Oldcastle Employer Reviews

Good place to work! I would still be with Oldcastle if local plant was not shutdown. Work days are long, but management looked out for us.

Nice place to work. Supervisor was fair. Something interesting always going on.

pleasant working conditions throughout the plant as well as the whole company

great people and customers to work with
never bored but fast moving
loved the variety of customers from individuals to city personnel
loved the challenges of delivery of various concrete products to various parts of the country

If anyone is considering a job with this company. Don't be fooled....management is a joke. They have no clue of employee relations. If your a woman the place is a glass ceiling. They treat their employees like second class citizens. Its a very dysfunctional and negative environment. Management has no integrity and all the employees are unhappy and stressed – more... out. Everyone is constantly covering their backs by communicating mostly in emails. A coworker sitting right next to you won't communicate anything verbally only through emails.. Email count is horrendous, its a whole another job in itself to manage emails. Their software operating systems are completely broken, management and higher up corporate officials won't address it. Senior management is out of touch with the day to operations. They never correct problems but instead just put band aids on them which in turn makes things worse. It appeared management are in over their heads and operate in a reactive manner than proactive manner.
Unless you want to feel miserable everyday and end up on medication to cope with the high stress level then don't work here. They will use you and abuse you till your completely burnout. There is absolutely nothing positive to say about the company. – less

This position was eliminated after only 5 months. The work load went back to the facility level.

Is dangerous working with glass. Do not pay their workers enough. It is hot and loud and hours are long.

Some of the fabrication methods neede to be updated.
Production workeds needed to be trained.
Training and supervision was handled remotely.
Safety was approached very well.
Storage and upkeep needed to be improved.

I enjoyed being able to interact with all phases of the operation.
I learned new terminology.

This was one of the most difficult jobs I've had to date. Co-workers were great, management was very supportive, and the hours were long.

I would recommend this company to anyone. The best part of the job was meeting people from all over the world .

Got left out after we merge companies. Gm had his own warehouse team so had no room for anymore.

Where do i began whoever post something POSITIVE about this company must be a Manger because there the only one making money and getting raises and bonus money every quarter. They only seem to care about getting out material it went from 8 hours to 9 now up to 10+ while people in the office gets off at 5p.m drivers are still out in traffic. I was pulled – more... over and got a ticket for no EDGE Protectors and was told by management that i quote " Oh um I have to get some lawyer number keep reminding me everyday I'm like wow really i ended up paying a 270$ ticket for no reason because we were out of edges and if id take couple pallets off id get written up.
Its a lot of dirty things that go on at OC its pretty much our way or the highway no raises going on 4 years I'm glad i got out of dodge and moved on to more money and better management you have people that wants to know your every delivery even if you go to Mississippi and make it back to Houston the same day and if its a load in there you pressured to take it. I'll never want to haul another Rock for Custom Stone Supply. Never enjoyed a day at that place management sucks co-workers are a patch of Yes Men. Dispatchers sit on there butt and talk over walkie talkies wont walk out next to the door n pull a box of wall ties, I'm done i can write a book about this dead end job. – less

I worked for APAC until Oldcastle bought them out. Within a few months they began lay-offs of production crews. Management doesn't have a clue who was responsible for getting the job done and who was stealing them blind. I took early retirement and glad to be gone from that nightmare. Apac was a terrific company to work for before Oldcastle (CRH) entered – more... the picture. – less

Absolutely the worst work environment possible. Physical and verbal threats on a daily basis. No training, slave mentality

Its a nice place to work and great employee's and you get to work 40 hours and more.

its a stable job jus not much room for advancement. working here is a great way to get started but long time job is not as good because its hard labor with extreme conditions.

This company was the worst I have ever worked for. The Avon, CT plant had the worst management, no leadership, no follow through and no desire to fix any of the hundreds of health and safety risks. Forced employees to work through lunch, then took a lunch break out of your hours, getting a fifteen minute break in a 10-14 hour day.

Save yourself and – more... do not work at this plant. – less

Oldcastle was an okay place to work. They started to universal train employees due to poor economy and not wanting to hire anyone. Long hours at times.

Day starts with a morning safety meeting where we learned about different types of hazzards in the work areas. Trips and falls, lock out tag out, chemical spills, ect.
Management was always helpful with answers to questions and problem solving.
Co-workers were a good group of men to work with.
The hardest part of the job was not being able to finish – more... projects at quiting time.
I enjoyed the team work. How everyone in deprtment pitched in to get all projects completed. – less

The worse experience of my life.11 years of my life down the drain.sweatshop, always expecting more from laborers, while management did nothing but pass the buck.extremely unsafe environment, very long hours , manditory ot in the busy season less than 40 in the winter and they expect you to use vacation time when they're send you homes early! They deny – more... vacation time if its inconvenient for them.so happy to be out of there! – less