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Hupp Draft Services

Hupp Draft Services is a California beer line cleaning company. They service from Chico to Visalia, from East Bay to Tahoe and all areas in between. They follow industry standards of cleaning to maintain bar and restaurant draft equipment. It is a family owned company, a work truck and gas card are provided. Training is a paid process where you learn the basics of the job. In it's simplist form it is quite an easy job but more complicated systems make things more complicated which require experience. Time on the job grants said experience. Management over the course of the past few years has made lengthy strides to create a culture of a team directed at a particular goal: sparkling clean draft equipment. This is a daunting task as each technician, minus a few, will never see another draft technician in the field. Each technician is given a set of 10 routes with anywhere between 1-12 accounts per day. A cycle is completed once days 1-10 are performed, then repeats. The goal is not account completion perse but number of beer faucets/lines cleaned. Management has quotas set for each region and mostly focus on service times. They use these times to ensure technicians are doing their job to standard, to see if technicians require additional help/ training or if an account is having an issue. Management, beer distributors, breweries and account personnel perform quality checks randomly to ensure standards are being met.

As stated the job is pretty simple and once a draft system is par the job is quite easy. Some set ups are more difficult than others but once you figure out the account it goes smoothly. Multiple levels of management are available for any questions a technician may have. Management sends out monthly anonymous surveys to find areas where they can improve.

In short I think the job is quite rewarding as the accounts are the technician's. Personal relationships with employees/managers/GMs grow from the frequent visits. It can be a great entry into the brewing industry, sales reps etc.



This company is family based. Dad and daughter are the bosses and also in charge of HR department. They always look out for them self’s  and the company instead of the employees. This company is considered a small company but they are in all North California. They’ll tell you routes will be around your City but they also send you far with no pay and sometimes even stuck in traffic for 2-3 hours also with no pay. Work vehicle and work phone both have GPS trackers so they monitor you in every step. Job site starts when you arrive to your first stop and ends at your last stop not at home this can take 10-40 minutes to arrive to first stop.  Breaks are minimum of 10 min and they monitor every minute of your route. They always send emails questions every minute of your route as if they don’t consider your hard work or effort. Pay is low and raises are minimum. You max out at $20 a hour after 6 years. Vacation is minimum and they usually don’t approve since they are usually understaffed. No full on benefits as other companies provide. No 401k or retirement plans. New rules every 3 days. Management and office staff talk down to you as if they are doing your job all they do is sit at a desk and look at a screen Draft techs are actually making all the money/production putting In the labor and tolerating rude people at accounts and completing route.. Lack of communication over all and office turns everything on you. No growth within the company. No future in this job. Low life job. 

As a tech you’ll be given 10 routes that consist of 10-15 stops a day. You’ll visit a stop every 2 weeks. They provide you with a truck, gas card, phone and material to do your job. You clock in when you arrive at your first stop and clock out when you finish your last stop. The job it’s self is really simple you can watch a video on it and be a pro with in minutes. You are by yourself most of the time except when you work with another tech in a big account or when your supervisor follows you around to do a Quality inspection. They’ll tell you you get paid holidays but you really don’t what they do is have you stay home the day of the holiday and force you to work Saturday. The job is easy and they know it so they pay peanuts but It gives you an opportunity to get in touch with other service providers that pay WAY more but require experience. Hupps can be a great company to work for but the pay is nearly impossible to make a living on so a lot of techs ether work another job or jump ship. Overtime ir rare and you never see the office people to ask for a raise. If you are a young king fresh out of high school this is a great gig! You’ll have time for school.

The company was very pleasant to work at the start but changed quickly.

There is not much room for advancement within the company, and unless you rub elbows with an owner, it is very unlikely you'll be promoted. It is extremely difficult to obtain a raise, even if you put in extra hours and go above and beyond your normal job duties.

Payroll is often unstable and they will change pay dates on you with minimal notice.

The company's turnover rate is the highest I have ever noticed, especially for being a family owned business. They also have a habit of bringing someone in to push someone out, and then they fire them without notice and often without a good reason.

