truck driver

warehouse associate

forklift operator

MWI Animal Health

First off, the majority of the people in that building were rude! Second, they don't care to think about anyone health especially when you're expecting a child. They had me doing more restraining knowing I was having a tuff time with my pregnancy while working there. They purposely did things just to try to get me to quit. They watch you like you did something wrong and it makes you to the point that you feel so uncomfortable. I would completely my 8hr and since not feeling so great during my work days I would ask to leave after completely my full 8hrs they would tell me I'd get a point just because I didn't stay to work the overtime which was just to help the other shifts get done just so they would hang out while 1st shift did all the work! Had a team leader lie on me saying I took a long lunch break after I returned from an appointment I had left early for but, returned back to work as if most people wouldn't do! They make you feel so unappreciated that's for sure! Had the secretary say to me when I first started on how I needed to clock out when they say because me standing there for 1 minute as I was instructed to wait by a trainer to wait until it was a certain time that the secretary said to me "if you were to clock out then clock out because you just standing there is going to p*** me off". So with that being said I fought hard to work everyday and to put up with everything just for them to treat me like trash! They're were people who would constantly leave their areas or wouldn't even bother to helping out in some areas where it was getting to be too much instead they're just look at you and walk away but would have the audacity to ask "how much more orders are there" just to not even help but yet people wanted to leave so bad. Team work really stank and it's like management purposely went around telling people to not help me. You could really read into people's thoughts and just the way they were there had you really notice a lot of sneaky behaviors. I wasn't one to leave my area nor was I one to want to leave work just because I didn't feel like it. When it came to Fridays people always missed work or left early but I wasn't feeling good one Friday and I had asked the plant manager if I could leave and he stated "he couldn't make that decision and that he'd send someone over to my area". Two higher ups came to me just to tell me if I were to leave once again after my 8hrs that I'd get a point so I just ended up staying after I told them I didn't feel good but, had others who just left because it was Friday! They tried to find every which way to get rid of me and it took for them to be spiteful to have me put on totes on the belt as if I wasn't already in pain just to have me in more pain. Now, if I were to lose my unborn child then what?! 
Don't work there unless you wanted to get treated like a doormat especially if you're coming in as a temporary worker. They will not hire you on even if you do everything they ask you to do and even some they will just use you until their advantages!

This warehouse is one of the most un organized, poorly managed places I will ever work at in my entire life.
Thousands of dollars in product is always missing, they allow product that is about to expire to be left on locations to be picked and sent out (no one checks the expiration dates because they aren't trained properly).
No one here is trained properly because they don't let the best and most efficient workers train the new employees. They're usually letting people who make mistakes constantly and haven't been here long train, simply because they're a lead or managers favorite person.
The leads will not lead you, a majority of the time you will see the leads talking to people and distracting them from doing their actual job. When they're not distracting someone, you can find them hiding somewhere or sitting at a desk not doing anything. 
MANAGEMENT is basically non existent. The big boss of the warehouse obviously doesn't care anymore, seeing how he walks around and sees all the issues and refuses to do anything about it. He's basically just their to sit on his and make money. The assistant operation managers you can usually find in their office playing on phones and making personal phone calls on company time. Almost all the managers are basically non existent, you can do whatever you want here. The worst manager of them all is the night shift, Inventory, and returns manager. He sleeps with employees, plays heavy favoritism, doesn't listen to people when they tell him a problem. Some of the best workers have quit or switched shifts because he's so terrible and I know that for a fact.
If you're in the pack stations you just put the product in box and that's it. Someone checks the items for ticket and send that tote down to you, and all you do is put the product in a box. The pallet stacker will put the bubbles to protect the product in the box. They don't secure it very well with the bubbles either.
Picking is terrible because you always have to clean up someone else's mess and the leave stuff all over the floor for you to trip over. The pick is a constant safety hazard and full of lazy people who should not be picking because they make constant errors.
The favoritism here is ridiculous, you could be the worst picker or packer but since you're buddy buddy with a lead or manager they will let you stay wherever you like no matter how many how many times you mess up or cost the company money.
This warehouse sends out so many wrong, damaged, and expired product and it's to the point where you laugh at it because it has been going on for so long and they refused to do anything about it.
All of the favoritism, hours, and issues in general is and has caused the best workers here to leave. I would like to add that there is a lot of safety hazards here as well.
This warehouse and all of the managers and leads are a joke. If you ask me, I would highly advise you to look elsewhere.

