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Ashley Distribution Services

This is the most ridiculous company in the world. They will tell you, you work one schedule then completey flip it on you in the middle of the week.. and say its your fault because of mandatory over time... ok they do say this but what they failed to say is its 10 hour work days 6 days a week. Sounds nice right? Good money? (If they can actually pay you...) gotta open up your pay stubs and watch every week because they try to pay you at a rate of 8.47 for regular and 2 something for OT. They are all funky. I have it in my pay stub. And they just blow it off when it happens. Every single supivsor (or i should say, prison gaurds) are the worst teachers/ trainers i have ever met. The work is not worth 15 bucks an hour. They literally except you to break your back... the rules change everyday along with the work environment because leads and supivsors love to bring their personal problems to work. Discrimination is also a thing here. They like to pick and choose who can use what bathrooms. And do what kind of work.  For example im a bigger person... so they throw me to do 5 trailers with 200 + lbs items and about 200 items on each trailer. Compared to somebody who "cant" gets away with 2 or 3 trailers with 25 or so lbs on each item. They offer you bonuses left and right or ways to make extra money and they do not give them to you ... you have to go basically hound the office for them to put it on your check the following weeks. If you do decide to go work here (which I highly recommend not too) ask them about their turn over rate and why they think it is the way it is. Good luck to future employers. You're gonna need it.
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Theyre all labeled the worst trainiers/management in my eyes. Watch out for them.

Decent company, definitely a step above the well known "starter" companies we all started with. The maintenance program is A1 in my opinion. 
The job I accepted advertised weekly home time. And in all fairness I did make it home most weekends. The problem was that every week was a fight to make it home. At this company the dispatchers and administrators in charge of the drivers are all buddies, so the dispatchers feel empowered, and it shows in their attitude and conduct. 
in CA part of your pay is a state mandated hourly wage. The company would often tell me to go off clock because the warehouse is 4,6,8,10,12 hours behind. Then after sitting around off the clock, living in a truck, while everyone else is still getting paid, I would be told that I could not go home at the end of my week because I still had hours I 
could run. Or on a Thursday (when I'm supposed to go home Friday) they would send a message saying "we need 5 drivers to go to our DC in Washington for 2 or 3 weeks and you have been chosen" I was often given loads that I couldn't possibly complete without an OTR reset. As stated earlier I did make it home most weekends but only because I fought for it, refused to go off the clock and sit around for free, and told a lot of people "NO!".

This is a good company overall, the problem is they are lacking for true leadership. And I don't mean my driver manager/supervisor, I had 2 and they were both good people. Every job comes with some negatives, I only highlighted the faults because a recruiter will never tell an applicant.



As a Driver the Base Milage pay is average.  If you work hard & Manage your time & Log you can make above average for your position at the company.  Don't look for much in way of training, and expect to have issues with other drivers not doing proper Pre/Post Trips.  They don't report needed repairs, just leave it for next driver.  Fleet Manager & Operations Manager don't care.  If you report them, you are they one that gets crapped on.   Careful you dont stir the pot, they will get rid of you as soon and they can.  1 Minor slip up is all it takes if you expose Management's Failures.  If you dont mind sitting at least one day a week for Hours at a time waiting for your load, and you dont mind not getting paid for that time, the  Ashley is the place for you.  I'm not disgruntled, just very disappointed in the Culture of this Company.  They used to be one of the best.  Now they are just a stepping stone filler job.  Keep you head down, you might be ok.    Hardest part of working at Ashley is leaving home to go to work, knowing what you will have to deal with before you are finished for the week.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Hourly compensation was above average 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The company would rather hire cheap labor than skilled labor so you are constantly surrounded by incompetent personnel.  Management and lead  positions are no exception.  

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Bottom line is cost. Whatever task is being completed the adopted method will be whatever is cheaper rather than the correct or safe way . 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Most of the beginning of the shift is spent repairing everything the incompetent people could not accomplish or attempted to do and actually caused more damage than the original failure. Then you're pushed & rushed to get done what was originally assigned to you for the day. The important thing to remember is that when you are doing the job for everybody you will be held accountable for everything and will be given negative attitude even for a minor issue all while the incompetent people have no accountability or expectation.  Everyday they prove they can not do the job they get rewarded with less work expected of them.

First 5 or 6 years it been good and funn becous we have a manger on our side and he nows what it need don he hase 25 year expernce in transportation dept. but after he left i injou my 7 plus years i work at ashley but after my incedent which i spent 5or 6 hours in the emergncy room they decid it to get red of me becouse I am going to need tretment and med. that to expancsev they have to cock somthing to mack it legal they won and they use a co worcker to complan to him but that it did not happen at the comp.it is persnal mater  but the find vary week co worker it famil  they got what they want they will get wat they desearve  god watching I am stil looking for work it been 1.5 years it is my age ho is going hir a 55+ person my age is proplem

Work-life balance
Work-life balance at Ashley Distribution Services is a joke....When I was hired on the was told would have 3 days off 4 day’s on

Pay & benefits
My pay and benefits at Ashley Distribution Services are  laughable... Pay is ok but benefits are a joke

Job security and advancement
In terms of job security at Ashley Distribution Services, I think job security is good but advancement opportunities are lacking majorly

Management
In general, managers at Ashley Distribution Services  are slacking and need improvement

Culture
Collaboration with my colleagues at Ashley Distribution Services is good

Overall
My experience working at Ashley Distribution Services is had I known it was gonna be this way I’d never started working there

ADS is the leading Company in the industry; it is very solid financially; and that it’s future looks bright, is an understatement. It’s family owned, not public. All of those factors contribute to job security and stability. My job is good enough that I’ve been here almost a decade. Management have always been reasonable for the most part. It’s disappointing that medical benefits have greatly diminished over time while premiums have increased significantly every year, though. Other than that, I enjoy working for this company and I recommend it to good, professional class a drivers who are in search of a decent job.

I like that I can be involved with volunteering:  Ashley Angels and Wreaths Across America.  I enjoy the company picnic and Ashley for the Arts.  There is alot of job security.  I worked during Covid from home for about a month and a half.  Extra money doing OT sometimes.  I like the people I work with they are fun to be around.  Job stress is probably the only negative. You have to handle alot of tough situations sometimes.  I am a jack of all trades and can multitask in more than one position within the company.  My main job function is routing multi drop truck loads and geo coding but I can dispatch when time allows.

Ashley Distribution is a constant changing environment, which makes it an attractive organization for anyone seeking and loving a challenge.  That being said, it is not for the faint of heart, hard work is expected but is also rewarded.  Ample opportunity for advancement if one is passionate and driven in their work pursuits.  Solid company, decent benefits, dynamic environment conducive to learning and growth.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Some of the benefits was good like a cell phone bill siphon, paid parking reimbursement, and PTO(paid time off).

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Older tractors in the fleet, broke down a lot. Some trucks were pushing 700,000 as a fleet truck. No delay pay if load comes out late one of there DC’s.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Work environment was friendly, not just management but fellow co-workers as well.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
That varies from business volume, no set schedule, but they tried to get u home at request or weekends.

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