truck driver

order picker

inventory control specialist

customer service representative

customer advocate

Victory Packaging

A typical day.

4am-6am start time. punch in( finger pad to prevent time theft) pretrip truck(newer units), do paperwork(computer in truck), hook to trailer, head out to first stop. deliveries anywhere between delaware and conneticut out to central pa and upstate ny. manhattan and 5 boros( box trucks ) victory mostly deals with uhuals and moving companies supplying them with boxes and supplies. They also have the united states postal services account and supply them with boxes as well. The customers are a variety of docks and liftgate deliveries. Some are very tight and hard on the drivers for them to get truck in safely. Work is moderatly physical as you have to use pallet jack to bring 1000 lb pallets into stores via liftgate. typical route has 3-13 stops. some 1 stop full loads. typical day is 5am-4pm. typical hours a week are 50-60. monday thru friday. sometimes saturdays are optional for over time.  overtime after 40. they deduct for lunch. pay is hourly and slightly below average for the type of physical work involved.(17-22 dependant on tenure) bout 15 drivers 30 warehousers 10 office people. decent place. vacations benes 401k no sick pay. decent trucks and trailers. company makes alot of money. your going to work if you work here. not for the weak or lazy

Work Day: I worked form 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. I handled a lot of phone inquiries, processed orders, Obtained quotes from outside vendors, routed corrugated cartons for production, quoted corrugated cartons for salesman, created production cards  & expedited orders to ensure on time delivery of the product.

What I learned: Communication is important. When you work in a company, different people have different job functions. Some of your work may overlap, and no one wants to do the same work someone else did. That not an efficient way to use your time. You have to communicate with your coworkers, especially if you may overlap with clients. 

Management: The company really seemed to care about their employees. They had employee an appreciation day, a Christmas party and other various events throughout the year.

Co-Workers: My co-workers were friendly and helpful

Hardest Part Of Job: The hardest part of my job was juggling the high volume of incoming calls while still taking care of the paperwork involved in processing orders, quoting and handling my other daily responsibilities.  

Enjoyable Part Of Job: I really enjoyed my co-workers. Everyone really cared about each other and I considered them part of my extended family.

I was told to do one thing then my manager would say he never told what he said, but I had witnesses to the fact. He instructed me from the start to do unethical tasks which I felt were just masking issues which concerned customer owned products and the shipment of same. The weekend right before I was dismissed the inventory control supervisor from the Orlando office head up an annual physical inventory. At the end of the inventory we were over by $300,000 worth of customer product (USPS product). He reduced and covered up $286,000 worth of product then only reported an overage about $14,000; saying he couldn't report that much of a discretion. I have not conducted my facility's in an unethical manner before and I wasn't comfortable with the way I was asked to run this facility. For the record, I had been looking for a different job for five months prior to my dismissal. It was difficult because my typical workday was at least 12 hours and I had worked 85 in a week all as a salary employee.

Organized a neat and clean warehouse and ensured achievement of all goals, Prepared and updated daily checklist for warehouse, Supervised facility even on weekends and ensured smooth working
Analyzed warehouse processes and provided feedback to improve work, Determined schedule for employee and monitored its implementation, Performed safety audits and ensured compliance to all warehouse safety standards, Resolved all operational issues and escalated complex issues, Evaluated employee performance and conducted appraisals accordingly, Provided Inventory, Performing daily cycle counts, Quarterly inventory, And completing variance reports, Performing duties as assigned by the Director of Materials, Responsible for loading and unloading of trucks, Transported merchandise using a forklift machine, Maintain a continuous flow of production.

Work-life balance
It's not the best place for a seasoned truck driver but they are better than most places.

Pay & benefits
The benefits are good but the pay is bad! They run you like an ltl driver but won't pay you like one! They watch your hours like a hawk and your paid biweekly!

Job security and advancement
As a driver you are only second to management and they are not going to train you to take their jobs! Everybody else works through the temp service on an as needed bases!

Management
They are polite and somewhat helpful but only care about company objectives!

Culture
It's ok but could be better!

Overall
This is a good driving job if your looking to get off the road but the pay is low and biweekly! They have a system were you work 4 days out of the week and have 3 off! It sounds good but you will only get 40-45 hrs a week! You feel like you worked 70 hrs but you don't get paid for it! They need to raise their pay and pay out weekly settlements!

What is the best part of working at the company?
Working with my team, both internal and external to develop a productive structure for our branches across North America 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Working all time zones across North America so that we could, successfully, provide support.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Demanding and stressful. You need to be flexible to provide support to all internal and external customers 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Fielding questions and providing support to the branches and, also accounting, that require assistance. Continuous availability, including off hours, for internal and external audits

Extremely low pay, and almost no opportunity for advancement. The GM has never managed a warehouse and it shows in what is priority. Equipment is worn out and very dangerous. I really liked the actual work and the people I worked with, but upper management is totally clueless about how the departments run, and how difficult it is (especially with poor support).
Sadly,most quality employees leave within the first 6-9 months, and they have no employee retention skills. No air flow in the summer, required to wear masks, safety goggles, bump caps, safety vests, and steel toe shoes or metatarsal covers. It's miserable if the outside temperature is above 70 degrees. 

A very busy office that where a lot of people shared responsibilities to get jobs done on schedule. I learned a lot about how to deal with customers in an effective manner and how to be professional with clients and co-workers. The management is very helpful and patient that trains all employees to be comfortable with their jobs. The hardest part of my job was that I was constantly multi-tasking and having to answer the phones (busy 5 line). It wasn't that I was multi tasking, it was that there were interruptions constantly throughout the day and having schedules to meet with A/R and A/P. The most enjoyable part of the job were the people I worked with and a lot of the customers were nice also.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The hours before they decided to change them throught the company  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Toxic environment.  If your not part of "The Family" you were excluded..

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic. They have cultivate a "minority only" environment.  

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stressful. Warehouse manager would not provide proper information to dispatch correctly. Many times, warehouse manager would not provide the correct information..

I worked in a home office environment as a satellite office as coordinator of regional outside sales team. My daily activities included taking customer calls regarding orders and quotes, answering emails, processing customer purchase orders and quote requests. Compiling monthly reports on new sales opportunities with target accounts of each member of the sales team. I enjoyed working in a home office where I was able to focus on my work tasks.

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