sanitation worker

order picker

truck driver

forklift operator

clerk

Merchants Distributors

A normal day there is when nothing goes wrong and you select your assignment just fine without any issues for 20+ hours. A bad day is when pallets drop from 40ft in the air by forklifts from the racks, idiots that want to wrestle you in the freezer and goof off, or when guys want to mess with your stuff, everyone is always yelling and swearing, someone is always injured weekly, and equipment failure.

Your supervisors are not your bosses although they can have you fired, they just enforce the rules like the police do, if you have an idea or a problem you would have to take it all the way up to the corporate office to get anything done


The hardest part of the job Is how physical it is with the layout of the warehouse and still making your quota after doing 20 hours and then do the same thing the next day

The best part however was all the friends I made there and how much fun I had with them while working there

Not a bad place to work by any means, but it's definitely a job best suited for younger workers looking for some good short term money. The pay is excellent for the work but it gets old quickly. The job can be brain numbingly boring requiring you to do nothing but speak to your headset and lift for the entirety of your 8-12 hour shift. In my experience the co-workers that you have as a selector are usually easy to get along with. The physical labor aspect of the job can be hard to get used to at first but is no problem after you adjust. My main complaint of working here though is that it will take a toll on your body after a long time working here. My back and right knee now constantly give me a little trouble. In my opinion it was not worth it for the quick cash.

Quite possibly the worst place I've ever worked. The work isn't just difficult, it's very dangerous. Every other week somebody is sent to the hospital with a different sort of injury, most commonly feet get crushed. Some people have had to get amputations from the freezer, pneumonia, bronchitis, head injuries, hernias, and more. 

I thought the appeal of the "top pay" and "incentive pay" was promising, but I still wasn't awarded it even after hitting their production standards for much longer than they said would be required.

Management has no idea what is going on at any point and the workers are the ones caught in the middle and dealing with the fallout. HR has never been of any help during my time there either. 

Job security isn't a thing at this company either as they are always investing in automation and cutting jobs and hours at the earliest chances. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Nothing it’s work till finish for cheap pay and they expect you to finish orders in a stupid amount of time 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Just working there and not meeting prod

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Everyone for themself no one wants to help cause that slows them down and then they don’t hit production so they lose top pay 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
You go in you have to search for a forklift to use have to get the headset to work which half the time is doesn’t and maybe there will be a wrist scanner left but probably not so if you do meat you will have to say all the weights to a half broken headset that dose not understand what you saying

The work is in a warehouse environment. For each pallet that needed to be stacked in preparation to be loaded, there was a ticket with instructions of what was to be picked and stacked. There were stockers that picked the orders and staged in reverse order on the warehouse floor. My job was to take the items that was staged and load them on the pallets on the trucks, or floor load onto the trucks as needed and indicated on the ticket. The workplace culture was fast paced with a lot of interaction with other employees. The hardest part of the job was working in the freezer due to the cold element. The most enjoyable part of the job was being able to work independently

The job provides good learning skills. Learning to take care of your customers on your own without aid from supervisors. Expect management "to tickle your ears". Dealing with last minute dispatching and "never" going where you were promised are the hardest to deal with. The most enjoyable part is dealing with your customers and doing the job. If you could ignore the dispatchers and management barking at you all the time, the job would be less stressful. The CEO should think about bringing in an undercover person to see how bad employees are being treated.

The employees at MDI are very friendly. At times it feels more like your working with brothers and sisters more than coworkers. Which can be a good or bad thing depending on who you are. Also, there is always something to do, they are never going to run out of work anytime soon. Finally, I don't really enjoy rating MDI on here, but I feel like I am being forced to in order to apply for a job that I am interested in. I did not see an option to opt out of this survey anywhere.

Its a dead end job with no room for growth, They want to you run run run as fast as you can which is fine, but it's nearly impossible to hit your numbers when there are brand new people in the middle of the isles slowing you down. On top of that every time you need to get a drink or use the restroom not on break kills your percent on your previous assignment everyone dont get the same ticket and they make the people they dislike to start out in the hardest work area there is, which doesn't make sense at all. Working 5 days a week 12-16 hours a night really isn't worth the money when you are never home. 

I HAVE LEARNED ALOT WHILE WORKING WITH MDI. THERES BEEN ALOT OF CHANGES IN THE PAST 5 YRS AS WELL. IN MY OPINION SOME GOOD AND SOME BAD. I DO ENJOY MY JOB AND COWORKERS PERSONALLY. MANAGEMENT IS NOT THE BEST IN MY OPINION. SOME ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS BUT I FEEL AS IF THE STANDARDS ARE LOW. I LOVE MY JOB BECAUSE OF MY COWORKERS. EASY TO GET ALONG WITH AND AT THE END OF THE DAY A GOOD PLACE TO WORK. HARDEST PART ABOUT MY JOB IS SEEING OTHERS ADVANCE IN THE COMPANY WITH LOW SENOIRITY AND LIMITED SKILLS. BUT MY JOB HAS CREATED ALOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME AND MY FAMILY SO I AM FOREVER GREATFUL.

a good day at MDI as a picker meant not dropping a stack. Having to pick up a bunch of boxes cuts into your time limit a whole lot. Needless to say, being careful but quick can be challenging. But if the individual can stay calm and focus the entire shift, there should be no issue. A dangerous work environment with a lot of moving pieces. Very good pay with almost unlimted hours. There, one could make as much money as they deserve.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Sanitation worker 2 salaries reported	$15.35 per hour
Order picker 24 salaries reported	$22.53 per hour
Truck driver 5 salaries reported	$31.03 per hour
Forklift operator 9 salaries reported	$19.73 per hour
Clerk 1 salary reported	$14.50 per hour

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