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Most days consisted of doing the same type of work as a diesel tech. (PM’s, Brakes, Inspections, etc) 
This isn’t bad though, it helps very much to get the hang of working on a heavy duty, medium duty and light duty truck.
After some time of getting used to the role and learning how things work on a truck, you then learn to fix other things on trucks. Now you’re doing engine repair, suspension repair,  chassis work, steering, electrical, some dealership work like recalls and campaigns. Also its very nice because you won’t feel alone. There’s always help and coworkers willing to help and guide you to get better at it every day. 
If you already have experience, it’ll feel like a walk in the park to come to work day to day. From personal experience working as a tech here, I have never felt stressed coming to work, never felt unmotivated, never felt dragged or worked hard. I put in the work and have gotten through ups and downs but still have felt very good to come to work. The company works with you as well! I left and came back and resumed right where I left off. Switched to part time and the company worked with me. I have seen other coworkers also go through things in there personal life but they don’t feel afraid to speak to the manager and work something out. Its always worked out. I have not experienced toxic management here at all, I can surely atest that the service manager has been very fair, helpful and definitely knows what its like to be in a tech’s shoes. You will never be asked to do something that is unsafe nor that does not adhere to regulations and policies. 
If you want a place to grow in, develop in, expand your knowledge in, build some good relationships in and be able to have a good work / life balance, this is the company for you!

Aim is a decent place to work. Everyone just has to find that perfect account. However the Safety dept is a joke. You tell them something and nothing is done about it. If you have an issue they are all over you. Safety is out of reach with the drivers, they have forgotten how it is to drive a truck.  They had online safety training monthly, the response was so low from drivers that they mandated supervisors, dispatchers and others also do the training just to pad the numbers.  Equipment has its issues, but shops are good and addressing issues generally. Pay is decent, but a raise wouldn't hurt now and again. Management is unaware of what some employees do to make the company look good, or else they just dont care. Upper management lacks communication with front line employees. Training program is a joke. Aim lacks support for its frontline employees, but Girard gets what it needs. I've personally seen Girard get new tools and sent old tools to wheatland. Same goes for the Garfield shop, they get the used tools from Girard. Garfield lacks enough laptops for road calls and inhouse use. Yard lacks enough room to house required units. Aim is to cheap to invest in a bigger Cleveland area shop. Aim is one of those companies that rarely hire the people that they should because it's too expensive. So they hire alot of 2nd rate people and wonder why equipment and property is damaged so frequently.  Management is kinda shady, mid and upper level management hide alot of things from Tom Flemming (owner). Tarnishing the reputation of the company he built from the bottom up. I have seen Tom working on a Saturday morning in Girard, so I know that he cares, it's the In between that dont care. At times it can be a bit of a hassle to get time off, but if your supervisor knows you work your butt off and you are a help and not a hindrance, they try everything in their power to get you that day off.

My current employer/position. Manage my repair shop with a great group of hardworking technicians. The nature of the job allows for new challenges everyday whereas myself and my technicians have to work together diagnosing, troubleshooting and repairing the problem in order to keep our customers happy and their business moving - the managers job to make the right repairs and keep cost down is recognized by upper management.
- in order to keep a positive work environment I distribute the work load amongst my crew in order to give all opportunity to learn more at the same time keeping their interest. I enjoy working the garage when I can with my techs and motivating them with challenges to think for themselves and use others to assist without hurting their pride. 
The management staff above me puts trust in me and is there for any of my needs in order to better improve productivity and keep cost down. I am held accountable for the production and accomplishments of my terminal, at same time constantly striving to improve the work environment for employees to have a well organized and positive place to come to everyday.
I come to work in the morning reviewing the prior nights work orders and make any corrections and order any parts and maintain a morning active schedule with my morning/daylight crew. My regional manager will discuss equipment status with me and will spend the day managing operations of the terminal. 
I am responsible for all operations with my facility and have a great support staff in our corporate office/terminal. we have many locations and share reciprocating service with all other AIM shops and other NationaLease affiliates. 
My days are long and I thrive in the high pace challenges that I am presented daily -

I've never quite experienced the Aim employee, first their nice, they tell you they will work with you to train you, they throw you into a system your not familiar with and expect you to know everything and when you ask a question they refer you back to a co-worker who won't assist you after numerous attempts to learn the job.  Their not clear on their expectations and lie and tell you they will have weekly meetings to train you until you feel comfortable, which never happened and then they throw it all on you when you've done maybe 3 out 500 invoices that you are told you are not allowed to print or process. They were the unfriendliest people I've ever worked with and I've worked many places. Especially when I watched another employee receive hands on training for 3 weeks. They didn't take the time to explain the process of what they wanted and it was the worst work environment I've ever worked in. They acted mad if you asked a question, like I was supposed to know how their system worked, I wasn't allowed to do anything and when I did and had questions I was made to feel stupid.  And then they tell me I'm not fulfilling my job requirements, well maybe if I was given a little more faith and trained properly (in which I was told was going to happen) and I didn't feel undermined everyday by my co-worker things would have been different.  I was told I would have to open and close work orders, never shown the procedure, the codes, I was just expected to know that.  I had random access to things and half trained on about 6 different things and when I emailed and asked for help I was told to write my questions down and then they told me I wasn't confident in my job, well who would be?? I'm not sorry to be gone, I had a bad vibe from day one!!

