Walter Industries Reviews

I worked at Walter Industries full-time for more than a year

Pros – Salaries can be good, depending on position.

Cons – Poor employee relations and communications. Don't care about people.

Advice to Senior Management – Employees are your biggest asset, learn to treat them well.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Walter Industries

Pros – Smaller public company
Good company is you are quiet and "go with the flow"

Cons – Good ole boy network; no opportunities for women or minorities; management cares only about mining not business

Advice to Senior Management – The business side needs to be focused on processes, procedures, etc. The company mines well but as an operating company it is horrible. Promote people based on talent not who they kiss up to.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Walter Industries

Pros – Management cares about all levels of the team.

Cons – more travel than what i expected

I have been working at Walter Industries

Pros – There is a good work life balance
The benefits offered are average
Overall, there are good people at the senior management level

Cons – The company is moving their corporate offices to Birmingham.
Not too many people at corporate seem to want to go.

Advice to Senior Management – Better comunication with the employees. It will be a vastly different company once the relocation to Birmingham Alabama is completed.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Walter Industries

Pros – Freedom to appply many different creative solutions. The culture their is the type of atmosphere that is very helpful with my profession. I am also allowed to approach most projects with a level of say so.

Cons – Lack of understanding from within about the different roles neccesary to accomplish certain task. Also having to act as an administrater 30 - 40 percent of the time slows my engagements down.

Advice to Senior Management – Implement a CIO who has somewhat been in the trenches. Allow the department too carefully choose employees with different specialized skills to create more effective teams. Seperate development and administration for the power users who are constantly engaged in projects and enforce end users who are primarily the customer of solutions, to become more involved in all stages of projects, and not just when something is working properly.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend