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The corporate office seems intent on destroying the family culture that they once had, and are now overcorrecting by turning everything into lifeless  Communist-Brutalist Corporate monoliths. Employees are no longer people but just numbers that press buttons to make the green number go up. They don't care if you have a health issue, they would rather bully you out of your position than even attempt a reasonable accommodation. Management is almost never hired internally, so it's a constant rotation of ex-Military people with zero experience in logistics making decisions that can and will ruin the day of several employees. The people who actually do care about your career path and want to see you succeed aren't in a position to actually do anything about it, so it has sadly devolved into another generic soulless corporate entity. Majority of the employees that had been there the longest have long since left because of these sorts of things - all of their talent is fleeing and I can't blame them.

Plain and simple its a mess and a half. Management doesnt do enough. The forklift drivers are chill and good people once you get to know them all. Everybody is overworked as the operation manager stated 'We schedule people where we need them, we shouldnt have to have a backup for callouts' resulting in nights where the supervisors have to get on forklifts if they plan on getting home and getting enough sleep before the next shift. They are extremely hard on callouts. They have supervisors now doing supervision and clerk at the same time which was separately two jobs before, and there was no change in pay to the supervisors doing both jobs. It's good to get a background in supervision or on a forklift but thats about it. Favouritism runs very high in this place, from the union, to promotions, to what they let slide for some and not others.

What is the best part of working at the company?
You meet a lot of people. Many of the truck drivers are nice. They just want to get their product loaded and get back on the road. I would say 98 percent are very friendly.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The company expects too much from you for what they pay. I went 3 years without getting a raise and I put my heart and soul into that job. I was there for 13 years and was making 13.50 an hour. They were bringing in new hires and paying them $15 + hour. They liked to reward those that didn't do a good job and not reward those who went above and beyond to help the company get the product out and the drivers back on the road.

Absolutely no room for advancement. They will quickly throw more work your way, but you will not be compensated for it. Someone who's been there for 3 years is making as much as someone who's been there for 9. Benefits only if you're full-time...but good luck getting anything other than seasonal work. Everyone is there to protect their own position with the company. As such, no one really rushes to help one another, yet they are quick to throw you under the bus (or fork lift). The description of the company says it's a drug free environment. I don't think I've ever laughed so hard in my life.

It's cold when you clock in you're not allowed to clock out until they tell you you can go home they are unfair you will advance if you were a rat I don't do no work are back the less you do there the better it's easier to say if you got sentenced for committing any crimes most likely they would send you to us to terminal to do your sentence and then on the Del Monte side which everybody called which everyone calls hel monte and management it's terrible

It was a seasonal job. They told us that it was union and we really wasn't getting the benefits of a union. It was also very hard to keep up with partial unemployment as well.. It paid well when the season was in full swing.. I didn't loke the fact of us paying union dues and not be represented by the union.. You had to have worked a massive amount of hours to become a full worker.. I didn't understand that because if you're not on the schedule. You're just done

The job is seasonal and you work different hours every day and their no set schedules for seasonal worker.  When the season is over then you have to go and apply for unemployment. It is a fast moving pace job.  You load and unload product from the ship. The workplace culture is good hard working employees and get the job done in a fast pace environment. The most enjoyable part of the job is a job well done by the end of your shift.

Shipped and received a total of approximately 16,000 pallets a week for a fortune 500 company.

Learned how to operate efficiently a double pallet forklift.

Helped management solve problems, and accept feedback.

Worked safely and helped each other solve problems.

Stacking, and consolidating damaged pallets with salvagable product on them.

Enjoyed working with co-workers.

I got hired back in October and they said I would get hours the season didn't pick up until January! I was so backed up on my bills! They will try to tell you to hold on like bills are gonna stop no health benefits until you are in the union or direct deposit which is silly overall just a bad work culture don't recommend for anyone

A typical day at Gloucester terminals first thing be there an hour before your shift a typical day is 12 hour shifts or depends on the product on the ship and there's a lot we be there all day if not our day is you get paid lunch breaks you don't get health care is hard to get in with the company automatic overtime after 8 hours but you only work when a ship dock

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Security officer 13 salaries reported	$20.33 per hour
Office clerk 10 salaries reported	$22.44 per hour
Warehouse worker 9 salaries reported	$21.00 per hour
Mechanic 9 salaries reported	$31.56 per hour
Warehouse supervisor 6 salaries reported	$22.38 per hour

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