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Merrill Iron & Steel

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Good work/ bad company to do it for ( my opinion) - Welder/Fabricator Merrill Iron & Steel Employee Review

1.0
Mar 30, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Just to be able to weld heavy structural steel, fabing and welding was great. Pay was ok, not bad. I liked my job even didn't mind the hours.

Cons

Hours your there min 50 hrs a week and the rewards are not that great in my opinion for putting in those kinda hours. Have to have perfect attendance for 6 months to get one personal day and if your a min late have to use 2hrs of it or get an acurrance. Ok they claim to be a family like company , but only if you don't get hurt at all if you get hurt and your not one of the favorites they push you til you quite or they find a reason to fire you. They go though a lot of people, good people not cause of the work or that they don't want to work but because if you show any kind of knowledge over and above their leads your black walled as a trouble maker. Promise raises upon training certs. And don't give it. I liked the work I did even didn't mind the hours, the politics was the down fall. And once hurt they didn't help to keep you from getting hurt any more in stead they did everything could to get you to violate you restrictions so they don't have to help you heal an d get better or be able to continue to support your family. They'll just hire some one else to replace you.

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5.0
Apr 17, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are much better than most companies in the area.

Cons

It is a fab shop which means it is dirty. If you are a welder or used to working in a fab shop then it is a normal atmosphere.

1.0
Jan 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Break room was nice. They had some nice celebration. Free chiropractic care and on-site clinic.

Cons

The place was dirty. In the maintenance department old parts had been sitting in the same place for years collecting inches of dust. No room to put your tools. While guys have been there a while had space where they can have their toolbox a chair to sit in and a locker and you got crammed in a corner. No Hands-On training of any of the machines while I was there. It was just thrown in and had to figure out how to operate/ fix the machines. Most of the other maintenance techs wouldn't help you or train you on anything. They had one guy that would actually show you how to do things properly and teach you how to work on things. I was eventually supposed to go to the second shift, right before I went to second shift they pulled me into the office and told me that they were going to demote me to just a regular maintenance tech. Docked my pay $3 an hour and told me that I could possibly get it back. But they still wanted me to work on electrical stuff.

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