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The best jobs are high seniority and will take at least a decade to have a chance at them but you can apply to supervisor and staff jobs not in union that are not easy to hold on to if you don’t know how to manage experienced workers …there are opportunities to bid/apply  to somewhat better jobs than the entry level once you are there for a while but there is no perfect job…All areas have pros and cons and Shift work, very hot and dirty are common complaints..Cranes are cleaner but busy and you will make a lot of lifts in a shift.. lots of overtime usually due to the constant hiring, firing and bidding in and out of departments …There are opportunities to compete for trade apprenticeships periodically. You will not receive certification for crane or heavy equipment operation if this is important to you. Japanese ownership seems to be demanding and punitive and the turnover rate of management is high for those who do not perform to their standards and when they cannot figure out solutions to production issues…There is no plant culture or social clubs so don’t expect many opportunities to meet and mingle outside of the plant..Overall, it’s a good paying, great benefits, in town job, that if you keep your head down and not be a hazard, hostile or know it all, you can easily make 6 figures with a lot of overtime..A lot of hazards and dangerous situations can come out of nowhere, so listen to your coworkers and old timers when they tell you not to do something…Things can explode, catch fire, melt down and fall on your head so never be complacent and most of these things are controlled but cannot be eliminated..Good Luck

A dedicated crew of both union and lower management, the company has a great base.  The middle management focus tries to balance things, but upper management do not seem connected to reality both in the plant and in the world around them. They are too far isolated with few visits to the plant, a lack of contact one-on-one with the workers and an office that is about 1/3 kilometer away from the plant itself. They work in ideal world scenarios not recognizing that the plant is aged beyond its expected life cycle. Purchasing was a roadblock as well, not understanding how their choice to re-route or reject things effects the plant and not willing to listen when it is explained to them.  A previous president had habit of coming into boardrooms to express discontent and discipline people in public shamings and that set a precident that made management an uncomfortable role to be in. 
Great programs, all are in place to make it world class and if they are used to maximum benefit, the plant would be a top notch place to be. Overall, it is no worse than other plants and has good bones to work improvement in.

A good workplace starts from the top. The owners of this company (Kioei Steel) are completely out of touch with the reality of working in a unionized safety-sensitive job site. All you have to do to understand how little this company cares about their employees is look up Kioei Steel Texas. The steel plant down there had 10 serious accidents (5 of which resulted in amputations) ina short span of time. They were fined hundreds of thousands of dollars and were still found to be in non compliance shortly after when another inspection occurred. This alone should tell you all that you need to know about working for this company. Altasteel is a ticking time bomb and I wonder how many more serious injuries need to occur before the government steps in to shut it down or fine them. Hopefully they just sell the company and the new owners actually take this place seriously.

Everything you have heard is true:

Old.
Dirty.
Disorganized.

You will be expected to do the work of 5 people, but in half the time. Chronically understaffed because no one wants to work here for any amount of money.

People here are miserable and unhelpful because supervisors are oppressive and only seem to know how to motivate people by yelling (probably because they are overworked and underappreciated too). Most are young and inexperienced, and probably took the promotion before they realized what they were getting into. 

Horrible safety culture that doesn't even pay lip service - just get it done NOW.

No planning for the future, only Band-Aids to keep the place running. Japanese ownership only seems to be interested in extracting the most amount of profits they can as they head for the door. I would not be surprised to see this place for sale or closed.

If you want to be run off your feet as you go from one emergency to another for average pay (at best), this is the place for you. 

Altasteel was a good place when it's was owned by Scaw metals. New overseas ownership (Australian owned Company) are extremely poor management businessman. 
There have been too many instances where accidents or incidents have occurred and not been reported due to fear of losing job. 
The company finds loopholes in the collective agreement to they're advantage, taking away O.T. from employees,  allocating funds to front office staff
To hire non essential employees. Employee moral is horrible due to poor management staff, union is not as active as they were years ago.
Company is more interested in cosmetically looking good, then investing into actual safety issues brought up by a large amount of employees.

Stay away from a mismanaged company, Australia does not know nor care bout employees values, only production and to save funds for their own use, not keeping unionized bargaining employees happy.

Stay away!!!

Terrible work and garbage management, even with the worlds best employees, the management would still fail at everything. They cannot tell the difference from a pile of burger wrappers from a diamond. All they can tell you is what is written on their clipboard, any actually decision making is just randomly decided on. There is no educated experience with them and they let all the good employees leave or fail to hire any qualified people that could actually help out the company. There is a reason they are always actively hiring, even in with the economy the way it is. This place is pathetic and it would be in your best interest to avoid it entirely.

Anyone above the Foreman level are too disconnected from the operations reality to be effective.

Safety department is a joke.

HR staff would never be employed anywhere but here because AltaSteel rewards management incompetence that would result in termination at any other company.

The President is a throw back to the 1940's.  Beat staff for any problems and take ALL the credit for successes.

All the good managers have quit over the past 6-9 months because the upper managers run the place so poorly.

Completely dysfunctional. One of the worst run operations you will ever encounter. Management will take every opportunity possible to demonstrate how aggressively incompetent they are. The most talented investigators in the world couldn’t find a brain cell around there. Toxic work environment. Do not take a job here under any circumstances. If you get a job In the office you are practically guaranteed to get let go during your probation. Just a horrendous place to work.

Regular day 7.5 hours, work thru hour lunch, co-workers have no respect for others trying to do a good job.  "Just do it" attitude from management.  Management have double standards, play blame game.  Projects are given with no regard for prior work load placed on employees.  Hardest part of job is trying to do a good job, most enjoyable part - going home.

Daily tasks are complicated and sometimes rendered completely impossible by aging and or broken equipment. Work pacing is sporadic because of equipment and process failures. Very frustrating workplace and workers while friendly with each other are often overworked and distressed by working conditions. Safety is also a whitewash program...what looks good is good.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Welder 2 salaries reported	$41.98 per hour
Quality assurance inspector 1 salary reported	$22.00 per hour
Millwright 2 salaries reported	$43.15 per hour
Journeyperson electrician 1 salary reported	$47.40 per hour
Inspector 2 salaries reported	$23.50 per hour

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