stocker

crew member

truck driver

forklift operator

district manager

ECMD, Inc.

So much to say,where do I start...? Well I'll start with the good first. First of all I feel the company as a whole is great. They don't mind paying you for the hours you put in. The experience I had as a driver was good but that's it...just good for the experience. The benefits were also good,401k,long term disability all that good stuff. Weekends off, Well that's what they tell you or that's what you'll expect as a driver. DECENT pay.

Now for the bad from a drivers perspective. This company does not care about home time,family time,your time,day time,night time,life time...you get the point. All this company generally cares about is getting their product delivered. If you're going to work for this company,trust me you'll be working. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAN ANYTHING ON THE WEEKEND...things like family outings or just anything,might as well cancel that. You don't find out if you have the weekend free until Friday morning when you get your route (you maybe laying over that night to come back in on that Saturday morning) and you still have to wait on dispatch to leave a voicemail around 5:30 p.m.- 6.00 p.m. to see if you'll be leaving out that Sunday to head to a room close to your first stop on Monday morning.

The equipment is horrible day cabs with a million miles on them and look like they'll fall apart if you sneeze too hard while driving down the road. The sleeper trucks don't even have clean mattresses, you will sleep in a hotel room at the end of the day but there were times I've had to pull over and take a nap and had to sit because of a brake down. The newer day cabs go to the drivers that have been there the longest (which is fair) but if you're going to put a newer guy in a truck at least let it be worth driving. The trailers have so many patches I literally had drivers laughing at it as I pulled into truck stops also when I got to my deliveries. Although they have started to put newer curtains on some trailers.

Management is horrible, unprofessional! Choose to talk to you any kind of way and doesn't think anything of it. Expect to have the phone hung up in your face at least 3 times a month and doesn't matter what you say or do UPPER management does not care and will not tend to the issue. So you as a driver are always at fault NO MATTER what.

Now lets get to the route times,pay and scheduling...Your route time can easily move to an earlier time and in most cases it will. For example your route time can be 6:30 a.m. and you'll get a call around 12:30 in the morning (while sleep) that your route time has been changed to 5:20 a.m. and you could also get a call saying your route has been cut or you have been place on standby which is the stupid part because you will have to be waiting and waiting all of that day to get a text or call. Meaning you can't get comfortable in your own home because you're waiting on a call that may or may not happen.

The pay is $25 an hour starting out and let's be honest that's seems like a good paying rate starting out. The average person would jump for joy to hear that rate buuuuuut heres the catch. That $25 is just $25 straight out. NO OVERTIME PAY so with that being said you'll only take home just as much as any average driving job. Heck,most driving jobs are paying more than that while also being home everyday. You'll average at least 45-55 hours a week. 45x25=1,125 that's just the gross or 55x25=1,375 as said before that's just the gross. So after taxes that'll come out to $850-$1000 a week which isn't worth the money from all the bs you'll have to put up with. 

So much more things to say but I have things to do. Good company overall. Experience and Good benefits was all that I really got out of it. Your choice.

This company pays well and provides you with a car, fuel (and you are paid while on the road) and safety equipment like cutters and gloves.  You will be working over 40 hours every week for months straight, and if you are new, you will have the worst and farthest routes.  Management does a good job in supporting you but they will lie and mislead a bit because they are desperate to fill the position.  High turnover for new people and not enough people to in general to complete the routes, the supervisor had to have his own route 5 days a week to fill in.  Very hard to take a day off because there isnt anyone free to work your store, so it gets piled on to someone else 40+ hour week.  Store level employees will treat you poorly because they see you as someone who just gives them a little bit more paperwork.  Stores also never clean the area where you work, because you come once a week, so its always a huge mess.  If you can get the truck load to arrive on time and have little resistance from the store employees, this is a pretty decent job and pays well.

