stocker

order picker

truck driver

route driver

warehouse supervisor

Borden Dairy

I'm about to write a long post, so here is a short example that summarizes my experience. Came into work at 2:00p.m. Worked till about 8:00p.m. Took an hour lunch. Started working. By 11:00 we ran out of whole milk. !12:00a.m.-No milk
1:00a.m.- No milk
2:00a.m.- No milk
Finally my crew, all of us, we agree among outselves that despite being warned previously about leaving before our work is done that we are leaving at 2:30 a.m. if there is no milk to loadout. We return to discover that the milk we needed wasn't ran till 5:00 a.m. The manager told us he understood why we left but would not say if we could leave again in the future or not. We never know when we will have the product we need. We don't have any clear standard for when we can leave. this was a primary catalyst for why I quit. Inept and selfish leaders.

The following is the long answer.
THERE IS ONLY ONE BENEFIT TO THIS JOB! At least at this particular location, and that is the benefits offered. Benefit packages are competitive. That said, pay is not competitive with other warehouses, at least not in my opinion or experience. I'd say that job security is a plus, but that is only because the standards and quality in terms of accountability and professionalism are negligible  at best. In other words, you need to be distinguishable in your incompetence and laziness before you are fired. Promotions suck. There are no promotions. I worked at this company for 5 years. In all my years of working there, my first three saw my greatest movement. I was learning new skills, gaining more responsibility, and even acquired some small raises. There was plenty of JUSTIFIABLE overtime, and money was decently good. After three years something happened. Managerial competence and reliability fell drastically. Overtime was spent waiting 2 or more hours waiting on production to produce the very product our customers were ordering. Understand, this was a place of heavy production, much of the down time was because of machinery that needed maintenance. This was necessary overtime. Machinery failure is based on normal wear and tear and not in anyone's control. The factory is like an aging car, she gets you there but she needs plenty of TLC. That said, A LOT of overtime was due to incompetence. The plant leadership would frequently lie to cover the fact that they were running milk they wanted to run instead of the milk we needed. Sometimes this was because other teams needed their milk first. This is perfectly understandable, however often times it was late into the night or really early into the morning and other teams were home asleep and the plant leadership defied our vault leadership. The Facility manager never held the plant leaders accountable. My direct supervisor would work tirelessly, often well over 18 hours nearly everyday just to get the job done. Sometimes even letting my team go home because of how incompetent the plant supervisor was. His reward was demotion. I have never seen a person work so hard get demoted before. It was supposedly for organizational purposes but of course the leaders that replaced the now foreman did not have the same work ethic. All in all a very sorry place where leaders lie and hours increase with every promise of hourly decrease. Strange I know but when you're waiting around instead of working, well I can sit down at home!

I worked in a busy pod.  My coworkers were great for the most part. There is a little drama in any workplace now and then. But the manager is very friendly and helpful.  If there are issues he is quick to resolve it, if you only talk to him.

Details to know about job:The only guaranteed holidays customer service reps have off are Thanksgiving  and Christmas. You have to put in bids for other holidays. Working Saturdays is mandatory.  Expect to work about 2 a month (especially if in Ohio pod). Sometimes 3 a month if short handed. You get off at noon on Saturdays.  The work is not hard. First few weeks are stressful as it’s a lot to learn. Just take notes. It’s very repetitive and once you learn the basics you will be fine. They expect you to stay signed in to the phone system.  All breaks (including lunch)  will bring your “available” percentage down. You are allowed breaks but many hate to take them because of this. On your quarterly review they will bring up what percentage of the work day you are “available” in the system, unsure if anyone gets in trouble for this. It is hard to stay “available” as much as they request. Just do your best. Manager is very sweet and understanding. 

 Work Is fast paced. Some days more than most.  Just before holidays you will get back to back calls. 

I loved my job.  I just needed more time with my family. Too many hours at this job. But it’s good pay and insurance is great. I would recommend gladly Borden to others.

Running from my office to the main building, ordering purchase product for re-sale, contacting inter-companies to schedule deliveries, dipatch and cooridinate the loads for trailers and bobtails for the next days deliveries, prepare notes for daily meetings, records retention, monthly inventory, pricing corrections, order taking, tracking productivity of each shift, ensuring accurate code date rotations, pulling boxed products for the loaders, keeping track of casses, pallets, scheduling. I learned a lot of the in's and out's of chain supply management while working with Borden. I found myself passionate about my work, and took extreme pride in my accuracy. My fellow co-workers were very interesting to work with, we all knew how to work as a team and keep things fun while remaining safe at all times. The ONLY thing I didn't enjoy very much, at all honestly, is that I worked in the cooler, and in case your wondering it's cold ALL the time. I really liked the fact that I could talk to my supervisors or boss about any issue at hand and they wouldn't blow it off, they respected my hard work and I respected their great people management skills.