A typical day at work consisted of going to appointments I had previously setup for myself.  I drove around North Carolina going to existing clients and promoting the online services of MWI. I trained veterinary staffs on how to use the online services as well as helped with inventory management, and optimizing their time spent ordering supplies.  I helped increase the percentage of internet sales in my territory during my internship.
I learned how to be independent in my tasks, how to schedule efficient routes in order to optimize my time spent on and off the road.    I was able to coordinate with sales representatives and assess which accounts needed my services.  I learned various types of reporting, and was able to track my progress throughout the internship.  In my time with MWI I learned how to be independent and work efficiently with little guidance.
Management, although present, was keen on letting me discover the various duties and responsibilities on my own. We had very intense initial training, but were left to manage ourselves afterwards, in order to assess how we could manage in a sales environment.
I had little interaction with my co-workers after the initial part of our training.  We communicated via mail and phone, but rarely in person.  Certain local reps were there to guide me at first but very quickly was responsible for my own duties and scheduling.  It was a great experience for me in learning how to be autonomous
Being responsible for scheduling my own appointments, and having little guidance in my work was the most difficult part of this internship, however it also allowed me to develop certain skills such as being self-reliant, and pushed me to prove to myself and others what I could do.  Being constantly on the road and alone was also quite difficult as I had little support when something went wrong, but again it helped me find solutions on my own and overcome problems on my own. 
The most enjoyable part of the job was being able to teach and train staffs on ways to improve their inventory management.  To be considered as a solution to problems, and help to those who were looking to improve their management of supplies.  I enjoyed walking out of appointment knowing I helped not only the clients but worked towards my goal of increasing online ordering in my territory.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part is the pay and the benefits

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Their night shift they never have enough people and it's way too much work on the floor if you're working the floor for two people they need more people and better trainers and better night leaders especially the supervisors

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Depending on who you're working with sometimes it can be a very hostile environment and a very stressful environment especially because they don't have enough people and the working conditions are really hard and you have to work until you're finished and they leave too much for the night shift to do and they don't have enough workers they need to improve that they need to have plenty of help and they need to improve the working conditions and not have such a hostile work environment

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Typical day for this is two people working the floor people working on forklifts not having enough people to work their floor which makes the people on the floor hostel with a hostile work environment and there is tons of work to do pallets kids it's a very very very stressful job especially if you don't have enough people when they have enough people it's a great place to work but when they don't have enough people and enough people working on the floors it's a very hostile environment and you have to work in a cooler and it's cold not for very long but you have to realize you will be working doing some work in the cooler if you like this kind of environment it's a great job for you and it has to be at a fast pace and you will be rated oh and a special tip if you don't make that rate you won't have a job if you do make that rate you get a bonus that part's great

Constantly something to do. I was a forklift operator and was sent throughout the warehouse to do different jobs. They cross train (train you in different areas), so you can help out wherever the work is. You have your normal everyday department but might get pulled to a different department for the day or just a couple hours. Mandatory overtime is expected Monday and Tuesday but could be any day. You don't leave until your work is done. Depending on what shift you have you can volunteer for overtime before your shift in another department. You are providing for feed and veterinary for farms and vet clinics. Orders need to get out on time to keep the animals healthy. You never know when an order is a emergency one or to restock thier supply. This is an important job and rewarding just knowing you are providing for animals. I enjoyed the constant change in jobs. My supervisor knew I liked to help out other areas most of the time. The pay was good, but your wage didn't go up when the raised the new starting wage. So new people were making almost as much as someone who had been there a while. Most cases weigh 30-40 pounds, but can weigh just over 50 pounds, including bags. Physical job with good benefits and pto. Lack of/poor communication from and amungst supivisors and management. Depending on the job you can work mostly alone or close to others.

