order picker

local driver

truck driver

customer service representative

receiving clerk

DiCarlo Distributors, Inc.

I was recently on the management team there, and had to resign due to the way the company is being managed. To many chiefs and no Indians is the culture there. They have no clue what it takes to run a successful food distribution business. And the way they treat the employees there is truly horrible. No respect whatsoever. They are always looking for ways to rob the selectors and hi-lo operators out of there hard earned money. The selectors use to come to me every pay period with paycheck issues. They even screwed me out of hours I worked when I resigned and I am still trying fighting them for it. I call and I keep getting the run around. My next stop will be the Department of Labor, so I can voice my concerns about their business practices. The turn around rate at Dicarlo is extremely alarming. While I was there, two Warehouse Managers resigned and two Supervisors plus six regular employees. And the sad part is there are people still leaving and quitting. If there is anything you take away from this review is to please do your research on this company. My mistake was that I didn't look into the company before taking the position offered. Beware and stay clear. Definitely a waste of your valuable time and energy. Not a positive career move by far.

It would take me 45 minutes from my house to get to the yard in Bellmawr, NJ. I would clock-in at 4:30am, sometimes a little earlier. I would pick up a route with my name on it. I could have a minimum of 3 stops which could mean I would be unloading 500 or more pieces in all, or from 1 location, Or I could have up to 10 stops with the same amount of pieces or more on any given day. My issue was I couldn't get the proper equipment like a trailer with a Lift-gate to unload all those pieces so therefor, I went up and down a old ramp with hand-trucks filled to capacity. My night usually ended with back pain. I spoke to my supervisor and upper management about getting the proper equipment like trailers with lift-gates and electric powered jacks to move pallets, and I was always told trailers was down and there is nothing no one can do. Yet in still, 1 person out of 4 of us in my yard seemed to get a lift-gate everyday, whether his work load was lighter than the rest of us.

Depending on whether you are working in NY or not is a big difference in whether or not this position is a viable one. Personally I did not. And really it made a big difference with regards to how long my day was. Covid hit this company hard. Initially I worked with a partner in my deliveries and I loved the job. Did it for 2 years. But after Covid, workload increased while they cut staffing to where we went solo. It added alot of hours to my week and we weren't compensated for the change. They wonder why we go over hours of service and if they ever get audited you maybe looking for a new employment. "Empathy," is not management's strong suit. However, with that being said, they are good people and were built from strong family ethics over many years. I'd like to think as the economy gets stronger and we get back to normalcy from the pandemic that DiCarlo will re-emerge to what it once was. 

If you are a professional, do not apply there. They do not have trust in their team. When you try to bring safety sensitive matters to the upper management, your laughed at and ridiculed. Then when the same person almost kills people in an accident for the same reasons you were told to turn a blind eye to, they get mad at you. Very unprofessional. Make promise they do not keep and make it impossible to do your job. No respect for HOS whatsoever. They must be paying off people or editing the electronic logs. Its unfortunate as they could be worth double what they are if they had a different Operations team. Leaving this company was the best thing for my career and personal relationships. The owners are great people, however blind to certain managers who need to be watched. 

Constantly knocking on doors every day, trying to open up new accounts and dealing with many different types of personalities. Getting haggled everyday on pricing by customers and competitors trying to take your business is hardest part of the job

The yearly company food show , where you bring new and existing customers to is a very nice event. Get to treat a customer of your choice to an overnight hotel stay the night before 

Company lacks intelligent and qualified supervisors in each department. Nobody likes to take control of a situation 

Transportation makes it hard for a salesmen to reach their budget goals due to a shortage of drivers and drivers who are not qualified to do the task at hand. Constant late deliveries and reships

The owners are racist if you are a Latino or African-American you do not move up in this place you do 14 to 18 hour work days and only get paid $200 for the day!!!  I worked here three years and my body feels like a 50-year-old I am only 30 years old! management lies when you go to them for help they promise you the world and do nothing unless you are a young Italian male close with the Dicarlo‘s you will get some help but even then not much! the union is $800 to get in after working for three months and once you’re in the union, The Union takes out almost $100 a week! You’re lucky to come home with 700 a week and you’re out there for 14 to 18 hours a day not worth it!!!!!

I applied and was hired for an afternoon/evening role. There was no onboarding, wasn’t empowered or given the opportunity to do what I was hired to do and instead placed on the road everyday away from where I can actually support the driving staff. Watched a fleet manager get hired and forced out to do deliveries, same with sales staff, and pickers from the warehouse. Trucks are overloaded for one person, people constantly getting hurt from being over loaded. No regard for DOT/HOS compliance, they’ll hire you as a CDL A trailer drop, and have you driving box truck everyday touching freight. If you aren’t blood related, or married into the family, you’re not moving up. 

I am one of many employees who have worked here over the years who tried her best to do such a great job despite how terribly she was being treated. It seems no matter how good of a job I did, nothing was ever good enough. Being a single working mom is hard enough without being beaten up emotionally everyday and pointed out on my shortcomings. I just recently moved out of state and I started over and one lesson that took with me, never work at a firm if you are a single mom. You will get treated like trash for having to take time off to take your kid to his doctor or have to leave work for a little while just to pick him up from preschool and drop him off at his sitter.

AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!

You can typically start around 4 am and not be done till 4 or after in the afternoon. Bring heavy loads of food downstairs or upstairs. Your back will be in pain and it’s very exhausting work. You get paid incentive so you don’t get paid for the time you work. And the pay comes out to being around low 20s an hour after you put in all the hours. Stuck in traffic and delays you, guess what you don’t get paid for that and now you’ll be home later then expected. Would avoid at all cost. They have to pay way more for the workload they have you do their

This company will use and abuse you. They promise you the world and then you go into work, bust your tail for them. Then comes a call from dispatch or a supervisor demanding that you go do someone else’s route for them. The better you are at your job the more peoples work you will have to do. The pay is terrible. They constantly threaten you when you refuse to do something. A lot of dangerous situations that they just tell you “get it done, I don’t care what you have to do” all around a terrible company to work for. The owners are wannabe thugs and will get in your face and try to be tough.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Order picker 7 salaries reported	$70,000 per year
Local driver 4 salaries reported	$81,750 per year
Truck driver 2 salaries reported	$27.65 per hour
Customer service representative 5 salaries reported	$19.45 per hour
Receiving clerk 6 salaries reported	$17.33 per hour

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