USG Reviews

Former Employee – worked at USG full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Not a stressful job at all. Often work together with your clients identifying new projects and identify potential wall board demand

Cons – Not many , future potential for advancement not as great as other companies.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't forget the people who act as foot soldiers . We represent the company at the mist basic level.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at USG as an intern for less than a year

Pros – People are friendly and nice.

Cons – It is kinda boring and easy work

Former Employee – worked at USG full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – I worked with some of the best people ever in this company, free with knowledge sharing, professional in their fields, and tons of fun socially.

Cons – They over-reacted to Sarbanes Oxley and locked the company down so tight with process that they squelched creativity. Micro-management abounds. The bad economy creates a tense atmosphere with annual layoffs.

Advice to Senior Management – You could get a lot more out of your employees if you let go of the reins.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at USG full-time

Pros – The people and networking experiences made USG Corp great. If you put yourself out there, managers, directors, VP's, etc. are available to meet and discuss career goals, direction....even if you don't work in that department or business unit. When the housing market rebounds, USG environment should improve.

Cons – Many layoffs and minimal (one) merit increases during the downturn. USG has a new strategy and the attitude of Sr. Mgmt is, "get on board or get out." Subsequently, individuals are hesistant to give an opinion or their thoughts on the new ideas. I believe HR is often inept and doesn't always have the back of the employees.

Advice to Senior Management – When business picks up for USG, reward the employees that stuck around. Get back to promoting from within and giving training opportunities for employees to move around.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at USG

Pros – Great people to work with at many levels

Cons – Strategically lacking a sense of direction

Current Employee – been working at USG full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – USG is a good company with strong emphasis on building relationships among customers and employees. While the job often requires long or unusual hours, there is a strong belief in life balance. It is a great company for training and when the economy there will be ample opportunities for advancement.

Cons – The current economy makes advancement and employment, especially for those not in an engineering field can be risky. Must be willing to relocate to receive advancement within the manufacturing management positions.

Advice to Senior Management – Stay the course but never forget the values of your people are your best assets.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at USG full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – work life balance is good, opportunity to advance early in career is great, pay good in middle US and South, but behind scale in NE and Calif, good people to work with

Cons – lots of relocation to advance, corporate can be detached from field

Advice to Senior Management – Need to focus on streamlining all areas of organization, not just the field operations

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at USG full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Pension & 401K. Good healthcare insurance. Dedication to keeping its workers safe and free from injury.

Cons – lots of paperwork that could be done electronically.

Advice to Senior Management – Reduce paperwork.
Utilize retiring work force by having them pass their knowledge and skills to new workers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at USG full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – There are more communications than ever before from the executive committee which definitely helps motivate employees. Lately our teams plan to win has created our own company recession recovery which has motivated all employees from senior executives to the operator level. We have seen our first pay raise in some time as promised and looking forward to the future with great faith in our executive leaders.

Cons – Some USG location seem slow to adapt to new technology but getting better.
Still have unrealistic deadlines to meet which stunt project growth due to manpower shortages.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue the communications and try to speed up the adaptation of new technologies at all plants.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at USG full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Having worked for both, USG was the prime example of a company that supported it's employees with continued education, advancement opportunity and professionalism exhibited by the worker bees and most of the management. The culture was very people oriented

Cons – L&W Supply, proved to be the opposite of USG in terms of employee professionalism, particularly that exhibited by some of the management. Individual initiative nor continued education were never seen as positive attributes or goals. Little to no advancement opportunity regardless of what was offered when you are hired. The L&W culture is they come first, your family comes second.

Advice to Senior Management – USG- Keep up the good work.
L&W-If your staff was more professional(from the sales people to the forklift driver), maybe your customers would respect you more and your sales would increase.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company