truck driver

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local driver

order picker

warehouse associate

Loffredo Fresh Foods

I was with Loffredo almost 5 years. Overall it was a great experience and I expanded my knowledge greatly. My direct manager was key to my success and everything I accomplished. He took time to discuss issues and praise good work. He would listen to your concerns or ideas, and work through it together. 

Higher up is where a lot of issues I had come from, there is no clear line of who you report to at times and this causes communication and outcome issues when trying to get the job done. 

In the warehouse manager role there is not much work/life balance and PTO is minimal and hard to get approved to take off. Phone rings all hours of the day and night 24/7 and you MUST answer. 

I was assisting in issues outside of my job description for months and received lots of praise and was the talk of many meetings. I was the go to for lots of questions or issues from all departments. 

I say this because, I was let go very unexpectedly right after coming back from time off with no reason as to why. I had not been written up since my 2nd year, no discussions were had that lead me to believe it was going to happen. This is a reminder that it is a job and you cannot plan for everything that may happen.

Loffredo was overall a great experience that I miss at times, but I am much healthier and happier without the 24/7 workload, stress, and archaic ways of managing employees. 



Start times were different every morning they would text you at 7:30 8 o’clock at night 5 to 6 hours before you were supposed to be there to tell you what time to start!! And then that time would change. I was there for 10 years and it is very hard to get a raise!! Almost impossible to use your PTO hours!! Training is horrible!! You will be sent blindly two huge places such asHospitals with no direction as to where to go when you get there!! They take no care in loading their trucks I would say at least half the load I delivered were always tipped over in the back of my truck, because they were too lazy to place a load lock in the truck, Even after complaining several times about it!! You are not provided the tools to do the job correctly, All equipment is old and outdated especially pallet jacks if you are lucky enough to get one in your truck! You are put in a different truck almost every day having to clean up after other drivers that are plain slobs, Leaving their trash all over throughout the truck!! Pre-trip and post trip inspections are hardly ever done, trucks are constantly breaking down!! I worked there for almost 10 years, I have no idea why I stayed so long!! I would not recommend this job to my worst enemy!!

Worked here as a production employee for about a year and a half, was alright, but not the best. Got hired for quality, and I enjoyed it at first until I realized how terribly managed the place is. Quality department was mostly okay, but the production manager and the plant manager would always switch up what they say or ignore problems, then cry to you when you report an issue to them and then a customer complains because they didn't fix it. The head of operations was one of the good managers there though. My direct managers were mostly alright, with occassional things happening that they just shrugged off, and again getting a customer complaint, you report the issue before, then they turn around and blame it on you that it "wasn't reported" Coworkers were great all around, but the management ruined it, and the pay sucks compared to other places. Don't work here unless you want managers who can't set in stone exactly what they want, and a maintenance team that ignores issues, or corporate won't let them order parts for broken machines and cry when something doesn't get done. 

I was a driver here. Half the time I never received a text message telling me when to start the next day. Be ready for 10-13 hour days of work then getting back up at 2 am to do it all again. One day off is all you’ll get. Lot of favoritism and special treatment goes on. Paid bi weekly. They’ll put you on a truck that you aren’t even certified for and along with a guy who’s barely trained himself. The pallet jacks are rude style and are junk. The paperwork is confusing. There is a secret drivers chat slash text group but unless your cool you won’t be included into it. They rarely give you any time at all to go get your cdl air brakes because you work long hours. You are on a time window so pretty much gotta speed and break rules to make a customer happy. No lunch breaks. The tricks are junk all out of alignment. Most of the time your truck is loaded wrong which sets you back on time to get to the next spot quickly because you’ll be digging through pallets to find the item you need. Sometimes you won’t even have the item on your truck and the customer gets mad. Then you got to come back later that day with the item after you do a6-7 hour or longer route. 





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Starting pay/benefits were slightly disappointing but you get regular raises. 

You get a text at 5:30 pm telling you your start time the next day (often between 3 am and 5 am for an in-town route, earlier for an out-of-town route).

The job is pretty physical. You're definitely lifting a lot of 50-pound boxes and carting stuff around on a two-wheeler. You need to pass a basic strength test at the doctor's office to get the job.

Routes are lighter in summer (school's out) and heavier the rest of the year, so hours aren't always consistent.

A typical day for an in-town route is probably 9 hours and I don't think I've ever worked more than 13. I think out-of-town routes are longer.

Five days a week but in-town drivers work every other Saturday and have a day off in the middle of the week to make up for it.

The only thing drivers seem to get in real trouble for is getting caught  using a phone on drivecam or getting into serious accidents.

Loffredo is a good environment as far as fellow co-workers  but that's as far as it goes the upper management doesn't want to listen to a word you say... the pay is horrendous... start you at 14 then bump you by only a dollar after 90 days... they give you incentive but only if you don't make any errors which they claim you make miss picks but never show you what you miss picked... good luck trying to get a holiday off cause even if you ask months in advance there no guarantee cause of how short staffed they are. It's a revolving door company Employees come as fast as they go. It is a stay until the work is completed kind of job so regardless of what you have to do the next day it doesn't matter. Also they force you to clean the warehouse after pulling cases all night even if you've pulled a 12 hr shift cause they don't want to hire anyone for sanitation. In short don't work here cause I won't be for very much longer.

I worked as a picker on the night shift for awhile and it was probably the worst job I’ve ever had and not a great company either. They don’t pay enough for the tasks that you have to complete, plus you work much over what is considered a full-time work week, this happens because new-hires leave as fast as they come in, which leads to and endless cycle of having help and losing it immediately and upper management recently decided that you have to stay until all the work is done, which means you could be working up to 16 hours in a day. They treat warehouse workers and drivers like trash. Upper management cares about profits more than people, and they lie to you about many aspects of the job during the hiring process. I wouldn’t recommend this job to anybody, and I mean anybody.

All co-workers great to work with, easy job once you get the hang of it, but can get very frustrating to start out. When I new guy starts on picking orders and make your route difficult. I always have several people to ask for help, everybody willing to help. I started with just a class B permit within a month and a half I had my license and making good money. Will be working towards my class A very soon. Vacation time is nice already almost have 4 days in 4 months and can use it in a couple weeks. Sometimes the hours suck with having a family with different hours but the pay with overtime is worth it, it's nice getting off between  noon and 2.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The manager’s are nicer and they treat their employees fairly. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Some workers are loud and they get into fight. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It’s colder because you’re working in a fridge temperature. It’s also fast-paced
working environment. But everyone treated  fairly because it’s a multicultural diverse workplace. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Well I go to work and do my job the best I can. I don’t have any problems with anyone. I’m just observing. I’ll try to help when it’s needed.

The pay is okay. Home/work life balance is average overall. Warehouse in Des Moines lacks proper knowledge of stacking and separating stops between pallets, routing doesn't make sense half of the time, half of the working equipment is not fully functional. I.e. half baked organizational skills and sense for stacking pallets, sometimes multiple drivers will be in the same area when routes could have been consolidated, pallet Jack's are half functional on trucks, trailers are not fully functional. Overall, it's an okay, at best place to work. I enjoyed working with a few of the guy's I worked closely with. Be cautious - at times the company can be deceitful and have you seeking out your own answers.

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