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Operating Engineers Local 3 Reviews

2.7

27% would recommend to a friend

(15 total reviews)
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Dan Reding

15% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Operating Engineers Local 3 has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 15 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Operating Engineers Local 3 employee rating is 27% below average for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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15 reviews
2.0
Apr 12, 2018

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Pros

Many good people work here, and try to do a good job. The benefits include health care and a pension.

Cons

You need to join a union and pay union dues as if you were working in the field instead of in the office, and you get no representation. People often work excessive overtime without extra pay or comp time. They have had hourly staff work weekends without pay, calling them volunteers. You will be asked to make political contributions to the officers and the international union. Everything revolves around politics, office politics, union politics and national politics. The pension and other benefits have been cut.

4.0
Nov 17, 2015
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Pros

Great benefits, people at OE3 are very nice

Cons

Expected to show up at OE3 events, regardless of how busy you are doing your regular job. While you will find you have personal freedom, you can't do much with it when you are constantly overworked.

2.0
Feb 9, 2017

Trying to retire

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Pros

Before 2007 work was abundant, after it was almost nil. We have both been pro union since we were kids.

Cons

The union has degraded so far that we no longer will advocate for it at all. We will honestly tell you that it breaks our heart how they have lowered themselves to be anti-employee. Such as representatives having to be forced to do their job, not using the democratic system when it comes to elections but deciding who to vote for without a member vote, losing half our annuities and much of our retirement. Now that we can retire with full benifits they are stalling, to the tune of 6+ months. On top of that they are trying to reduce his benifits and treating him like he's to stupid to understand. Using words like it's complicated and changing the rules of local 12, a former employer. We used to say that the union is only as strong as it's members but we will no longer blame them, management is out to screw us & I'm sure others. I would not recommend joining now if they paid me.

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