truck driver

transport driver

warehouse associate

diesel mechanic

local driver

Hampel Oil Distributors, Inc.

Working as a driver is not hard but going to all the locations they want you to handle and not spreading  the work out fairly because some work faster than others is unfair. Not appreciated and having a supervisor younger than you calling you on your day off asking who is on call over the weekend when he’s the supervisor he should know he does the schedule. The Hondo location is a joke. Trucks are not maintenance on a regular basis always breaking down and no upper management from corporate can make the trip to see how business is running. Supervisor blames dispatcher for routes being made when she is not properly trained and he makes routes too and blames someone else for poor planning. Has too much on his plate to do his job properly. You go the extra mile to fill tanks and don’t get appreciated for taking care of them instead want you to do more because he dropped the ball by not checking paperwork properly and letting tanks fall below level now customers complaining. Short staffed and want you to work miracles. 

A typical work day is never the same.  Some days there is plenty to do and the next it is calm.  
Most upper management is not friendly.  They claim to have an open door policy but can't even say Good Morning or acknowledge you.  Don't get me wrong there are a few people who are very helpful and there are ones that are rude.
Hampel oil has a good culture.  They are a very family orientated family based company but many some of the new hires lack this culture.  They do the minimum of what they should do and still get praised and the others are not acknowledged.  
Hardest part of the job is communication, many people lack this skill.  

I do like this company but sometimes they need to see how employees feel to make changes. They need to appreciate the right ones before they lose quality people.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The close relationship that you build with the customer/customers is a great experience if you make it your responsibility to do so. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The new manager not taking responsibility for his actions on disciplining his crew members after the spills and damages done to customers and company equipment. His ideal nature was ( what happens in Vegas stays In Vegas) wrong mentality. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Bosses out side of GC . I worked with them like a team, the new crew acted like they new everything and did not want to be trained. The Hampel way.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Possibly drop off 8,000 gallons of product, ranging from oil, fuel, to DEF fluid and work on a customers pump here or there. It was Great.

Management is awful at Hampel.  The region management micro manages that rules by intimidation.  The local management started out okay but apparently he decided to follow the the region managers lead and take on his management style.  Hampel has this thing about culture but what they don't understand is it is just words and culture is defined by ownership and management  when ownership and management do not care about their employees it sets the tone for us not to care about the company.   Communication is not good.  Apparently management tells corporate everything is fine and they don't ever bother to check and see if what is presented is true because as long as the facility is making money no one seems to care how things are ran.   Owners need to make surprise visits and talk to us workers to see how things are ran.

Hampel talks a good game but when it comes down to it it is just talk. The Culture thing is a joke because management leads by BAD example. We are told to report everything by safety but when we do management covers it up and employees are the ones that get thrown under the bus when things come up.  The HR department tells a lot of things that are not true and fails to get both sides to any stories.   Branch management is not good but the Region Operations Manager is worthless (blows a lot of smoke and people believe it).

Was a great environment for the first year of employment. After that, say goodbye to your family.  They expect you to work 16-18 hours a day with no gratitude.  Upper management is a joke.  Harp about overtime hours but then won’t hire new help so you’re having to the work of three people and expected to get it all accomplished in 8-10 hours instead of the 16 it actually takes.  You get everything done and fixing to click out only to have operations or branch manager add another 2-3 hours of work to your tasks for the next day or they change something totally around and then have to unload a truck or two in order to reorganize totes, tanks, and stands.  They have benefits but you can expect to spend at least one third of your check to pay for them.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Great family to work for. Always exceptions but over all they are fair and appreciate their employees.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
To many safety videos. I know safety is important but you can always overdo some things. This was to the point of being annoying. Watching video and testing. One a month is sufficient.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Excellent in comparison to the bigger companies in this line of business.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
In many ways I was my own boss. I felt like they encouraged that in their employees if they could trust your ability to make good choices for you and the company.

A typical day includes getting current fuel prices to bill customers.  Billing fuel deliveries and lube orders.  Taking customer fuel orders, answering phones, directing calls to the appropriate department/person.  Once billing is finished, I would file delivery tickets, and organize filing system.
I learned about different types of fuels, tanks and different lube products.  
It has been a fun work environment.  Friendly people and a casual work place.  
The hardest part was learning the different types of fuels, and learning all of the customer and company names.
The most enjoyable part was the friendly co-workers, casual atmosphere and flexibility.

Being a driver at Hampel Oil is a pretty simple job, you show up find out your whole day and when you are done you are done. Occasionally you might have some changes made during the day depending on customer call ins and emergency needs. Monday through Friday job with weekend on calls but you get a bonus for getting called out. Younger local management. Family owned company currently being run by third generation with one second generation still as CEO. 
They do genuinely seem to care about employees and issues that arise, do make some I would say interesting decisions at times, but what company doesn’t. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The Pay and schedule are good.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management treats drivers like they are nothing. Dispatcher has a very ugly attitude and has been reported numerous times.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Drivers and mechanic communicate and have a great relationship. Management and dispatcher are horrible. No communication ,no help and do not get anything done they say they are going to.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Long and stressful day. Always being told what your doing wrong but never what you're doing right.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Truck driver 150 salaries reported	$26.43 per hour
Transport driver 16 salaries reported	$71,875 per year
Warehouse associate 16 salaries reported	$19.88 per hour
Diesel mechanic 33 salaries reported	$35.06 per hour
Local driver 5 salaries reported	$24.10 per hour

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