maintenance technician

senior maintenance person

controls engineer

mechanical engineer

field service engineer

Vanderlande Industries

What is the best part of working at the company?
Corporate decisions will continue to negatively affect this company.  Some of the best Engineers that work here in North America are not recognized for their talents and many have left already, while some management teams remain in place with high turnover and very toxic energy.  Partially due to the size of the company, and the constant oversight from the Netherlands, all decisions take 5x longer than they should.  This affects their ability to sell new systems and properly maintain those that have been sold.  Salary is mediocre for the industry and the chances of promotion are low while the risk of being laid off is high.  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
When you are good at your job, you get to do the work of 2-3 more people.  You'll get pizza parties or occasionally a pat on the back but this does not pay the bills.  

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Several years ago there was  a great team vibe in many departments which has disintegrated since then.  Now most people just want to go home after work or stay home and work entirely.  

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Lots of work, many days spent working through lunch and even on evenings and weekends because here in the USA we are not protected with labor contracts like the European employees.

You are responsible for ensuring safe travel of baggage from the ticket counter to the makeup unit of the airline. This can include clearing jams on a conveyor belt, manually carrying baggage that has been misplaced, and assisting mechanics on repairs of conveyor belts.

In my time at Vanderlande I learned many different aspects of the operations of a airport baggage handling system, including operating the control room. I also learned how to fill out work orders and process them through the system with statuses. Being able to assist mechanics in their daily routines or even repair belts added to my technical knowledge about electronics and conveyors.

You need to been able to effectively communicate over the radio because almost all information is relayed this way. You will also be driving in the airport which requires a great deal of concentration and situational awareness.

The management was good. Supervisors were quick to resolve any issues that arose, and we never needed manager intervention in a situation.

The biggest issues I had with the job was not having any benefits. Also since we were technically employed by a staffing company we didn't get the amount of money the company was paying for us to work for them. This ultimately left to me having to leave.

I learned a lot about myself and others working here it was a weird schedule that management didn't want to help fill unless they absolutely need too. If you needed time off or if you needed to use your vacation time you had to go through your co-worker even if you put in a two weeks notice or even a two month notice. This job was a great atmosphere since my coworkers were such an enjoy to be around i couldn't complain about the ones i worked with on a daily bases.If i had to describe a typical day there it would be difficult due to the schedule we all had. The job that i had was a lot of running around and a lot of helping my coworkers and customers and also covering for other coworkers. The hardest part of my job was get a problem solved with management it was either they never came out of there office or they just didn't want to listen to the coworkers. The people i had the opportunity to work with was the highlight of my 3 years with that company i miss the guys I'm unable to get ahold of but the coworkers i talk to and hang out with from there i wouldn't change it for the world they are like family to me.


I’m going to say this once because it needs to be said.

As a temp, I stepped up and took on a machine that nobody else knew how to run or even maintain. I had to teach myself everything—on the job and even on my own time. The machine was already in bad shape from before, and I spent 12+ hours troubleshooting sensors, fixing issues, and getting it fully operational again. It was a long, frustrating day, but I got it working better than it had in a long time.

Once I finally got a helper (because it’s a two-person job), we didn’t just keep it running—we pushed production ahead of schedule and exceeded expectations.

None of this was technically my responsibility as a temp. I wasn’t getting extra pay, no bonus, nothing. I just stepped up because that’s the kind of worker I am.

Then out of nowhere—no conversation, no warning, no explanation—I was replaced last Friday.

After everything I put into that machine and that role, that’s how it was handled.

Just a reminder: don’t overextend yourself for a company that wouldn’t think twice about replacing you without even a conversation. I’m a cancer survivor who needed my insurance and they played with my life. 


Sorters are made as cheaply as possible. Dual motors rather than a single motor because it is cheaper, although it posses all sorts of problems when it comes to operation. All schematics are European so they are useless to US employees. Code is written in script not ladder logic. Most companies would fire you for writing in script since it is impossible to debug. Since nobody can work with the poorly wirten code Vanderlande is always needed. If you go with this company then you might as well get rid of your maintenance department because they can not fix the poorly designed and executed equipment. Funny thing is the EXACT same thing that goes into UPS goes into FedEx. If they are actually find a problem and fix it at a UPS facility then they immediately go to FedEx and apply the same fix. They lost over a billion dollars a few years ago because of such poor equipment.

The most enjoyable part of the job is meeting a diverse group of people that you can learn a lot from. Careful though that will make your incompetent Director  afraid that you will be too smart and therefore expose them by outworking them. A typical day has no direction and you are told to figure it out because "we aren't the type of company that has policies and procedures". Again careful though...once you figure it out your Director will start to get nervous.  If you interview here definitely ask the hiring manager several questions about the workplace culture and why the position exists. Guarantee they will  flinch at the first question. I do not recommend this company to anyone that is an actual worker. You will be stressed and ostracized because most people just show up for the free bagels and the weekly parties.  

What is the best part of working at the company?
Working with a team of people that is willing to share and train you at all times.  Over the top helpful.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The feeling of wanting things to happen faster. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
One big family of friends. They are always willing to help. They cover each other's position. Will hurry to assist with jams and just willing to help find the location of a jam and how to clear it in the future.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
3:00am start time. Watching the screens and trying to spot any jams and calling them out as soon as possible.  Keeping airport personnel inform as quickly as possible.

What is the best part of working at the company?
it was the hybrid workday. It worked well with my schedule being that I lived over an hour away when that changed. It made it very complicated to be in our office every day.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Learning the JDE system it was always changing.  

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
I consider the work environment to be on a constant changing atmosphere so for me it worked well for me because I was always learning and the culture is questionable

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Releasing PO’s to suppliers follow up definitely on past due interchanging information with your supply chain team and also the commodity managers day and day out

Started off amazing. Good work, decent training, However, after a year I noticed a clique with certain people. If you weren't part of the clique, your metrics were manipulated to look bad. People were shuffled around to different teams if a team lead didn't like them. You might find you were given less work or only tasked to correct redlines.  Only certain people were allowed to do 3D work. If you complained, you would be lied about to HR and given a bad review which meant you lost privledges like remote work. Managers threatened to cut pay daily for bad performance, etc. And it was very top heavy with managers. You might report to 5 mangers daily, yet none of them cared about you or your assigned work, they just wanted to keep you in your place. It just became a very hostile environment.

Vanderlande is better suited for people whom already whom are in the mid level if their career. They tend to recruit a lot of young engineers who typically do not have a lot of experience. Unfortunately the company does not have a training program to help bring new people up to speed properly so that they can do the work. Many times this is because tribal knowledge is not kept and the company does not learn from its mistake to improve its process efficiency. Much of its success is due to luck. Many of the people are hard workers but do not get the support from leadership. Leadership believes that change happens from the bottom and not the top.

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