warehouse associate

service technician

counter sales representative

account manager

field service technician

Bridgestone HosePower, LLC

Take every opportunity for business, add these ingredients : no inventory in stock, sales lead required to be quoted by incompetent and lazy inside sales team , taking days even weeks, regional sales manager popping into your accounts and asking the customer if your doing your job, and why the customer is not buying from you, no promotions or thank you's allowed for the customers buying from you,  most orders processed late, with quality control non existent, territories and customers shuffled every few months, multiple sales people calling on the same account until if they buy they are not sure who to call to place the order. Sales people from the same location competing against each other for the same sale. Accounts reassigned without all parties being notified. Regional sales manager taking credit, and taking over any account generating any sustainable development.

Honestly, I don’t really hate my
Job. Id stay there for the stretch if they would just compensate us better. The warehouse manager is truly the heart and soul of the operation. The folks in the warehouse have really become family in the time I have spent there. Unfortunately if you don’t live with your parents, you’d be waking up in the parking lot every morning because in no way shape or form is it a liveable wage, especially for the work you do. As you progress you begin to notice a  bold line between the people in the office and the people in the warehouse. One of the biggest issues I have with this place is “It’s not my job”. Unfortunately in this building everything is your job and some don’t see it this way. There’s not very much wiggle room in this branch when it comes to moving up. 

When I was hired on I was told I was required to start as a temp in order to cut down on people getting the job purely for connections and not for ability. This was understandable at the time, but after my 3 month trial period was up and it was time for me to be hired on as a full worker it never happened.

The hose building team/Whitecap employees during my time there were rarely on task and could often be found hiding in the aisles of the warehouse or in the break room playing Call of Duty on their phones together during work hours. Even after being informed of this the manager and supervisors did nothing and in fact fed into their actions.

I would not recommend working at this branch unless you are able to endear yourself to the in crowd and care about everyone pulling their own weight.

I was given a chance, and that was all it took.  I was able to accomplish assignments with support from a great superior.  I enjoy staying busy, and this position was just that.  I answered all inbound callers, greeted customers, as well as took orders, created invoices, ordered products, ordered office supplies, organized and ran weekly meeting when needed, and supervised the warehouse to ensure the right products and quantity were leaving the shop.  I really enjoyed this position, and was unfortunate that the oil and gas industry effected us so much, that our branch was temporarily closed down.  I am still eligible for re-hire, but decided to move closer to family at this time.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I only reviewed it as a one because zero was not an option I can't think of anything to say they were not committed to their employees and I felt every day might be my last day of employment.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
dealing with the ineptitude of the branch manager and corporate management. They had no idea how to manage such an endeavor which was foreign to them when they were acquired by Bridgestone.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
poor at best, stressful and dreadful to go to work.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
hard work, giving my all with little or no appreciation from management

Growing company with a small company feel. Schedule is set and rarely eclipses 45 hours a week. 

The undying loyalty of management to poisonous employees is really what ruins the position as a whole. Because of this, there is no room for advancement and there can be serious toxicity inside departments. 

Pay is uneven and universally low, and hard work is generally not rewarded. 

Good for someone who just needs a paycheck. If you want a career, or to avoid out of touch managers, look elsewhere.

they had a lot of rules in print that they would bend as they felt fit. it depended who you were and what you did before they enforced certain rules. i witnessed drinking on the job which just got a 3 day suspension. one employee tested posssitive for drug use and just received a demotion. one employee was using company vehicle out of town to pick up furniture and lost some of load resulting in accident which was against company policy but went un punished. the management is really a joke for a company as large as this one.

typical day would be pulling customer orders or making certain things for customers orders
i learned that there are a lot of different types of hoses and fittings for the hoses. 
coworkers were good to get along with and the management there is great!
the hardest part about the job was cutting the bigger and heavier duty type hoses
i really enjoyed working with everyone there cause we can joke around and cut up with everyone and no one would get mad!

After working here for 4 years and never receiving a raise to reflect my work-load, it was nice to call it quits and find a company that appreciates me verbally and through generous compensation.

Working for Hosepower is a dead end. There is no opportunity to advance as when positions become available they prefer to hire from without rather than from within. This way, they don't have to replace a labor horse. 

Management is lacking and most of the employees are unhappy and it shows.

Pay is terrible and there is no room for advancement. 

The company really is stuck in the 90s, printing 1000s of pages of paper every day and refusing to modernize their practices.  

No formalized training programs for new hires. 

The culture is toxic at times, with gossip and people talking behind each other's backs constantly. It is a national company that is being run like a backwoods mom and pop. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Warehouse associate 42 salaries reported	$19.36 per hour
Service technician 42 salaries reported	$77,655 per year
Counter sales representative 5 salaries reported	$18.70 per hour
Account manager 13 salaries reported	$73,269 per year
Field service technician 1 salary reported	$87,500 per year

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