laborer

forklift operator

repair technician

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CHEP

The place is dysfunctional, employees are never treated fairly. Favoritism has definitely been shown to only few and certain people during my time there. Some people can get away with things that others won’t. Very tiresome job, tedious work conditions. Management is terrible. You will be fired, it’s just a matter of time before you’re getting written up for the most pettiest of situations. Atmosphere there always seemed dull, and you can never do enough to please the staff even when u go over and beyond. Always new and a lot of times unnecessary implements being added that further insures you being fired. Prison style tactics are used, I definitely felt like an inmate while being under the current staff there. Only 5 days of PTO every 365 days of the year until you’ve been there for 5 years. Rarely hear about anything positive you do, only the negatives. They have great employees that work hard but always seem to get fired for something. I’ve gotten fired for something that I was never written up for, not even a verbal warning (during the pandemic). Not only that, they didn’t fully explained why they fired me or what day the incident occurred that they were firing for. They have a don’t care attitude about what you say or think, your opinion will not matter at all. They will let u come to work knowing that their gonna fire u when u get there for something from the day before instead of relieving you the day of the incident. Probably because they are wrong for the actions being taken. The leads can come to work late without consequences, so unfair.  Pay cuts can happen at anytime. HR will not help you, if you ask for help you may have just put a target on your own back. If u ever land a job there just ask around, I’m sure your new coworkers will fill you in. 

CHEP is an excellent place to work.  The health care benefits are the best there are.  Being a self starter is a must as this job will require you to maintain your area of responsibility with limited supervision.

I locate company assets and return them to CHEP Service Centers.  I do this by developing relationships with customers.  I maintain account health and supply chain initiatives by conducting regular customer site visits.  I maintain account health by ensuring the CHEP value is understood by the customer and I provide timely feedback to ensure overall account health is achieved for each location in my territory.  I help the customer resolve issues by education and I deliver a consistent message to the customer on the CHEP value proposition, which improves customer retention and loyalty.  I work with Business Development Managers (BDM) and Extended Service Managers to identify opportunities to expand current business by demonstrating cost savings and benefits of using CHEP to the customer.  I have conducted several investigations and recovered thousands of dollars of company assets. I work independently in my home office and handle my own expense reports. My case load is approximately 2700 clients in 2 states (CO, WY).

I started at this company at the most entry level position with literally zero warehouse/industrial experience and no college education.  I was continually given opportunities to learn more aspects of the business. My manager noticed how hard I was working, and after just three months, I was moved into a higher paid position. The opportunities did not stop there. 

After 6 months in that new position I started going to other locations to help train people who did my same job. It wasn’t long after that I was offered an opportunity to relocate to a new state and manage a new facility. 

Since then I have travelled all around the country, helped create corporate policies, open new locations, and generally give my input to senior level leadership and have them actually listen to me and take my ideas seriously. All because they were willing to take a chance on someone with no credentials or experience. 

Now, I hold a corporate level position. I travel the country to help people learn, grow, and and improve workplace conditions at almost 30 locations. I went from zero experience to having a genuine career in a field I enjoy. And even though I still do not have a college education, the company would help reimburse me if I chose to pursue one. 

I worked the Lines and unloaded trucks at a very fast pace... considering I was the best operator picked out of 14 candidates at time of hiring. I went from being the Best Operator to being Wrongfully Terminated after two short months. Management is very poor and would rather fire you than to resolve issues. Leadman snatched the keys from my forklift demanding I go look for Another job, I almost got hit by another lift driver who was on the short list for recklessness and None of these incidents were ever reprimanded. Instead of dealing with these issues the manager elected to fire me over a petty write-up of not releasing dock. I'm currently collecting Unemployment Benefits because of All the Disorganization, Chaos and Refusal to confront the Real Issues at this workplace. EVERYDAY is some New Rule/Policy that's ever changing and Sometimes you will not even know about it until they write you up. New Leadman and New supervisor don't mind losing good employees just to make a name for themselves. Pallet builders will yell at you over pallets and management will not diffuse the hostility.

From the day I was hired at CHEP, they made me feel like a person and not a number.  They are good listeners and don't pull punches if something is endangering a relationship with a customer or the safety of the employees.  They have a great package for enticing good people like benefits, higher than average wages, on-going opportunities and a great work environment.

