food service worker

forklift operator

shipping and receiving clerk

warehouse manager

inventory associate

Allen Distribution

Far has pro's and con's goes, this place offers decent pay and hour's. However on the other end of thing's, the management is not organized as well has rude and grouchy daily, basic supplies needed for forklift maintenance or maintaining a clean warehouse we're all but non exsistent. I was asked on our inspection day to pick up trash on the back side of the building but wasn't supplied any gloves at all, if not for one of the sanitation ladies who brought her own from home. To top that off before the sanitation lady gave me some gloves, I was told by the second manager in charge to just wrap black trash bags around my hands after informing him that I had came across broken glass and syringes. Every single forklift at one of the stockton locations is hand me down old equipment that has issue's daily which their non exsistent maintenance men like to blame on the operator's. I was never even trained or tested to see if I even knew how to operate a lift little alone unload and stage product's, only recieved a written test until the day of their inspection when they decided to cover their butts and have us sign paper's saying we did training. The day of thee inspection myself as well has two other new forklift operator's where placed behind the building picking up trash which we had never been told to do before, soon has the inspection people left we got to resume our regular task. When I first started this job I was very enthusiastic especially since it was close to my residence, but from my interview day I was talked to rudely from the office ladies to the floor management and given task like watering the forklift batteries with a basic garden hose and garden gloves that look like they were from orchard year's prior with holes. I've dealt with a lot of bs over the year's but this job location was by far thee worst hands down!

A typical day at Allen Distribution is pure confusion and half‑explained expectations. Orientation barely covers what you actually need to know about the flex program, and supervisors give mixed messages about scheduling. They tell you it’s “make your own schedule like Uber,” but then coach you when your official time and app time don’t match — even when they approved you staying longer. If you work long shifts with gaps, they force you to clock out and burn extra gas just to clock back in.

What I “learned” is mostly how to survive constant rate changes and sudden rule shifts. Management drops harsh news with no warning, sends people home for not making rate, and rides you for mistakes while most workers were never properly trained. Their training is basically a short drive up and back, pick up a pallet, and that’s it. No real instruction on pallet stability, no teaching 1.99 stacking, nothing that actually prepares you for the job.

The workplace culture is a mix of burnout, favoritism, and slow responses. When you report system errors or inaccurate locations, supervisors take forever to fix them. They ignore specialty skills you bring to the table and act like it goes in one ear and out the other.

The hardest part of the job is dealing with the constant nonsense, sudden changes, and unrealistic expectations for $18 an hour. The most enjoyable part is the freedom to use different PIT trucks and the chance to learn — but even that feels limited because the environment holds you back more than it helps you grow.

Overall, it’s an easy‑going place buried under unnecessary chaos, poor communication, and policies that make your life harder than it needs to be.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Allen has a promote with in program. this company strives to train its associates, investing time into the on going commitment of developing from with in the best work force possible. All I needed to bring is an attituded of doing better, the behavior of commitment to our mission and vision. The management team did the rest. for me the best part was they believed in me.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
You will be challenge to improve. That is the Allen Distribution way. Managers and other associates ay any level will learn many different parts of the operations. You are in an environment of constant challenge. This builds the mind set of looking at the challenges as adventures and opportunities. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Always evolving, diversity, helping, caring, safe, protected. employees and managers work together each day working through challenges together and succeeding each day. I would add that the cultures is one of always working hard to be the best by challenging new ideas by all associates. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Good morning greetings, instructional meeting, loading, unloading, helping each other, keeping clean environments, training, completing company goals. each day is something different.

I worked at Allen distribution for 12 years.  The first 8 years of my employment i was pretty much put in charge of various accounts.  My Manager at the time had many things on her plate and gave me the responsibility to run the accounts, which I did very well.  I made amazing Customer relationship skills with people from the likes of... The Hershey Company, Land O Lakes, and Clofine Dairy.  This is only a few of them.   After my Manager retired we were moved to another building where all the power was taken away from me and given to a very inexperienced supervisor..    It took me quite some time to learn that i was not in control anymore and the customers were very upset.  
I got over this quickly i did love my job and the people i worked with.  The milk accounts grew over the years to the point where we were storing inventory in 6 different locations which made it extremely hard  to consolidate orders in a timely matter.  Customers were not happy there product was scattered all over the place.  It is very hard to put in to words a typical day at work.  We always had surprises and new challenges everyday.  I always received excellent  reviews each year and was always given a raise accordingly.  I do not miss Allen Distribution as much as I miss the people i took care of and always put there needs first.

