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Wadhams Enterprises

I held various positions for them over the course of 5 years.  I worked in the RIST corporate office for 4 years as a customer service representative / receptionist / slave.  I worked lots of overtime.  I would cover for people, I would stretch myself as thin as I could to make things less stressful for others.   They had an employee recognition / appreciation program that was a joke.  It was more like a good ol boys popularity thing.  Not only that, but they would hire people with no experience or education off the street and pay them the same as someone with seniority, if not 2-3 dollars more per hour... But I digress...

Life changed.  I left my husband and had to move back home with my 2 daughters.  At first they were super great about everything.  Even let me work at a different office.  Paid for my 2 hour commute to train my replacement.  

They gave me a position with their ARG division.  Doing customer service / inventory.   The training was sub par.  I basically had to learn by trial and error.   They had this insane "double check" system to make sure no errors were made before the trucks went out.  HA! That was a joke!  We caught these.  No impact to the actual functioning of the company since we caught them.  But one employee was reporting them to management and it caused all sorts of problems.  Normally we would tell each other and correct them.  This one person wasn't doing that.  She would go to management for some pretty reason.  

Anyway, I was working on a holiday and an order came through - an export order.  I had NEVER handled orders for this customer.  Ever.  I was never trained - at all.  So. I did what any normal person would do in my position.  I asked for help.  I emailed 1 present supervisor, and 3 others who had home access.   The one supervisor that was there asked me a question about the same customer - so an assumption would lead me to believe he was handling it.  Boy, was I WRONG.  

I hit my 5 year mark with the company and was awarded 3 weeks of vacation time. 

Well, I never got to use them, because I was fired.  The wrong order went across the border.  Apparently asking 4 people for help wasn't good enough.   They let me take the fall for their screw up. 

5 years.   Worked my butt off.  As a single mom, I lost almost everything.  

They didn't care.

They threw me away like I never did a single thing for them.  

All because they didn't want to take the blame.

I guess if you're looking for a management / supervisory position where you can get away with anything by blaming someone lower on the totem pole, it's the perfect job.  

If you're a single mom on the bottom of the totem pole trying to provide for children on your own with no help, I'd definitely rethink applying for any kind of position.

Work hours availability and flexibility are good.  Health insurance is better than most company's. Trucks are at most 5 years old. There are 3 divisions, so some of the posted comments do not apply to all divisions. There's milk, light and heavy oil, and ltl and truck load frt.
 Home terminal is the place to work out of. Trucks are maintained better and hours/runs are better. The sister terminal trucks are not maintenance as well and some of the runs at them are lacking in decent hours. Turnover rate is horrible. They've recently implemented $100 a month retention bonus for every month you stay and raised the pay rates, but they still have a hard time holding onto drivers. Now I could also go on about the management and lack of communication at times with dispatchers but I won't all I'll say is those are issues. Overall it's a good company to get your foot in the door of the trucking industry and be home every day starting off you'll make around 15 an hour depending where your located and you'll get up to about 18.00 an hour after a year depending where your located. If all that sounds alright and you don't mind some hard work and long hours at times send an application in they are always hiring.

A typical day is driving around farm to farm and picking up milk and delivering it to the plant or bring it back to the yard for holdover or next day delivery. The biggest thing I learned is respect the truck it’s not a race and you will never catch the a-hole that just cut you off. I have learned to let things go and to be a safe driver. Management they are awesome they always have your back and especially when it comes to your family. All the dispatchers do a wonderful job at getting everyone hours and keeping everyone busy. The owners are one of the nicest people you will ever meet. They truly understand not only business but they also understand and listen to their employees. Safety you really don’t here to much from them but I guess that’s a good thing. They are also a great bunch of people to work with. Hardest part of the job is dealing with disrespectful drivers (four wheeler’s).  The pay could be a couple dollars more per hour and get paid weekly.  Best part of the job is being part of a family owned business and ensuring the future of dairy products and farms.

The management is ok, mostly personable and willing to work with you, with a few exceptions.  Management does care and tries to make a good work environment although sometimes they miss the mark.  

There is no substantial advancement within the company long term if you have an office job.  This company is good for a person who is willing to do the same level job forever, possibly change departments but still working at the same level.  Management will give you more work but no advancement or pay increase with it. 

