Vulcan reviews

3.5

75% would recommend to a friend

(175 total reviews)
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Bill Hilf

64% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Vulcan has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 175 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Vulcan employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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175 reviews
1.0
Jul 19, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are amazing--great health coverage, vacation and the 401(k) matching is above and beyond.

Cons

It's all about who you know and not what you bring to the table. Most of the management has been at Vulcan for many years; because of that, they realize what a cushy position they have and will do anything to keep it. Hoarding work, not giving recognition to the lower-level employees and basically treating everyone below as nothing more than staff. All levels of management are really good at lip-service recognition, but it generally comes off as forced and not genuine that it makes everyone feel even worse. They keep trying to initiate new employee-focused programs but they don't seem to quite work. Company doesn't make/sell a product or a service. While the owner does invest in some pretty cool and interesting things, in the end you're basically just working to help one man acquire and maintain all of his toys. They've had several rounds of layoffs in the past few years--paring down employees to a very low level. People are working longer and longer hours and there is a lot of discontentment in the ranks.

2.0
May 31, 2012

Don't go there.

Recommend
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Pros

Good pay.Interesting projects.High-powered people around me. To the outside world this looks like a really cool place to work. Who wouldn't want to work on visionary projects for one of the world's richest people?

Cons

But consider this: the top managers are extremely high control. They don't delegate decision making, and as a result a lot of the smart people who go there ending up spinning their wheels in frustration. People hang on because of the top pay, but there's an implicit muzzling that goes on.

1.0
Feb 6, 2012

Very stressful, at times intimidating.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

They pay a good salary.

Cons

At times a stressful environment.

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