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Christensen, Inc.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The co-workers. That's the one and only good thing about working at Christensen's.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
It's slip seat, so, just about every night you'll have to wait "hours" (literally) for your truck to get back to the yard. You'll have to worry about the truck breaking down. There is always something wrong with the trucks. Don't believe me, go drive for them and you'll find out. It gets old really quick. They'll tell you that they'll fix it but it never happens. You better hope that no one calls out, if they do, it's now on you to cover their routes. Management, they talk up the company during the job interview and lead you to believe that they're one of the best. Once again, go ahead and make the mistake to work for them and you'll quickly find out that they are one of the worst companies to work for. they're constantly looking for new drivers. Well, that should be clue number one that Christensen Inc. can't keep good drivers. They are literally the worst company that I have driven for from top to bottom. I have drove for multiple trucking companies in multiple capacities, and I know good from bad, trust me, YOU DO NOT WANT TO DRIVE for Christensen Inc.     

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The moral would be good, but it's not because of horrible management. Management doesn't give a rip about you or your work/life balance. Taking care of and respecting your employees means maintaining your trucks so that your drivers don't have to deal with broken down vehicles and equipment EVERY NIGHT; it means that you'll get paid when you report to work on-time as you wait HOURS  for your truck to get back to the yard. Bottom line, if you want the life sucked out of you then please go work for them. So yea, environment and culture sucks. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Misery! Frustration! Anger! Disappointment! Sad! Asking yourself why me! Once again, go work for them and you'll find out.

Sadly the company has lost it's way.  Company speak is that they care about  employees but little is actually done anymore to show it. In many cases actions never match words. Trucks are in almost constant dis-repair and having to change trucks changes what amounts of fuel you can load.  Rather than reward the present drivers/employees who are actually generating income company pays large hiring bonuses to people with little experience who tend to quit within several weeks so company is constantly hiring and training new drivers. Way to many people in management and dispatch with no experience performing the jobs creates frustrating issues and working conditions. Upper management just doesn't seem to care or ask for feedback to find solutions.  A support staff with little direction, understanding, sense of urgency or ownership to determine what is really causing the work issues so the same issues continue to occur over and over again which also effects the customer in many cases. It appears support staff spend hours in daily meetings that appear to solve none of the issues faced by drivers in the field.  It seems some are more interested  in protecting their job rather than doing the right thing and find solutions. Management seems hooked on sometimes senseless task data rather than ask drivers what is needed to properly do the job properly and efficiently. Sadly, it has gone to telling us what to do and how the job needs to be done by rather than ask drivers what should be done and create a consensus and partnership. 

In the last year that I’ve been here we have gone through 9-12 lubrication and package drivers and to warehouse people, the management refuses to hire any new warehouse people when there are only two members currently on the team, you are expected to be Able to work 10 hours or more a day. The lubrication department manager can be hostile to every member below him and will make a point united personal attacks towards the employees, the office staff can be very rude and unhelpful 80% of the time, and upper management is a complete bully towards almost everyone in the workplace. The warehouse that they are currently in is extremely small for the amount of products that day

When you are not given proper training and and you feel like a burden on management who is training you, you can not succeed. You are pushed off the clock so that you are not 5 minutes over 40 hours. I am made to feel like I just there to fill space to help them catch up due to employee turnover rate very high. Lots of temps who quit. Every week there is a change on how to do things and procedures so once you learned something fully it changed all over again. Can not meet deadline when every week there is a change. The longest co-worker there is less than a year. Upper Management is rude and condescending. 
Horrible management and training is a joke. Benefits if they don't fire you before the 90 days is expensive and not good.
Stay away from this place


The Job overall is very easy no matter what product you are doing, oil,fuel,propane. The biggest con, management is all over the place, not knowing what is going on or who is doing what. Manager is always asking employees how things should be done and not having any ideas of his own. Expected to just say yes to long hours during busy season no matter if you want the overtime or not. Customers control how the business is run,  even if it is out of normal business hours, the drivers are expected to accommodate. Good place to get your driving experience and move on, absolutely no advancement opportunities, unless you have a college degree.

Management  has a lazy work ethic and
Brings nothing to the table when it comes to the experienced employees they oversee. They are merely order takers and do as they say they are told to do. If you are the hardest worker in the room you will be rewarded with more work with out any form of gratitude. Employees are only a number in this organization.  Due to terrible reviews on indeed management/upper management had previously been asked to leave positive reviews to help offset the negative reviews.  Turnover is extremely high and departments cannot gain any traction due to constant training  and retraining. Lots of empty promises from unqualified management. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Quitting.  The best part of working at Christensen was turning in my two week notice.  The culture is toxic and they have no process to manage their operations. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
It was stressful to react to the constant changes resulting from the lack of any real planning.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The leadership is unprofessional and the culture is toxic.  It’s a family owned business that is rife with nepotism. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
It is very common for employees to have to work 12 plus hour days to make up for the lack of a plan and/or call outs

What is the best part of working at the company?
The feel of being a part of a family run company. You feel like a part of the family

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Some of the technology can be difficult to grasp

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It is very collaborative and everyone has a voice 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
From the moment we arrive u til the moment that we leave, everyone works together to meet the mission. As a manager, this is the first place I have worked where the hours we work don’t feel grueling.

I love working for Christensen. My team there is the best one I have ever been a part of. Christensen does a great job recruiting people with positive attitudes, so being around your teammates is enjoyable. People who don't fit tend to leave on their own pretty quickly. My team did a lot of cross-training, so there was routinely a chance to learn something new. 

Outside Sales here is fun and exciting meeting new customers and establishing relationships with them. I learned that it is a very competitive field that is easily conquered by Management support and knowledge. My Co-Workers were skilled and fun to be around and always willing to help. The hardest part of my job was how big the territory was and the amount of customers you had to make contact with. I really enjoyed every part of my time here at RE Powell and I think you will too.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Truck driver 23 salaries reported	$30.85 per hour
Delivery driver 12 salaries reported	$29.83 per hour
Driver 2 salaries reported	$31.75 per hour
Transport driver 7 salaries reported	$35.46 per hour
Cashier 5 salaries reported	$12.70 per hour

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