truck driver

diesel mechanic

local driver

dispatcher

customer service representative

Mccormick-Trucking

I have worked in logistics and trucking for a number of years, but this is the most toxic environment I have ever worked in. 
There are 3 owners in this company, and unfortunately the only one that knows how to run a business and talk to people seems to have stepped back their role. The remaining two do not know how to run a company ethically, engage or retain employees, lead a team, and I strongly suspect have some kind of sociopathic / narcissistic personality disorder. And none seems to be able to agree on anything with the others which leads to a constant state of chaos and disarray. 
There is no effective leadership. Anybody who actually tries to improve conditions is quickly shut down and replaced with a puppet (usually with little or no experience in the field) who will do nothing but parrot the owners unrealistic expectations, nod their head at the right times, and perpetuate the low morale. As a bonus, you will probably be expected to train the people hired in to be over you; they may even try to make major changes to your duties or add responsibilities without even understanding what your job is in the first place. But your hard work and job knowledge will not mean anything when it comes to performance reviews, raises, or promotions. Everything is based off whether or not the owners like you personally. And if you ever disagree with them about anything, they do not like you. If your contributions are acknowledged at all it won't be until you're fed up, and then you might be promised more money or opportunities but they never materialize. That is if you even get any credit at all, as some of the bottom-feeders that are hired into management positions will take credit for your ideas and accomplishments to make it look like they are contributing when in actuality they can barely be counted on to show up or perform actual work. 
Employee relations in general suck.This used to not be the case as much, but as turnover increased, more core people dropped off and were replaced with the young, inexperienced, and under-qualified. This gave rise to pettiness, drama, and and even more unfair distribution of workload. It's a vicious cycle. 
The pay and benefits are pretty unimpressive and bare minimum, especially considering the demands and unnecessarily high stress level. If you stay long term you will probably develop some health and possibly emotional problems and hate your life. 
The work itself is not bad and could almost be enjoyable, but that is heavily outweighed by the culture. Not worth it as management has proven time and again to be incapable of change or even considering any point-of-view outside of their own.

After being employed there, I found that they are unable to keep management employed. Managers are EXPECTED to work 50 hours minimum at the office and are on call 24/7. They do not get sleep at night and they end up dispatching most of their shift. Tracie McCormick, Inc. operates on a skeleton crew in every department, mostly dispatch. Dispatchers are required to do most of the work for all departments, mostly safety, payroll, and maintenance. You will not be given the first tool for success, and your training may consist of 2-3 days and you are on your own answering a nonstop wave of phone calls. This is mearly a high stress nonstop reactive call center with no SOP's, or operational protocols. I you can not figure out a situation, you are to call your supervisor. The pay is on average $20,000 / year below regional average, and their "benefits package" is about 20 years outdated with a 401K and NO company match at all. The owners have been quoted in meetings saying "anybody can answer a phone. We just need people to answer the phones". You will have no time off from Thanksgiving Day to Christmas Day for the peak Christmas season. As a dispatcher you will have an 8 hour workday and anywhere from 7-15 different jobs to handle. Your schedule will change constantly to cover the 24/7 operation as they deem fit. They will tell you "If you don't like it, you know where the front door is. The building is a health hazard, water leaks everywhere, a roof that is falling in, and infested with black mold in every area. The property looks like a salvage yard cluttered with broke down trucks and trailers that have not moved in 2+ years. They have enough runs to keep 1000+ drivers busy, but they find ways to not pay them for everything they do, so they are at about 60% capacity with drivers. You will be shifting drivers from different routes to cover the routes today on a daily basis. Their latest firing spree was a result of moving all salaried employees to hourly. We were all told (that after several years of employment) that our salary was ALWAYS based on 45 hours a week, yet we all were scheduled for 40 hours a week, and every pay stub was based on an 80 hour bi-weekly pay schedule. They were simply handing everybody a pay cut by forcing all to work on an hourly pay rate. Some were looking at a pay CUT of just over $5000.00 per year. This took place at a time when they were telling everybody that they are doing reviews and raises...after a 2 year delay in reviews and raises. all raises were to be between 0% - 3%. Your raise is determined if they like you or not. My best advice to all would be to RUN AWAY... RUN AWAY FAST.

