Does Tarmac pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Tarmac employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Tarmac. This rating has improved by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Tarmac?

62% of Tarmac employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Tarmac 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Tarmac?

Manager (14) , Supervisor (8) , Engineer (6) , Laboratory Technician (6) , Quarry Operative (6) , Analyst (5) , General Operative (5) , Lab Technician (5) , Project Manager (5) , Sales (4) , Account Manager (3) , Assistant Manager (3) , Estimator (3) , Finance (3) , Finance Manager (3)

What are the pros of working at Tarmac according to real employee reviews?

"Great people to work with and manage" ((in 38 reviews)); "Good benefits working for big company" ((in 22 reviews)); "Good pay and the Tarmac rewards is good" ((in 17 reviews)); "Development opportunities if you perform." ((in 12 reviews)); "Great team to work with." ((in 11 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Tarmac according to real employee reviews?

"Long hours as a norm" ((in 23 reviews)); "Poor management, cutting heads all the time" ((in 16 reviews)); "Low salary" ((in 15 reviews)); "HR and senior management" ((in 5 reviews)); "No progression unless you fill a dead mans shoes and sigh off to enable the day job to be achieved is often slow and monotonous." ((in 5 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Tarmac locations?

Solihull , Birmingham , London , Wolverhampton , Bristol , Buxton , Leicester , Mountsorrel , Cardiff , Leeds , Colchester , Derby , Edinburgh , Birtley , Aberthaw , Manchester , Glasgow , Shrewsbury , Loughborough , Nottingham , Norwich , Sevenoaks , Maidstone , West Thurrock , Tallington , Chichester , East Aberthaw , South Cornelly , Durham , Ipswich

Tarmac reviews

Item: Tarmac
Rating: 1
Author: Current employee - Commercial Manager

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(422 total reviews)

Peter Buckley

79% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

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Tarmac has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 422 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Tarmac employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, repair and maintenance industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

422 reviews

1.0

Sep 23, 2021

Middle band is the kill zone

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If your face fits, you are going to get a number of years in the business

Cons

Continuous restructuring means if you reach middle management you are in the kill zone, you are highly likely to be made redundant. Internal promotion uplift is capped, this means external recruitment for the same role is on a much better package. Promotion for going above and beyond is therefore not rewarded, its better to leave the business to a competitor and rejoin some time later, that way the cap no longer exists.

1.0

Sep 19, 2021

If i could give zero stars i would. Awful company to work for.

Transportation planner

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Tarmac rewards system but nothing else.

Cons

Redundancies each year. No regards for your mental health and well being. No salary reviews. Money grabbing owners Poor communication. Favouritism. No career paths/promotion for hard workers.

1.0

May 28, 2021

Treats employees like disposable items

Commercial manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

None, it is a world of stress and misery. May look like a big, well known, well resourced company to outsiders but believe me it isn't.

Cons

Cyclical mass redundancies ever 2-3 years to reduce costs and raise profits. Everyone is stressed, irritable, scared, over worked and under threat. Anyone who gets promoted into middle or senior management has a very low life expectancy. CRH who own Tarmac are utterly ruthless and only interested in short-medium term profits. Costs are cut to the bone. No loyalty, even to long term employees. They are hollowing out and destroying a historic British construction company.

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