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A typical day at work would be providing my Regional Dealers or their respective RVP’s with information regarding their current and future orders.  You would also answer phone calls or emails from dealers.  Emails were typically answered within 24-48 hours.  Cases were created in Argus for all emails and phone calls received that day. Cases were also created to log in any reports you sent to your respective regions.
  Upper management was wonderful and always willing to help with  questions or concerns. The hardest part of my job was keeping up with all the constant change in policy with truck inventory.  Learning the trucking business in general was difficult because there was no training manual for policies or work instructions.  My learning was through observing other regional coordinators and through seeking information from others.  
The most enjoyable part of my job was definitely working with my team and my direct manager of Order and Distribution.  A truly wonderful team.


I would show up for work early and see my daddy. I was so so honored to have that chance to work at the same place as daddy did and all his co-workers I had in my childhood. I was just a young guy and had that chance to get into working at Mack. I learned quickly to be a machine set up operator and I learned all three assembly lines which gave me the experience to work at the other places I worked. I worked from my heart there as I did everywhere I worked. I was recognized even at an early age my work ethics and they even called poetry in motion by the same wonderful managers my daddy worked for and with. My daddy was a great person and we had fun working there. The hardest part of my job is when I received my second lay off paper on a Wednesday and I still gave them 100 percent production Thursday and Friday. I knew in my heart that I would never see the inside of that wonderful place again and all the people I was so honored to have in my life early and worked with later. My daddy still lives in my heart mind and soul till next we meet.

There's some good people there, funny how mutual misery can bring people of different back rounds together. It's a union shop, which although unions aren't what they used to be, they still manage to make sure you receive a decent salary and very good benefits come contract time. I was there 7 years, in that time upper management changed 4 times, every time this happened a new game plan was implemented, so the place was / is always in a state of flux, sometimes bordering on chaos. There are times when things seemed to be ironed out, and  even if short lived, you actually enjoy, and take pride in being part of such an iconic brand.

I worked there for nearly 10 years! The pay is great! And typically, the workday was good due to the good co-workers. If you enjoy doing the same thing over and over again every day, then this will be a good fit for you. But if you struggle with repetitive work at a VERY fast pace, especially when the lines ramp up, then you will most likely find it very difficult.

I've seen people get hired, go to lunch, and not come back due to the stress this job can put on you, ESPECIALLY physically!  And the constant uncertainty of your job due to layoffs and parts not being available can also be a problem for some!

Management at the time needed a complete overhaul, & so did the Union Reps. Who mostly seemed like they were fearful of their jobs, so they allowed the company to do whatever they wanted. All-in-all, though, it's a good place to work if you do not mind repetitive work at a fast pace that will inevitably destroy some parts of your body.

The time at Mack Trucks Inc. involved eight to twelve hour days in a fast pace, deadline oriented atmosphere.  The Shipping and Receiving operations included everything from Inventory Quality Control, order selection, inbound inventory control, Customer Returns, Assistant Supervision. It was one of only two Mack facilities that operated in a Union free environment. If you performed, you were not going anywhere... which might explain why I stayed and I saw others with more years of service leave. My work ethic had me headed in the right direction with Mack. I eventually ended up becoming an Assistant Supervisor before I left the company due to advancements with my spouses career. I left to play an important role of Mr. Mom for 13 years. Highly recommend it to everyone!

Mack Trucks has become a very difficult company to work for ever since being bought by Volvo. The company lies to it's employees, and to the public. The  company does not care about its employees health issues. This includes health issues acquired on the clock at Mack Trucks. There is an on-site company doctor whom has on multiple occasions violated employees medical restrictions placed on them by their family doctors, so that They either have to return to full duty or risk being fired for a health issue They acquired on the job. More often than not those employees end up re-injuring themselves and having perminate damage as a result. They bully their employees, and they blatantly discriminate. Also Mack Trucks does not respect the union contract. Overall Mack Trucks/ Volvo is bad news! Stay away from there.

A typical work day was mostly rigorous with deadlines to meet, especially near the end of my employment. Of course there were lulls in between projects as in most places.
I got most of my training and experience on the job. Mack Trucks was very good on providing both in-house and outside training.
Management was very good for the most part.
My IT department employed around 250 people at most times so there were alot of fun times with co-workers both at work and after hours. We were a very tight knit group.
The hardest part of my job was meeting deadlines if I have to pick any one thing. I liked my job and miss it at times, that's why I am considering working part time in this field.
The most enjoyable part was working with both my people and our customers. I am a people person! That's the other reason that I am considering working again on a part time basis.

Mental exhaustion from stressful work environment. Meetings, Always rumors about job insecurity. Some co-worker conflicts.
Department mergers and new bosses, who brought in new ways of doing things. 

Pay was excellent. Cafeteria and ATM. Books sales, encouraged to volunteer in the community, access to Higher Education opportunities, bonuses, life-long friendships made and top-notch health benefits.  Weekends off. Plenty of sick days. Family leave and paid psychiatric therapy. Leaned about co-workers lifestyles and had the opportunity to have some myths about people dispelled. 

I still dream about the place and my co-workers. It was the best job I've ever had.

Mack Trucks pays a fair wage and the health benefits are top notch. The problem with the work is that after your probationary period is over your basically faced with deciding whether you are going to try hard and be relied on to do a large majority of the work or do very little and face no consequences. Advancement is a nice thought but probably not going to happen if you're on the production floor. After 4 years of employment I certainly feel like I've been used up and I am completely expendable. But I guess that's what the labor workforce is in 2018. I still appreciate the paychecks they signed every week though.

At Mack I worked 3-11. I worked as a production tech on the H-line. I did alignment on every truck that came off the line. I learned a lot of things about the trucks. I also learned how to be en sync with my co workers because for every job you had a time limit to get your part of the job done. Everyone had to work efficiently and quickly as the truck moved down the line on the dolly. I liked all of my co workers in my area. Management treated us well. The hardest part about the job was if someone got behind on their job it could delay you getting started on your job. The best part about the job was learning so much about the trucks and learning how to fix things on them.

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