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Dietz & Watson

Management has no idea what they are doing and it reflects in the Company's expectations for the employee. The Company software is installed on your personal smart phone for which there is no reimbursement. They installed 3 websites - tracking, reporting and payroll. This slows down your own applications and drains battery. The tracking software is inaccurate and leads to trouble for you if you can't prove that you were where you said you were. This is a demo job that the Company expects you to sell their products. Product is overpriced as competition is generic store brand at lower cost. Again, management is shifty. HR was remote; in Philadelphia. HR policies were enforced by a college intern with no accountability. Dietz and Watson violated Massachusetts sick time policy for 6 of the 8 months I was there. I brought up the state sick time policy several times and they have yet to announce it. HR also lost a Food Safety Certification that was a result of a 2-3 hr. online course that I had to take on my own time. The website crashed during the course. Dietz and Watson made me call the Food Safety Course website administrator and resurrect my account and retake a large portion of the course. I did this only because my starting date was contingent on the certification. I did not have the ability to print our my certificate, but only email the link to do so to my manager. Evidently, my manager never sent the certificate to corporate HR as my manager asked me several months later to email him the certificate. He had lost the link. Dietz and Watson did not tell me until I was well into the hiring process that I would have intrusive, incorrect reading tracking software on my personal cell and also about the online training. Once again, all at my own expense!  Also, management rarely answered texts or phone calls. Management only delivered supplies to me twice during 8 months of 18-24 hrs per wk work. Supplies such as gloves, brochures, etc.  Very important to repeat - the tracking software is often inaccurate.  The Company does not take responsibility for this. Advice - don't work for them.  Though it says the Company is in PA, I actually worked in Massachusetts.

The union we pay for is non existent... Several supervisor on all shifts borderline harass employees.  Picking at things if they don't like you or you are different. They follow you to bathroom observe your private moments on camera. Talk to you very unprofessional. They offer no real bonuses incentive programs.  401 sucks. $20 wawa gift card Christmas bonus. No hazard pay through pandemic. You will be physically mentally emotionally exhausted. Constantly threatening the lose of job forcing individual to work 6 days a week sometimes 60 plus hours regularly. No real advancement. You dont even have a job title. So they are very petty will make you perform degrading work functions as a punishment. And tell you the door is right there if you don't like it leave. SMH yes this is all real and accounts of daily treatment. O yes and or non existent union gave our legal second requirement break away for dated damages sausage hotdogs lol. No second break no bonuses extreme shedule horrible treatment mediocre pay . Your personal family leg will suffer tremendously. Yes I still work there looking to get out ASAP 

Synchronized speeds of sections of machines when producing products involving several steps and processes.
	Swabbed molds with solutions to prevent products from sticking.
	Poured, scooped and dumped specified ingredients, metal assemblies and mixtures into sections of machine prior to starting machines.
	Removed molds, mold components and feeder tubes from machinery after production was complete.
	Reviewed work orders, specifications and instructions to determine materials, ingredients, procedures, components, settings and adjustments for extruding, forming, pressing and compacting machines.
	Selected and installed machine components such as dies, molds and cutters, according to specifications, using hand tools and measuring devices.
	Installed, aligned and adjusted neck rings, press plungers and feeder tubes.
	Monitored the production line, watching for problems such as pile-ups, jams .
	Stopped mixing and blending machines when specified product qualities were obtained and opened valves and started pumps to transfer mixtures.

Although this was a great part time job, it is not for the younger millennials.  It requires a lot of patience in dealing with a variety of people and cultures and ways of living.  Also you become aware of just how many people out there are looking for free food no matter where they get it from. The management were mostly very helpful but out of touch with the daily frustrations that go with this type of work.  The hardest part of my job was set-up and tear-down of my equipment.  Also if you needed to leave your work area; you had to take everything edible off your work table and place it in refrigeration.  There was always the risk of cross contamination and you had to have eyes in the back of your head.  The best part of the job was getting to know regulars who shopped at your stores.

I honestly loved my position had no intentions on leaving but I couldn’t deal with the stress of the unrealistic sales goals for my territory. I spoke with managers and employees of the store I demonstrated in  about how to make my sales better because my manager said my low sales were due to lack of effort .  When I spoke with managers of the stores I demonstrated in to correct this issue and do better even they said that my territories did not have a strong market for people purchasing  high-end lunch meat and cheese !  The managers at the locations that I worked when I told then that I resigned were sad because they liked me working with them and they offered me a job with them .  Honestly I feel like dietz and Watson needs to do more research about their markets so they do not have unrealistic sales goals and set people up for failure !

It’s not that the job is bad, if you’re fit and have no life other than work and going home to your cat. You must have speed. Load quickly, leave quickly, deliver quickly....but don’t be back before 1:30pm (start time is 5:30 am usually), but you might not get back until 6 or 7 pm anyway. Every route driver does things different. Make sure you ask management questions if you’re unsure. That’s where I messed up. I followed a common practice that management said was not allowed and got fired. If you’re a Jumper, good luck. You’ll be used for everything and to go everywhere. I did get to go to Colorado which was cool. Took my wife on a mini vacation for a week. That was the best thing that happened there. Would I recommend? No. I have my reasons and they’re valid. If you love money, it’s not for you unless you can sell...and if you can’t, you won’t last. I’d rate this job at a 2 out of 10.

It's fine until they dump more and more work on you and it has to be done in 45 hours, if you go over by 2 minutes you are written up, under 44(you better have a good reason) written up. They do give a stipend for the use of your car and then turn around add an extra 500 miles + per month on top of your regular mileage(150 miles per week average) to do your job.  I give them this they have a fairly decent product that in some cases are better than Boars Head and others that don't come close. Human Resources should be called UnHuman Resources. Expect no bonuses or a thank you for a job well done.  Totally they are an up hill battle.

I liked working for D & W. But because it was a field position many things were not told to me for example, if there is a meeting 3 hours away you could go the night before and stay at the hotel. I was also expected to pay for many things out of pocket to make my events more exciting. I did not have the money to do that if I was not going to be reimbursed. I liked the interaction with the store personnel and I liked seeing the changes I made to the case after working there for a few hours. The woman that found me and had me hired was really great. Then she kind of dropped me. so there were many things I did not know and should have been trained on, but wasn't.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I loved being a brand ambassador for this company. The quality of the product practically sold itself, I got to meet many wonderful people, and there was room for creativity. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
No stress but the compensation could have been a bit higher. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Wonderful!
 Again, being a brand ambassador to  curious- hungry people was a delight. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
While setting up, I would usually think of the best way to present a product with consideration of the seasons. Christmas time was my favorite time to decorate and then put out a party tray using meats, cheeses and condiments.

Start shift 1 hour early before shift start to assist morning shift with shutting down operations for start of second shift decide what orders are going to start first then set bagger machine with proper bags and date adjust voltage and speed on cryovac 8600 so product in the bags get a proper seal and vacuum through out the shift period.I have leared to trouble shoot machines that i operate so maintenance would not be needed unless A major break down the supervisor was very respectful trustworthy ,helpful and understanding created a good work life balance coworkers was somewhat easy to work with everyone could not stay at the same speed but would catch up eventually very easy work nothing hard at all

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