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I've worked for several great companies over the years and this was definitely NOT one of them. During your orientation the owner will come in and tell you that at his company, he trains management that no human is better than anyone else. He's either a horrible liar, or has no clue what's going on in his company... After putting up with replacement "boss" after boss (not kidding, 4 in 3 months) and them micro managing everything... Clueless welders running the shop while the good ones did nonsense work and quality guys were basically told to shut up and overlook the problems. Cameras and giant stopwatches on workers to make sure they're producing, management not even letting workers clean their work areas because "5 minutes of downtime costs the company too much money".. Quality is only important when customers are upset, then it's whatever it takes to get product out of the door. (Then it comes back, repeat.....) .. G&D is the most chaotic and unorganized shop I've worked in during my 25 year career, and I've never felt more dehumanized in my life. I have had several back surgeries and they could care less forcing me to be on my hands and knees for hours at a time. After leaving one night early, from grinding off bolts on my knees for 5 hours that the previous shift did wrong (agian), they told me I had to provide a doctor's release before I could return. 
After months of this I finally called and told HR I couldn'tdo it anymore and needed to get my toolbox. Zero interest was shown as to why... HUMAN RESOURCES isn't even on your side... Good riddance. 

Work there if you want, but don't say you weren't warned.

Their largest customer is planning to completely exit G&D by 1Q2014.  They already exited the Decatur business starting 3Q2012 and ending 1Q2013.  They are now exiting Bartonville by 4Q2013.

The top management was formerly operationally focused and fostered a great culture with mutual respect at its core.

The new management is all accountants and the decisions are purely based on a number and no other logic seems to apply.  Especially when deciding which people were being laid off and which were promoted to replace those who left.

The new management style is surprisingly directive and ends up being rather stifling.  One wouldn't predict that style after a casual conversation with some of the top leadership.

The company was for sale at one point but is not currently officially for sale as far as I understand it.  The new leadership was put into place March 1, 2013 with the intent of improving profitability and a too-little-too-late attempt to salvage the company so that it could be put back on the market in 2-5 years.  

The fact is that the ownership committed some very large political faux pas with the largest customer and the fact is that the relationship was damaged to the point that no matter what anyone does, the relationship can not be salvaged.  In fact, the feedback is that the new leadership is actually making it worse at a faster rate.

If you really want to work at this company, give it a year or two to make sure it's still around.

I worked 3rd shift which always began with signing in and a brief meeting covering information which comes from either G&D or (in my case) Caterpillar (who contracted G&D for employees). The meeting concluded with light stretching and a safety lesson.

After the meeting, I reported to my assembly line to pick up a fork lift and then headed to the dock to help sort the incoming parts and hardware according to assembly lines. After the sorting is completed, we delivered the racks/tubs of parts/hardware to the appropriate assembly line staging area and then I would return to my designated line to put away the individual boxes of parts/hardware.

When that was completed, I would work with the Line Coordinator and/or the Assembler to deliver parts and materials to the assembly and deliver completed assemblies to the appropriate staging area. The goal was to have all parts and materials delivered to the assembly line so that the line never has to stop because it is out of a specific part or material.

I worked 3rd shift.

The management team was demanding but helpful. I learned how to drive a forklift and a lot about working safely and how to be aware of possible dangers as I accomplish my workload.

The hardest part of the job was standing for 90% of the shift. I enjoyed the people that worked with but the job itself required little thought so staying alert to possible dangers was occasionally a challenge.

Each person treated differently based upon job. Some people are able to run out of work wether their work was completed or not. While others have to stay to pick up their slack. Some employees were so slow at completing pulling orders it would make you have to stay over. Lead people are horribly lazy and try to take as long as possible to complete orders. So they can get overtime. Don’t recommend this company. They don’t care about employees and that is why they have a revolving door of new employees. New employees are expected to clean up after previous employees laziness and lack of keeping workspace cleaned and organized. If you report issues with rf scanners and or forklifts. Nothing is done. I noticed managers would be quick to discipline a newer employee about ppe/safety glasses violations but would do it while standing next to a lead person who also is violating no safety glasses and not say anything to the lead person. 

