I worked here for a year, i wouldnt suggest it to anyone who likes control over their schedule. And wants to have a life. Availability works on senority so you have to work whatever they say and 12 hour shifts are the normal with your days off being taken away. Yes they pay above average but who cares when you have no time off, if you still wanna work here be prepared to really be lifting and moving heavy things all day. I loved my coworker here but i left because of managements inability to work with the union and create a healthy work environment. Everyone regualry complained of being exhausted and not having time for their families. Its also good for you to know that theirs a pension for retiring after you work here for a long time but because of the amount of ppl retiring management told us that the pension is running out. So I would say this job needs a reality check. Why kill yourself working such a hard job if you arent gonna be taken care of...
Read more1/6/23 9am: If you are a OTR driver making a delivery here for the first time, be aware of a few things: This place provides NO signage to guide you on where to go. So when you first get here, you turn in towards the main gate. BUT you need to make a quick right at a slant towards dock 14. DO NOT GO IN THE GATED AREA. Pull up along the fence near dock 14. If there is a truck already in the dock, then just pull up next to the fence and wait your turn. Then check in at the right side of dock 14. And whatever you do, do NOT go check in until you are backed in position in front of dock 14 or you will get a major attitude from one of the white heavyset forklift drivers. (Again, signage with instructions for outside OTR drivers coming in for the first time would make deliveries go a lot...
Read moreupper management is incompetent, foremen are rude, over worked, and confused, they give truckers early pickup times and make them wait for hours and hours, they dont strap loads well, they dont inspect equipment, yard is overloaded and a mess, no room, and everyone here is constantly b-tching. they fired bunch of people and replaced them with robotics. i quit my job (trucking) because of the upper management here and foreman. their products are poison anyway. garbage company. go...
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