If you want to work somewhere where you have work life balance and aren't treated like nothing more than a number, don't work here. You will be forced to work long hours of up to 12 hours a day up to 6 days a week and will be punished for leaving early, even if already on overtime and you'll never know the time you'll get off from work. The leadership is extremely incompetent and a lot of the leads/managers (not all but a lot) are very toxic and do nothing to help with the work, just bark orders at you and overwork you more. Zero opportunities for growth, all higher up positions are filled from outside and the pay stays the same regardless of how long you work here. Extremely short breaks for the hard intense work you have to do which are heavily monitored and you are given a hard time for coming back even the slightest bit late meanwhile leadership can take as many smoke breaks as they want. This place cares more about your numbers than they do about your wellbeing and they will bully you around if you don't hit the numbers they want you to. Would give zero stars if I could honestly, this place really takes a toll on your mental and physical health. Only good part I can think of is the associates I worked with but the leadership and policies/rules both were a complete joke. Also a heads up that this place claims to be climate controlled but the warehouse is extremely stuffy and insufferable, no proper airflow at all. 

If you need a job,this is probably all I could recommend this place for. Don't expect a good work/life balance or competent management. Stupidity constantly. Your voice will never be heard, and if it is no positive changes ever come about. You ever heard of the phrase too many Chiefs and not enough Indians? Instead of hiring more associates, they just throw more management at your neck. They track every type of metric, and shove performance down your throat. If you work in any other departments outside of production, you will be forced to help outbound when they're busy. If your actual job also doesn't get done, they will complain about it. Not comprehending why you couldn't complete all the tasks thrown in your plate. Revolving door is so big, you barely get acquainted with people before they get fired or quit. The reason for the company wide failure lies on one man's shoulders now, as well as not being able to complete the job in a different manner. They're all so stuck in their ways, that all of the dysfunction continues constantly. Please don't set yourself up for misery by joining the "team"

There was never a typical day at MWI Veterinary Supply and that is why I loved it! I traveled throughout several states. I got to see many beautiful areas, animal clinics, and build relationships with my veterinary clinic employees. On a typical clinic visit, I educated them on mwivet.com, provided educational brochures I made myself, build custom templates based on products the clinic purchased, and assisted in the set up on Controlled Substance ordering, and online home medication delivery platform. I learned what is important to veterinarians, clinics, employees, and what they desire from a representative. On a typical office day, I assembled education packets, hosted webinars and created custom templates. My co-workers, my regional manager and upper management were very helpful and supportive. The hardest part of my job was not being able to be in several places at once. For example, if I was in New Mexico assisting a clinic, and a clinic in Montana wanted help as well, cloning myself would have been helpful. The most enjoyable part of this job was building relationships with individuals, clinics and my co-workers.

Worked here for a few years. There was no room for advancement. Once you get good at one task you are basically stuck doing that one job every single day. Management only cares about the stats, numbers, money, ect..not their employees. New manager has been there for a few months, didn't even take the time to introduce herself to the group of us as a whole. And the time she was there while I was employed, never took the time to say hello, pretty sure she didn't even know my name. There is alot of favoritism, certain people will get lucky enough to get asked to do several different jobs through out the day, making it less mundane. But if you're not a favorite expect to be stuck in a pick or pack station for 8-12 hours a day. You are not recognized for your hard work either. The one positive I will say is that there is a hard working group of individuals there. My coworkers were probably part of the reason I stayed so long. Raises were very minimal as well. Once a year and 40 some cents at most. Newbees that started we're at one point making only a doller less than those who have been there for YEARS. overall, a job is a job. This place will pay you biweekly . Expect to work AT LEAST your 8 hour minimum. More like 10 to 12.

I hear great things about other locations of this company & how their location is a "great place to work" but as a current employee at MWI Whitestown, IN I'd say put the brakes on before you consider employment here. It use to be a great place until new management came in and started running employees out the door nd the building to the ground before the expansion is complete. Management comes across as not caring about their employees, their thoughts, concerns, input, health or safety. Instead of making the customer #1 priority and jumping in to help meet deadlines (after running employees out the door making us short staffed) management sit in their office all day either conversating or looking for ways to harass employees on FMLA leave. -No TEAM work at this location, its sad because employees are starting not to care, if management doesn't then what gives them the drive to. Somewhere I read "There is no greater investment a company can make than in it's employees", I wish I worked at one of these other MWI locations I hear about & who knows how long this location will last without good, happy, dedicated employees who enjoy coming to work.

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