A typical work day is meet the Expectations and being Pro Active with:

Plant Manager, Plant Comptroller, Shipping Managers, Sales, Director of Accounts, Director of Operations, Director of Safety, Shop Foreman, Drivers and Carriers.

Keep the plant flowing smoothly with safety as a priority and keeping up with the loads and reports on a daily basis of scheduling, CPP and CPM.

There is a lot of multi tasking and organizing as you deal with a lot of driver paperwork from their daily trip logs.  Must be able to identify customer issues with in the bill of laden and proof of deliveries with daily trailer use and units.  keeping in mind of the industry changing DOT laws and regulation.

Also assist the Directors in the Quarterly Safety Meeting with the drivers in promoting the Peoples Net, Safety and Company Policies.

Everyday you are learning new challenges with in the industry or the customer demands and how to best approach different challenges.

The workplace culture is very Driver Oriented but in the end the Customer will dictate everything.  The hardest part of the job is leaving the job despite the many challenges.

The most enjoyable part of the job is working with the customer, drivers and management and meeting the challenges and the friendship built over the years with the brokers/carriers.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I worked in a position that allowed me to work on different accounts, and because of that I worked with conestogas, flatbeds, box trucks, and van trailers. Typically, I was home everyday. Rarely, I was out over night.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Sometimes the hours were long-12-14 hour days can be overwhelming, at times.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
In my experience: the shop was responsive to complaints, the office personnel were respective, and the safety department listened and investigated. I never felt like I was being put off or ignored.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I knew in advance what my schedule was going to look like. If they needed me to do something on short notice, I was never forced to do anything. They presented what needed to be done, and asked me if I was available for it.v They never told me I had to do it. I would wake up everyday knowing what the day looked like. Start time was typically between 0500-0600.

This is a good job with a little work on routes and management it could become a better job. I've been here for a good time haven't had any problems except with the routes  and days off but they are getting better. You don't know when you working or what routes you have until late afternoon the day of. You don't have no one breathing down your back to get stops done you just go make delivery and pick up a backhaul if assigned. Truck's are nice brand new Volvo and some late model freightliners ( not new). Most of the trailers are in good order. I would recommend this job to anyone who wanna make good money with ok benefits and a relaxed work place. Home time depends on how you run you get a 34 hour reset. They have regional runs with some local stores you are not garented to be local it's a mix of both. The routes are usually overnights home the next day some can be turned same day. There's is some slip seating (boo) probably lost half of you with that. Hope this helps you enjoy your day.

The typical day to day operations are the same as anywhere else, with the expection of having to drop what your doing for accounts that are upper managements "special accounts". Was told that they take care of their employees which wasnt the case at all. Its profits, customers and then employees. The employees that I worked with on a day to day basis were very friendly, knowledgeable and I would work with them again anywhere else. Management on the upper levels leave a bad taste in your mouth. I did recieve some training that was helpful. They do not have a boot allowance, healthcare benefits are decent as long as you dont have a family. There was alot of time wasted running around town to pick up and drop off vehicles for customers as well as picking up parts that any other shop Ive worked in had in stock. The most enjoyable part of the day for me was going home.  The hardest part of the job was dealing with being micro-managed everyday.

Let's just say the only reason I work there as long as I did is because I had great co-workers. Upper management and HR that's based out of a different state are no good. First they promised me vacation by the time I started but I didn't see that until after the first year I worked there. Then I started having health problems and was never given the chance to give them Dr notes for any time missed before they gave me my first write-up, and my second write up was because of a motorcycle accident I was in right after loosing my grandfather. They originally wrote me up for all the days and I swear I gave them Drs notes to cover all the missed days but I guess 1 day did not get covered on both doctors notes. Long story short it's not a very personable company they don't care about you or your problems they will make your job harder just to make theirs easier. They assume you're lying when you're trying to explain how you have health problems even when you can give them a doctor's note. Avoid this company at all costs.

At AIM, you’re justa number. They don’t care about how you perform; they base everything on the cameras they have on the trucks. They’re very sensitive and they spend a lot of time and energy telling you how bad you did the week prior. It doesn’t matter if you have a clean license, deliver all you loads without incident or there are no negative reports, all they care about is the camera score. The camera is crazy, it speaks to you and if you’re doing 55 on a 70 mph highway it will still tell you to slow down. And that’s just the beginning of it. It’s stressful and they pressure you a lot every week even if you’re doing your job which to me is showing up to work everyday, taking care of my truck, delivering my loads, keeping my license clean and at the end of the day, no incidents, but all that doesn’t matter to AIM. Only the camera matters. Run the other way… there has to be a company out there that you can work without so much pressure and stress. 

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