Radius Recycling Employee Reviews

Great place to work. The industry is very challenging but schnitzer is very ahead of the curve in terms of work life balance . Good pay and a great team of people!

Pros

Work life balance

Cons

Challenging industry

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Don’t work here, you’ll regret it!

Environmental Manager (Former Employee) - Tacoma, WA - September 1, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?LOL, payday. That about the only thing I would say was every positiveWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?Constant nagging, micromanagement, too many managers, not enough hands on workers.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Hostile! Management talks a big talk about safety and collaboration and working together. But when it comes down to it, they’ll prioritize production over people every timeWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?Show up, work your butt off while getting ridiculed and yelled at. Skip breaks, put your life in danger and go home broken and tired

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Radius Recycling insights

Based on 175 survey responses

What people like

Fair pay for job
Ability to meet personal goals
Ability to learn new things

Areas for improvement

Sense of belonging
Trust in colleagues
Support from manager

Everybody’s bad there

Industrial Mechanic (Current Employee) - Oakland, CA - August 11, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Nowhere because of it everything is nastyWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?Every supervisor plus they cool workers is really badWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?Really bad no respect with nobodyWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?Are you go Happy go home really bad hungry

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The best recycling facility I have ever worked for or heard about !

NF Recovery Plant Operator (Former Employee) - Macon, GA - August 9, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Inclusion at all levels of the company to include positivity and balanceWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?Availability of parts and scheduled maintenanceWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?Excellent management and communication downwardWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?Expectations are clear. Safe and positive

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Highly Professional, if a bit stifling

CDL Class A Driver (Current Employee) - Tacoma, WA - July 25, 2023

A pretty well run plant with an irritable environment and bureaucratically overwhelming management. Union membership helps, but it’s a whole bunch of different unions in one place. It’s not necessarily dog-eat-dog, but apathy is the order of the day.

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There is good pay if you can endure stress and micro-management.

CDL Class A Driver (Current Employee) - Cartersville, GA - June 29, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?The hourly wages are very good.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?being micro-managed by the GM and always have to be worried about getting written up over little things.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?a lot of stress and can be very tense at times.What is a typical day like for you at the company?getting dispatched to pick up and drop off metal scrap containers for the customers.

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Fast paced

Buyer (Current Employee) - Tacoa, AL - June 22, 2023

Fast paced, good management, long hours. Great pay and sometimes free food to bring the yard together. Those have diminished lately due to pricing partially. If you are a person who puts yourself out there and meets others in your department this is a good place to work.

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One of the hardest company I ever worked for

Truck Driver Class A (Former Employee) - Woodinville, WA - June 18, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Nothing! A bad company to work atWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?The whole working experience fells like you are in the military What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Stiflingly hard to work at place where you a robotWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?It's tuff to get out of bed to go to work so oppressive

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Stuck in place.

Operator (Current Employee) - Portland, ME - June 2, 2023

No room for growth, logistics, machinery and management is lacking. Employees are always trying to find ways to throw each other under the bus. The work is rewarding but you are at the will of the current market.

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Toxic

Heavy equipment operator (Former Employee) - Everett, MA - June 1, 2023

There is a big lack of communication between all managers, it's like playing the phone game at summer camp. Get multiple answers from people that don't know what's going on. There is a big lack of consideration for people's lives outside of work. The big managers are very out of touch with employees. They are barely seen. Also, the union is pretty much another form of management.

Cons

The healthcare sucks

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Outside Buyer (Former Employee) - California - May 25, 2023

Great group of professionals and an amazing culture! The goals are challenging but they are achievable if you work hard. In my time there, I missed everyone I worked with. Highly recommend this company, they held their standards high with ethics being first priority dealing with customers, which I respecte 💯

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very focused and productive place to learn and grow.

Manager (Current Employee) - Boston, MA - May 25, 2023

every day brings new challenges and for those that seek something different on a daily basis and not just a desk job I would recommend this industry..

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It it wasn't for the overtime it wouldn't be worth it to work there

Material Handler (Current Employee) - Pierce County, WA - April 29, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?The overtime makes almost worth the low payWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?Not understanding the Hispanic speaking people on the radio.i asked if I needed to learn Spanish and the answer was no. But when I hear my name on the radio and every word is Spanish.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?They have some terrible maintenance functions. Night shift is lazy and not trained.What is a typical day like for you at the company?10 to 12 hours 5 to 7 days a week.

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Satisfying work that give what you put in

Mechanic (Current Employee) - Burbank, WA - March 20, 2023

The yard I work for is excellent, small crew that is close and hard working, local management is great very understanding of work/life balance. The crew is self regulating, if you are hard worker, with a willing and humility to learn, and that gets along with others and willing always be a team player. you'll fit in. Self centered and laziness don't last. Overall a great place to work if you're a worker.

Pros

Steady work makes days go by quick, work/life balance, camaraderie, variety of work.

Cons

Nothing to complain about

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There's better

Driver (Former Employee) - Jefferson, GA - March 17, 2023

You are a number, never forget that. Just like a broken part; and can be replaced. Getting loads moved no matter what is the company number 1 goal.And don't express your opinions ever

Pros

Paycheck

Cons

Equipment, Management

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Good place to work, competitive benefits and salary

Human Resources (Former Employee) - Tacoma, WA - March 13, 2023

Competitive benefits package, fast pace work environment, good management, focus on people and engagement, hot dirty place to work but good pay and good people.

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Find somewhere else

Groundsman (Current Employee) - Everett, MA - March 7, 2023

Used to be a good place to work when I started, slowly declined in my time here. Union is weak and will constantly side with company and never fight for members. Alot of constant schedule changes. From all the overtime you want to none. Sometimes within a day or two of them saying otherwise. Upper management in yard reminds me of the people in the haribo gummy bear commercials. I would seek employment elsewhere. Unless you don't .inf management acting like they own you.

Pros

Zero

Cons

Weak union

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1 star

Providence (Former Employee) - Providence, RI - February 24, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Nothing you have 30 years or more experience and someone who never did the job tells you what's best What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Learning that your just a number and that you know nothing What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Bullys they lie cheat and everything undre the sunWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?Stress headache and your stupid

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Bad

Truck Driver Class A (Current Employee) - Attalla, AL - February 14, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Awful place to work for a truck driverWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?Bosses are rude and they like throwing truck drivers under the busWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?Unsafe unprofessional unfriendly

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Great place to work

Sr. Regional Logistics Manager (Current Employee) - Warwick, RI - January 18, 2023

This company challenges your abilities every day and is always a good feeling, you feel appreciated, and Your accomplishment are acknowledged.This company cares about 3 P's in the following order.PeoplePlanetProfitWe are also very diverse.that is Schnitzer in a nutshel

Pros

work life balance

Cons

none

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They say they are caring but they are just another corporate office taking advantage

Office Coordinator (Former Employee) - California - January 3, 2023

Lay offs happen every 3 or 4 years by the hundreds. Advancement is a verbiage tool used but never executed honestly. Lots of empty promises to keep everyone temporarily happy or quiet, using people as pawns and tools to keep the work flow going but truly knowing that at the end of the day none of the promises will be given a second thought. Unless your an executive, your just a pawn.