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RUSS DAVIS WHOLESALE

Was once a good place. I really used to enjoy coming to work, but anymore, the workload just keeps increasing. People are quitting/getting fired and management is not replacing them. Just more work and more pie in the sky expectations that are almost unachievable with the amount of work we face everyday. I am constantly told that it's important for me to have a work life balance, and yet I am pretty much exhausted on a constant basis and I never have a shift less than 12-14 hours a day. Management is incompetent at best. Arbitrary scheduling, no concern for your life of personal schedule. The Pueblo site has gone through roughly 1,000 actual people in the year I have been here. I am looking for another job, but also looking to leave Pueblo, because the sad thing is, is that this is one of the better paying jobs in town, even though you are treated like less than garbage on a regular basis. Sometimes I feel almost like management is laughing at us from the office while we toil and struggle. Not a great fit for people who value their home life and time with their family. Most people just get fed up and walk out once they can't take anymore.

Having worked at Russ Davis Wholesale for over a year now I feel that I can offer a honest review of the company. Full disclosure i am still employed at RDW and will be until i retire in 14 years. RDW is a produce wholesale and a food production company. Do to the nature of produce it is a fast paced company. Warehouse employee's will work long days in a a cold room as we work until all the orders are ready to ship. 
The culture at RDW is work hard play hard. Everybody at the company is driven to provide the best product and service for our customers as possible. that does not mean we don't have fun,

The company is employee owned and they have great benefits, ranging from weekly pay to an Esop program that is fantastic. Health care is top notch with a very small portion paid by the employee. A lot of time we will have fresh fruit made available to snack on while working. Vacation is earned every week.

If you value an honesty days pay for an honesty days work you will enjoy working at RDW. If your are not willing to work this is not the place for you.

What is the best part of working at the company?
They can be understanding but unrealistically 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They make to many changes thinking it might work and push you to the limit also to much work you have to work in what you were hired for and also any other departments just because they won't hire more people we haven't gotten our rase not even any reviews we haven't gotten also anything about our shares nothing more work less people and expecting us to only work 8 hr 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Environment is good coworkers are cool we can listen to any music we want while working 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stressful they give you a list of things to be scan for production but is never right the amount of anything they always short everything so my name goes on and on in the two way radio needing more stuff when i am trying to help one other department because they are short staff so it is very stressful trying to keep everyone happy

It allowed for independent thought. One could work at one's own pace but a minimum of 5,000 pounds per hour was the minimum loading requirement.
This job had the best benefits in the county.
A typical shift for me was all night. There was no such thing as an 8 hour shift. We stayed until we were done and during the 4th of July week or Christmas week, we would easily load a million pounds every night and be duly compensated on payday with an extra $100.
I learned how to build pallets and load trucks. I got along with everybody which is half the job anyway. The hardest part of the job was the hours, which during holiday weeks were enormous. The most enjoyable part of the job was the pay with time and a half after 40 and double time for the first 8 hours of holidays. The company Christmas parties were also very nice with the wives and girl friends also invited.

I like my job sometimes not enough to do the only think that I don't appreciate is the fact that people get paid for who they know in the company not for what you bring to the company. The only reason I say that is because employees in my same position like mines make more then me and at times I have to train them. When you want to talk to someone about what you believe you deserve in paid, there is never time. I am not an ignoring person I consider myself smart individual but I feel like I get treated like an idiot. I have as many bills and responsibility as the next person all I ask is to treat me fair. I am not asking for a paid I don't deserve I deserve it. Also I can do what needs to be done in the position I am at the moment. I want to be taken seriously and given a chance for advancement. It;s that so bad.. :(

A typical work day consisted of filling orders for stores and filing pallets to be shipped. I learned to work as a team. I had good leaders. I learned how to work in a multicultural environment. I learned to communicate with people who spoke different languages. One of the hardest parts of the job was constantly moving fast in the cold and on the concrete floor. Sometimes the bigger order days could get to be longer hours than normal. The most enjoyable part of the job, was the friends I made and the teamwork we created together. I also enjoyed starting as a new employee in 2012, to the employee I am now where I have gained responsibility and trust from my managers, and learned new tasks that I can use to support my department.

The pay for the area is alright enough and the benefits are fantastic as far as health insurance and the like, but the culture is less than stellar. A small handful of chosen employees are favored by management and can get away with nearly anything, and anyone outside of that group i.e. new hires have to walk a fine line in order to keep up.
If you don't meet their near-overbearing expectations and incessant need for working late/overtime you'll find yourself scrounging for any kind of leniency.
Oh and kiss your holidays goodbye, they tote themselves as a '365 days a year' company which translates to it being a gamble to get holidays like Christmas or New Years off.

Poor poor management. They will tell you 10 minutes before you are about to go home that you need to stay back and work more hours, even though you already did 8. But rven if you give them a months notice that you are leaving 2 hours early for a medical appointment they throw a little baby fit and act like you requested a month off with no notice. Gossip all over, its like you are back in high school. Finger pointing all the time. No accountability. Supervisors play video games on their phones but will write you up or fire you if they catch you on yours. Supervisors will step on your toes or make you look bad infront of management if they feel you are better than them qnd may take their job. Many many cons to working here!!!!

The benefits are absolutely phenomonal, the pay is mostly fair, equipment is newer and well kept. The company is very reminiscent of the father that puts on a good show but treats his kids poorly behind closed doors. I have switched to several different departments thinking that the treatment might change and it remains the same. The middle management act like they're gods, nothing actually gets addressed. They have messed up my paycheck countless times and when I have asked it fixed I have been personally accosted as well as put on the worst routes. The H.R. is useless, and impossible to get a hold of. Overall Russ Davis is one of the hardest, dehumanizing,  companies I've ever worked for. 

Russ Davis Wholesale is indeed an employee-owned Company and management emphasizes that idea on a daily basis. From loading, to receiving and quality assurance; management maintains an "open door" approach. Brandon is by far the most approachable and employee-focused Administrator I've ever worked for. He genuinely cares about his employees. 
Great pay and benefits are always a plus, but a consistent, employee-focused, top-down management model is second to none.
I would highly recommend RDW-Merrill to anyone looking for a career which offers not only great pay and benefits (as previously mentioned) but so many opportunities for advancement!

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Order picker 38 salaries reported	$21.26 per hour
Loader 24 salaries reported	$21.53 per hour
Receiver 7 salaries reported	$20.25 per hour
Warehouse associate 7 salaries reported	$18.43 per hour
Maintenance technician 1 salary reported	$22.00 per hour

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