diesel mechanic

trailer mechanic

diesel technician

senior diesel mechanic

trailer technician

Fleetpride

Wow I got the boot from FleetPride.. My boss in Waterbury Ct said its not working out. I asked why and he told me that it was his mistake and not mine. I said what do you mean? Can you be more specific? You cant see or hear well and are having trouble remembering all this information. He then stated "I didnt know I was hiring someone with disabilities". My training period was 4 weeks, it what I was given to learn the counter and the 9 million+ parts they sell {learn as you go}. They even changed computer and software and the program I was using during this time {the 3rd week}. My boss said, we're sorry we dont have more time or people to train you and for "throwing you to the wolves" {he was short 3 people when he hired me}. I tried my best to learn the job as I went. Now I know why nobody else {making less} in the place, wanted the job {the guys also told me this about the job when I asked why they didnt take it and the reason for the high turnover rate for the that job}.. I also worked 8 weeks in the warehouse {also without any formal training}. I would say the hardest part of the job tho was pricing. There was a sliding scale of pricing {1-4} for "customers we liked", we could simply set the scale by overriding with a code/window given to use by the boss or leadman. My problem was not knowing who gets charge this special pricing and who doesnt. Its why nothing in the store was marked with prices. It also became harder to do, as the code in the comp didnt always match what was on the product. The leadman working with me at the front desk also went on to tell me how FleetPride steals and misleads buyers that buy bendix air brake governors. I asked how, and he said that they do not rebuild the ones that are marked rebuilt and the new ones are the exact same {and are made in the same factory} just colored blue. Its why there is no core charge on them. He threatened me and said if I ever told, 150 motorcycle riders would show up at my house. It was hard sometimes dealing with customers that were promised parts that were not avail. tho the computer said they were when you would order them.. The warehouse inventory NEVER matched what the comp stated was in stock. They would just match the inventory to what the comp said as you went along and then notify the boss with a bogus invoice that he would later void if it didnt match what was there. He also did this with time cards as well, where many employees would show up late MOST of the time. No discipline was ever given {prolly why the problem existed}. I was late once due to in-climate weather. Once when I was being disciplined, my wife called {wondering where I was} and the boss put my wife {and who ever else was on the line} on speaker phone conference. She was able to hear the conversation, along with all the employees that worked there.. The boss would trade off going to the bank and the guy would leave at 2:30 and not return for the rest of the day or drivers would stay until the hours for that day were obtained. They should also be aware of how the area salesman talk to and related to the customers and record some of these conversations going on there. Its totally unnecessary and is very poor judgement being a representative of the company. I hope whom ever reads this passes it on {to someone that can make a difference}, as it can only make a better place to work for the next guy or improve the conditions there now. Take a little time to show the new person how to do it and have some patience, as there is a LOT to absorb in 4 weeks I had. The guy I worked with had serious anger issues and I was tired of the raging, throwing stuff, and lack of getting help/assistance from him when needed {so did the customers}. I also knew it wouldnt last, as I was never given a proper ID for the job I was hired to do. I always logged in and used someone elses ID. I did like the warehouse job and wished I could have kept it. I hope the guy who has it, is doing well. I would never buy anything from them now knowing what I do. I will be sending a copy of this to upper management as well. Its not just wrong what they did, its illegal.

I first wanna say i believed what the application says about family atmosphere an can move up in the company with hard work. Ima tell you they're full of lies when you work hard an never come in late always showing up to work, but theres never good job or appreciation they always tell everyone that we can do better that we all can work harder. But you never see the management or leadership's role people actually work hard for the company they just stand there on phones or standing just talking to other management. Ive never worked in a Wearhouse that was completely and i mean COMPLETELY DIRTY or that have their product like literally thrown, stuffed in locations mixed with parts that shouldnt even be there.
 Now i totally lost respect for the management when there was an incident that the Wearhouse manager brought all the employees to outside because there was trash just thrown an he was speaking about how this isnt right an we shouldnt be this bad an careless. So he said this isnt a individual person thing that we are a family an group thing so everyone grab some gloves an go around picking up trash an i give respect to him cause he actually got down picking up but when i tell you the rest of the supervisors an leads they stood there watching us an telling us there's trash here or there to pick up. Where one of my cowrker went up to the shipping lead an ask if he was gonne help us an his reply was "THIS ISNT FOR ME THIS IS FOR YOU GUYS". So again if anyone is gonna work here just remember this place isnt all they say they are an shouldnt expcet to move up cause they literally bring in their own friends for managment positions. I gave up 1 yr an few months of never being late to work but was fired for work policy cause i told the supervisor with covid19 an no day care an schools are closed i had no one to watch my kid they fired me for not doing Overtime. Now i gave it an overall 1 star cause of my co-workers each day we all helped each other get through the work week. 