Day to day duties within the Payroll Department changed constantly, therefore mutli-tasking was a must. Deadlines were set and had to be met for purposes of ACH deposits so time management was crucial. Confidentiality was very important when dealing with payroll and employment issues. Due to the amount of employee information that passed through your hands, it was very important to be detail-oriented so that balancing reports were consistent. Each report affected the next. Communication and respect were crucial when dealing with the number of employees that were all over the country so that paperwork was precise for auditing purposes. I enjoyed learning the process of how the postal system worked as well as how to read the route books, which included codes for each stop, the amount of negotiated to pay for each route, and how to handle special situations that drivers were put in such as being stuck in traffic or caught at a postal facility when there were not employees available to process the mail the trucks were delivering. The hardest part of this job was keeping up with the constant procedure changes developed within the company due to the fact that communication was not a top priority within the company and were inconsistent. The most enjoyable part of this job was learning how HCR Government Contracts worked, learning how the internal workings of the postal system worked, and the rapport that was developed among colleagues. Communication skills were a must due to the number of employees, their different personalities, and the fact that the drivers were not in front of you, they were all over the country. Personally, I would treat every driver as I would want to be treated myself and develop a working relationship with them where trust was of utmost importance due to the information that was being communicated was time sensitive, confidential, and had to be done in a precise manner due to government regulations.

I worked here for about 2 months and while the work was stressful, doing the job of at least 3 people, I was finding my balance. Promises were made during my interview of all the help i would need in order to perform at the level i committed to, during this the interview. 
 
  The first "goal" i was given was to find reasons to terminate two of my best dispatchers. In my opinion they were the best I had and it wasn't lost on me that they were two of the very FEW office employees of ethnicity. 

  Since i was the manager over these dispatchers, i expressed to the new (and VERY inexperienced) "HR Manager" that even though i was fairly new, that by my observations these particular dispatchers were the most reliable, professional and knowledgeable amongst the whole dispatch team and that i wouldn't feel comfortable letting them go, given the fact that neither had ever been written up or had any infractions prior to this conversation. 

  I agreed to "keep and eye" on the two dispatchers (who were hired by the old HR Manager) in question, but that i would be focusing most of my efforts on getting the dispatch team at full capacity with employees before considering terminating ANYONE!

 After doing several interviews with potential dispatchers; i found one that was more than qualified, was okay with the pay (way below average) and the schedule. I told HR i found a good prospect and would like for them to conduct a second interview. 

  Upon HR learning the girl's name, they immediately told me that they would not give her a second interview. When i asked why they flat out told me it was because they weren't hiring any more people of color. The girl's name was "ethnic" and they could tell she was a person of color before they even met her. I was then "coached" by HR on how to know if a possible prospect was a person of color or not, and to not even consider those who were not white. 

  Being a white person, myself, they thought i would be okay with this and become an ally for their bigotry. I ended up quitting with no notice because this was so upsetting to me. 

  If you believe in equality and want to work with and around experienced people, who can get the job done, regardless of their ethnic background; i suggest you continue in your search.

Their selling point during my interview was that they are looking for change and want someone with creative ideas that can make things run smoothly and ensure a positive working environment, to which they admit, they have not been a success making this happen, thus far.

I very quickly learned that not only do they not want change, but that they will refuse to provide you with tools to make change. I was met with resistance, micro managing and was even dis-invited to manager meetings (where new ideas are shared). Eventually they hired someone to "help me", asked me to train them and then put them over me, without as much as a discussion on how they think i could improve, or even to let me know that my work performance was unsatisfactory.

The pay is way below market, but again I was sold into believing that once I had proven myself, after being given the tools for success, that I would be rewarded with a salary that is up to standards. This sentiment never materialized. I was never told "good job" and I soon realized that this is not an uncommon practice. 

"Employees come a dime a dozen" and you would know this is their mantra by their turnover rate, for drivers and for office personnel.

I supervised dispatch and the drivers. One time a driver called one of my dispatchers a racial slur and I was not allowed to write the driver up or fire him, until he was late for a run, at a much later date. Then they made me hire the driver back, after they finally let me fire him for missing a run. They didn't care that the driver had previously made racist remarks to one of my dispatchers. 

 There is VISIBLE BLACK MOLD in the operations building! One office is completely closed down due to the water damage that it took on. It was used as storage until the leaking water began to ruin office supplies. Operations has been in this building since it moved there, 4 years ago and it has had mold in it from the beginning.