Days consist doing multiple job functions outside of your own. Executive team lack the drive to help support their warehouse management team. No available resources to completely daily operations. Mandatory 6-7 days a week at 14-16 hr days. No appreciation for hardworking employees. No incentive raises outside of your yearly anniversary. On the very low end of salary compensations for all positions including management. Moderate disregard for safety of staff to ensure product goals are maintained. 

I worked with this company for 3 years and was handed to operate and manage a warehouse with no training or resources to accurately completely daily operations. Upon reaching out to Executive board and other management was left to struggle and fail daily. Warehouse ran with 1 supervisor and 3 employees for 6 months with the required staffing being at around 8-12 people. Given no appreciation for the dedicated work to keep operations moving in a forward direction.

Overall, job security and good job outlook is very poor with this bunch. The customer opinion is not good about this company either.

They go through a lot of people at this place as there are way too many "former employees" out there in the world. Always laying off logistics workers. They are spooked by economy and the customers success/fails.

The upper management is very self-important and quite out of touch with those of us out in the factory/warehouse.  The HR Department and Safety Department should be audited for compliance concerns, especially when it comes to Safety Training and fair wages.  The HR job fair guy who called me back was very nice and polite and so was his supervisor. Both those guys were honest and respectful to us. 

I wouldn't recommend this place of employment to anyone who typically enjoys their job. Just as good as any contract type place I guess.

This place was a disaster to work at. There is poor communication everywhere, constant aggression between load planners and driver's, ZERO organization. I feel bad for the poor managers and employees there. They did what they could with what they had, and I felt like they genuinely were concerned employees well beings and work/life balance, but they also tried to milk every ounce of life out of planners as they could by giving them unrealistic goals that were impossible to meet with the drivers and broken equipment they had at the time. The drivers usually made it worse, getting mad at the work they were given because someone called off or didn't show up, or because they were given a new route because management kept stacking things on us. Other planners rotate throughout the day and that also made things messy, as a good portion of our early shift was finishing the work they didn't do.

On the plus side, there's a Culver's nearby.

Everyone here is just a number that can be replaced. Not any initiative to build up/train employees to become better in their craft besides quarterly 1 on 1 meetings. The day to day includes 60 phone calls minimum in search of customers to move shipments for.

I learned how replaceable I am and how detrimental it can be on the management by not starting off with high standards from the beginning and then trying get tighter standards after time has gone by. 

As far as co-workers, every conversation involved drinking beer and less about succeeding in life which is what should be talked about more. They were good people but everything that went on between co-workers was just a direct reflection of the upper management.

The most enjoyable part about the job is succeeding and doing more than I was paid to do which is bring in business.

After my position was recently eliminated, and there were no other positions available in the company, the company let me go. But THEN...had the nerve to send out a mass e-mail to all G&D employees saying that I had resigned from my job! 
This has happened to several other employees that were recently downsized out the door. These people did not resign, they were laid off! 
We can accept that they eliminated our positions, as we know there are drastic cutbacks going on for financial reasons. But to send out  BLATANT LIES about us really ticks us off!
The company will also still deny that the company is up for sale, which by now, most everyone knows is true. I loved working at G&D while I was there, but I would never go to work for a company that is known for such deceit and dishonesty.

This company does not care about you and does not have a competitive wage. They start you out at $10/hr but promise you that it's only for a very short time. There are people that have been here a year that just got their yearly raise of $.33. You can make better pay at a fast food chain! They hire horrible supervisors that lack respect for people and degrate you on a daily basis. The manager acts like he cares but never follows through with anything he says. They lie to get you in the door by telling you that you will get a big raise in a month or two and that you will be offered a higher up position. All lies! Many of their companies fail and then you're out a job. HR is so far removed and many of the people do not know about prescription safety glasses and a steel toe boot reimbursement. They don't want you to know because they're cheap! Don't waste your time working with them.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Truck driver 11 salaries reported	$76,701 per year
Local driver 8 salaries reported	$60,306 per year
Order filler 49 salaries reported	$16.96 per hour
Packager 12 salaries reported	$16.92 per hour
Quality assurance inspector 7 salaries reported	$16.71 per hour

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