TRINITY INDUSTRIES Employer Reviews

pay was good, many lay-offs occurred, which left the feeling of non-secure

I can only speak for the Clinton, Illinois location. Your co-workers will be great, as will your middle management when their hands are not tied, mainly because you all have stockholme syndrome together. Verbal abuse is common and accepted from the highest levels of managment. You will have to do what your told, no matter how rediculous, for fear of – more... repisal. Your integrety will be sacrificed. Doing the right thing will only serve you well when your instructed to do it, basicly, only when the customer is looking. So many have been fired on the whims of personal dislikes, rather than Job performance, so be ready for that. If you need to make money, its great for the area due to the excessive hours, but don't plan on having a fixed schedule, once you clock in, your there 8, 12, even 16 hours if they demand it. My longest shift was 23.5 hours, because they clocked me out for lunch breaks. As long as you keep your head down, remain subservant, question nothing, and accept that your disposable, you might suceed – less

Hard physical work, long hours
various machining functions
poor management filed bankruptcy
great co-workers
the physical labor
Cworkers

Very low pay and lots of hours. The welders are all entry level eelders and put out junk welds.

At first the treat you good in school while you learn how to weld, then it's all work, work, work. There's no sitting down on this job.

There was no sense of scheduling, One seldom if ever knew how long you would be working until you showed up for work. Reporting for work time changed daily. No middle/upper management support for the first line management. Would refuse to support flm with issues brought to their attention. Would hold flm accountable for hourly employees performance – more... which is fine if they also hold accountable hourly employees which they didn't. Helps immensely if you are Hispanic. Salary was ok on the surface but then you end up working 10-14 hour days and that ok salary begins to not be anywhere close to ok. Culture at San Antonio was terrible when I was there, worse place I have ever worked and I've worked shoveling manure at a horse farm. – less

Management did not know how to manage the process. The solution for everything was more overtime. Supervisors and hourly were never held accountable. The core four management personnel, known as "The Mafia" could do no wrong yet caused 90% of the issues, including placing personnel in jeopardy. The only post management jobs when they have already chosen – more... the person to promote or hired him from the outside. Potential is there if managed properly. I believe they make money despite themselves. How much more profitable could they be? – less

This was a great company, but the upper management from corporate was slightly more complacent than I would have liked. I enjoyed working with everyone in the company and I gained a great deal of experience working here. I gained knowledge of VPP operations and audits. I also added to my list of certifications while I was there.

Enjoyed working with tenured people, but there is little potential for growth. Stable company.

Trintiy Industries does NOT care about you. They are only worried about what the balance of their check book is. They will work you until you are dead and then have you hauled off and then fire you for dying. You are required to work minimum of 12 hr days 7 day per week. You go to work in the heat and cold, try and bust your butt to keep everyone happy, – more... but thats an impossible dream. To many people trying to be bosses and do not have the knowledge to back it up. Stay away from Trinity if you respect yourself. – less

a really good job. it is a future job. and there is really good people to work with.

Been employed with them for now three years and love it. Good work place wonderful people to work for bonuses.

Feel I have progressed well, learned alot, and feel I can tackle just about anything.

Accessing and monitoring exits and entrances logging in trucks and deliveries. It's a lot of work dealing with we wind industry, management is okay, my coworkers is a pleasure to work with, my hardest part of the job is dealing with some of the prejudice people that work here, and my most enjoy your joyable part of the job this the other security officers – more... I work with. – less

I worked for the security department from Febuary 13th of this year till May 25th when i was fired for as they claim not being vigulant enough. I did exactly what i was supposed to do. I worked the overnight shift when nobody wanted to work. When i took the job i had maybe 1 day off a week and at least 1 12 hour day a week. I had to come in one day – more... at 8am and it threw me off really bad. but it gets better. All management decisions have to come from Dallas texas along with uniforms. for 3 months my uniform was a shirt and a pair of jeans. another problem was turning on the lights at night. being located in the city of pittsburgh posed a whole new set of problems. What i learned is everyone is expendible. I want to know how i wasexpected to do a job when i wasan't given all the tools i needed to do it. If they wanted prior police or military experence they should have specified that. Probably didn't help me not having served in the military or as a police officer. – less

Pay was poor, well below average for area. Expected to work 12 hrs per day 7 days a week, no time off at all.

Millwright, crane operator, welder, mobile equipment operator forging equiment

-From morning to evening with a welder building rail cars.
-I learned how to weld.
-Management was very co-operative.
-Team work was the policy and production was achieved.
-Welding during summer time in an open warehouse.
-Pay check was good.

Had been employed with trinity. Worked in supervision.
General Manager there, is totally out of touch with supporting supervison. The work moral there is very poor. More people get fired there, or quit in a such a short time. One if the main problems is, general manager with trinity structural, lacks people skills. Which in return, creates low work – more... moral, and ultimately not working there. Over all, it was the worst unequipped, unsafe work place i ever worked, and the employee work incentive, was very poor. – less

They make you wear a red hard hat your first 30 days. You in essence are bullied or picked on because of the red hat. You are told that you can go to other departments after a probationary period but when you ask to go you are denied and eventually you get fired. When first can't meet the expected production the second is expected to stay until it is – more... met. – less