I suggest you do thorough research on this company before accepting employment, here.

I don't often give reviews because most people have their own opinions.  In this case I will because its hard to find a local driving job with predictable hours.  McCormick offers both.  I worked twice with McCormick. They're a Postal Contract Carrier that does Line-haul and Postal Office P&D to-and-from the Postal Sort Centers.  You'll have to push mail carts up to 550 lbs onto 53's footers if you're CDL-A certified.  There are CDL-B positions driving box trucks on local P&D routes that carry fewer mail carts, but those routes are usually filled.  Line-hauls can be OTR or Regional and can be a full 11-14 on your 70.  FT and PT routes are 6 days a week.  PT is up to 30 hrs a week and FT up to 70.  There's lots of OT during holiday season from Nov. through Jan.  You'll have to work with Postal employees daily and that can be a low point.  Most all routes have timed schedules.  There's also a shuttle that runs back-and-forth between sorting facilities.  You'll back a trailer and load / unload mail carts the entire shift.  It's usually drivers with little-to-no experience or right out of driver's school who get hired on shuttle runs.  If you have experience, you'll get put on a Post Office route or line-haul (if one is available).  The pay is contracted at $19.50 an hour and the Post Office contributes to a 401k investment plan for you.

Very bad company... I can’t even begin to describe. Unprofessional is an understatement. They recycle management every 3 months, newbies come in and have no clue how to conduct their jobs. All of their equipment is absolutely atrocious. From trailers to tractors, everything breaks down.  A driver recently had bed bugs in his sleeper, provided by the great McCormicks.  Drivers never have the tools needed, always have to search and for tractors and trailers. Hours are spent looking for working equipment. Tractors that are assigned to drivers are usually broken down before their route. They will blame the drivers for being frustrated for looking for working equipment all hours during the night and day. FIRED DRIVERS because of them not wanting to use unsafe equipment . They will fire you in a heart beat. Fired a girl for taking too many days off for her fathers funeral. Company does not comply to DOT regulations. They will edit a drivers log or simply tell them to use paper logs. Their office is a ran down 1970s house on a lot , reconstructed to be an office. Drivers use racial slurs all the time with no consequences. Just look up their CSA scores. That should tell you enough. 

I have worked for Mccormick Trucking at the corporate office since 2023. During my time with Mccormick I have had the pleasure of working with some really great and knowledgeable people in the office and in the field.  I feel supported and I feel that they do truly care about and value me as an employee. 

We are a trucking company that hauls US Mail and freight, and our drivers are priority. I’m really impressed with the efforts McCormick Trucking is making to improve and evolve.
We are taking steps to improve the working environment for our employees. It's clear the company is not just focusing on service and operations but also on creating a better, more supportive workplace culture.  Their focus on improving the experience for drivers and employees is a clear sign they understand that a strong, happy team is key to delivering excellent service. It’s reassuring to see a company investing in the well-being of those who make the business run smoothly.
I am happy to be  part of this company and I'm looking forward to seeing even more positive changes as they continue to prioritize their people!

Horrible management, ignorant and cheap. Not interested in anyone but themselves. Do not care about the employees at all, they are disposable. Many times entire departments have walked out at the same time, that says it all. Expect employees to use one location for paper clips and supplies, cheapest company I have ever had the horrible experience of working for. Selfish, never there, and totally ignorant of how to run a successful company. The management is run like the Godfather, must go through assistant to even talk to them. Think their time is too valuable to be wasted by employees directly. The entire experience was pathetic and absolutely horrible. This company does not deserve anyone with skills or experience. I have never seen such disrespect and selfishness in my entire career. Cheap and ignorant

I found most of the management here to be actually pretty good. However the owners are all about themselves and do not stand behind the people they employ ever. So if you do plan on working here just know that no one will go to bat for you even when you in the right. They will give you little to no training and leave you with very minimal information to complete your tasks at a high rate. When it comes to your time off it wont be much IF any at all. Due to the constant employee turnover you will be asked to exceeded your daily duties at a high rate to help them maintain their business. Meanwhile they will not help you out when they are away and will always expect you to carry the team. I would not recommend working for this business. I have worked for a lot of family owned businesses and most take great care of the people they employ. Please continue your job search don't stop here.

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