Borden would be a very top notch place to work if you're a brown nose. The work isn't hard but the culture here isn't ideal for any workplace. Management is horrible and it's to buddy buddy. They let anyone move up just because they tall a good game but in my area I work there's only one manager that will put his boots on and actually come and do some work not just push a pen and pretend to know what he's doing. Yet they're actively trying to push him out and demote him. Which mark my words will start the decline of this particular area. When they need you to work 70+ hrs 6 days a week sometimes 7 it's all good but now they want to cut our hours and days but don't realize most of us have families to take care of. We have to constantly come in and finish the other crews work but we can't leave any work for them. How's that fair? It's honestly a great job if they would stop letting new people come in and ruin what we have going! 

This company is the worst company I have ever worked for in my life. There is absolutely no communication within the management. Almost everyone in management  there acts like everyday is their first day. The company wants to preach safety until money is involved then it’s a different story. If you’re looking to drive for them they’re drivers are way under paid and over worked (60-70hrs) for the responsibilities they have. The company has new rules and policies on almost a weekly basis. If they worried about picking up business like they did trying to discipline or fire an employee business would be booming. The paid stub you receive online (bi-weekly) is like trying to read a foreign language so half the time you can’t tell if you’re even getting paid right or not. No weekends off. Basically what I’m saying is the job isn’t worth all the headaches and stress that comes with it.

What you are promised and what you get are two different things here.  First and foremost.  We did not get raises for a couple of years. The couple of years before that didn't even cover the cost of living increase for this area. New management/ owners came in. Sold us on how underappreciated we had been treated and they promised to fix that. We got a decent 6% raise and told we could expect to be increased over a few years time to put us at typical wages for our area. Next year came around,  most only got a 1.5% raise. So much for last years rally.  This sums up Borden perfectly.  After five years I have seen three plant managers and countless production managers.  Unfortunately all the best ones have abandoned ship leaving us with unseasoned noobs. Same with the maintenance shop, three chiefs in five years. The culture is stagnant.  Nobody cares anymore. There are no repercussions for not doing your job. New hires see this immediately and either act the same or are disgusted and leave. Borden could be and should be a incredible company.  Sadly we are not.

A typical day at work was very busy. It was fast paced and the day went by quickly.

Borden's sent me to classes to learn Micosoft programs and also sent me to Fre Pryers classes.

The management came through in the hardest of times. During the huricanes they brought gas in for our vehicles and fed us breakfast lunch and dinner. Also gave emergency supplies for our families. i thought that was special.

The co-workers were a good team. We all workded together. It was tight knit and we communicated very well.

The hardest part of the job was getting the trailors picked up before they got hot.

Elsie of coarse was a big part of our company. The Rodeo was a big deal around there. It was so much fun going down there and seeing her and the children interact. The concerts were also good.

As a route driver you are forced to handle issues that the sales reps should be taking care of. Many issues regarding product dates and constant cuts. Relief drivers who don’t have to relieve anything. Yet make more than a standard driver. PTO and vacation are wrapped as a package deal. Won’t get 3 weeks until 8 years while most companies offer that at 5 and some even earlier. No one ever has a clear answer as to why things are messed up. Wouldn’t recommend this job anymore it’s definitely not for its employees and overall anything they do is specifically for themselves and their benefit. Need a surgery or take a day due to being sick expect to have your phone blown up until you return and if it was only for a day expect to re make all those stops you weren’t there to do don’t worry they’ll hold the milk on your truck til you get back. Have plans go ahead an cancel as nothing here is guaranteed. The only guarantee there is that you will get paid on Friday. And you will get the s***t end of the stick. 

Gave these people 3 years of my life never moved up saw people there who worked there 20 years & still got treated like they worked there for 20 days management is horrible there’s like 10 supervisors who love telling you what to do or writing you up for making mistakes but when it’s time for you to ask a questions about raises or time off nobody can tell you anything tractor trailers are never on time so night shifts sleeps in their car for atleast 2 hours until the next trailer comes each team has an assigned trailer so if one comes the other team has to sit down & wait then by the end of the night one team is stuck doin the last trailer alone at 5am because the manager doesn’t want everyone working together. If your fresh out of highschool & don’t mind being treated like a kid & whistled at like a dog this is the job for you endless hours lots of overtime

Let's start with the positive...  This company still offers PPO insurance where you only pay a copay at each doctor visit.  PPO is more budget friendly, especially if you have health conditions that require you to go to the doctor more or have kids.  They also have TRUE work/life balance where you can leave work at work and not stress over it when you're off the clock.  My coworkers and direct management were great.
As far as the negative goes, the executives that run the company have made this company very unstable causing people from the top down to leave left and right.  There's very little room growth. 
 If being paid the market rate for your position is important to you this may not be the place for you.  You may get paid more at other places, but the insurance, work/life balance and workload elsewhere may not be worth it.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Stocker 10 salaries reported	$21.50 per hour
Order picker 10 salaries reported	$26.50 per hour
Truck driver 1 salary reported	$24.15 per hour
Route driver 1 salary reported	$23.65 per hour
Warehouse supervisor 1 salary reported	$57,500 per year

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