trailer mechanic

trailer technician

truck driver

environmental health officer

mechanic

Boasso Global

This Job is ok if you are trying to get a check.Longterm  the place is Bad for your Health.(EXPOSURE TO STRESS & BAD FUMES EVERYDAY mask & filters always run out.They dont purchase nothing until end of the month and are always late.There really isn't room for Advancement Beyond supervisors.If those positions are filled you arent going no where up.Managers will preach that there is advancement oppurtunities to keep employees In belief that there is so they stay motivated.Its all lies.DO NOT FALL FOR IT. Let time tell it.The work is very Hard and Dangerous and chemically Hazardous. Management orders your supplies for the job late or sometimes not at all for weeks on in and still will tell you to "get the job done."Managers Play Favorites and let certain individuals get away with what ever they want Late,no work,work place Bullying, damage,waste etc..while they enforce rules on everyone else .All the most effiecient and hardest workes are overlooked. The Favorites Get all the credit for results that The hard workers Truely make happen.This place is a Joke and alot needs to be brought to the eyes of Coorperate Bosses.There is alot of issues kept in the Dark. when cooperate or anyone of real authority comes they cover up issues and Try to make the place run tip top.Its all a front.Its kind of hillarious to see managers and certain workers full of it scramble and pretend to make things appear right when their bosses come.Smh...The facility is is falling apart.Its eveident when you just walk around and pay attention to the details the leaks everywhere when it rains the locker rooms and Bathrooms are litteraly soaked.Structural beams Smashed by guys who cant drive forklifts.I mean the list goes on.Management Boast what they do but in reality Its the workers on the washfloor.Putting in the blood, sweat and tears and health at risk to hit crazy unrealistic numbers considering circumstances and they actually make it happen because onlybecause  Of long hard hrs and fear of losing their job if they dont hit numbers.they are all underpaid for this job.Again management takes all the credit and gets promoted and bonuses.To be honest they dont care about none of the workers and you can see it.Its sad because people need to make a living and managers abuse that.Its a cut throat industry and money is the motive.They will tell you there is no other jobs out there to pay like them and manipulate you to stay.Dont fall for it.Value your health and Know your worth your families need you and this place..No bueno.There is other occupations that you are Better off doing.Take heed to what I say.Dont say I didnt warn you ...No Lies... God bless and Goodluck

I worked with Boasso for 3 years. As terms of Training they are on their game. it is ALOT of videos on safe driving and as it should be due to the nature of Hazmat loads, and they do provide you with uniforms and PPE. However that is where the good stops. The loads are few and far in between and even though they tell you here is no such thing as an dedicated account there are many drivers who go to the same place everyday pulling the same loads in you are in the driver managers groups, if not you are thrown to the wind. I have watched dispatch pull loads from drivers saying "the customer cancelled the load" and call and give the load to one of their buddies. and then say its to even out the board...that was not true cause some drivers where doing WAY better than others. Dispatch was always rude and had a smile of a snake. Chalmette Location is by far the biggest Viper Pit I have had the displeasure of working with. Houston Location and Satsuma Location had their share of problem but they where way easier dealing with and more up front on how they was doing it. I always like going to their terminals and dealing with their Dispatch if it was at all possible. But I have been screwed more times than I care count from Chalmette and I rather live under a bridge than ever give a second of my life at Boasso Chalmette again.

A get up I come in early so I can be ready to dispatch our local drivers I try to have everything ready for them because they like to disappear we really need to track them better than what we are doing now, next I work on the night drop that way we will have chassis for our mount list in meaning I use Ericom to access our Depot Software were I inbound and outbound tanks at the same time I'm check with our 3rd party wash facilities to make sure that they keep up with our 72 hour report no tank can be on the ground over 72 hour unless they are clean.

Now I also keep in contact with the customers who request for there tank to be heated  this needs to be monitor throughout the day.

Our Dispatch dept also have request for us we have to have tanks prep and ready for the over the road driver and chassis ready for the Port drivers and while doing all this we have to make sure we input the correct info into the system because we have to stay in compliance.

There more because you and I both know every your day never runs smooth there always an tank that not up to heat or they didn't prep the tank the right way an outside driver here to pickup an tank but its not here driver broke down he is going to be late for his appointment the list go on and on.

I worked in the Corporate Office in Tampa, and the best advice I can give is to not even apply.  

The company has huge turnover rates from accounting to the higher up positions.  In the time I was there they had a complete turnover in their collections department, ap department, IT department, the Head of IT quit, the Director Finance quit, and their new CFO quit after just one year.  There were also people quitting from various other positions such as HR and a lot of terminal managers quitting.

A lot of the turnover had to do with the senior HR Managers; they were monitoring employees' phone calls with customers and collectors.  Basically they were evaluating us and creating an annual report based on our performance, and they were extremely unfair and overly-critical.  It was basically managers and HR working against and bullying you until you either quit or got fired; multiple people got written up multiple times over superficial things such as asking for help or putting in a few minutes of overtime.

The company also doesn't compensate you for un-used PTO's if you quit.

Overall I felt it was a very toxic work environment.  Not all the managers were terrible to work with, but overall I was glad to leave.

