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Hancock Lumber

Excellent work-life balance with top-notch benefits. The management team really seems to care about their employees. They treat you like a person, not an employee. That's reflected in the benefits and how management approaches employees, no yelling and screaming about challenges. There are certainly many challenges due  to the pace which is great because it challenges people to the best they can be. If you apply yourself, you'll go somewhere there are endless opportunities to explore and advance your career at Hancock Lumber. Co-workers are very supportive and willing to help when needed. It is a very experienced team with a lot of knowledge of the building supply industry. You are always learning and collaborating with your peers. You opinions matter and you have a voice .  Company makes safety the #1 priority. We also get an ice cream truck every Tuesday in the summer.  There is a reason why Hancock lumber has been voted best places to work 10 years in a row. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The workers themselves. Consistent, good attitudes in general, and hard working.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Most managers and work leaders display a good attitude towards employees, with very few exceptions. But, the exceptions lend a very stressful and degrading aspect to the job.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment is mostly positive, even though a lot of it is physically stressful.  The workers are great, as are almost all of the managers. But, the one exception that disposes true leadership creates a bad atmosphere for many.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I am no longer there, but aside from having a good relationship with other workers the work was physically extremely difficult.

Most days are very stressful, especially coming to work with grumpy people. Managers like to say that they want to help you make sure problems are taken care of when in reality the issue is never addressed. Some people are allowed to do whatever, whenever they want. Leads to a horrible environment, terrible team work ethic and constant bickering and whining. It’s like high school all over again. The owners, bust their butts to make sure the company is great, lower management is terrible and never take care of in store problems.

Stay away from this company at all means. They don't have a formal training setup. So they will throw you around different positions so that you get a feel of what it is like to work there. All the while, those people training you are stabbing you behind the back and telling management that you are failing at your job. How can I succeed if you fail to train me. Don't believe that "Best Place to Work" in Maine load, of bs they feed the public. That is a survey they came up with for themselves so that they pat themselves on the back.  This is a Fair Warning. If you want to be setup up to fail, then by all means join them. If you want to actually enjoy working somewhere, then go anywhere else.

Hancock was a great place to work, I felt supported by the management team. They believe in safety culture and fully backed you if you felt something was unsafe and in fact rewarded you for pointing it out.   
It was fast paced and challenging, which I enjoyed because the days flew by in a blink. I would still work here if I hadn't moved far away to be closer to family. This is a demanding position, you will need to focus on time management and be present in every moment of the 10 hour work day or it will eat you up.  The hard work you put in doesn't go unnoticed and you will be rewarded for success.  

I started working in the yard as a load builder, building loads and loading trucks for shipment, unloaded incoming freight  trucks and moved to inside sales waiting on retail customers and contractors writing pick up orders as well as purchase orders ordering special order mill work. Handled cash and was responsible for the end of the day closing. The hardest part of the job was trying to find that hard to find item a customer was looking for and the best part was finding it and satisfying the customer.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Worst company I’ve ever worked for. Treat you like your incompetent and talk down to you and undermines any chance of success. Upper management will seek to protect the lazy and the true incompetent employees that will agree to everything they say just to get out of work.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The incompetence of upper management

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Not healthy and demeaning to other employees 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Work 14 to 16 hour with no added compensation.

Wouldn’t recommend for laborers, tough conditions, physically demanding. You will get very many tshirts and sweatshirts but a raise is not probable. Finished products manager at bethel isn’t the best, very loose lips and talks about everyone openly, not really sure what he actually does other than the occasional pizza party. Other managers are pretty cool. If you are going into a management position, sales, or supervisory roll then it is a pretty decent job, otherwise I would keep looking. 

Loved my job other than the fact management let a certain few be lazy all day long which pushed that work that could've been done during the day onto the rest of us at the end of the day which is why I got fired after 23 years of working there cause had had enough of the laziness and spoke my mind,pay rate's not great was only making 17 after 23 years and I could run every machine in there and work in the filing room sharpening saws. Almost filed a wrongfully termination suit.

Hancock Lumber's mission is to create a work environment that recognizes employees as human beings and ultimately enhances the lives of everyone who works here. Led by their 600 employees, Team Hancock is a multi-year recipient of the ‘Best Place to Work in Maine’ award, a result of working on that mission day in and day out. The company is authentic and passionate about its people-first and values driven culture!!



Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Truck driver 10 salaries reported	$52,800 per year
Yard worker 8 salaries reported	$42,750 per year
Driver 7 salaries reported	$25.43 per hour
Kitchen designer 7 salaries reported	$63,214 per year
Boiler operator 3 salaries reported	$28.83 per hour

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