turned toward me. I was made to feel like a burden every single day. Imagine trying to learn a new job and not having anyone to direct questions to without feeling like you were bothering them. Then the over-worked employee vocalized their distress at not being able to handle their work load and deal with a new person asking questions all the time. So management immediately assumed I was at fault for not learning my job fast enough. All of this within the first eight weeks! Unbelievable, really. The icing on the cake was when they decided to "lessen the load" of the over-worked employee. They had a veteran employee step in to train who was combative, disdainful, downright rude and completely incompetent and unprofessional. This person would become visibly upset and raise their voice when asked questions and look at me like I had just crawled out from under a rock. I've never been treated so poorly in a professional environment. Good riddance.

2.0
Feb 26, 2016
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Pros

There really aren't enough "pros" to really list. Something may be good one day, but not the next. Sometimes they let you do your job without micromanaging, but not often

Cons

No direction for employees and no training. Sink or swim or get fired. Controls are so tight that they actually cause employees to stress out to the point that they make mistakes just by breathing over your shoulder

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