Vulcan Materials Company Employer Reviews

Seams that they are looking for a reason to fire you.Needs better management.You would think you working for the C.I.A .Coworkers don't seem to want you there if your doing your job better then them.Very hard place to work for inless your Spanish or white.The most enjoyable part was not beening there getting in your truck and leaving.

The company needs better management. The hardest part of the job is pleasing the management and also trying to get through the politics. The co workers all were very good and had great relationships with them. I learned that the company has many people that are insecure about they're job. The most enjoyable part of my job was working with the great – more... vendors they had in place. – less

Economic conditions have forced the company to reduce workforce by approximately 33% over the past few years. Company performance has been poor.

Vulcan used to be a great place to work . When I was hired , it was a company that people retired from . A place where people enjoyed working , we had good benefits , retirement , and hard working people. We took pride in our work and our equipment . Then management , chipped away at our contracts , our retirement , our medical , our pay . All while – more... Vulcan was name a top profiting company . They wrote us up for stupid things. Implemented BS , safety rules , not rules that really made a difference .
Thank god I got out while I was young enough to go work for a real company .
Thank you Vulcan management for your stupidity , it pushed me to quit and find a great job !!!!! – less

Typical work day consisted of daily paperwork, loading trucks with heavy equipment and off loading barges. I was able to learn computer skills and deal with clients on a first hand basis. Management team was very helpful and understanding. Hardest part of the job was slow days and idle time. Most enjoyable part of the job was meeting new people.

Vulcan as a company is good but the management at the Tucson, AZ plants is the worst! If your not the bosses golfing buddy and drinking partner your as good as mud!

Vulcan Material Company is a teamwork place with great employee and benefits.

I would work for them again if the opportunity presents itself. Great people and customers to work with. I enjoyed my limited time there but was a great place to work.

We clock in then go to our shop to look over our work orders. After a short time of gathering tools and materials, we proceed to our designated parts of the plant to inspect our assigned equipment; if problems are found, the equipment is repaired and repairs are documented. Then work progresses to compleating assigned work orders and PM requestes.

Performed verification of customer purchase pricing to current databases and made adjustments as necessary; Comprised customer sales quotes and sales orders per customer specifications and maintained the database for quoted and accepted bids; Tracked project materials and prepared a monthly report; Established, maintained and archived customer and job – more... databases per record retention guidelines; Established new log for bid and sold jobs; Assisted in trucking/hauler dispatch when necessary; Processed all freight bills and scale tickets for payment and tracking, and maintained all freight and scale ticket files; Provided computer application training and assistance as necessary; Managed daily office duties to include office supply purchases, accounts payable coding and receptionist tasks; Communicated with plants, regional and Division and Corporate offices daily. – less

I was scheduled to work 8-5 but on the avearage day I work 7:30 to 6 or 7 PM. I had the opportunity to travel all over the US from the East Coast to the West Coast and many places in between with a concentration of travel within Texas. My wife and I would have company visitors and visiting vendors at our home for big dinner parties on many occations. – more... We made friends with not only co-workers but vendors as well. We would include our neighbor friends and our work friends from both her work and mine. Because my wife and I are both from other parts of the US, we had a lot of friendships through work. VMC is a large company with many locations throughout the country. I was given many opportunities to assist (train) other purchasing personnel throughout my career, because I had an education background and was good at the computer software that VMC untilized. – less

Started working as core drill helper and worked up to chief drill operator. Moved up into Operations Support and was given the opportunity to learn many new skills. Very positive working environment and worked with many great people. Enjoyed the wide range of tasks ranging from intense field work to office work.

The early years were very impressive...towards the end when the company was bought things became more generic

Vulcan Materials Company is a very loyal, honest and dependable company. They treat you like a human. They hsve EXCELLENT benefits. There upper management treats you like a human, not a employee number. Not a bad thing to say about them!!!

Enjoyed working for this Fortune 500 Company, it was the best of experiences I have had in my years of employment. Cut backs layed off a lot of good people in 2009.