Babcock & Wilcox Employee Reviews

Nice place to work and wages good. Training thought out and time given off when requested. Manager was respectful and low turnover rate was common. Treated well

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beware: PE owned

Senior FP&A Analyst - Global Parts and Services (Former Employee) - Akron, OH - October 2, 2023

BW was a great company at one time. They're now P&E owned. Went in as a contractor work for 3 months and was hired fulltime then laid off 2 months later. A lot of the longtime management I worked with have moved on showing that they've lost trust in the company’s future. When I was there, the team members have not had a raise in several years however this was 3 years ago and might have changed since then. They did at that time allow until work from home and unlimited vacation. Meaning you had no vacation bank, you took what you needed. I work with some really great and dedicated people that really still cared about the success and future of the company.

Pros

Work from Home and unlimited vacation bank

Cons

Future of the company

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Based on 84 survey responses

What people like

Fair pay for job
Feeling of personal appreciation
Time and location flexibility

Productive and enjoyable to work with.

Equipment Shop Coordinator / Set Route Coordinator (Former Employee) - Monaca, PA - July 12, 2023

Meeting new people. Everyone was easily to work with and get along with. Hardest part of job was completion and leavingEnjoyable part was the people I actually can say I loved going to work at the Shell Project with Babcock & Wilcox/Great Arrow Builders

Pros

working at project

Cons

leaving the job

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Great Team Atmosphere!

Senior Accountant (Current Employee) - Akron, OH - May 26, 2023

Great place to work, pay is good and benifits are excellent. The company is better structured now and getting into more greener energy. Co workers are great to wirk with. Positive attitude!

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Great Co-workers very skilled

Field Service Engineer (Former Employee) - Akron, OH - March 28, 2023

Poor training environment, Micro management, Lack of training on any company software that must be used daily during work activities, basically hear is you computer and badge now figure it out on your own good luck

Pros

The Field Service Engineers are great

Cons

Field Management and HR are self serving only and any issues you bring to them fall on deaf ears

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very productive shop and fun to work there.

Inspector (Former Employee) - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - February 14, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Had alot of friendly people at work and we all helped each other.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?I really had no stressful problems working at the company. Only thing is just had to have good attendance and be on time.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?work environment was clean and very friendly people.

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Fun place to work, management needs improvement

Process, Controls & Design Engineer (Former Employee) - Barberton, OH - February 1, 2023

Typical Day:same as typical business dayWhat did I learn:plenty of opportunity to learn, and everyone will help take time to answer your questions and teach you.Management:Upper management drove business into the ground.Workplace culture:Extremally friendly.Hardest part of the job:can't think of anythingMost enjoyable part of the job:The people

Pros

The people.

Cons

Upper Management

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Clear expectations of performance

Quality Engineer (Former Employee) - Lynchburg, VA - November 15, 2022

Work was well defined and the expectations were clearly communicated. Upper management in my division was inconsistent. They changed the entire middle management personnel 3 times in the 5 years that I worked there.

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ok place

Director (Former Employee) - Akron, OH - October 9, 2022

typical day begins early on the a m. meetings begin early, run all day, and thru the afternoon. only time to get things done is late in the evening or after you get home.

Pros

gain experience

Cons

long hours

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It was a decent living. I was raised on B&W salary.

A fitter welder (Former Employee) - West Point, MS - May 10, 2022

like I said the money was top paying in the county it was 100 percent union whether you like it or not they educated us on how to build that stuff community college came in taught from how to read a tape measure to Basic Blue print reading. To shop math.

Pros

Close to home

Cons

If you were a good worker you didn't need a union only the one that were sorry need the union

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Good place to work while it lasts.

General Machinist (Former Employee) - main shop, bumped into tool room, then laid off. - March 22, 2022

Good atmosphere, work is interesting. Pay is good. However, it is not a company that fosters permanency. Layoffs come frequently, and sometimes quickly.

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Used to be a great place to work.

