warehouse associate

forklift operator

receiving associate

truck driver

warehouse worker

Henry Industries, Inc

This is a company that only cares about their bottom line.  If they're not making the most money possible, and at the expense of everyone else, they're unhappy.  And that's legitimately almost a word-for-word quote from upper management.

In the beginning, it was great.  I could sense a real camaraderie between upper management (all men), and it seemed like they truly cared about their employees, "business partners" (the joke of a term they call the drivers), and what they were doing.

However, it didn't take long for the rose colored glasses to come off.  There is an incredible amount of turnover due to the crazy hours and high stress environment.  It's high stress because Henry makes the contracting process incredibly convoluted and difficult, so whatever remote location you're in ALWAYS needs drivers.  There are never enough, so employees usually end up making deliveries to ensure product is on time.

Management (my position) is expected to cover whatever shift after a dispatcher quits unexpectedly until HR hires a new person, but there is never any sense of urgency, even though HR knows you are a 365/24/7 location.  When you ask for help, no help is given and you're simply told to handle it (but you, yourself, because god forbid you ask your hourly employees to work overtime, since that's more money out of Henry's pocket). When you ask for a raise for having to work double the amount of standard hours promised, you're laughed at and told working 14 days straight is "nothing compared to working 48 hours straight".  My direct supervisor was a micro-manager and would not let me make my own decisions if they clashed with what he selfishly wanted.  But then would do a 180 and tell me to handle my location if something went wrong.

And make no mistake, anything that goes wrong in your location is "your fault" even when it isn't.  Even when you prove it's actually upper management's fault.  If you do that, then you're fired.  They protect their own boy's club as one other reviewer phrased it.  And that person is totally right.  

But the biggest problem, the most significant reason this company is the LAST place you want to work, is the fact that they are thieves.  Straight up unethical, shady businessmen.  Read any of the other reviews and you'll see. They consistently and continuously, without reason or addressing it, steal their "business partners' " money.  And my direct supervisor literally said "Screw the drivers, they don't matter.  They're expendable".  That attitude is clearly felt by the drivers, and if Henry were able to get a bunch of drivers at the drop of a hat, that would be a rational attitude.  But I sent over 90 drivers in 3 months, and only 3 of those 90 actually contracted.  

When you are vocal about the unfairness of it, you're fired.  When you try and speak up for the injustice you see going on, you're seen as disloyal. Even when you've gone above and beyond to fulfill your duties and responsibilities, which is servicing the customer, Henry will find a way to turn it against you.

When your customer, the one you were hired to service, tells you that you don't get support from your company, you know it's bad.  So bad that the customer noticed.  

I loved that job, and everyone I worked with, excluding anyone who worked for Henry.  The drivers and pharmacy employees were wonderful, appreciated the hard work put in, but if anyone in the boys club sees you have an independent mind and a moral compass that points due North, you're out.

TL;DR: This company only cares about making money (illegally), at the expense of everyone else but upper management.  They do not care about anything else, regardless of what they say.

By far the most hostile and unprofessional work environment I’ve ever experienced. Not at all worth the pay (which isn’t enough to survive in the Bay Area anyways).
Management is unqualified, management is paranoid and thinks employees are out to get them, management will plot to fire you if you make an HR complaint against them about unprofessionalism, management will pick and choose who he believes during conflict depending on who he likes more, he will laugh in your face when you have problems with other employees, HR will ignore your concerns (racial, sexism, harassment, aggressive coworkers, etc.) in the workplace, If you do not fit into the clique of coworkers they will blatantly lie on you repeatedly to get you fired, it’s obvious that they have nothing better going on in their lives so they obsess over work drama and gossip, the employees talk about each other very badly behind each other’s backs, hard to do work with all of the drama and backstabbing going on no matter how neutral you try to remain. The customer hates them which isn’t very comforting as far as job security goes. It’s really just a hot mess. Don’t apply unless you want to be under constant stress and criticism. They honestly do not care about their employees here. I just walked out one day after realizing I was above working there. Best decision I’ve ever made.

Don't waste your time working for this company the pay is a joke ( 11 an hour) and the benefits are okay but not great. Breaks and lunches were usually spent working because of the small crew. We did sign a paper saying we understood this and would get paid. Under new management we are forced to clock out for lunch. We were also not allowed to leave the building unless there was someone there to cover and we were clocked out. The times I was alone in the warehouse I had to resort to ordering food to get my lunch.  The management is terrible we had "big sister" from Kansas monitoring us all the time and would email or call as soon as something went wrong. As for the  manager who was in the office. He was nice when he first got here but then it became clear that a little boys club was forming when he took a male co-worker under his wing and made him an informal second in command. Pretty soon i was taking orders from not only the manager but him as well. I have been with this company for longer than both of them. my opinion was disregard, and I wasn't let in on any decision until it was already made and announced by his second in command. I did get one warning before I was fired because of a vague reason.  I am glad I am out of this company it caused me nothing  but stress and anger. Don't make my mistake of working here

I am waiting for this company to collapse. They’re constantly short staffed due to turn over, turn over due to poor management, poor training, poor work environment (constant gossip/favoritism/rule bending) and poor benefits. 

