material handler

saw operator

truck driver

counter sales representative

inside sales representative

Industrial Metal Supply

After initially interviewing with the GM and 2 managers I found myself excited working at IMS in Sun Valley, Ca. pay wasn't great but I knew that going in. There definitely is a culture of "if you wanna keep your job, you gotta be in the circle of trust" long story short, if you aren't well liked by everyone than you will absolutely/positively lose your job here. During the training period, you will be bounced around every shift, they say you will be given ample time to learn which I believed but once I got to know and talk to the majority of workers there, they ALL told me to not believe the main guy running the warehouse, at first I figured he was being spoken about poorly because they all had personal issues with him but as I got to know him and his work ethic, I started to see what they were all trying to tell me. The GM was by far one of the nicest people I have ever worked with, the rest of management was just horrid. The hardest part of the job is moving around heavy metal but that's just part of the job. Basically, if you wanna keep the job, make sure you are well liked and accepted by everyone, being incompetent is okay as long as you are part of the "village"

Small operation with only a couple managers and a few part-time workers, so the environment feels more laid back compared to larger warehouse jobs. The PM shift can be pretty slow at times, especially from around 12–5, where there’s a lot of waiting for customer interaction or incoming work. Most customer-related tasks involved transferring material from the Sun Valley branch or helping fulfill orders.

Overall, it’s not a difficult job and it’s a decent place to gain experience with customer service, warehouse operations, and material handling. Coworkers and management were generally easy to work with, but opportunities for full-time positions felt uncertain depending on business needs.

Pros: Relaxed environment, easygoing workload, opportunity to learn operations and inventory handling.

Cons: Slow periods during shifts, limited advancement opportunities, uncertain full-time availability.


DO NOT WORK FOR THIS COMPANY! they will lie to you about EVERYTHING pay, hours, days off etc. they will tell you, you will get a raise "if". That if is not making any kind of mistake not matter how small over the course of a year. No seat belt on a forklift when your going ten ft denied, not wearing your gloves while using calipers denied. Then days off first it was you had to work one saturday a month, by the end it was every other week, instead of a raise "want a movie ticket or some pizza".  managers are very good at either hiding in offices, playing on phones or making your job more difficult. To top the experience off the place is full of cameras wired for sight and sound when your co workers steal either your property or company property there are no consequences. 

so of you want to work for a company that doesn't value you efforts, rewards incompetence, encourages workplace theft and will lie to you about virtually every part of your job. this is the place for you

What is the best part of working at the company?
I was judged wrong. Expected t do the route in the same amount of timing the regular driver had been doing 10 years. Which actually came in at 5:00 to start in comparison to my 6:00 am start. Then decided after 30 minutes to an hour after that which routes left will be handed out. Traffic is well built up by then. Not good for me not speaking Spanish as well on some routes. It is the US,

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Being compared to someone that had been working there over 5 years. I didn’t speak Spanish either.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Spanish language was 85 percent the dominant language there.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Clock in and wait to find out which area on the warehouse or used to cover someone’s route

What is the best part of working at the company?
Safe, caring environment. Skilled crew with an almost family like association. Cool people, cool place to work. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Working with tons of metals that could be 20 feet long. Every moment a person has to be alert so no one gets hurt or killed. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Simply safe and productive. Organization is also valued. If you like what you do you'll love where you are at IMS. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Hustling to get the days deliveries loaded and then safe customer service the rest of the day. Interactive with coworkers and customer.

This was a bad place to work. The work was very heavy and exhausting. The management was poor. In the hiring process I was promised $15.50 and was paid $14/h. They gave 10 minute breaks, but that was counting the walk to the break room and the walk back. So that's roughly a 6 minute break. For a job where you are lifting steel/aluminum/brass/copper bars, tubes, and sheet all day. It was brutal work for horrible pay, and they demanded overtime. Every. Single. Night. the supervisors had a bad attitude 90% of the time. The list can honestly go on.

they work you like a dog.the management and sales department and warehouse workers are completely incompetent, they constantly messed up customer orders, wrong delivery addresses and loading wrong material on a daily basis.. but the buck stops with you..so when the customer calls asking where is my order you take the hit. if you have no skills and little common sense you will fit right in. be warned don't be a driver there.   because as stated above their incompetence will fall into your lap.  you would think with your skill and experience and the face of the company to customers you would be a valuable asset  guess again you are the bottom of the barrel. that's why drivers don't stay very long.


I worked on second shift for about a year. There was a consistent lack of performance accountability, especially when it came to first shift, which management clearly prioritized. Second shift was often left to deal with unfinished work and higher pressure with fewer resources.

Attendance policies were not enforced equally. I was terminated for being late three times, while other employees were frequently late without consequences. This inconsistency created a frustrating and unfair work environment.

While some coworkers were great, poor management decisions and favoritism ultimately made this a difficult place to work. I would not recommend this job to anyone looking for fairness or long-term stability.


What is the best part of working at the company?
The company makes you feel like a family and the bonus are the best they came in handy when covid 19 hit manuel Tarula 2nd shift supervisors helps you out alot and teaches you really well 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Nothing really unless you live a bit far but other then that there a good amount of overtime 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It’s really friendly and everyone helps each other out from the drivers to 1st shift to 2nd shift and 3rd shift 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Really busy on a daily with alot of orders to pull

What is the best part of working at the company?
The company  was great the only reason it did not work out for myself is that the transportation manager was fired, after that my position was just up in the air with not type of security.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Material is not properly labeled at times and only a few people really run the operation.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It is hard to succeed and do your assiant job when everyone is working in groups.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I would come in not knowing what exactly I was going to do for the day.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Material handler 3 salaries reported	$25.67 per hour
Saw operator 3 salaries reported	$23.58 per hour
Truck driver 2 salaries reported	$30.50 per hour
Counter sales representative 3 salaries reported	$21.39 per hour
Inside sales representative 1 salary reported	$33.00 per hour

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