Project Manager (Former Employee) - Akron, OH - March 19, 2022

The company used to be a great place to work for but, over the last 7 years, the culture has deteriorated due to upper management forgetting about the dedicated workers who made the company what it used to be. Good, smart, hardworking people have left the company in droves and the company has continued to outsource departments which make it difficult to work there.

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Investing in the future!

Managment (Current Employee) - Akron, OH - February 28, 2022

Great company and willing to invest in the future.Always looking to diversify into new markets and expand into other countries.Willing and able to make new M & A's

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Upper management is hollowing the remaining bits out of a husk of a company.

Mechanical Technician II (Current Employee) - Copley - February 18, 2022

Not the worst place to work, but after fifteen years and a few of them without raises, I can't help but feel a bit shortchanged money wise. They used to care about the employees, but there seems to be no room for advancement and though I like my boss, upper management are true heels. The president is on the board of the bank who is loaning us the money to keep afloat and takes 8 million in bonuses. Seems shady, probably not going to be here all that long.

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No room for growth in a dying industry

Mechanic (Former Employee) - Copley, OH - February 16, 2022

Absolute garbage benefits, but they finally started matching a little on 401k again. Raises are unheard of, machines are old, outdated and some barely functional. A few decent guys that work there and the supervisor is nice. There's just no room for growth and the wages are no longer competitive. I'd keep looking if you want to find a career.

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IT Professionals Run And Run Fast The Other Way

IT Specialist (Former Employee) - Barberton, OH - January 19, 2022

I met some awesome people to work with here. Very few were in IT management. Most of IT management was arrogant and condescending and used people as pawns to further their personal agendas. They did not care who they stepped on or who they stabbed in the back. I witnessed a lot of good people get trampled by IT management in this organization. What was most appalling is that IT managers were so delusional and full of themselves they actually thought they were great leaders. In reality they couldn't lead a group of pre-school children in afternoon story and nap time.

Pros

The only thing that was attractive about this place was the 9/80 compressed work week, which I understand they did away with.

Cons

In my opinion, IT management was the poster child of narcissistic management.

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Understaffed. Too much cost cutting.

IT Support (Former Employee) - Akron, OH - January 11, 2022

I respect the work the leaders have done to save the company and rebrand it as a renewable/environmental company.But the cost cuts are too deep. First, they reduced staff, then outsourced, then outsourced some more. The folks that hung around are dealing with a largely inexperienced off-shore staff. Benefits have been stripped to the core, and although they offer remote work and flexibility, a day off doesn’t actually feel like a day off. The 9 hour work schedule that gets you every other Friday off is gone.

Pros

Free coffee, remote work. The folks that are left really care and are wonderful.

Cons

Healthcare coverage is bad, hard to get stuff covered, Extremely short-staffed, high turnover among both off-shore and on-shore staff.

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Does not know how to work with or manage non craft folks

Non Craft (Former Employee) - Pennsylvania - December 3, 2021

As part of the non craft staff the company over all did not know how to communicate, compensate or work with me. While all other parts of the job site and companies were getting raises they indicated they were not and others were not either, which was a lie. During COVID there was NO communication from them as a company.

Pros

None

Cons

Understanding of non craft position and personelle

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Work/life , management

Everything (Former Employee) - Akron, OH - November 4, 2021

Always stressed out. Don't really have a life to do activities. Management not very good. A lot of bipolar and you have to be one of the favorites. Alot of secrets .

Pros

Pay

Cons

Benefits, work/life, management

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Average work environment with poor benefits

Project Manager (Former Employee) - Akron, OH - September 25, 2021

Once a proud successful company that was very family oriented is now a shell of what it used to be. Leadership not what it used to be. Morale at an all time low

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Great pay lots of overtime

INDUSTRIAL UNION BOILER MAKER (Former Employee) - Various - March 20, 2021

I really enjoyed working there, making great money, paid off my house in 11 years. I would definitely recommend this place to work at. Great bunch of guys and gals.