Yet they think it’s a great idea to grab more business. They can’t handle the business they already have. Staff is overworked and undertrained from top to bottom. 

The contractors are treated like dirt, the accounting department is run into the ground, and the dispatchers are stuck in the middle. They would hire a monkey in a suit if he could type, and wonder why long time employees are quitting left and right. 

I would not recommend working here if you want to keep your sanity. The pay is decent but not for the amount of work actually required. Business is open 24/7/365 but you don’t get any benefit from working, say, on Christmas, until you’ve been there an entire year.

Henry industries you're bidding on a route. That no matter what they expect you to get done everyday. So that's regardless of your vehicle breaks down, or personal reasons like family emergency etc .. you have to find your own replacement for the time being. Or be charged money per day for the help. The job is easy and fun. And best part is if someone calls off you don't have to worry about taking their shift, no overtime, no mandatory overtime. When you're finished you go home . I understand the need as a company to keep expenses low... But it gets ridiculous after awhile. They are CHEAP. They try to low ball you at every turn. Despite NOT having to pay their driver's fuel, maintenance, insurance, or pay their driver's benefits, 401k with company match or ANYTHING. High turn over probably because of this... But the warehouse workers and driver's are COOL!  

I worked at Henry Industries for 21 months. They have no appreciation for their employees. I was very hard working. I did more than I should have on a daily basis. It was ok when I first started. When the original owner was still alive. But once the company got a new owner it progressively got worst. Everyone I worked with complained all the time. Management doesn't care anything about the lower level employees. It's all about the money that they're receiving do to everyone's hard work. Management are very unprofessional. They don't know how to talk to people at all. They are extremely rude to contractors and employees. They had two people working in the warehouse when they should have had 4 or 5. I was so overworked that I didn't feel like doing anything after work. The benefits suck. The company is horrible.

This company is not worth your time. There is favoritism, low pay, horrible benefits, lack of PTO, and you always have to watch your back. Very unethical practices take place daily. The only people that matter is management and if you are good friends with management, but even then you would have to watch out. 
This company has a very toxic, negative work environment and they try to "fix" it in the most unethical way possible. Pretty much if they do not like you or someone there does not like you, they will fire you.
Also there is constant Drama, which could be described as high school drama. Management is apart of this as well not just the employees.

Save yourself the trouble and look else where.

This company has so much potential to do good things. But the management and leadership is so woefully narrow-minded and reactive in their policies that they suffocate any opportunity for growth or improvement. There seems to be very little foresight in executive management, and they take it out on middle-management by using fear and veiled threats. This form of leadership fails to inspire or motivate its workers. And that’s not even to mention the fact that trying to get accounting to listen to anyone or be flexible at all when trying to bridge the gap between customers and contractors. They constantly put management in a hard place because they refuse to provide explanation for their arbitrary policy-making, even when it doesn’t seem to benefit anyone but the accounting department itself. I felt at times like I was working for a Ponzi scheme.

I used to do this route. You're supposed to deliver so many goods for them, you can't fit it all in your van. Peak season around Christmas time is the worst. They will not send FedEx one day for no reason, then send double the amount the following day and expect you to make a double run for them. Delivering huge mail pallets for $3.00. I gave these guys a notice and they still don't have a backup plan, very disorganized. My last couple paychecks were hundreds of dollars short of what they owed me. They continue to want to add on and pay less for it. Never trust the management, they're very dishonest and disrespectful. If you want to be an independent contractor-great. But watch your back and never trust these guys. They're the king and you are the dirt under their boot. I highly recommend finding a different company to work for. :)

Drove for Henry for more than 10 years.  Once upon a time they were a great company to work for but, in recent years working there became intolerable.  They've lost dozens of drivers in the past few years because of poor management.  When you start, the pay looks average to good but then you get your checks and see the back charges, including a "fuel surcharge".  That's right, they charge you a fuel surcharge.  You will get hit with $50 to $100 hundred a pay period in back charge.  Management wants to beat you down on every invoice.  They demand things of you that are not included in your contract.  

Do yourself a favor.  There are too many driving jobs out there.  Go somewhere else.  You'll be a lot happier.  Coworkers that have left are now working for company's that treat them fairly and value their service.

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Warehouse associate 27 salaries reported	$16.72 per hour
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Truck driver 9 salaries reported	$18.06 per hour
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