ECMD has a lot of pluses and Minus like most companies. Typical day usually included stocking, order picking, and packaging of lumber products of primary bigger sizes. The management seemed to not lead by example overall. It seems most will watch you do hard work than help you with it. Management also needs a better employee training and promotion form within with jobs.  The workplace culture seems to be the corporate higher ups run it with an iron fist with very minimal flexibility with rules. The hardest part seems that the work wares out your body due to handling items twice a tall as yourself or more and the break schedules are not equal for all shifts and departments. The most enjoyable part of the job was higher than average benefits and bonus money compared to most jobs  

I worked here for quite a while. The first couple of years were great then things started to change. People started to quit and the weights started to rise. Obviously more weight means more hours and more money, but your body can only take so much for a period of time. For a single guy it might be good and good money but for someone with a family and likes spending time with them. Forget about it. All in all I would never work for this company again and I’m glad I left. There are better opportunities out there. Less money maybe but you’ll be happier. Also when I put my 2 weeks in I didn’t hear one thing from the home office, not a thanks for everything, thank you for your time here or even a goodbye. You’re just another number to them. If you take this job squeeze everything you can out of it. 

Servicing Lowe's Home Improvement stores you work with a variety of people, some really good and some that make you wonder how they got this position. The unfortunate part is that in order for you to complete your job you must deal with these individuals.

ECMD is a great company with fantastic leadership that really care about their people. Unfortunately they are a supplier to Lowe's and they must deal with individuals who look at nothing but the bottom line. No regard for service just get it as cheaply as you can. They follow the latest fads and blow millions trying to be trendy. Try some good old customer service. How do you think ACE Hardware stores survive! There are people you can actually talk to and not just a TV to watch.

ECMD it was great working for you!

I am a current employee of ECMD and this is the worst company I've EVER worked for. Unprofessional Management, poor work life balance I've seen so many people fired for petty reasons( like scratching the forklift). We have worked 35 straight days with no days off and work over 12 hours a day plus 15 hours a day on the weekend. Getting the OT is nice I guess but if you have a family forget spending time with them. I see guys so tired they are falling asleep on forklifts and nearly hitting people! I recently went to management with a plan to make things a little better so we can get the work done AND have days off and they just blew me off! Its like they WANT the environment they currently have. I am actively searching for a better job. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak ECMD is my only choice right now.

They are a growing company, taking over more territory and products. The Texas reps have too many stores for the amount of product that has to be stocked at each store. They have trouble hiring so if a man goes down you you will be stuck picking up the slack for a long while. Since the new product take over you can expect an avg of 8,000 to 10,000 lbs worth of product per store. Starting pay is not bad plus company car, raises on the other hand are not adequate. Management is easy to contact and reach if needed. The next position up from the rep is really not a desirable position unless you are single and do not mind spending time on the road covering other reps territories or vacant territories.

Greed, Greed and did I say Greed. This place only cares about its bottom line period. You can make ok money and if you like overtime. I did at first but doing this job well get to you because of how physical it is daily. For the amount of work you do you should be making double the wages.
Even if you like it, one day you will wake up and won’t be able to do it anymore because they over work you and are always short staffed. Your body is not made to do what they are asking for more than maybe a 5 year run. But their is nowhere to advance because they ave district and regional managers doing the same thing as you. Stocking stores all day the end. Promotion means company bit!h boy

tractors have high mileage (some are over 1 million miles) with different things breaking EVERY DAY...make sure you know how to repair things, as you will have to often...best equipment is reserved for people who have been there for a long time.....trailers are marginal with lots of defects....pay is above average, days are long (over 10 hours frequently), making timely deliveries are difficult, dispatch is little or no help (always snapping at you when you call)  whoever said that trucks are well maintained must be one of the FEW drivers that has a truck with less than 1 million miles. I don't understand why equipment is so poorly maintained, most issues could be fixed quickly if that was a priority.

For those of us that don't like going to the same old shift and grind everyday...this is the job you were looking for. Multiple different routes and different departure times Sunday thru Thursday. less  than 5% are out on the weekend. Trucks are mostly daycabs so overnight stays are spent in Hotel/Motels at company expense. Southeast states only, home at least every or every other day. Trucks are well maintained and governed at the nation's speed limit on the East Coast. Company uses Mack trucks... a little slow through the mountains but drivers are paid hourly. I have say come on over and give it a try if you don't like being a wheel tender.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Stocker 32 salaries reported	$23.91 per hour
Crew member 48 salaries reported	$20.16 per hour
Truck driver 9 salaries reported	$29.50 per hour
Forklift operator 5 salaries reported	$21.40 per hour
District manager 33 salaries reported	$60,727 per year

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