Some good people, but definitely a man's world - Anonymous employee CMC Employee Review

3.0
31 Jul 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Met some good people, got a lot of experience in the corporate world, and gained a lot of knowledge about steel, purchase and sales contracts, customs entry and phone sales.

Cons

This is definitely a good ol' boy company trying to make it work in 2018. Advancement was easy to do if you were a man. Women tended to work twice as hard and get half the recognition. The company preferred to hire men from outside the company rather than promote a woman from within. You were paid salary and it was not bad. BUT the hours you needed to work to complete your tasks was definitely not balanced with the pay. I frequently came in early and worked well past 9pm and still had too much work to complete. Received promotion upon promotion in the lower level/back office - only to be passed up constantly for higher level promotions by men who didn't know how to do any of the work. I then had to train them - knowing I had more knowledge and experience but lacked a certain appendage made it hard to keep from feeling a little jaded about the whole process.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
16 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

1) Current Manager and Dept Head are very supportive with work/life balance. Feel like I can do things outside of work. 2) There are some left in the company with great advice and lessons, have to hunt them down across the company though.

Cons

1) Almost no team oriented mindset. Getting help on porjects is like pulling teeth. You will also most likely work by yourself on a lot of stuff. 2) Experienced people all left. No higher knowledge to learn or gain experience from. 3) 2 weeks vacation seems pretty low bar. 4) Very much gut feeling reactions, not team or data driven decisions being made. 5) You will hear conflicting philosophies frequently. Whether its no bandaid solutions, taking the time to fix issues, or we need data driven decisions. 6) Unless you are higher on the food chain, you probably wont be listened to. Ties in with the lack of a collaborative environment. 7) Depending on your position, you may be constantly on call. 8) Lost desire to move up, seems like higher positions will just make you live here.

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