truck driver

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BiRite Foodservice Distributors

Management lacks follow through for advancing through the ranks. I worked for two years in the warehouse and was often applauded for my attention to detail and making sure things were as close to accurate as possible under my watch. Because of my attention to detail and my consistently glowing reviews, I was tasked with training at least ten different receivers. Management is very hands off when it comes to daily training and consistent professional development. Workplace culture often times is a bit toxic. The end of day can shift anywhere from 2:30pm to 5 pm with very little assistance from management. Trucks were consistently allowed to come in after the posted end time and then expected to be received, regardless of what time it would send you home. I found it very difficult to work in an environment that merit-based raises are restricted (received 4 merit-based raises in 2021 and 0 in 2022) and when offered a transfer, with promises of better pay, I was told a week before it was to take place that the position had been given to someone else, not because they were more deserving of the job, but because they had experience in a different department. I learned that verbal commitments in Birite are not followed through on and when asked about it, they said it wasn't in writing so there was nothing that would be done, even if I had been doing the job that was asked of me.

Overall the responsibilities varied sometimes from day to day unless I had a training class. Often I would train drivers on safety tips to prevent accidents or perhaps go over accident prevention based on a passed accident. I was involved and trained in Smith System 5 keys Sr. Certified Trainer and shared my knowledge with New Hires and current employees. I also was responsible for training ergonomics, and diet in addition to food safety and awareness. The Most difficult part of the job was getting drivers to participate in training due to their schedule which often times required me meeting them after my work hours or before my normal work hours. The most enjoyable part of the job was seeing the change in their driving habits and lowering their accidents and injuries.

Be prepared to wake up really early and work no less than 14hrs daily and thats minimum you dont know your starting time till the day before never set hrs also it will be very physical you will be running back and forth with loaded hand carts and thats not all dispatch and manager will be calling you every 20min to check where you at management need to train employees better not just one week and wxpect you to know every single route and be able to start on your own in the next week plus they wont supply all the tools you need to do your job because they never have enough available so its a big pain and just wastes a lot of your time doing extra work which they expect you to do as an experieced employee I will avoid and look else where you been warned

The family that owns this business shows their employees how much they appreciate and care for them. For example, during the Covid pandemic, while they lost business, they did everything they can to keep paying their employees the same rate from before and with the same hours. Eventually, since Covid was prolonged, they had to let some people go and cut back hours for others. The family, though, didn't take any profits for themselves until after their employees were all paid, even offering extra money to those that had their hours cut after receiving a small business loan. 

Be ready to start at 1:00 am. Work 14-16 hours. Get off around 5/6 pm. Then get a text right after you get off to come in the next morning at 1/2am. 

The supervisor gets mad every time you call him. Dispatch routes you and gives you 30 minutes to finish 80 cases at a stop. Which is laughable. They’ve never actually been on a route and don’t know the problems and issues you will always run in to. 

Once you’re behind because of that, the supervisor will call and ask why you’re behind. Crazy part is, he was once a driver and should know what the job consists of.  But he doesn’t care. 

Find a different company to work for if you want to have an actual life and  spend time with your family or kids. 

2 stars due to the scheduling flexibility (PTO/PSL), and consistent hours given Monday through Friday, and some holidays. Unfortunately, the customer service team lacked teamwork, communication, accountability and training. Employees causing the hostile work environment were protected from receiving corrective action. The department also needs to modernize their training courses and/or guides. Most of the training was given in the form of a binder with instructions, images were included, some words typed - others manually written. You added more if you picked up something new on the AS400.

Working at Birite has been great for me personally. I've significant increased my income and I'm very happy about that. I came in here with not CDL experience and they gave me the opportunity. The job its self can be challenging at times due to its fast paced nature. If you have the background of any delivery job then you will most likely to do good. This job is a great entry level to the Food distribution industry and it will compensate you well.

If willing to work hard you become part of A family.Start by seeing existing customers,taking orders,showing new products.Meet with a broker to target items to present to new and existing customers.finish day with combo of cold calling and seeing existing customers with targeted products.Go over aging report,pick up chcks on way home.

What I am able to take away from my current experience is that I am a fast learner.  I did not know how to use the programs or even heard of it and now I can manage the program easily.  

Hardest part of the job is the time consuming part of collecting all the data for my audits for customers for cost price accuracy.

Most enjoyable part of the job are the people that I work with in the office on a daily basis.

At first seems like a great, family-oriented company, total lie. Salesforce controls the higher ups in a very toxic way, backstabbing will happen. Unhealthy work environment with unclear goals and expectations. Routing & transportation departments set you up for failure. No set policies and obscurity makes everything a mess. All I ended up witnessing are extremely unhappy people that make good money. Very sad.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Truck driver 16 salaries reported	$31.91 per hour
Sales representative 15 salaries reported	$95,000 per year
Warehouse worker 15 salaries reported	$22.93 per hour
Order picker 25 salaries reported	$20.80 per hour
Technician trainee 22 salaries reported	$20.00 per hour

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