No training manuals exists for individual positions nor a breakdown of responsibilities or tasks. If it does, it has never been dispersed from corporate, to management, to hired employees. Only user manuals on software is given, but does not include how the programs should be used in the position hired into. Employees are excepted to train each other, so if the training employee does not know the correct procedures or responsibilities, and trains the new hire based on only what they know, it trickles down to things not always being done the with  accuracy or precision. Boasso's training style and communication from corporate when something is finally found to be done wrong is a very " You're just supposed to know" tone with little to no written back up. This then translates to new hires frustrated and choosing to jump ship and having positions open for a long time or a high turn around. Since most positions there is only one employee in each position and we are constantly shorthanded, it makes it hard to cross train if someone is out on PTO or sick and very hard to catch up from being out.

When I started here I thought it would be a great place to work, and on the surface it was. Then I got into it a bit and realized everyone here is a backstabbing cutthroat. They’d rather cut corners and cover up than follow proper procedures, then make excuses.  Management is an absolute train wreck. Despite having numerous safety and SOP problems brought their attention we were told “it’ll get handled”. Spoiler, it never did. The work place environment was worse than grade school. Just absolute rubbish. The employees that had been there for so long were completely abusive and rude to the new guys, way past normal new job hazing. Just absolutely terrible. Made me want to be homeless than actually come to work, that’s how bad it was. When concerns of hostile work environment were brought to the attention of management and higher ups, we were once again told “it would be handled”. 

Spoiler, IT NEVER DID. 
Don’t work for this company. Ever. They don’t care about anyone lower than the terminal managers, and even then I’m not convinced. Horrible work place environment, horrible work flow, horrible management, horrible work PERIOD. Do something less stressful, like swat or bomb diffuser.

I WOULD CLOCK IN, HEAD TO THE LOCKER ROOM TO CHANGE INTO MY SAFETY GEAR AND THEN TO THE MACHINE TO GRAB A HOT CUP OF TEA.
THEN OFF TO THE TO COLLECT ALL OF THE PAPER WORK THAT I WOULD NEED FOR THE TEAM AND ME TO START THE DAY.
NEXT IM OFF TO WALK THE YARD TO SEE HOW MUCH OF IT I HAVE TO GET IN ORDER, I THEN VISUALIZE MY GOAL AND IM OFF.
THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY IM OPERATING THE LIFT, DRIVING SWITCHER, FIXING TANKS STICKERS, WRITTING UP PAPER WORK AND WORKING AS A TEAM.
AT LUNCH WE LAUGH AND JOKE ABOUT LIFE, WORK, AND HOME. 
I WORK AS THE LEAD MAN SO SOMETIMES I CHOOSE TO SKIP LUNCH AND KEEP WORKING SO THAT OUR ORDERS FOR THE DAY WILL BE ABLE TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE DAY.

THE JOB IS MOSTLY EASY DUE TO THE TEAM WORK AND COMUNICATION OVER THE RADIOS THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER.
THE HARDEST PART OF THE JOB IS KEEPING EVERTHING IN ORDER BEING THAT THE YARD IS NOT BIG ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE THE AMOUNT OF TRUCKS, TANKS, CHASSIS AND EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE.

THE BEST PART OF IT IS LOVING WHAT I DO. FROM THE ORGANIZING AND PAPER WORK  TO THE HANDS ON FEELING AND USE OF THE MACHINES.

I really enjoy my job and the company as a whole.  The downfall is what most seem to have concern with; compensation.
Overall for what I personally do, my compensation does not match.  I am hopeful this will increase.   Hours are great! Facility manager does care about everyone and is very understanding when it comes to personal issues everyone has from time to time.  I do see  some employees take advantage of this and it's very annoying to those who work hard and play by the rules.  High turnover for the cleaners.  I see several reason why, but the one that sticks out the most is you must work safely, it's not an easy job; very physical and when people experience that they tend to bail. Everyone is told exactly what the job entails, but too many times people are just paycheck grabers. It is not for everyone.  Safety is top priority and the safety team is awesome!  You can provide everything needed as a company but you MUST enforce safety and MAKE it a priority.  Open door policy, which many companies say they have but don't.  No matter what position management holds, you can contact them and expect to receive feedback.  
No company is perfect, but I do LOVE this team!

I came into this industry with very little experience in tanker trailer repair and inspection. I have been able to train with the senior mechanics along with online and class room training to learn all aspects of tanker trailer repair and inspection. I've always been treated like a valued member of the team. There have been many positive changes in management, safety culture, and overall pay and benefits in the last few years.  I'm part of a bonus plan based on productivity that is paid out monthly and I get paid vacation and more paid holidays than most places offer. Like any other shop there deadlines and monthly quotas to meet but that's to expected no matter where you work. The best part of the job has been the ability to train and advance myself at my own pace. With the compensation program that is in place I know I will get raises at set intervals and I can get ahead even faster as I advance through the skill levels. Overall good place to work and good people to work for.

I resigned my employment with Boasso America Houston, Texas for one reason.  Horrible billing management.  I applied for a billing position and for seven weeks, never once was trained on system.  Was used to pull staples out of orders and scanning.

I agreed to an exit interview and was promised confidentiality only to find out the next day that all billing department knew what was stated by me and accused me of throwing them under the bus.  For one, they need learn the true meaning of being thrown under the bus.  There were no selfish reasons to my statement.  I just did not want a great company to falter because corporate apparently did not know the extent of the problems going on there.

I only agreed to an exit interview to  help Boasso America repair the problems happening to their company.  Very disappointing, to say the least. 

I was honest about what was happening in the department and do not regret this decision.

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