delivery driver

Garelick Farms

A typical day at the job? 
Everything was always breaking and the company didn’t wanna fix it nor they didn’t care about any workers nor about maintenance crew because they don’t wanna put new parts for the job to work better.

What you believe you learned? 
That there is plenty of people who will not care of how the job is done and that they will try to make you clean up after their mess.

Management? 
They are terrible and they are stealing money from workers because they want to give the big bosses bonus so they cut workers over time and they don’t want to give workers a big raise and they don’t want to make the job easier. 

The worker culture? 
Its terrible since the company doesn’t want to fix nothing and its letting the building screws fall apart little by little. 

The hardest part of the job was? 
Dealing with everything breaking and management complaining and stealing workers money for them to keep it for themselves and dealing with the night shift supervisor.

The most enjoyable part of the job? Nothing everything is terrible. I wouldn’t recommend nobody to work there everything is breaking and there is mold in the roof and there is broken racks for where the milk is located and there was more things. 




This was a great company to work for back in the days and then I resigned because of the mistreatment they have towards drivers. Manager came from a different company doing similar work now he is here he is power tripping makeing the job unstable for many of us drivers. The union should have been implemented maybe this would have stopped the power trip this guy has. I don't see how garelick even hired him in the first place. The drivers here are all awsome human resource is a darling. Heck the whole place is great besides the new transportation manager that would fire you with out any explanation. He also puts drivers at risk running over your DOT hours then blames you or fires you with out a written warning. I seen it done.their safety meetings are a joke. Their tractors are disgusting never washed or cleaned inside. With all their turn around money you would suspect they would at least put these trucks through a wash. If you decide to work here watch your back. That is my advice 

Everyday i bring 110% to work. When i get to work i have already have work assign under me. Log onto dossier on computer and see what kind of work needs to be done. I really enjoy working on heavier jobs such as brakes, wheel seals, suspensions, and engines. There are days when even small jobs turns into a huge job. For example, headlights are out. It could either be the bulb or it could be the wiring or connectors. So there are times when it gets really technical. We have been through with few management in our shop. But the one we have now is really supportive and really caring. The hardest part of my job would be lunch time. To be honest, after lunch i feel really tired. But once i get going again, i really start to move. The most enjoyable part of my job is about almost everything. I love to work on diesel equipment. At the end of the day when a broken unit gets fixed, i feel like i have accomplished something that day. And i burst with smile and joy.

I have worked here 12 years and there have been many changes that have been made that  are positive and negative to the business, quite stressful, you smell bad every day, and it is quite a lot of work.  Management tries hard to keep things productive and successful here but I feel that this company is failing and that this plant may close in a year if business doesn't pick up and they don't do better with safety and quality here.  There is an sqf audit next week here and the state of this plant could cause this plant to fail it.

Although i was there for a short time, Garelick Farms is anexcellent company to work for. they pay extremly well, with many drivers averaging $70000 a year for merely 4 days of work. Its not with out challenge. The days start early and often approach the 14 hour limit. 

It it physicallydemanding and requires drivers who are not only physically fit, but great at organization as most of the product needs to be organized by the driver after loading. Often times drivers are injured because if this.

Customers range from Large stores like Walmarts and Shaws down to mom and pop stores and retirement homes

Garelick Farms/Dean Foods has been evolving into a CPG company over the past 5 years.  With those changes came increased workload with fewer people and very little project management.  As a result everyone is stressed out and there is no clear guidance on what needs to be done on a daily basis and who is responsible.  Day-to-day issues are left to whoever has the desire to ensure that the customer is serviced properly.  That leaves the few people with long days filled with stress.

I worked in the warehouse as a order selector and a forklift operator they have a cooler 37 degrees and a freezer minus 15 degrees i would pick orders and put them on a pallet management was okay some good some bad workplace culture was okay just like any other place drama etc the hardest part of the job it could be cold also physical i spent 22 years there we had a massive layoff the sister company in Franklin is still open i worked at the Lynn plant but the Franklin plant was one hour and a half away from where i live so it was to far for me to drive i would say all in all it was a good job.

Typical day was about 10 phone or teams meetings. 
I learned a lot about managing from a few people when they had the freedom to mentor. 
Management is mostly new and not sure what to do,  they seem to be hiring more and getting rid of the tenured staff
Workplace culture is constant turnover in every department,  little to no training.
The hardest part was dealing with the constant emergencies. Almost daily. 
The most enjoyable was some of the people i got to deal with. 

Garelick is a fine place to work with lots of benefits. I learned a great deal about selling and the corporate sales culture in general. There were many great people to work with and everyone worked as a team and wanted each other to succeed. The toughest part for me was so much reporting and surveys took away from time in the field and doing things that would help grow sales. I enjoyed the freedom the job allowed in terms of a typical day. I got to travel all over New England and meet a lot of people in a lot of places. Overall I had a good time at Garelicks Farms but look forward to new oppurtunities and challenges.

Typical day at work, you start early and leave around 5/6 really depends what time you start just add 12-14 from there.

What I’ve Learned, Organization structure and being observant.

Workplace Culture, getting better leadership is very much in question but it’s taking time.

The hardest part about the job, Management dispatchers and equipment.

The most enjoyable part is your co workers and some/most of the receivers they understand what you go through on a daily 

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