Oldcastle Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Great company, but its hard to stay when you're being offered 1.5 times your current pay."

What do you like about working at Oldcastle ?

"Great company, great product, great people."

What don't you like about working at Oldcastle ?

"I enjoyed working at OldCastle Glass."

What do you like about working at Oldcastle ?

"I learned some useful skills."

What don't you like about working at Oldcastle ?

"The commute."

"Part time job while I was in college"

What do you like about working at Oldcastle ?

"The Owner was my direct boss and taught me several valuable business leassons about owning your own business."

What don't you like about working at Oldcastle ?

"Small company with no opportunities for advancement"

"company dosen`t care about employees"

What do you like about working at Oldcastle ?

"did not like at all"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"look else where for employment"

What don't you like about working at Oldcastle ?

"the employees"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"further education"

"It was a good company"

What do you like about working at Oldcastle ?

"They ability to develop my safety programs and work with a very mixed culture on people."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Its a good company to work for,,"

What don't you like about working at Oldcastle ?

"They fell on hard times.."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They did what had to be done,,,"

"A company that does'nt stick to their promises."

What do you like about working at Oldcastle ?

"Job was'nt difficul."

What don't you like about working at Oldcastle ?

"The pay was not what was promised"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stand by their word"

"The company was very vague in what objectives and goals to achieve."

"Huge corporation seeks hamster for wheel...."

What do you like about working at Oldcastle ?

"Nothing."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Use words like productive and timely. Seems to make them all warm inside."

What don't you like about working at Oldcastle ?

"Same old, same old. If you enjoy the 1940's business model, where you are expected to be at your desk for 9 hours a day, or risk being reprimanded for not being productive, then this is your job."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get with the program. It's 2009, and they are dinosaurs. Productivity has so little to do with the hours worked, and more to do with how much work you put into the hours. If I could consistently get 8 hours worth of work done in 3, why would I not be compensated for the work done"

What do you like about working at Oldcastle ?

"I enjoyed working at Oldcastle. The people, the industry. All the things I learned. I enjoyed being able to utilize my skills and learn new ones every day."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Not at the moment. They are still cutting back, and most likely in a hiring freeze. Otherwise I'd say: if you qualify for the position, be confident and show you are passionate about what you do."

What don't you like about working at Oldcastle ?

"I did not like seeing many good employees being let go. Out of 7 marketing employees, my boss and I were the last two left after a yer and a half of cut backs. Then they decided they would eliminate our whole department. The construction industry has suffered a lot these past few years."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None. Everyone at Oldcastle was very competent. Very professional. They cared about their work and the employees."

"The Mould Industry is dead in Windsor, Automotive capital of Canada"

What don't you like about working at Oldcastle ?

"It runs on favoritism, not skill"

"It was a nice job but I had a chance to better my self."

What do you like about working at Oldcastle ?

"It was laid back but steady."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"They are a good company but they dont pay much"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Not to much they had grate management"

"Oldcastle Lawn & Garden should listen non manager people."

What do you like about working at Oldcastle ?

"The opportunity to grow as a cost accountant"

What don't you like about working at Oldcastle ?

"In mI division the supervisor treat people like machines"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to what non managers have to say, they could have good ideas"

"Laid off after bought out from Lafarge."

"Unethical, insecure, low trust, primitive. I was very excited to create change."

What do you like about working at Oldcastle ?

"What I had liked about working there was working with the people around me and liking what I did for work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Try to be more understand about your employee's that work for you and the company."