truck driver

order picker

driver

outside sales representative

maintenance technician

KELLY FOODS

 Management is not bad at all , they are friendly , the transportation manager is a good person ,coworkers are ok . Here is the bad about this company : the payment are very low for what you do . The chicken boxes are extremely heavy , they load your truck full ,noose to tail big pallets then they no give you proper equipment like a electric pallet jack to pull all those heavy pallets , they have like 3 or 4 old ones that already has owners ,you have to take a manual pallet jack . one day I almost break my bones pulling those super heavy pallets , you have to carry with you at least two hand cars to get those heavy chicken boxes to customers and must of the time put the in the customers cooler , you have to hide the handcars to work next day . Must of the trucks are old , no ac ,dirty and you never have you truck every day is a different truck for you. When you start they first put you do a lot of assessments on PC ..at lot  

Typical week was 80hrs on a truck spread out over 3 shifts.  You and a partner head out in the afternoon to start your shift and come back around the same time the next day.  It's food service.  It's a rough industry no matter where you work.  If you have a good partner your night will be easier.  You work together to unload a 48' foot trailer to different restaurants on your route.  Very physical work.  You will be sore and cramping lol.  They do have day cab positions with morning shifts.

Plant is constantly running to meet demand.  Equipment is aging and breaks down causing food to be thrown out due to foreign material.  Resources required to do the job are hard to come by.  The shipping department/warehouse is too small to handle the amount of freight that moves through there so there is a constant struggle to manage floor space.  It seems almost impossible to get anyone to come to work consistently.  Base pay is low due to the amount of overtime required.  

Run away fast! If you value a work/life balance, this isn't it. If you are an employee, mandatory overtime all the time. Company uses temporary workers, to replace full time workers. If you are considering a management position, except for pay, this is the worst company you could choose. You will be expected to work a minimum of 60 hours per week. You will work with an owner and upper-management staff that will hire you, then do everything they can to blame you for their failures, then fire you.

What is the best part of working at the company?
great culture and great product that sells itself!

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The amount of travel and territory size

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Family company with big corporation feel 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
good follow instructions and sell

I have seen a lot of people get fired, after speaking up for themselves. There's others that are intimidated. There's no support from the Management. They have this saying, if one quits a job today, there's plenty of applications on a waiting list. It's sad, but that's the truth. It's a hostile work environment, too much abuse of power.

Kelly Foods in Berlin has to be the worst Company I have ever had the dis pleasure to work for. The Owner is terrible, only cares about making his money off the backs of his workers that he doesn't care about.
If you are looking for long term Employment this isn't the place. The turn over is extremely high in all areas. 
If you are offered a position there think long and hard about it. 


Be prepared to unload 20,000+ lbs of chicken (40-60lb boxes) by hand on to a hand truck than unload into fridge at customer. You will have between 10-16 stops a day locally/mostly, and your done when you finish... Takes about 10-12 hours a day, 6 days a week. Not paid hourly, but by the daily route... $175-200 a day. Hard work, long hours, long week and mediocre pay for the work!

Bad. Manager dont know how to keep things oraganized every body in warehouse family father and son manager for warehouse they cant load or pick product. I hepled build them when there was no company here in miami and they used and abuse me lowest pay in driven industry they always dont have products employees in warehouse stay taking product thiefs and they all work together

No room for advancement. Very pictular cleaning process. Get on your nerves kind - always find something to complain about.  

Second shift supervisors were great to work with. Some of the leads are a pain to work with. Depending who you get. Lol


Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Truck driver 17 salaries reported	$230 per day
Order picker 3 salaries reported	$19.87 per hour
Driver 1 salary reported	$22.00 per hour
Outside sales representative 5 salaries reported	$65,347 per year
Maintenance technician 1 salary reported	$30.00 per hour

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