route driver

order picker

driver

forklift operator

truck driver

NORTHERN HASEROT

There's always work to do, and all drivers will always be busy. This company delivers mostly to Mom & Pop restaurants and smaller chains, as opposed to the competition that delivers to corporate restaurant chains and bigger accounts. This means that drivers will get typical routes and will get to know their accounts and customers very well.

Each driver has an average of 10-15 stops a day, and will be working at least 50 hours weekly. The driving is the easy part, with the difficult part being unloading. All product is off-loaded with 2-wheelers/dollies/hand-trucks and involves hourly physical work. This job will keep you strong and fit, as well as busy. There is no set end time. Hours are 5am until your truck is empty.

The downside, is that the pallets drivers work from are often loaded improperly. Examples include heavy product crushing lighter products, product for earlier stops being buried in pallets underneath later stops, incorrectly labeled products, and missing product.

Additionally, the loads are never ready at the 5am start time, so drivers will sit for 2-4 hours at the terminal waiting for their loads to come down on shuttles from the main terminal in Cleveland, OH. To counter this, drivers are still being paid to sit and wait.

The trucks the company uses are not of quality and often break down, whether they are company trucks, or rentals. Most of them are always in and out of the shop and there's not enough parking at the terminal for all the trucks the company has. This terminal only has 2 working CDL-B straight trucks, 1 working Class A truck, multiple Non-CDL straight trucks, and 5 barely-working rental trucks. All of these trucks are refrigerated. 

CDL-A and B Drivers are paid more than Non-CDL drivers, but both will make a very good amount of money working here. The pay is per hour, and not by the case/mile/stop like competing companies.

Management is not the best, but as long as you do your job quickly, even with all odds against you, they'll mostly leave you alone.

Overall, if you like a job that will keep you fit, and keep you moving, as well as provide you with a mostly regular customer base, and involving driving, this job is for you. If you're not a fan of any of those, I wouldn't recommend seeking employment here. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Having weekends off and getting a paycheck 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Going to work everyday not knowing if your truck is ready to roll and also not knowing what route you’re going to be running that day. Everyday was a new set of nonsense and management always claimed that they were doing everything they possibly could do to make the situation better. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Punch in drive go home, and don’t get involved with anyone’s nonsense

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Start at 7:30. Supposed to pull out at 8. Most times the truck isn’t loaded so you’re waiting to pull out and that may not happen until 9:30 sometimes 10. Deliver food to all of Ohio. Pallets are never stacked properly and pulling 300lbs of food up stairs at restaurants with extra greasy floors. Oh and you’re never off on time so just expect to work at least 55 hours every week

NHB has fantastic people from the office to sales to warehouse to ownership.  The sales compensation is based on how much you want to work, so if you get after it and play the NHB game correctly you can do very well.  Like most sales positions, the work is not easy and definitely not 9-5, M-F.  The hardest part of the job is dealing with many moving parts, often requiring quick decisions and responses.  There are many people you have to manage, including customers, your sales manager, upper management, warehouse personnel, and drivers- each with their own personality that you need to keep happy.  The best parts of the job are the comradery and the freedom to set your own level of income and schedule.  This job isn't for everyone but it's great for the right person.

Pros- Training is excellent, commission structure is nice presuming you can make margins to get there, people are generally helpful, great place for ex chefs(won't fit in with no kitchen experience even with broadline sales experience)

Cons- Time off- make sure you negotiate if it's important to you. 1 week after a year then 2 weeks until 10 years.  Have to pay monthly for a company phone or let the company take over and own your cell number(can't get it back.) Will click down your salary no matter what your sales are after 6 months.  Must use own personal laptop.  Have a lot of expectations that aren't the easiest to meet.  Only get .10 a mile for gas.

Honestly, good opp if you have broadline experience as well as many years in the kitchen.  I wouldn't recommend if you don't unless you want to "marry" your career.

The overall review of this place is decent it's not hard work you're free to work at your own pace the management is a little easy going. 
You receive a consistent raise per six months with a chance of a bigger raise if youre a over overachiever. Management is pretty much laid back but a little to laid back at times, but that makes it easier on the employees,
The good part of the job is you get the hours you want with overtime offered, the bad is during slow season the hours diminish and making forty hours per week can be tough

If you're hard-working and you are proud of an honest day's work, and you're consistent and you're sure you can reach the standard pieces per hour required, you'll do just fine. Lots of obstacles to overcome that cannot be overstated. Changing things internally can be hard, there are many things that require an update or fixing. Old software, faulty machines, a very downtrodden work force. However, the team is like a family and they work through hardships together. The job will make or break you. 

The managers don't really care about you personally, but if you pull more trucks and items than others they'll show you a bit of respect and there's a chance of a raise if you keep accuracy up while doing so. Overall, it's mostly just rough because it's the graveyard shift for packers, so existing with the rest of the world becomes a struggle and your mental health will tank.

What is the best part of working at the company?
At cost product 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Clocking in and waiting sometimes hours for you truck to be loaded. Made for very long days

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Union job, just a number,  just like every other large company 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Clocked in . Waited for truck to be loaded. Hustle to get your truck unloaded.  Refill truck. Clock out.  Average of 12 or more hrs a day

What is the best part of working at the company?
Family run business.   Worked there 20 years.   Loved the people I worked with 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The owner very high strung and did not working with women

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Stressful fast paced    Foodservice business is hectic and demanding 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy lot of phone calls with customers

What is the best part of working at the company?
Best sale's force in Ohio. Customers are great.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Meeting delivery window's. Can be very stressful.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Fast paced. Have to be on the move 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Psychical . You will get in shape

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Route driver 4 salaries reported	$25.00 per hour
Order picker 5 salaries reported	$19.00 per hour
Driver 1 salary reported	$19.00 per hour
Forklift operator 2 salaries reported	$19.00 per hour
Truck driver 1 salary reported	$24.00 per hour

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