21: James Hardie Building Products Employee Reviews

Good place to work. Team culture great and the day to day job is rewarding as our customers are why we front up each and every day. Management decisions not so great

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Good people yet management can be troublesome

Maintenance Fitter (Former Employee) - Ipswich QLD - 12 February 2023

Maintenance and floor personnel are great the hours are reasonable.many longtime employees , various type of work can be satisfying. Gum boots are you friends

Pros

Canteen is just the best, you can be rewarded for efforts

Cons

Jobs can get dirty

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Ignorant leadership. Toxic culture.

Secretary (Former Employee) - Sydney NSW - 13 September 2022

Mgt gives no direction. Everyone having affairs. Toxic. Strategy (if that's what you call it) changes every other week. Management think they are smart driven real but rather they are ignorant, arrogant and disrespectful.

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James Hardie is a place where you are working with family, we are all brothers.

Cleaner - Part Time (Former Employee) - Rosehill NSW - 15 November 2020

Is place like home, where you can enjoy it working together with cammaradery, thanks for our boses they are really helping us in terms of difficult time and job.

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Action fast paced environment

Executive Assistant/Office Manager- Credit Officer/Head office (Former Employee) - Rosehill NSW - 14 November 2019

Unfortunately they did not recognize certain parts of the business for further career movement. I recognized a need for updating policy and procedures in the following areas • Administration procedures for all legal matters, contracts, new staff/customers and general office management • HR administration and travel requirements for Head Office Executive Management • Ongoing PowerPoint presentation and training setup for all Account Managers on Sales Force integration from SAP • National Sales Conference, Induction and Monthly Meetings Co-ordination and bookings • Overseeing of Administration/Reception personnel and SharePoint/Intranet additions • Accounts receivable/payable/claims - month end reporting – SAP and BW • Internal analysis of all customers and integration with Account Managers and Executives on Sales Force program • Credit reporting analysis from SAP, Sales Force and Dunn & Bradstreet • Extensive relationship building with all customers – problem solving • Responsible for new export customers – set up and maintain customer orders

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COSTUMER SERVICES ASSISTANT (Former Employee) - Rouse Hill NSW - 24 September 2019

My experience working at James Hardie was helpful to me, as I am not English speaker native, I learnt from them the correct way to understand and speak. Also, they have strong policy and procedures to respect and work together as a family to reach the organization' objectives in different projects.

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Pick and pack orders

Forklift operator storeperson (Former Employee) - Randwick - 1 September 2019

Great place to work great people to work with . Had to move back to Nambucca heads for my son but am still looking for work in forklift operator or storeperson position.

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Dusty work environment/poor manangers

Operator (Former Employee) - Carole Park QLD - 27 July 2019

James hardie has a lot of bad culture with workplace bullying from the top end which filtered through there ranks /a dusty muddy work environment is constant with no regard for safety with little regard for there people

Pros

Wages

Cons

Very poor leadership/heath concerns/poor workplace practices

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Snakes

NA (Former Employee) - Rosehill NSW - 17 July 2019

They're a bunch of manipulating liars, wasted my time and effort. OH DID I MENTION THEY ARE A BUNCH OF SNAKES? Hard to even explain cos they're that terrible

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Cons

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Great pay/not so great hierarchy

Forklift Operator / Machine operator (Former Employee) - Sydney NSW - 31 May 2019

Company is great, the job is good, salary is excellent. But, sometimes I didn’t know if my manager was in charge or the guy that works there for 15 years doing the same thing. That’s why I left, the only real reason.

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good company to work for

Contractor (Former Employee) - Sydney NSW - 29 April 2019

the work environment was good to to work in and the staff were really helpful and approachable, they were really helpful , the training they give you is easy to understand

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security company, fun & vibrant

Receptionist (Former Employee) - Lane Cove NSW - 8 May 2018

I worked as a receptionist on a pabx switchboard plus did mail and typing. I learned to deal with people over the phone and to meet & greet face to face.

Pros

nice group of people

Cons

Sometimes unpaid overtime required

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Friendly Family orientated work environment.

General Hand (Current Employee) - Rouse Hill NSW - 19 August 2017

James Hardie, Jiprock Company.. Very difficult to achieve Full-time the salary is great once you gain a roaster .......... ..........

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Productive and hard workplace

Factory labourer (Former Employee) - Sydney - 6 August 2017

It's a workplace for hard workers, but you can work outside and inside in different roles. People are really friendly and they will teach you perfectly every kind of job.

Pros

Free coffee, tea and milk

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Very flexible time for break or smoko

Forklift Operator (Former Employee) - Rosehill NSW - 23 January 2017

It's easy to make money & can get lots of opportunity for step up the job-title in James Hardie. Most managers are very friendly also they offer to trainning systems for safety & health program.

Pros

free lunch every friday

Cons

Can choose 8 hrs or 12 hrs rotate shift

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Project / Environmental Engineer (Former Employee) - Sydney, NSW - 9 November 2015

Great Company and friendly environment. I enjoyed my time working in this company because i had the opportunity to meet multicultural people.

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High intensity, competitive culture - only the smart resourceful hard worker will thrive

Technical Manager (Former Employee) - Sydney, NSW - 11 January 2015

Hardie is a unique place with some very talented individuals across the whole organisation. Senior management has consistently funded technical innovation in order to develop competitive advantage, which is one reason that the company has been so successful. The company is great place for those who thrive on challenge, pressure and hard work - it is definitely not a place for those who want a quiet life!!

Pros

Great opportunities for personal development, interesting and challenging work, the opportunity to work with very talented co-workers

Cons

High frequency of senior management review

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Fun workplace

Office Administrator (Former Employee) - O'Connor, Western Australia - 12 February 2014

I thoroughly enjoyed working for this company. I was given the opportunity to learn many different skills and was afforded time to hone my skills in relief positions and was financially rewarded for my performance. Co-workers were numerous and represented many cultures and nationalities. Everyone friendly and easily accessible, even at management level.

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Great company to work for.

Fork Lift Driver (Former Employee) - West Footscray, VIC - 25 January 2014

I did shift work, with rotating rosters. I drove fork lift, autoclave operating. Good knowledge of cement sheeting and production. Management were professional and treated me with high respect. Co workers were team players, and easy to get along with. The hardest part was rotating shifts with 3 young children. I most enjoyed, atmosphere and conditions.