I had been out of a job for over 13 months when I got this job. Needless to say I was quite excited, but my excitement turned to smothering frustration very soon afterwards.

As a delivery driver, I was supposed to deliver truck parts to various companies around the Bi-State area. I had been a courier for over seven years and I thought this would be a breeze. No such luck. My day started with talking to an apathetic, indifferent, and flippant Dispatcher who never knew anything about dispatching, often didn't provide delivery information, and often handed off his work to other drivers. There were no definitive procedures on securing customer load information, address information, or who or where to deliver the load once the location was reached. I often had to get delivery information from other drivers or acerbic front desk employees because the Dispatcher was too indifferent or ignorant to provide the information.The dispatching system is woefully inadequate and could stand a lot of modernization and automation.

Management was disjointed, indifferent, ineffective, and incompetent.

The coworkers in the warehouse area tended to be very helpful and understanding when it came to the glaring limitations of the front desk staff and the Dispatcher, but the drivers ALWAYS had to double-check their work before loading on the truck before we could go on deliveries which slowed us down considerably. Dealing with front desk employees often was a frustrating, hit-or-miss affair.

The hardest part of the job was dealing with the ineptitude of the Dispatcher, and getting out on the road in the time required because you have to write out routes which should be tracked and issued by software, and you must double-check your delivery order which should be right in the first place.

The absolute BEST part of the job was meeting the customers and giving them what they needed!

 Horrible work life balance, expect to work 14+ hours and Saturdays. No onboarding no Training. You learn how to run the building by making mistakes and being called out during conference calls with VP. HR undermines management to the point that employees will not do what you ask until they call HR. Completely ignorant to California law and when you try and correct them to what the law says you are met with hostility as if you wrote the law. Every conversation with HR is an interrogation, what did you do as a manager to make someone no call no show, what did you do to make someone resign, what did you do to make someone leave mid shift. HR could care less what your opinion on an employee is, partnering with HR basically means do what they say and stay quiet.
Management wants you to enforce productivity numbers but have no written policy on productivity. Basically, no written policy on anything, make up things to enforce with no policy which is impossible to do in California. 
July through Sept down 30-40% staffing, expectation is work as many hours as needed to finish. Their idea of support is sending other managers in to tell you what is wrong but never give you resources to fix, just figure it out on your own. 
VP more worried about break room cabinets being clean than the fact that you are working 60 hour work weeks. 
They want you to fix things without making anyone mad or stepping on toes. If you want to write up anyone, see above comments about HR and expect an interrogation. 
A lot of incentives for hourly but does not recognize salary people at all. 


After getting your work done, you have to help the other lazy people get there work done. If you've worked in a factory and know about "CYA", then you'll have a better chance at success. Don't bother complaining because management operates just like a popularity contest in high school. More drama than reality tv.

 Training is trial by error and If you are not part of the "in-crowd" you can actually be reprimanded for trying to learn the industry on your own.

 Raises are once a year. Drivers and warehouse staff make a wage in the low teens while counter salesman, field salesman, assistant managers, and managers make a living that typically only college educated professionals experience. You will be working with thieves, high school dropouts, drama queens, pill heads, alcoholics,  right wing republicans, sexist, racist, and ageist. Yes, there's many clicks within clicks to still be on the outside.

 A companies store consist of roughly 12 people. 1/2 the company are wealthy and healthy. Poverty and abuse of sick days makes up the rest.
 
 The hardest part of the job is working with people that truly believe they have to cheat, lie, and sabotage others to get ahead. Eventually, someone WILL throw you under the bus.

 The best part of the job is quitting time. Here's a tip, use your sick days at the end or beginning of the week. A three day weekend feels like Christmas. Yes, coworkers will abandon their work and you somehow become responsible.