Benefits are good.  Low deductibles and fair copays.  Profit sharing has given us a couple pay outs.  401k offered but only at a quarter on the dollar so I do something else.  Pay is moderate.  Increases are sporadic.

Training is available to a new person, but after that, none.  I have learned a lot about the transportation industry.

I do like the company.  I like the Wadham's.  I like most of my coworkers.  I like my job but sad to realize that in order to grow, I would have to leave and go to another company.  Feels like a company people use to move up somewhere else.

Not horrible place to work for, but not comprable to surrounding companys. Home terminal is the place to work out of. Trucks are maintained better and hours/runs are better. The sister terminal trucks are not maintenance as well and some of the runs at them are lacking in decent hours. Turnover rate is horrible. They've recently implemented $100 a month retention bonus for every month you  stay and raised the pay rates, but they still have a hard time holding onto drivers. Now I could also go on about the management and lack of communication at times with dispatchers but I won't all I'll  say is those are issues.  Overall it's a good company to get your foot in the door of the trucking industry and be home every day starting off you'll  make around 15 an hour depending where your located and you'll get up to about 18 an hour after a year depending where your located.  If all that sounds alright and you don't mind some hard work and long hours at times send an application in they are always hiring.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Worst experience in my life of working… Management is childish and very, very unprofessional….. they love pointing fingers at everyone…. I should’ve read the reviews on there website because what pple were saying is very much true… worst experience in my life

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Everything bout this company is very much so stressful … just not good and most pple feeling like this…. Management turning workers against one another… management talking about employees behind there back.. hiring pple that they no and being unfair too others showing favoritism… pointing out wrong doings in meetings trying to g too make that person feel back when the should take them aside too talk with them …,the list goes on and on 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very  stressful for no reason 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Can wait too go home stressful

Wadhams cares more about what the camera does and shows than actual safety or finances as a matter.
They don't care about going over weight with milk hauling but don't trip the camera.
I personally would only drive a truck or pull a trailer out of the East Earl terminal due to the mechanic there, equipment has come there saying its road worthy only to be grounded for weeks.
Concerning the equipment,  I never seen a trucking company before with only fixed 5th wheels and they are not in proper position either, front ends are too light but upper management doesn't care.
My pay check is good, I work hard to get what I get, but seeing the way upper management does stuff, it amazes me the Company has lasted as long as it has.
My dispatcher is what makes our terminal so great at East Earl,  we have a really good group of guys there and overall I give that part a 5 star.
If your not afraid to work and put some hours in, you can make some money.
Overall, I do enjoy what I do and is why I'm there.

Working for a family owned business has its ups and downs. For the most part its easy to talk to your manager about personal issues affecting your work like because of the "everyone is family" environment. However, with that said comes a lot of unprofessionalism, butt kissing, and line crossing. I think because the business is so small and intimate that its easy to see who the company favorites are, and a lot of behavior that shouldn't and wouldn't be tolerated in a larger corporate company goes unpunished for the sake of keeping an experienced staff (drivers mostly) And despite seeing the owners and upper management team quite often, myself and most other staff members that I've spoken to feel like our concerns fall on death ears and aren't important enough to be addressed directly. There's always this "we're working on it" attitude and nothing ever changes.

As a transport driver, you will have no work/life balance. Departure times for loads could be as early as 10 or 11 AM or as late as 7 PM, and you're not finding out until 6 AM THAT DAY.

Despite this, the company expects transport drivers to haul 80,000 lbs (if not more) of milk, at night, on the highway, on a schedule that DOES NOT allow drivers to get enough sleep.

Other than that, Wadham's is a decent company to work for; the people are nice and equipment is relatively new and in good condition. The pay is...okay but it could definitely be higher.

However I cannot in good conscience recommend the transport driver position to anyone. I cannot speak for the other driver positions as I had no experience with them before I left.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Great money. Good equipment. Independence.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Hard to say. Management had some decent people but were constrained by poor policy. Tons of rookies, few vets. Made me wonder why no one stays. I left for a better deal at 2yr mark

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very corporate. Could be rather anonymous in the crowd. Peers keep a distance til you've been there awhile. They hire a lot but many don't last

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Get a truck & prep it. Some paperwork. Get a load assignment. Head to terminal, load, drive to delivery point (gas station), make delivery. Call dispatch for next load. Could be a few long drives or many shory onee

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