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I am writing this review to express my deep dissatisfaction with the 3rd shift security position at Bozzuto’s in Cheshire, Connecticut. My experience with the company has been extremely disappointing, primarily due to the unreasonably low pay, poor work-life balance, and overall lack of consideration for employee well-being.

To start, the compensation for this role is far below industry standards, especially considering the nature of overnight work. For a position that requires constant vigilance, responsibility for facility security, and working unsociable hours, the wages offered are simply unacceptable. It feels as though Bozzuto’s places very little value on the people who help keep their property and employees safe during off-hours.

The 3rd shift schedule is also incredibly demanding and makes it nearly impossible to maintain a healthy work-life balance. The overnight hours leave little time for personal responsibilities, family, or rest, and there’s no flexibility or support to accommodate these challenges. Rather than offering solutions like rotating shifts or additional compensation, the company seems content to ignore the toll this takes on employees’ physical and mental health.

Furthermore, there’s a noticeable lack of communication and appreciation from management. Security staff are treated as if they’re expendable, with little acknowledgment of the essential role they play. Morale is low, and there is no clear path for advancement or professional growth within the security department.

Overall, I cannot recommend this position to anyone seeking fair pay, stability, or respect in the workplace. Bozzuto’s needs to seriously re-evaluate how they treat their 3rd shift workers, especially in roles as crucial as security

was a driver here for couple years and  in the beginning it was great because I showed the drive to want to succeed and I moved up fairly quick  in the pay scale due to my hard work . The only problem with being a hard worker is that they expect it from you all the time and I will say that I am grateful for the experience that I got pulling all different types of trailers but the one thing I have to say is the biggest downfall to this company is the management they constantly micromanage and discipline employees for the stupidest things just to make themselves look good and give themselves a pat on the back .  The management will not defend the drivers at all if anything should happen to fall back on them even though they are the ones that made ya do it!  dispatch is incredibly incompetent and once again this all comes together to create an incredibly hostile work environment where everybody feels like they have to walk on egg shells around everybody else and all the drivers are willing to stab each other in the back to try to save their own neck . Now that they have lost one of their major accounts I do not see anybody having any form of job security here any longer this place desperately needs a union and a complete management overhaul because the people that are running the show now are running this company straight down the toilet my suggestion to any prospect of driver is to run far from this company because all you’re going to do is cause yourself to get divorced lose your family and go insane!

I had a disappointing experience with this company. While they have great potential, it's clear they struggle to adapt to the times. I was initially promised a transition to fully remote work, which was essential for me due to a long commute and the feasibility of remote work in my role.

However, my experience took a sour turn when I felt like a pawn in the company's strategy. I played a pivotal role in constructing a multi-million dollar marketing funnel for them, a substantial achievement. But, once this system was running smoothly on its own, I was unceremoniously let go. It seems they used me to achieve their goals and then discarded me.

One glaring issue lies in the management hierarchy. My immediate manager seemed threatened by my fast-paced and highly productive work in marketing. To protect his own position, he explicitly told me not to share reports with higher-ups because it would reflect poorly on him. This lack of teamwork and transparency is a significant problem that urgently needs addressing.

In a company that fails to foster teamwork and transparency, progress becomes difficult to achieve. Despite the potential I saw in this company, my experience has left me with a sense of disappointment and frustration. They need to rectify these issues to truly realize their potential and provide a fair and equitable work environment for their employees.

If you have a high school diploma or equivalent and do not have a disenfranchising felony, you can do better literally anywhere else. 

Until I switched jobs to work for my current employer, I had no idea how bad Bozzuto's really is and how poorly they treat their work force. This is all evident by the extremely high turn over rate. The good employees quit or are terminated in great numbers and the poorly behaved, unprofessional associates are promoted and treated with favoritism.

They say they are family oriented but clearly they are not. Your managers will demand you work six days a week, 12 hour shifts every day and give you no options or choices in the matter. These 70 hour work weeks often continue for months to a year at a time with short breaks in between and then they start up again. This means no work life balance. There will not be time for your family or any personal life. 

Bozzuto's offers little to no time off. The policies and procedures for leave, sick time and paid vacation time are a joke. People are often denied use of their own paid time off.

The health coverage is not fairly priced and you will not get many options. 

401k matching is low. They do offer a profit sharing program but you will not get much. 

Stay away. 



Ive had pretty much every production job you can have at Bozzutos. From loader, to selector, to forklift operator, ive done it all. The pay is pretty decent but dont get me wrong you will work for your money here. Starting pay is $12.35 and top rate is $18.50. You get a raise every 6 months if you meet your percent and show up to work on time. You can come in and wear what you want, talk how you want, and take your 15min/lunch break when you want which is nice. What most people dont know when you apply is your timed from the minute you punch in until the minute you punch out. If an order is 60 mins long you will only have 60 mins to do that order. If you finish that order faster you will receive incentive pay.