It's a job not a career but they act like it is and call it "your career" here at Fleetpride. The more people you know within the faster you can move up. All in a nutshell, don't waste you're time unless you like doing heavy work with poor pay and high stress. Never have I ever dealt with so much drama from other co workers from the know it all to the lazy ones or the famous its not my job or my personal favorite "it's above my pay grade". You can give it your all but no one is watching your hard work or extra 10% from your 150% youre already giving it. Its like any other job and your just another tool in the tool box and replaceable at a moments notice. Management is another story it's like it doesn't exist. Things happen and yet nothing happens?? How does that even  work?? Again don't waste your time you'll most likely make more money at ANY fast food places you go to. Lastly the raises you get are pretty sad for a multi billion dollar company (PROFITS), it's literally pennies for a years hard work. This place is whats wrong with corporate companies only caring about profits and not they're employees thats why they have such a HIGH I MEAN HIGH turnover rate. It's really not worth investing your time or energy they seem to forget that your there to make money for your expenses not theirs and even thats an issue. I can keep ranting on about all the B.S. you deal with there but again no one is watching nor cares.

Very very poor company to work for. There was a lot of talk about training and career advancement but there was zero follow up to that. They offered no formal training whatsoever. Other than a brief "this is how we like to do this" you were pretty much left to figure everything out on your own. It is a very stressful and overwhelming environment with 50+ hour weeks and 8+ hours over weekends consistently. Management constantly requested higher output to an unreasonable extent. If you have a family don't plan to spend any time with them because you will spend your nights working as well. Benefits were no better than buying in on the open market. It absolutely doesn't matter how hard you work here, if you're not buddy buddy with management you will likely be let go as I was. The turnover rate is insane. I personally saw 7 people let go inside of five months (doesn't include those individuals that were let go that I didn't know). The department I worked for had absolutely no idea what they were doing professionally and to this day I am astonished at how the company stays afloat with the business practices they utilize. Like others, I would say steer clear of this place as there are plenty of better options out there!

I worked 9-5. My day started with answering phone messages, then onto answering emails. I would do daily payroll and time keeping. 
I communicated with many of our other stores in Birmingham Texas along with The Woodlands store in Texas. I would then do a lot of entering of all our receiving work in the computer.
This is a truck parts store and I learned a lot about parts, cost and inventory control. I was in charge of annual inventory. I was asked by 5 different stores to come help with their Inventory. I worked very well with my co workers and my management team. 
The hardest part of my job was keeping busy. I love keeping busy and productive. 
The hardest part of my job was the compensation. I traveled from Monee to Bridgeview on a daily basis. I worked almost  2 years without a raise. Kept being told we had new buyers that bought our company and all raises were on hold. 
I was then called back to Edward Sonnes office, my previous job that I was laid off from. The pay was much better and I couldn't refuse. It was closer to home. I gave my notice and then Fleetpride wanted to give me a raise. I was very hurt that now I was leaving and now they wanted to compensate me. 
I loved the job, I learned a lot and I am still on good terms with every person in the company. You can call for references. 

In my opinion. I love getting out and interacting with the customers on a daily basis. Helping them trouble shoot their problems and figure out any issues they are having. Going from working for an independently owned business to working for a corporate I learned I definitely like the independently owned environment better. I also learned that "Sales" aren't for some people and you have to have the right mindset for it, if you don't there is a possibility to learn it however it can be difficult. My managers are very good to work with and for. Helpful and knowledgeable with the experience to back it up. The workplace is very safe and managed which is good for those who tend to be sloppy, it will teach them the right way of things. The hardest part is all the hoops and hassle a person has to jump and go through just to do their job is ridiculous in a corporate. Also not having a decent vehicle to travel in, no cruise control and undersized for loads put in it. The most enjoyable is getting out and dealing with the customers and helping them. Also interacting with the other employees and getting to know them better.

I have a log history of working in warehouses...normally kept neat, clean and organized....unlike Fleetpride's warehouse in St. Louis, Missouri...besides being a very dangerous warehouse to work...with 1000's of pounds of stock (truck brake drums for example) are placed very high on racks....delivery vans and the box truck are normally overloaded with parts....there is no monitoring of weight limits nor proper securement of freight in them either.....I was also held accountable for other co-workers mistakes (filling pick tickets for out going shipments. 
When I was first hired....I received praise for my work not only from my manager but from my customers on my route (several of whom called into my Fleetpride branch to voice their opinions of me....one them said I was the best they encountered during the 8 years of business with Fleetpride....another customer called in to say... I was very caring and cordial.)  I was terminated on 4-24-2018...they claimed their GPS system reported me speeding (50mph in a 30mph zone)... which is not true....I am not that careless. I will miss all the wonderful customers I had on route. I won't miss being held accountable for others mistakes and the dangers of overloads vans/box truck and the dangers within that warehouse itself.

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