I worked here for almost 2 months. I resigned due to the fact 2nd shift wasn't getting many hours. Got 4,5 hours one day. While first shift and mid-shift always get there 40 hours. The last week I was working OT was giving like candy but good luck finding pace to receive freight. No fast place environment if your picking orders. If your doing inbound trucks. They like you to do the trucks in 2 hours or less. Be prepared to get wrote for anything unsafe if you don't report something. You'll get fired faster then Donald trump's old TV show. You won't get raises much but no cap on raises. If your a minute late 1 point. If you call off work 2 points. If you forgot to clock in 1/2 a point.If you got 3 points in your first 90 days or your fired!!! 
Its a decent company I wanted to go back. I put my two notice in withdraw it but wrote a letter saying it was my last day at the end if my shift. The team lead stayed passed 4:30 HR told me I walked out when the shift was over worked 8 hours on my days off.  Management has zero sense of direction and they might lose that new snyder's food account. It's a iffy job tho but not to shabby!!!

Easy work if you are used to warehouse work it's either case and layer picking for the grunts and new guys. Full pallet picks for favorites or very efficient workers. Management is poor they are more worried about control and throwing people under buses rather than efficiently working.Major gossip and Office clerks are bad, incompetent and very rude expect to be cussed out or yelled at by multiple clerks just for asking for your work orders or turning in paperwork which you have to do all day. Long hours during peaks during year so 10+ hours daily and even 6 or 7 day weeks. Overall if you keep you head down and grind and not get caught up in the gossip you can make good money "IF" they like you and you agree with everything superiors do or say. Seen many excellent workers quit or be fired just because they weren't obedient yes men or pointed out bad leadership.

You do not want to work here especially in the Human Resources Department. The VP and HR manager have very poor leadership skills and give absolutely no training or guidance as they don’t want to waste their precious time on you. You will not feel welcome and you will feel isolated. You have to go out of your way to even communicate with the team unless your apart of their inner “click”. You have to pretty much figure things out on your own and hope that your doing it right until someone says something. My only type of guidance there was from someone who wasn’t even in my department. My best decision was quitting here. I also had family working for this company and I would definitely not recommend any other family or friends to this company as they will get bashed and talked about behind closed doors. If your looking for a job that reminds you of high school drama class then this is the place for you. If your looking to succeed and make something of yourself then this is not the place for you. Please don’t waste your time or energy with this department or company it’s a complete joke.

Every building and position is different. But at the end of the day, the company itself doesn't care about they're employees as human beings. They will look for any excuse to punish you, the benefits are really really bad. Sure the hourly pay is good but if you're salary expect to be working so much overtime you might as well be working for $1 an hour. And somehow it's still not enough for them, you don't get a thank you, but you make the smallest mistake and they will make your life a living hel l. There's a lot of favoritism and overall thr higher up management is so out of touch with the work the employees do. They only care about shaking hands in meetings and making money for themselves. They don't view you as human. And they don't know how to run their own company. Hourly employees don't get sick days and will get points for taking off even if you have a doctor's note or it's a family emergency. It's disgusting. 

Every building has different rules. No building is the same with training, so count on learning the same job 15 different ways that dont always follow standard operating procedures. Some people are very nice and helpful others are disrespectful and not people friendly in the higher roles. Hours are very long and are told you will get breaks but that's not the case.  Some people aren't respectful of forklifts operators, office staff or drivers. While others aren't appreciated for the job they do but work very hard. Short staffed in most areas for the work load.  A lot gossip about other people. Being moved to different buildings with no choice. No room for advancement. Not enough training for all roles. Management and coordinators to involved with gossip, favoritism in the work environment.

If you are loud, obnoxious, rude, make a lot of mistakes, gossip constantly and enjoy being nasty to people because you can, this is the place for you! You will advance and go far. You can have employees that work hard and do well fired  because you don’t like the way they look or speak. If you are good at costing your employer money, like to leave randomly and let others do your work and doing things totally backwards  you will get promotions and raises. 
However if you are a loyal employee, who works well with others, does your job perfectly, is respectful and always at work and doing overtime whenever needed you will be taken advantage of, not listened to and waste a good portion of your life on an employer that feels you are completely replaceable and don’t matter. This company pretends to be family orientated but is far from it.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Food service worker 22 salaries reported	$33.39 per hour
Forklift operator 10 salaries reported	$20.05 per hour
Shipping and receiving clerk 11 salaries reported	$18.59 per hour
Warehouse manager 3 salaries reported	$66,000 per year
Inventory associate 2 salaries reported	$20.25 per hour

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