Most of the supervisors are down to earth along with the managers but everyone above them is clueless. All they do is sit in their office and look at numbers, how to make things better, and how to make more money. They dont really understand what it takes to make the operation run.

Another thing that sucks is you dont know how long you will be working that day until you show up to work. You could work 7hrs or 12hrs...this makes it really complicated to make plans or tell your family when you will be home.

The firs. t 7 years were not bad as long as you don't mine working over 50+ hours per week. When I started the pay rate was so much better it took only 2 months to get to top rate as long as you worked at 100% for 3 weeks in a row and at that time top rate was just under  $17 an hour and started at $11. Now they start you at $12 an hour but it takes 3 years to get to top rate. You are available to get a rise every 3 or 6 months but the maximum raise is like a $1 every 3 or 6 months. Since they gotten so many customers but haven't expanded on distribution space like they use to. The Warehouse is very congested and hazardous because there  are so many employees and not enough room to work and move around which makes it hard for you to be as productive as they want you to be. They have the worst turnover rate when it comes to new employees getting hired and then leaving for many reasons.When I started in 2006 there was 10 of us that started after 2 months there was just me and one other person who is now the manager of the warehouse. Before I left they were hiring 20 new people per week and they would be lucky if 2 would stay past 3 months

This company is good to gain experience as a new driver because they’ll hire you but, that is all. 

Terrible communication, unreliable equipment, clear favoritism & they will do everything to negatively impact you leaving their truck seat to another job too. 

They swear up and down in the beginning that they make sure all of their drivers have a truck that is brand new & reliable but, the reality is that you can’t even get guaranteed a  truck to work in that is 10 years old unless you’re a 5 year plus employee. That’s not good at all for people with families they love and need to make it home safe. 

Most trucks for employees under 5 years are 15-20 years old and expected to do 10-14 hour runs daily. I can count  on more fingers and toes than I have personally available how many times I’ve been stuck 2-3 hours away from home base in one of these faulty pieces of equipment. I do very thorough pre trips and every time you bring something to their fleet maintenance department, they claim everything is fine without actually looking at it. Fleet maintenance there is an absolute joke. They only care about the 20 year + drivers here & those are basically the only vehicles they seem to actually focus work on. 

Pay is also TERRIBLE. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
As a new driver their training staff and their training program was very good,

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
First thing they going to tell you they have new trucks  but only there favorite or so call OG'S can drive them, while as a new driver you are given more stops and runs during holidays and bad weather conditions. You are expected to perform these duties in a old truck 2006-08 and they are not fully service. The worst part is the suspensions for the smallest of  things without any verbal warning. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It's fairly mix culture with an okay working environment 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
If you are  on live which means you wait until dispatch calls you to do yard duties are put you and a run. If you have a run you collect paper work per trip truck and find trailer and per trip as well and ensure ejack inside trailer is working and get started with your run for the day. somedays is 2 stops on my first solo i was given 7 stops .

Don't expect to be able to come in every day and just do your job. You won't have consistent hours and every day is a struggle for the equipment and space you need to do your job. You;ll spend hours each day cleaning up after people or doing things that aren't part of your job, which you aren't paid for, just to be allowed to work. It's not a surprise that fights happen pretty regularly, though they do at least come down hard on people who get violent, so long as they're just associates.

They don't follow their isle courtesy rules or other safety rules, so every month there will be a dozen or so incidences, most of which get ignored. For example; one of my coworkers had a trailer pulled out while he was driving into it, he was fortunately not injured; the company's response was to have us give signs to the drivers asking them to obey the warning lights, that policy lasted like two weeks.

It's also the the dirtiest warehouse i've ever been in. For a place that handles food you'd expect it to be cleaner but you still see food on the floor every day and rats and mice are common esp on weekend night shifts when it's less busy.

Good place to start fresh out of school because they hire new drivers and train them themselves but if you have any experience at all I would not recommend working here. 
THE PAY IS A LIE. Absolutely nobody makes $30 an hour. Maximum is $24 an hour plus now $2 an hour for the week if you have perfect attendance. But if you miss perfect attendance even by 1 minute, you lose that $2 an hour extra for 3 weeks.
You easily work 60-70 hour weeks but DO NOT GET OVERTIME PAY. It is regular pay for every hour you work and they expect and demand you take extra work every day. So if you finish your route faster you do not get to leave early, they tell you that you NEED TO take more work. 
They do not treat the drivers like they are people but instead like robots.
We are losing drivers on a weekly basis because of the treatment. 
Since I have been there we have had 2 different managers and currently do not have any management.

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