van driver

truck driver

warehouse associate

order picker

business development executive

Iberia Foods

Working at Iberia Foods and North Shore Bottling was a terrible experience.  I really should have seen the warning signs when a week after I accepted their offer, I arrived to a disorganized office with no work station ready.  They slapped together a bare minimum of things and placed them on a filthy desk in a squalid cube-farm where mice and roaches would routinely scurry by everyone's feet. 

In addition to having nothing in terms of any technology past the standards of 1995, the management seems to take pride in their technological illiteracy.  That was cute in 2001, but 15 years later when the head of Receivables doesn't know what a pivot table is or how to open their own email, it's just dangerous.  

Management presses employees to stick to draconian benchmarks which are meaningless, and sometimes require metrics which don't even exist thanks to mover 90% of the accounting being done on hand-written slips of loose paper.  The records even going back 6 months were in such disarray that they were just piled in empty workstations creating a fire hazard.  

Nepotism is firmly entrenched so even though the turnover is extremely high (7 company employees left in the first 6 months I was there), and although I started as a salaried employee, I was later just unceremoniously told that I was just an "hourly clerical worker" and my entire group were given weekly admonishments because 3 to 5 minute variances on a bio-metric fingerprint time-clock that management demanded was more important than a check-scanner to process the hundreds of checks that were received daily.  Trying to explain to the same department head that we had increased efficiency by over 100% by keeping digital copies of EDI transactions was pointless since he was too dense to understand any of it.  

Before I started, everything in terms of accounting was printed out on paper, filled out by hand, and then stuck in a file cabinet.  To my knowledge it still is, and if that company ever gets audited it will be the absolute end of them.

The environment is incredibly misogynistic, and the Spanish speaking employees often make homophobic remarks when they think no one else around them will understand them.  

When the owner of the company started to have me (while on the clock for Iberia) do AR work for his private real estate holding company, I knew I had to get out of there.  The day after I left there was a drive by shooting on the street next to the offices.  

Although they have a Brooklyn location, it is impossible to get there without a car.  Unless you are in a state of absolute desperation, I would recommend that you stay away..

A typical day at work would start with me checking-in and getting in my truck to make deliveries to near and far stores. Then I would come back to the warehouse to check inventory and make an assessment of what product  needed to be eliminated, ordered less of, or ordered more of due to sales according to our database through using Quickbooks. I learned who to manage a warehouse while helping to keep costs down, and drive sales up. Management was hard-working and always had a positive outlook, and were goal-oriented. My co-workers always maintained a good attitude and could be humorous at times. On occasion the hardest part of my job was being behind on managing the warehouse due to having too many deliveries to do in the earlier part of the day. Despite maintaining a professional and positive attitude this made operating the warehouse more strenuous and stressful. The most enjoyable part of my past job was working with customers who I had built relationships with throughout the years and having their confidence that I could deliver the type of service that they expected of me.

No air circulation in the summer, smells like a dumpster and cigarette smoke.  Equipment is junk, and is rarely serviced.  Holes in the floor, roof leaks all over the floors.  Puddles on the floor.  Warehouse manager has a cigarette in his mouth all day in his small office that has heat and air conditioning.  Unprofessional.  One driver uses company truck to do his shopping at Walmart, yet they say nothing while we have to wait for him to get back so we can load his truck and we are stuck there until it is loaded.   Manager continues to smoke in your face when you ask for assistance or have a question.  GM is a pothead.  Stay away. 

I have been fortunate to have the opportunity to become a member of the Iberia family.  I say family because even though Iberia is a large company, it has that intimate family feel. At Iberia there is a lot of opportunity for learning and growth.  I have personally gotten a taste of different fields within the company (sales, ops).  A nice part about working for the company is that your hard work is recognized.  The CEO loves rewarding employees if they make a noticeable difference.  I have personally felt like I have grown a lot professionally in my time with this company.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Interesting environment to work in as company has changed ownership so there's a lot of changes.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Disorganized and toxic management tells people what they want to hear but never delivers

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
No communication from senior leadership so there's no sense of culture. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Having conflicting directives so never know what to work on

This company is the worst company I have every worked at, They have no  processes in place the management staff are extremely inefficient and do not understand how to manage in a modern business environment. Company is frequently out of stock of products. Staff have no confidence in management and are leaving in droves. People leave managers they don't leave companies. I don't recommend working for this company. this is a guaranteed black spot on your resume. Company is an absolute failure from top to bottom and should close down soon.

Sorry to say but this was a mistake working for this company. Every thing goes wrong, Customer deliveries, Inventory management, Customer service, Outdated sales processes, Poor and ineffective promotional pricing given to the reps, Managers can easily override, Customer shave no interest in speaking to sales reps and they cant give the best deals. Overall poor experience.

Your job is constantly on the line as they continuously push you on getting more out of you than they give . There is no consideration for the employees well being or growth within the company . There working equipments are out dates and unsafe to be shared in between 2 shifts . There are no training methods which means you either know what you’re doing or risk being cut . 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best party of working at Iberia foods was When it was time to go home.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful part was working with people that are not drivers 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It was Hostile environment everyday.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
It was usually unorganized and unprofessional

What is the best part of working at the company?
Money is good but they do not care about the brokers

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
No vacation or time off unless you hire someone 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Brutal! They don't care about their employees or their health

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Lots of physical work all day long

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Van driver 15 salaries reported	$17.25 per hour
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Order picker 11 salaries reported	$17.59 per hour
Business development executive 2 salaries reported	$54,500 per year

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