warehouse associate

outside sales representative

delivery driver

warehouse assistant manager

inside sales representative

Midwest-Veterinary-Supply

The Company owner is a likable, educated, and well respected individual. It seems he allows the Mangers at corporate and in the field manage their employees. With exception to the Purchasing Manager all other co-workers were always extremely helpful and nice.

I was hired to work from my home with the intention of moving to MN. I found this new experience to be the best two years of my 28 year history however wasn't able to sell my home during the same time frame. The worst part of my job was my direct Supervisor who rarely contacted me, never went over company policies, and never involved me in the bi-weekly purchasing meetings my last 18 months of employment.  I felt like I was being set up to fail or he just didn't like me! It was confirmed when after working from home for two years with 8 days training at corporate. My supervisor, with a 5 day notice told me I would work 8am to 5pm  every day at the warehouse which was a 1 1/2 hour drive  63 miles one way, and no compensation. Losing 15 hours of production per week, increased my workload giving me additional suppliers to manage and directions to contact him via email and copy the branch manager when I leave my office for what ever reason from going to the restroom to leaving early for whatever reason. A perfect formula for failure in a thumbs down management environment. My out of pocket expense in fuel, meals and drive time wiped out our savings account costing me over $28,000 YTD and was let go for not sending him an email notice when I had to leave early one day and he was on vacation. Using common since, I sent the notice to his back up and the branch manager. 

The advancement of the Company will require the Purchasing Manager to do a much better job of training, communication with his internal and external customers, returning email/phone messages, and a huge reduction in the use of negative reinforcement managing his employees and suppliers. They will also have to invest in an operating system they can use to manage the business. Today queries are run to manage the business due to redefining and utilization of various fields in all of the master files.

So I just recently got fired from this place. I worked at the sister location in DeForest, WI..... I worked their for over a year and started out as a Pharmacy Technician then switched to Inventory Control Manager/Picker..... Needless to say I thought their were no issues with my employment.... Then come to find out that I had racked up quite a few points.... Then was told that I had gotten some of my tardiness excused over 20 times which I was never informed of either until they fired me..... They did night follow the right protocol as far as disciplinary actions go..... They gave me a warning back in March about my attendance but that was it.... I thought my attendance had gotten better after that but apparently not..... So instead of giving me a suspension they decided to fire me which I'm sure is some how illegal. Then I had just recently gotten surgery last month and was off for a little over a week and I'm sure because I had no pto left that those days counted against me but I was under the impression they were going to be excused. So if you are looking to work for a place where they don't treat everyone equally this is the place to be! They treat people unfairly and also favortism plays a huge role!

(idea of that of you remove a concern, you will not have to deal with any issues) Position needs to have a higher start wage so they can actually get local people who have job experience. Team currently not requiring GED and only receives a day of training to run pharma, plasma, hazard, and generally expensive orders...
Fairly sure people were hired to try keeping a staff quota up. Hundreds of firings a year. System has many exceptions to training rules. They accept flaws from long time workers. Middle management hired to oversee the warehouse and then fired because of growing errors. Upper Managent supports training where people who showed slightest bit of promise are training the next set of hires. Mismanaged stock picking, mismanaged replenishment team, mismanaged receiving team. Generally the pulling system was a lateral upgrade because instead of one person doing a 80 unit order it will split it between several teams, it will slow down the replenisher and the forktruck drivers and the audit teams and the Packers and the pallet loaders and the...

What is the best part of working at the company?
Hour lunch, breaks every 2 hours, nice environment, management are flexible for days off. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Employees aren’t 100% working, poor work ethic, people constantly on their phones while the rest have to carry the slack. Management knows about this but doesn’t pay attention to it, and they have favorites. Sometimes leads don’t do their job properly and want to pressure the employees to do the work. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The people are very nice, willing to help and answer questions. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Arrive to work area, sometimes start working or wait for orders/shipments to be ready took on. Slow start in the morning but progressively gets busier throughout the day. Sometimes you will end up alone doing other people’s work/slack.

Worst job I've ever had, and that's pretty bad. Management is off the charts terrible and totally unqualified for there jobs. HR needs training in employment law and the importance of confidentiality. If you don't kiss the right butt you won't get anywhere. They can't hold on to employees for more than a few hours/day/weeks and after you've worked there you'll see why. Higher up manager would come to the branch and walk past you without bothering to introduce themselves or even make eye contact. If you dispute anything you get fired. If you have too much fun at work you get fired. If you disagree management would stick a target on your back and wait until you did the tiniest thing that they could fire you for. Point system that sets you up to fail and yearly raises that were laughable for what they expected. I wouldn't recommend this place to my wost enemy

The management in this location is off the chart HORRIBLE! They set you up to fail. They have no concern for your life, safety, or children. The harassment { OF ALL KIND!!} is unreal and this is BY MANAGMENT!. If you come in with a POSITIVE ATTITUDE! By the end of that day or week it's GONE!. MANAGEMENT holds grudges, plays with your money, gives unnecessary points, don't clear your points when suppose. As long as you are a SNITCH! you're kinda ok!. When someone from Corp, comes they are just as shady. They walk right by you like you don't exists.  I learned that at this job site it's not about your experience, it's personal. Production, employees have more knowledge than Management which means you'll be fired soon. Not aloud to enjoy your work.

HR has such strick rules on the hourly employees, which make up about 90% of the company, that they tend to react negatively toward the few who are salary. The teams are filled with clock watchers who sit on facebook all day and leave an hour early to mis-use FMLA. Then turn-around and complain if someone is 5 mins late. Upper management is focused on avoiding the owner, journaling, and how to make sure they get their kick back from vendors. Employees are so mis-managed that as long as they punch the clock, managers don't care what they otherwise do throughout the day. Since the company does not believe in technology, they pay technical positions really low and feel those positions are unessasary. The HR team is unprofessional, untrained and do not support employees. DO NOT GO TO THEM FOR ANYTHING!

I worked for Midwest for about a year and a half. I have had  good times and bad times. More worse than good. To try and please the bosses there are impossible. Don’t try.  If your unhappy with your job, don’t tell them because they will fire  you. If you are trying to make your day positive and to promote a positive day on your employees, don’t do that either you will also be fired. Key points, keep your head down, your mouth shut, do every menial job asked, travel when not needed and pretend to love what you do. I did love what I did but, not with Midwest. Go anywhere else you can! This place has shown me that because you have a life out of work, including having children, THEY DONT CARE ABOUT YOU! All I can say to be on the nice, is RUN!

Not sure if MWVS needs to hire more people, or come up with a better system of getting things done, or if they just think its funny that warehouse workers work 10+ hours of overtime evey week meanwhile every one working in the office upstairs gets to go home at 5 everyday. I think its a bunch of bull. We all have lives too you know. Itd be nice to come home to my family before 7 every once in a while. $10 an hour doesn't seem like enough for what the job entails. Also the management is awful. They don't really seem to care for any of the problems going on big or little.

My experience at this company was challenging due to poor management communication and a lack of professional support. The environment often felt stressful and disorganized, which made it difficult to perform at my best. I hope the company takes steps to improve leadership accountability and create a healthier workplace culture for future employees
the work environment was often unhealthy due to inconsistent management and unprofessional behavior among some staff. Constructive feedback wasn’t always well received, and morale was low. I hope management focuses on improving communication, respect, and employee support going forward.


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