Started great - Repair Welder Nucor Employee Review

2.0
13 Mar 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Great place to learn as a first job out of weld school but if you have any prior experience keep looking.

Cons

Pay sucks for what has to be done on the spiral side working for long periods of time inside of 24” pipe isn’t worth $22 an hour. Benefits were great but the idea that Nucor came out with in early 2020 that the employees need to share more of the cost for health insurance is ridiculous. Promised performance based bonuses in early 2020 but Covid pushed back the timeline indefinitely, I don’t know if they ever got them. Micromanaging management but they can’t keep track of work orders or schedule. Backstabbing culture that is designed to get people to tattle.

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5.0
26 May 2026
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Pros

Great folks, kind community and clear expectations

Cons

Hard to leave, lot of material to learn

1.0
19 Apr 2026
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Pros

-Unique compensation structure that includes profit sharing and bonuses (both driven by company performance) -Exposure to a large, decentralized organization -Opportunities for long-term growth exist for employees who align with (or conform to) the culture

Cons

-Base salary lower than market, however potential for total compensation to exceed market depending on company performance (through profit sharing and ROA bonus) -Significant gap between stated values (safety, collaboration, teamwork, family-first) and day-to-day experience -Culture can feel rigid and conformity-driven, with limited openness to new ideas or different perspectives -Extremely limited work-life balance with rigid schedules and minimal flexibility (including work from home options) -PTO is very limited, especially in the first year (0-5 days depending on start date) -Hiring process is lengthy and highly intensive, including psychological assessments that can feel invasive with limited transparency on how results are used and stored -Leadership can feel traditional and insular, with limited diversity of thought and resistance to change -Inconsistent culture and policy enforcement across teams and divisions due to decentralized structure -Limited onboarding, unstructured training, and poor clarity around expectations in some roles -Benefits are more limited than originally presented (single health plan option, very restrictive prescription coverage) -Communication and transparency is lacking, making it difficult to understand priorities and decision-making

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