order picker

truck driver

sales representative

shipping and receiving clerk

account coordinator

Bunzl

Most of the employees at this location have been there long-term. Everybody I interacted with-  from co- workers to admin to maintenance-  were some of the nicest people I've ever had the pleasure of working with,  especially my trainer. 

The PTO and holidays are generous.

They are really trying and succeeding in their company culture with popcorn on Wednesdays,  a special company lunch once a month,  and rotating employee of the week with special perks (everybody gets a turn).

I opted out of benefits because the wages were too low. 

The negatives are as follows:

The pay is misleading. I believe Indeed said $14-$18/hr. Everybody prefers transparency,  so the base pay of $13.47/hr. should be posted,  in my opinion. That is most likely all you will make unless or until you receive a raise. It's piecework and you're never doing the same thing or even on the same machine. If the people who have been there 8-10 years can't earn more than base pay, you won't either. 

The physical pain and potential long-term damage to your body cannot be underestimated or stressed enough. This was the biggest reason I left. We had a 4-day weekend and I was still in pain (back, but mostly arms and hands). This is why they should pay more. 

They started me on the most difficult sewing job- closing. This is where you sew the entire glove together, around fingertips and in the crotches of the fingers. Several co-workers were surprised to learn that's what I was started on. If you take pride in your work, this will leave you feeling frustrated and deflated every day. 

They "grade" you based on your production. There's some complex calculation akin to the secret Google algorithms they use to score you between 0% and 100%. They have colored flags that represent your score. (0-30% or 33% is yellow,  for example). They hang these flags on your machine so everyone can see. This must be remnants from the 1950s back when dunce hats were used in the classroom as a backwards way of motivation. 

Lastly,  the reason I abruptly left with no notice was my supervisor's management style, which was the icing on the cake for me. I've managed others and have also run my own company,  so I neither need or appreciate being micromanaged. Where I nope out, however, is being treated abusively and disrespectfully. You absolutely cannot speak to your employees with sarcasm,  anger,  and contempt and expect to get the best out of them. 

The only good thing about this company is that I got hired toward the end of a calendar year, so I got 1 week sick pay and 2 weeks vacation on January 3rd the next year. I continuously went so far above and beyond my job's description that one coworker regularly told me to work my wage. Within a few months I had more privileges (such as auditing) than some people who had been working here for a year. I also knew things that people who had seniority over me did not know. It was not a factor at all in getting promoted, despite what I was told during the "job interview." Safety is also irrelevant despite what they told me during the interview. Pallet jacks are regularly left out in the open, and shelving lacks grating. 

The job itself was actually super easy, and despite only being there for a few months I learned everything in outbound PnP. I know things that people who have been working there significantly longer than me do not know. The hardest part of the job for most people is probably packing and auditing. Orders do not always cleanly fit into boxes being shipped out, and it can be a lot like playing Tetris. Sometimes boxes even need to be broken down into two or more boxes. Auditing can be tedious because there's a lot of little things that you may need to count. That can really depend on the organization of the picker. 

The best part of the job is the fact as long as you're busy no one cares what you're doing. Counting stuff? Sweeping? Pretending to be busy walking around? They don't care. It's "work". Just don't be sitting unless it's between the racks or while waiting for labels on the dock. Honestly, it's probably the easiest job I've ever had even though I float through multiple positions. On a very slow day/night I could easily perform all the necessary functions in my department on my own, and usually do 2/3rds of the main jobs on my own or with minimal help. It just didn't make a difference for promotion or a raise, and business can slow to an absolute crawl. 

A typical day at Bunzl was anything but typical. Days for a Supervisor lasted as long as 18 hours a day with no extra compensation. I was hospitalized twice during a three week period and missed work due to poor working conditions and Management. I was put on a 12 hour a day restriction the first time and a 10 hour restriction the second time to recover and regulate my Diabetes. After my restrictions ended, I returned to work full duty only to be relieved of my position. Comp time was promised and accrued and then taken away. Management had a strong arm hold on Supervisors and held your job over your head daily.You were constantly threatened no matter how well you did. All Shipments were made nightly usually extending into a 12-15 hour day. There were no minimum selecting requirements in a Union environment. Management held the Unions wishes and regards over what seemed to be the companies and Supervisors well being.Expectations of the Supervisors were to write 10 Daily Employee Reviews and find the faults of employees. This was done by all 4 Supervisors with no discipline to follow regardless of what was written.Despite my experience with the Management at Bunzl I would return to work for the company at a different facility if offered. I don't hold Bunzl responsible for the lack of respect, caring, or training of the Management in Monmouth Jct, as they are probably not aware of the issues that get buried there. Management does a great job at hiding things
Bunzl is a great company and as stocks and profits show, doing very well. The Monmouth Jct. facility needed to make great progress in its Management team and its progress of working with its Supervisors.

I held the same job for 3 years. I performed above average, and received yearly below average raises. My coworkers around me threatened to quit in order to get raises. While I simply took a more traditional path of attempting to get a raise (hard work, asking politely), and received nothing. I had seniority over my coworkers who had the same job as me and made more than I did. My coworkers would also constantly call out of work and not show up, show up late every day and still received more raises than i did, because I didn't threaten to quit like they did

I worked with a supervisor who was unapproachable and almost impossible to work with. He was constantly in such a bad mood, I would go above and beyond to not talk to him. I couldn't approach him to ask work related questions. Again, another example of being rewarded for poor work performance, while I received nothing for good work performance. 

The benefits were good, and my manager was a very friendly and relatively understandable boss. I also worked with many hard working people who i built lasting relationships with. The hours weren't terrible.

