truck driver

rail technician

warehouse associate

terminal manager

customer success manager

Plastic Express

I was hired as a driver and told I’d be making a certain hourly rate. But come to find out the hourly rate they quote is based off a piece work pay. It’s too much work for too little pay. Too many rules made up to benefit the company and their lack of management. The terminal manager is always writing up his crew bringing down moral. It was one lie after another with lots of favoritism. He plays favorites with family and lacks communication skills necessary for his position. They work you 6 days a week or as close to 70 hours a week as they can and again it’s not hourly pay.  Not a good place to work if you’re looking for a good balance of home life and family time. The equipment is nice and maintained well. Training was very minimal. There’s a lot to learn. The trainer was helpful and would answer my questions after training period ended but there is no formal training for all you need to learn about the industry. It seems as if everyone there was out for themselves. Even the yard crew would tell me to watch out for the back stabbers in the office.

I believe people want to work hard for Plastic Express and make a difference. Conflict exists because the senior management wants to financially benefit greatly, and lower management supervisors don't have any leadership skills, and don't show respect while the people that take them to great successes are overworked and underpaid. Plastic Express knows this exists but will not make the necessary changes to keep people happy. I do have to point out that since the company hired an operations manager, he has been a great success within the warehouse helping out when needed. The company also hired another guy that's extreamly knowledgeable with equipment in maintenance. I'm not sure of his job title but he will asks questions, check on you daily and doesn't yell, or blame everyone for the forklifts or machines issues like the maintenance supervisor.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Good pay and a nice facility. The equipment is pretty nice as well. The warehouse is located in a good location in Pooler and is close to many lunch options. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They do not pay their vendors well and their credit is bad. It was difficult getting outside help in Savannah. They micro manage very badly and treat their employees poorly. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very stressful and very unappreciative of their people. You do not feel supported or wanted. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Start early and leave late. Tons of conference calls and meetings. They do not say no to any bookings do you are left to do the impossible every day. AVP wants you to micro manage the drivers and have them work max hours and Saturdays.

Plastic express is the past year has become just another poorly manage company full of lies and an unfit terminal manager that only cares about getting family members good jobs and covering for his sons mistakes, payroll is never on time, miles are always incorrect and they use air miles to pay drivers instead of actual miles, they don’t pay for hours worked, no overtime pay,Heath benefits are too expensive and don’t cover much, forget asking for time off cause is always a big issue, drivers are just a number,coi  managers and dispatcher always talk down to employees treating them like kids yelling and cursing when referring to driver. Sad of what has become of plastic express.

A typical day a work for starters, early start check the truck, hook up to the bulk trailer and head out. Dispatch will have work ready for you the night before and they will work with you to make things easy. What I learned is that its pretty easy to drive bulk trucks loaded or unloaded. The environment is nice everybody gets along very well and if you have any questions, there are always drivers willing to help you if you are not sure about something. Job is not hard and if you want to make money this is the place to do so. The most thing I enjoy about this job or at plastic express is that the trucks are new and they are sure fun to drive. Good Luck!

My time at plastic express was amazing. We had plenty of support from the corporate maintenance manager. I was proud to work there and felt part of something special. I miss my the operators and my team. I did every job almost to keep place running with no complaints. Management made changes often and hired a maintenance manager because all the supervisors wanted to push off the work onto each other. So no problems were ever solved. With the new manager things where getting better. Wish I was still around to see it. 

An absolute Miserable place to call work, one a** hole after another, one two faced back stabber after another. Poorly supervised ware house where people just do what ever they want, constantly texting on phones even while operating forklifts, People who always hang around socializing ( Including the so called runt supervisor ) who is one of the biggest goof off's  ,Useless lazy people who practically do nothing all day but upper management are too busy walking around with their noses up their a** to notice .  Multiple complaints go un-answered . A good place to work if one does not mind being dis-respected almost from day one.

I honestly think this is a great company to work for. It does take some hard work and determination to achieve your goals within the company. My experience starting from the bottom and rising up really made me appreciate the growth opportunities that Plastic Express made available to me. I honestly enjoy working with every employee I’ve come across. The upper management team is full of very intelligent individuals that lead their departments towards success. The CEO of Plastic Express is an incredible leader with great vision for the companies future.

What is the best part of working at the company?
They actually treat you like family, and really take care of you, unlike other companies.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not much to be stated here. You are working at your own pace typically not being rushed.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Family oriented and that's no joke.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Nice and easy like I said before nobody is rushing you.

Coi manager only cares about family members getting them management possitions and covering for his family mistakes, constantly harassed drivers about every little thing that goes wrong is the drivers fault,he is totally unfit for the position, he has created a culture of putting down drivers witch is followed by dispatchers, payroll is always late  usually a week, no overtime pay, miles are never actual miles driven, all the small perks company had are gone, drivers always have to cover for company mistakes.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Truck driver 143 salaries reported	$88,430 per year
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Warehouse associate 5 salaries reported	$21.40 per hour
Terminal manager 1 salary reported	$65,000 per year
Customer success manager 6 salaries reported	$22.58 per hour

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