In 2011, CHEP merged the container division with a small company that they purchased called CAPS.  I was told that after I helped transitioning the company to the CAPS location in Michigan, that I was going to be offered a great position with them in Michigan.  I did my research on CAPS and found that they were not in alignment with the same values and retention planning that CHEP was.  They did not treat employees with the same respect and in some cases, they went the exact opposite on the way the deal with employees and situations.  So I turned down the offer.  Did not want to move that far from family to deal with a company that seemed to be the opposite of what I am looking for in a workplace.  CHEP, on the other hand is a place that if you get in, you will not regret it.

CHEP uses a firm out of India to hire its IT Staff but that firm hires another firm to find it's staff.  Problem is the firm Chep hired is literally 99.9% all Indian and they all stick together, totally bias, and will rotate you out within 3 months unless you are part of their Ping Pong click.  I have confirmed this with 4 others who worked there and all contacted me regarding this as a heads up.  Problem is I don't play Ping Pong.  The people at CHEP who are with CHEP were wonderful.  The IT Desk on 3rd floor management is horrible.  I had to work closely with my co-worker whom did all the training, and showed me everything.  The manager did nothing regarding training, policies and procedures, meetings, and then has the audacity to complain about performance after telling me to pick up the prior terminated employee's tickets that had outstanding SLA times from 3 weeks out.  Then lied to upper management about my leaving on personal reasons which was an outright lie, then changed it to performance to cover himself.  

Other than this traffic is horrible getting out at 5pm.

I had the unfortunate experience of working for a company where discrimination was not only prevalent but seemingly tolerated by management. During my time in the Southeast region, I consistently witnessed a lack of support and blatant bias within the workplace. The management ignored employees' concerns and failed to address discriminatory behaviors, fostering an unhealthy and toxic environment. It became clear that favoritism was rampant, and those who brought issues to light were often sidelined or dismissed entirely, leading to a culture of fear and resentment.

The management in the Southeast region was poorly equipped to handle the diverse needs of their team. Communication was severely lacking, and decision-making appeared arbitrary, leaving employees feeling undervalued and unsupported. This leadership vacuum created significant morale issues, and many talented individuals were either driven away or left feeling disillusioned and unmotivated. I would strongly discourage anyone from working under such incompetent management that allows discrimination to persist unchecked, as it severely impacts both employee well-being and overall company culture.

I worked there for 11 months. Started out building, moved to QC and was placed on custom and plus side depending on quality issues. Was on the safety committee and even became a temporary Team lead until they hired someone to take the spot, I would have took it if my point weren't so high but it came as a spit in the face when I even had to train them how to be the team lead. Afterwards I moved to become the janitor and was fired for taking my break with everyone else cause they had me on a cleaning schedule on which at that time I was meant to be mopping floors. The city turned off the water that day but I was confronted by a higher up and was sent home. Called corporate about the situation and they sided with the higher up. Its been a few years now and I have even tried to reapply cause of my profound knowledge of being there and I have been denied everytime. Must be nice retiring people who have been terminated for being drunk on the job and risking the safety of other employees and not the people whos best interest was making Chep a better work environment. J.B.

I worked with the company for over 13 years.  When I started  our branch only sold about $35,000 a week in product, but during my time there we grew to having weeks of $150,000. So the work changed and got much busier. Our company was bought by another so all of the company policies and procedures changed. This made things more difficult at times to actually do my job properly without upsetting customers. I learned many skills during my time with the company from payroll systems, Microsoft programs, hiring and training. Even though I ran the office, and at times did multiple jobs (Assistant plant manager or plant manager when they were fired or moved on somewhere else) customer service was always extremely important to me. I enjoyed helping customers and also had good relationships with the employees because I felt it was important to get to know them.  The hardest part of the job was trying to fit a 45-50 hour a week job into 40 hours.  I did like that because I was there so long that I got 5 weeks paid vacation and 6 paid holidays.

Absolutely, hands down the worst management (and manager) I have ever encountered in over 25 years of employment.  Favoritism and nepotism are the norm there.  If you show up every day to work, you are in the minority and not valued. The employees with the worst work ethic, who lack the skills and experience to do the actual job (which is overlooked by management because they are friends, friends of friends or like "Star Wars") are valued the most. My manager would complain about his employees to their peers right in front of me. Very unprofessional behavior. He also had zero Logistics or management background.  Again, it's all who you know.  For a company that proclaims diversity, they fail miserably. They only like people with the same mindset. If your opinion differs, they don't want to hear it. Managers will go out of their way not to include certain employees and make it very obvious. How can you run a company based on friendships only? Answer...you can't.  Period.

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