I was almost fired by the VP of the company one day for not abiding by a new safety rule implemented 10 minutes prior to the incident. My district manager had to beg for me to keep my job. Basically I was almost fired after 3 years of working there for making a one time, minor mistake. Terrible treatment of employees by upper management,

The culture is very safety-oriented, both in corporate and individual branch locations. However, your experience with them will likely be "mileage may vary".  Management styles, allowance for personal emergencies, flexibility, communication on job responsibilities, and encouragement towards personal development are NOT consistent in practice across the company.  If you have a good/great manager, they are a solid company with a decent reputation and I'd say give them a chance. If your direct supervisor is not good at communicating, doesn't allow for personal emergencies, doesn't encourage development, randomly adds additional tasks without proper deadlines or clear expectations, etc. - it can be miserable. HR will usually toe the party line, while being outwardly helpful without helping resolve things.  Lot of leftover practices from being an originally de-centralized org, with many branches that were "bought" years ago and folded into the core divisions - some better than others. Corp has a long habit of being "proud" at running lean (not many employees for multiple job responsibilities), instead of recognizing it as a drain on employee morale and the financial hazard it truly is. This trickles down the ladder to regional management quite frequently. 

It's a great startup for new drivers due to the pay rate and union benefits but that's the extent of it.  

The company doesn't care about its workers. Drivers have no work life balance unless you live close to them and there's always issues with the load due to warehouse not doing their jobs correctly with no correction from management. 

Management lacks proper communication skills amongst themselves and even moreso with warehouse workers and drivers.

You're forced to use personal time for doctor's appointments etc. Only excused absences will be if you're medically unable to work and you are on comp or FMLA. Doctor's notes have to be specific to the extent of work you can do otherwise they'll force you to work and cause yourself further injury. 

Work environment is stressful. But like I said, if you can deal with it for a year or more and move on after you get the experience then the pay rate and benefits will suffice, definitely one of the highest paying jobs in the area with OT after 40 hours. 

During your interview process, Management will gaslight you and tell you the job is phenomenal. Majority of the employees there will tell you otherwise if you had the current to talk to them but they stay for the pay and benefits so they're willing to sacrifice happiness for these benefits. 

You'll start off the day with a team meeting and how much work is left to do from 1st shift and then how much has to get done on your current shift. After finishing whatever 1st shift left behind, you would then start on your work orders for the day. Just like any other order selecting job, youre required to pick all products correctly and build them onto your pallet. After picking each order, you then wrap and palletize your order and then load it onto the correct truck. Drivers can be very picky on how you load each pallet, so it has to be loaded in a way that it makes it easy on them to unload it. If youre looking for overtime then this is the place to be. After the end of your shift, every employee is required to clean each aisle that they are assigned and then help fellow employees if needed. It is a very relaxed job besides from all the work that is required because we are allowed to listen to music, AS LONG as it dont show any negative affect to our production. Its a fun job, if you dont mind how much that needs to be done and thats including the work orders that are left behind from 1st shift. I enjoyed the job but it could be stressful at times due to all the Overtime that we did.

During my ten and a half years at BUNZL Distribution; New England, I gained a vast amount of knowledge concerning the shipping, receiving and inventory industry.  I worked in an adequate environment that provided safety training and an atmosphere that allowed me and my colleagues to achieve my position's objectives.

Having been employed with BUNZL for over a decade, I was exposed to various machinery and methods to help the warehouse function efficiently.  I adapted BUNZL's services so well I was given the responsibility of training new employees, and personally was responsible for specific safety checks.  I found working at the warehouse to be a good fit.

With the aforementioned stated, the objective part of the job entailed engaging with a complex computer system (AS400) to ensure all shipping and receiving data was accurate.  I also operated and managed various machinery as well as diligently placing products in their correct bins/trailers.  The daily activities at BUNZL allowed the days to go by relatively quickly and the collegiality I had also helped provide smooth work days.

I enjoyed my tenure at BUNZL and have taken a great deal of skills and knowledge not only from my experience, but also from my colleagues and management.

It was an extremely interesting experience to learn what drives the other side of big box retail for their daily operational needs from the register tape and garbage can liners to the cleaning agents used for their floors.    

Reporting was done weekly to review products and be sure to keep the proper levels of inventory available in the pipeline for the customers' needs.   Review and analysis of current product offering and recommendations and the introduction of new, cost-saving or more efficient product for the customer to use.   Relationship building with the buyers through meetings, conference calls, updates and trade shows.

I learned the logistics part of the company from the dedicated people who work at Bunzl.   The culture of the workplace is everyone is willing to help each other, celebrate each other's success, and guide them when needed.    Incredible learning at the trade shows and all the products that are available.  

The most enjoyable part of Bunzl is the people.  Management is extremely busy, but will always make time for you if you need some help.   They treat you very well and are very fair in their expectations.  Opportunity to grow within Bunzl and even for relocation.

entering data into excel spreadsheets, including updating vendor contracts and pricing to the customer. reconciling vendor rebates and issuing the rebates to the customer based on purchaes of various items. The hardest part of the job was co-ordinating A/P and A/R with the customer to insure payments were received in a timely manor. I was assigned the task of auditing account problems from the prior year 2011, cleaninf up other employees mistakes was hard not only collecting the past billng errors, but it was hard to keep a good working relationship with the employee whos work I was correcting. The most enjoyable part of the job was working with the customers and resolving outstanding problems pertaining to A/P and A/R.
I worked at Bunzl through a Temp Agency - the position was supposed to be full time. Unfortunately, the company experienced a serious loss of business and no longer needed my services.

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