OP Tanks Review

I have not done business, and when I showed up they were closed, but I do see their huge 'Oversized' tanks coming down the road often enough. They must do somewhat good work. Their facility is petty big I'd say. Front looked clean and upkept enough.

Friendly, Professional, Knowledgeable staff. This company and its employees are committed to the highest levels of quality, and service.

I work their very learning new skill blue print good place to work good welding

As a preface, I am a 6G certified welder with 2 Bachelor's Degrees in Business Operations Management and Systems Engineering Management, one from an Ivy League Institution. I worked at OP Tanks for 6 months. Finally fed up with only have 40-50 hours on a bi-weekly paycheck, I put in my two weeks notice because I figured my time would better spent job searching than working. The morning after I put in my two weeks notice, they called me in to sign a document indicating my "voluntary separation." Immediately after my signature, the Foreman pulled out my final paycheck and told me to go home, they didn't need my two weeks. I gave them the courtesy of notice, and they left me without 2 weeks of planned income.

The oil tanks business was great for him(the owner) for several years and the profit margin was so HUGE that he never had to worry about anything actually operating efficiently or creating a team to work together. Now that the oil market has nearly diminished, they have tried to diversify to structural welding but will never succeed. Everything is trial and error, but they don't even learn from their mistakes. The culture is, "every individual for HIMSELF"(refuses to hire women for shop work) so it demands employees pin mistakes and re-work(which there happens to be TONS of because their quality control is NONEXISTENT) on anyone or anything one can think of(other employees, tools(WHICH OP Tanks does NOT PROVIDE!), machines, materials, weather, etc...) in order to not be written up or even fired(regardless of whether or not it was your mistake or someone else's, which is impossible to prove because the quality control/documentation is either not enforced or not even in place). As far as being a customer of OP Tanks, I would not even consider them building a handrail for me, let alone anything structural or code dependent. When they do have a chance at jobs that have code standards, they always underbid because they are so desperate for work. The underbidding causes unnecessary stress on management and employees which causes work to be rushed and often fails to meet industry standards. They can't keep any qualified or certified welders to work for them. The number of hours worked hardly ever reaches full-time because workflow is so poorly managed, and the BULL-S#17 tolerance required is through the roof. Don't work for OP, don't supply for OP, and DEFINITELY don't buy from OP if you don't want inaccuracy, poor communication, delays, rework and dishonesty. And be warned, don't count on anything warrantied because they won't be in business much longer.

As far as working for OP, starting pay is LOW and raises are nearly impossible to come by.