Prós
*Cemex has plentiful work thats keeps you busy all year around. * Very good benefits for you and your family. * Very Good equipment. New and used trucks and they do a great job maintaining them. *Safety oriented. Paid training * They have over 15 plants throughout the Houstonland area so it convenient to commute from work to home. * 2 weeks vacation Sign on bonus that broken up throughout the year. Up to $5,000 for the first year only. Plenty of uniforms with laundry service provided. Guarantee 40 hours of a based hr pay for days that are cut short because rain outs, or slow business week.
Contras
*They pay their drivers by the load and Chinese overtime, NOT BY THE HOUR! Which makes the job competitive and stressful when working long hours. *Did i mention long hours? Cemex run their drivers 40-65 every week. * Cemex drivers aren't allowed to take brakes during working hours and aren't allow to stop to get food or anything while in the truck. *Horrible Dispatching and favoritism. *Every day that you work, you have to call in to an automatic scheduling system the night before to find out what time you are to start work as early as 2am- 9am to start your day and they have the right to work you up to 15hrs twice a week and 14hr the rest or the week to utilize a drivers 70 hour work week... *The Management philosophy is outdated and un-effective basically the Drivers and the batchmen can easily the plants. **No Wet Loads! If a driver delivers a wet load to a customer that can't be used, cemex garnish and docs that drivers check. They deduct $7 off ever load, for 30 consecutive loads for his mistake or miscalculation!** *Needless to say, the employee turnover rate is ridiculous. *Upper Management nor HR doesn't seem to appreciate nor compensate their drivers properly for the great job that they do and the long that work. SMH.
