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I worked at Darvin for years  And it Use to be a great place to work !  You could leave if it was slow as long as you didn’t  abuse it . 
They had  recently restructured their attendance  rules that was already very limited . to  only 3 days absence  for  every 6 months   If you get sick or end up in the hospital and used up all 5 days of your personal days you are fired.  . Regardless if you’re one of the top writers! 
There isn’t any work life balance. You work long shifts and walk  an average of  8 miles a day in. Over 285 square foot building.  You are mentally exhausted from dealing with several customers at one time trying to break them down to buy and then the task of writing it all up and taking payments. There are days where you don’t even eat.   Then their days you sit around all day  doing paperwork because  there is no customers.. trust me that  can be more exhausting. 
They have more then enough  coverage  on the floor at one time and a very competitive staff who will not think twice to steel your customer. 
you sacrifice your health, life  and family for a paycheck.  Trust me they don’t care. They think they can replace you with the next willing  victim..   if you do decide to work here  you will make a decent living, however you will have no life  miss out on family events and always feel exhausted .  .  One of the main  reasons  why they are recently having issues hiring is  Because of such a demanding schedule. 
 Could be a Great company if they supported  and appreciated the staff and understood work life balance. . 



I highly recommend you do not work here. The management here couldn't manage their way out of a paper bag. They never listen or care what employees have to say and do the exact opposite of what makes sense. That's the "darvin way". You'll meet some really good people here but you'll also meet people that'll either make you want to pull your hair out or laugh in their face. Nepotism and favoritism runs rampant here so be prepared to work your butt off and get no recognition for it. You'll just be expected to do the same and pick up other people's slack who've realized there's no incentive to do good work, and no punishment for bad work. Really just a dead end job with unhappy people in charge who want you to share in their misery. Save yourself the trouble and frustration, click away as fast as you can.

A typical day at work consisted of driving a lift truck to piles of furniture and then placing that furniture into 25 foot tall shelves, as well as retrieving that furniture from the shelves and loading them into customer vehicles.

The most important thing that I learned at this job was how to drive a fork lift and lift truck.

Management at this job was very nice to the union members who were full time, but were cruel and unfair to the part time employees who weren't part of the union. They also offered almost no opportunities to become full time and never gave raises.

The co-workers were very nice although it was always split by union and non union workers.

The hardest part of the job was just trying to keep up with the pace that the company set for us to work by, although it was always do-able.

I liked the job because it was stable and driving lift trucks and fork lifts is something that I am good at.

Phones start from 9am to 5:30pm, have to be on phones all day.
work with all types of customer with different issues including furniture, mattress's, plus setting up services for repair, ordering parts.
Working with all furnitue manufactures, to help sove issues for customers regarding  repair, exchanges, parts.
Very fast past office, never look at the clock.
My co workers are a great team, we help each other all the time,
with issues, ideas, we work very well as a team.
The hardest part of the job is keeping up with computer issues daily, and customers issues that sometimes take alot of time and effort.
The most enjoyable part of the job is the co- workers, when we get stressed, extra busy, phones don't stop ringing, we all jump in to help.  But most of all we make each other laugh.

The only good management was one of my managers. I was thrust instantly into the work and swing of things without training or training days. For the amount warehouse associates have to do, they are not paid enough or trained enough to insure their success at Darvin Furnitures. Also, there is no paid lunch, but there is a clock out machine that records the time away for lunch when you clock out. Some of the sales people have absolutely no respect for the well-being of warehouse associates. Management has yet to solve those issues but until then, this place had the WORST management I have ever experienced to run a store, not including the inappropriate actions between co-workers and managers.

After 2 years at Darvin’s distribution center, I feel I have wasted my energies and efforts trying to keep a sinking ship afloat.
The warehouse office in Mokena, IL is always short staffed and majorly under paid for the amount of work you SUFFER through.
Unfortunately with little to no direction from management, being a Darvin employee is comparable to a chicken running in circles with it’s head cut off. The managers are very under qualified and unprofessional. 
I would only recommend Darvin distribution center if you are looking for a job where you don’t mind suffering through tedious phone calls with rude customers, taking on heavy loads of work all by yourself with no reward, and the ongoing feeling of pure regret. 

A typical day at work is constant changes you never know what to expect until you arrive and decide what is the most important task to begin and take it from there.

The one thing I have learned it is very important that its not about your job you have to appreciate what everyone else has to accomplish in what tools then need from you to make their job easier and try to work together as a team.

The hardest part of the job is long working hours and never getting a weekend off and only 2-paid holidays a year and the crazy point system.

The best part of the job was working with the Darvins

There is no such thing as a typical day, customers come in looking for product. We try to advise but the sales floor is very confrontational if you step out of your lane. In other words people do not mind their business and will always look for an opportunity to create an issue where there shouldn't be one. Management plays favorites so good luck should you not "fit in".

Hired as a clearance center sales associate, I was limited to selling only what was available in the clearance center and not on the main floor. Sales associates on the main floor would also follow their customers into the clearance center, leaving no chance for making any kind of substantial income. Most of my time there was spent changing price tags on the main sales floor, which I wasn’t able to sell anything on. 

For many years Darvin was a fun place to work with great people to work with. We were like a big family. The most enjoyable part of the job was working with my colleagues and being a team. Also, I received great pleasure when I was able to help a customer out and they were happy with the end result. There were a few great managers there which helped when we had bad days with the customers.  A few years ago Darvin added a few new managers and they made the workplace very stressful and many people left because the whole atmosphere changed.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Sales consultant 3 salaries reported	$91,500 per year
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Interior designer 3 salaries reported	$90,000 per year
Specialist 2 salaries reported	$57,500 per year
Associate 2 salaries reported	$17.75 per hour

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