The owner has an explosive temper and you never really know what his mood will be like when you enter the office. It is a very unpleasant and uncomfortable environment to be in.

The 'Office Manager' is extremely unprofessional and disrespectful to staff. The work environment is extremely toxic and co-workers and management can be quite petty.

I would highly advise to stray away from applying with this company.

Truly the most miserable company I have ever had the misfortune of working for. Ridiculous holiday policy where holidays are more of a punishment than anything else. You get the day off but then you have to make it up the following Saturday. You also cannot request a day off a whole week prior to or after a holiday, so it's impossible to actually link some consecutive days off together. PTO accrual rate is hilariously slow. You can only take 3 unpaid days off in a year before you are disciplined. Ridiculous draconian policies in regards to nearly every aspect of the job. Management could not care less, just cares about keeping the number of taps you've cleaned as high as possible. 

Only positives are that the health benefits are pretty good and you have all the time in the world to catch up on podcasts and music as the job is solo 99% of the time and you can just listen to whatever you want. 

1/10 do not recommend 

I have worked with Hupp now for the last couple of years and I must say that it is without a doubt, one of the best jobs I ever had.
If we weren't moving, I would stay with Hupp forever.
They really go out of their way to take care of you and you are definitely rewarded for going the extra mile. They want good people and will do everything they can to keep you if you are doing your job. 
It's rare to see a company who invests so much and reward so much into their employees.
Its a fairly easy job and they provide a great truck for you, a gas card, and you are mostly left alone to go to your accounts and clean beer lines. That being said, some accounts are easier than others and some people are happy to see you clean their lines for them, some not so much but that's the joy of working with people. If you have a good personality, good with working with your hands, you will love working for Hupp. 
This is a rapidly growing company and there is room for advancement, I highly recommend them!

The company makes everything sound good but once you start working for them, you realize it's a lot of micromanaging on a lot of stuff that doesn't even have to do with the job. Nice company truck. If you don't mind being monitored 24 seven worried about every little thing you do in every little turn you take . I also feel like I was set up less due to the fact that the competitors pay more starting. Three days into the job I was informed that PTO was capped out for the entire company and you can't request time off until next year and told if I wanted to do something that I should plan it years in advance That's not a good life to live. They won't keep you in the 35 mile radius here working they'll have you working 15 to 20 miles over that they pay you for drive time but your drive time doesn't count as work time so when you show up at a site at 7 AM but left your house at five. You have to take a lunch at 9:30 because they count that as time on the clock but its not actually working confusing and annoying 


I've worked at Hupp Draft for 8 years. First as a Draft Tehcnician, then a Support Technician, now an Area Supervisor.

This is a company made of honest, hard working people who want the best out of everyone at the department and help eachother to get there.

What were still improving organizationally, we make up for with heart. It's been a chaotic couple years being connected to the resturant industry, but Hupp Draft has come out the other side, a more transparent and pleasant place to work. Thanks to new Operations Manager and increased support/suppervision.

If your looking for a position with a consistant schedule, Draft Technicians are assigned the same 10 routes on a 2 week cycle. You'll make friends, learn patience, confidence, customers service, mechanical skills, written communication. Cleaning draft beer systems and seeing the resturant industry through a unique lense.

I have been with Hupp Draft Services since 2012. Over time, they have been detrimental to my way of life. My shift is usually 7-330pm and it's a relatively easy job after you get the routine down of your route when you finish your training. What's great is that you have support from your supervisor and from the office if you have any troubles on the field. 

Any time I've needed to take off, they have been supportive. They recognize me as an asset to their company and have compensated me over time as such, which has helped me with my way of life ane consider this company as a long term option. 

Pay is good could be better and maybe incentive based if certain goals are hit regularly. 

You get a work truck and gas card for the truck. Help is one call away but for the most part you are by yourself working so you will need to be self motivated and have the ability to work without direct supervision. 

The office staff is super helpful and supervisors are more than willing to come help or talk you through a situation to achieve the desired outcome. 

They don’t want to take away from your off time and will not call or expect you to return a email or message when you are off the clock. 

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