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Watco Companies reviews

3.5

66% would recommend to a friend

(286 total reviews)

Dan Smith

77% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Watco Companies has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 286 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Watco Companies employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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286 reviews
2.0
Mar 25, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Safety is, in fact, number one. There are no safety short cuts. Customer First Foundation Principles makes sense and have merit.

Cons

Production suffers because of strict safety policies. Safety is important. It NEEDS to be number 1. Upper management (and regional/local management) REQUIRES production to always be better, but rarely invests back in to operation to make it better. Upper management demands results, but doesn't listen to real challenges. If you don't perform, you're labeled as "disgruntled" and terminated. WATCO "bought" me after putting in 15 years of running a successful company. One year after they acquired me, upper management told me that our "visions" were too far apart. I was terminated and replaced with someone who had no experience (at a much reduced salary.) WATCO can be a GREAT place to work, and has huge potential. I wish them the best, and hope they can fix the problems, to make the entire "team's" life better.

1.0
Mar 11, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

there are no pros, everything that looks good ends up being fake

Cons

Watco Management and HR tell employees they have an open door policy and will remain anonymous but do not. After reporting several concerns with local management including lack of supervision and not following policy, my management (the two people I was reporting) was told about my report and who had reported it. In the end our entire site was told that if we went over our managers heads again we would be written up for it. Management received no formal training on how to be leaders, which, and investigations into reports of management are not done. I was fired for defending myself when another employee assaulted me, they sited it was for "Safety violations" I WAS DEFENDING MYSELF. When I called Corporate HR I was blown off. Their entire open door policy and statements that employees come first is a complete lie. Our site was also given $6000 for being accident free for 8 years-designated to spend on the staff (catered meal or outing), our manager spent the majority of the money on gift cards that the staff NEVER received. When these concerns were raised they also went unanswered.

3.0
Feb 15, 2014

Very hard work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good pay and benefits, reliable work

Cons

very dirty conditions, poor management

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