truck driver

laundry attendant

maintenance technician

production supervisor

industrial mechanic

Linen King

I worked there for a whopping 2 hours. I thought my lead was doing great with instructing me on my job duties and very friendly. Upper management was neither. Complete lack of respect for his employees. Having only worked there for 2 hours I was told this by 3 employees and to stay away from him whenever I could. They weren't wrong. My lead told me I'll be right back, while he was gone the manager was extremely aggressive in telling me I dont know how to listen or follow direction. I have years of factory work experience. I was told to leave without any explanation when asking why I deserved to be talked to like that. I do not believe in treating your employees like they are lesser than you especially when they make $11 an hour. It kind of felt like a sweat shop in there. From my experience working in several different factories the kind of work being done at this plant should be at least $13 an hour. American standards for factory works is way higher than what they provide. The plant is about 90% Hispanic employees, they spoke very little English or none at all so there was kind of a language barrier. They were working hard and seemed to take pride in what they were doing. Which makes me feel bad for them and what they have to put up with from upper management.

Linen king all they care about is linen they have a high turn over rate makes it impossible to take time off basically when they have enough pepole ypu can trie to take off before somebody quits
.they have gone through least 70 drivers since they opened the play favorites they will take.money from you automatically from your check bad benefits work somtimes 2 week in a row with time off talk behind your back and straight out lie to your face not blink a eye..somebody dies in your family they still wont let you.off no room to grow make you drive in ices torm or snow when really bad highways shut down you still have to go only one out on the road they suck on raises took 3 years to get 1.00 high turn over rate management will talk to other employess and make fun of people. m behind your back dead end job work you to no end its a mom n pop shop there sneaky i was told dont talk ro nobody because back stabbing like ro snitch you out they dont have a clue about dot..dot walked.in they would be shut down 

14 years ago I was made aware of the company linen Kings I've had good luck of running in to a lot of people do just so happen to experience this horror I too seem how they drove a family member of mine health into the ground they literally were coming till his foot blew up and then they still find them the talk crazy to you it's extremely hot management doesn't typically care they talk down to you they try to hire people that they know absolutely need the job that way they can make them do crazy things like clean soiled hospital clothes with blood in stool on them sometimes they can find medical utensils in these as they're being delivered to the little King company this place should have been shut down a long time ago or somebody needs to come up with some competition so they don't treat their employees like absolute garbage I just heard too many people you seem too many bad things come from out of that company no thank you

Linen King and it’s parent company, HLSG (Healthcare Linen Services Group) are some of the worst people I’ve ever worked with. The upper management and executives have unrealistic standards for the production numbers they want out of each employee. They wanted me to throw 6000 blankets or 4000 sheets a day when the old dryfold machines from the mid 90s would frequently go down or jam up. They know this is a problem and will still find a way to hold YOU accountable. 10 hour days are fine but that mandatory overtime to make up for the fact that they had to get rid of their night shift for “financial reasons” just shows you what kind of place you’d be working for.

TLDR: basically, a lousy, large-scale laundromat and sweatshop that has the same pay as your average air-conditioned big-box retailer with a turnover rate as bad as MaidPro. But hey, they’re always hiring. *shrugs*

My typical day at work consists of an endless list of meaningless tasks and fighting agains poorly trained production workers who seem to do their best to destroy the machines they work on. The conditions are hot, muggy, and overall unsafe. Management has little to no regard for the wellbeing or work/life balance of their employees. They only care about their bottom line and demand that already stretched thin employees sacrifice even more to meet the company's daily goals. I work an average of 12hrs a day, 6 days a week. All I do is work, sleep, and repeat. I have no time to myself and when I voiced my concerns I was told "Deal with it."
DO NOT WORK HERE!

At Linen King, we subscribe to the motto, “Do one thing and do it well.” We want to be the premier provider of healthcare linen services . The healthcare linen industry has unique demands that require special attention to quality control, regulations and consistency of service. As a result, we focus exclusively on the healthcare linen marketplace and are able to offer a broad range of services customized to fit your needs. The following are just a few of the healthcare linen services we offer:

Customer-Owned Goods bulk medical linen service
Rental healthcare laundry service
Hospital linen distribution and management
Healthcare laundry operations consulting 
Cubicle curtain cleaning
Lab coat and scrub processing
Specialty items (monogramming, sewing, etc.)
Surgical pack preparation

Work-life balance
It gives good over-time just wasn't good paying for the work.

Pay & benefits
They raise you up 50 cents after 3 months.

Job security and advancement
Doesn't really require security.

Management
The bosses operate the place really well, your time is so limited when it comes to breaks.

Culture
You have to either open bags up full of wet dirty laundry constantly all day or go up and separate it in the correct sections (what I was doing).

Overall
There's always room for improvement, there shouldn't be needles in laundry it raises the risk-level of getting a disease or infection while working. Overall it is a fast-paced environment at Linen King that does give you mandatory overtime, you'll learn quick since it's not so much to do and get the hang of.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The drivers are all dedicated and loyal workers. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
HR department is horrible to work with.  Worst department I have ever had the misfortune to be associated with.  

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The culture is very unstable, volatile and counter productive.  The Management is definitely not trusted at this facility.  Not a good place to work at all.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Trying to do my job in spite of hurdles and handcuffs put in place by HR. Zero training provided,  just tried to keep my head down and stay off the radar.

I loved to work there. It was a very close knit community of people. We all tried to focus on getting things done as a team and a unit. However the downsides to this job being that in the summer months it gets super hot being as how they have no air flow in a metal building in the middle of summer. Only fans blowing with the doors open and no air conditioning. There were people that used to have heat strokes frequently and have to leave in an ambulance. Keep in mind that we had machines that ironed sheets inside there too as well as eighteen wheelers that parked at the bay doors and also all the other machinery that was running.

As a contracted employee you will do more manual labor in the first three hours of the day than anyone in the entire facility. VA heads/employees have absolutely no problem making your job more difficult. Like the USPS; rain, sleet or snow, the linen has got go in and dirty out. You’re going to work 11-12 days to get 2,3 days off. The linen carts are approximately 6 ft tall and as wide as an average fridge and can weigh 300, 500, 800+lbs all depending how much walking/pulling/pushing you want to do.  It’s not a job for the faint of heart, too short, weak or wimpy an individual. You’re gonna sweat! You’re not  eligible for 401K or PTO for the first year. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Truck driver 7 salaries reported	$24.57 per hour
Laundry attendant 1 salary reported	$8.50 per hour
Maintenance technician 1 salary reported	$20.00 per hour
Production supervisor 3 salaries reported	$44,833 per year
Industrial mechanic 4 salaries reported	$24.00 per hour

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