forklift operator

loader/unloader

material handler

warehouse lead

warehouse associate

Warehouse Services, Inc.

I have been with the company 3+ years. I can safely say that training is a joke. Sign here and your trained attitude. There’s also favoritism to the max. If you try to move up good luck because if you dont have the right connections plan on staying where you’re at. The turnover rate is ridiculous. Why? Because of the constant lies and the wage freezes/late raises. If they don’t  like you they will find a way to get rid of you. I have seen and heard upper management talk like this durning my time there. They dont train supervisors to lead. They are more like bosses. This means that you are constantly being monitored and it’s difficult to really enjoy working there without thinking that you are doing something wrong when you are actually working well and doing things right. Communication is a joke. You will have leads and supervisors and managers contradicting each other and then the blame is put on the workers! Managers dont take time to really interact with employees and job communication is lacking. Another thing is keep your work life and home life separate. People in the office areas love to gossip and spread all types of info to keep busy which is probably a reason why people aren’t getting their raises in a timely manner. At the end of the day you are made to think you are replaceable and there is no sense of team/family in this company. Most people aren’t really trained well that is unless you are an attractive female. 

I was a shift lead and enjoyed my duties and responsibilities as well as the people that I worked with. My typical day started out with emails and looking over the manpower and where we sat for production for the week. I learned a lot dealing with Mulitliple different personalities and different management styles. The work place culture was excellent the employees did their best to make sure they were having a good day with the tools available. The hardest part of the job was working with management who didn't understand the jobs that my TM's were doing. Communication from the top down was terrible I did my best to relay information that I knew when I knew it to my team. They cared more about the bottom line than they did keeping up with general maintenance and making sure their machines could continue to run at 80% to get the job done. When you mention things ways to fix things it gets blown off because it cost money. They only care about the status qou and not about continuing to be a leader in their industry. 
 The benefits were terrible 401k is a savings account and not any kind of match or way to save a considerable amount like other places. Health insurance is high.

Warehouse Services Inc. offers excellent benefits, making it an attractive choice for potential employees. However, the overall experience can be marred by unsupportive, pushy, arrogant, and immature upper management. Despite the promising benefits package, the work environment can be challenging due to the attitude and behavior of leadership. This can create a sense of frustration and hinder employee morale and productivity. Therefore, while the benefits are enticing, prospective employees should be aware of the potential challenges posed by the management style at Warehouse Services Inc.

They promote people to leadership roles that can barely speak the English language due to nobody wanting to move up and better themselves.

Overall it's a great company but the Wilmington site is run by clowns whose only objective is to benefit good looking females.

And did I mention the favoritism and nepotism?

Please stay away from this place!

The Piedmont location is absolutely terrible. You’ll be brought in for a forklift position and they’ll hire you as a material handler so they don’t have to pay you as well(plus when searching for another job you can’t use forklift operator as your current occupation). You’re schedule will change from what the orientation says, which is 6am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, and instead will be told you have to work 5am-5pm Mon-Sat or you’ll lose your job. All the lifts are busted up and barely operable, so your job of moving 80in unsteady tire pallets becomes extremely difficult, since your lift is pretty much broken. Upper management for not care about you, or your family life. Pay is below average for the position you actually do. I would HIGHLY recommend searching almost anywhere else before coming here.

Warehouse Services Inc (WSI) is a casual and un-pretentious work environment. The staff and management are up-beat and easy to get along with. 
The day would begin with the processing of orders from the previous night's shift. Expedited items would be done first and everything else in the order they were received. Time and attendance, training and other administrative functions would be performed throughout the day. 
Management is very learned in aspects of the business. It taught me that in order to be effective as a manager, knowledge of the components of all the other jobs are important. To know it in its entirety is not absolutely necessary, but some knowledge is required. 
The hardest part of the job was when we were (due to natural causes or unforeseen circumstances) unable to meet our customer's expectations. On the contrary,the most enjoyable part was exceeding customer expectations.

The HR guy is cool he is the one saving grace for this place. Terrible management! Every night we never knew when we would get off. I had a shift last 19 hours and still had to another’s shift that night. Some of the equipment was in non operating condition and no maintenance department to fix it. Some lifts were being held together with duct tape. Wet floors from leaky ceilings. Pertaining to work there was a lot of confusion because paperWork instead of scanners. Unorganized inventory makes it hard to make numbers and stressful to get task completed. Not enough clamp trucks to pick tractor truck tires and I was instructed to lift 8 273lbs tires by hand. Overall just not a good work environment! And they never paid me my Sign on bonus or my referral bonus which should have been $900. 

This place gives you the ability to learn alot. Even if you've never driven any equipment, they give you the opportunity to learn. This job is not for everyone, and you have to be WILLING to put in the time and effort. If you can do that, this job is not a bad place at all to work. Granted, it's not the best job in the world; but if you commit yourself, you can really gain experience at this job. It does require alot of manual labor, but you do get exercise at the same time. Although management isn't perfect, it can't be said that they don't care about their employees. The most enjoyable part is the people you get to meet and also the sense of accomplishment you get after a long day of work. Also, the pay. 

As a picker the work isn't hard. As long as you can read, able to operate a order picker, and able to lift about 100lbs you can do this job. On the other hand, if your assigned as a unloader(which everyone will be trained to do) it can be very challenging. This how they determine if you're going to make it or not. The downsize is the supervisors and manager are very unprofessional. They will discuss your personal business with your co workers and they will say things about you that just aren't  true. You'll soon learn they can't be trusted. Another thing is they always make it seem like everything is doom and gloom. Like the warehouse is doing poorly and everyone is going to loose their job. Who wants to constantly here that. Brings morale way down.

The knowledge you gain and experience is my favorite part. this is my first warehouse job and right off they taught me how to operate a forklift, load trailers, unload trailers, and pick orders. the work life balance is great 7am to 330pm most days lets me always have little sunlight to go home too which makes me feel that I truly haven't been at work all day. so far having every weekend off is like being a kid again and just feels above all normal as well. benefits are amazing. I needed great health care. I'm the type of person that loves to take care of my body as much as possible. I was actually stuck paying 430$ for a prescription and thankfully my health care now takes care of most of that. The people you work with are genuine good people with great work ethics.

I had worked there for over a year and can only name 2-3 weekends when we only had to work one day of overtime. The rest was “mandatory” 2 days overtime. There was never enough staff but we were still always short on equipment. Management never knows whats going on because they are busy having a good time in the office along with the leads. We also had payed lunches and worked from 5am-6pm when i started. Shortly after our lunches stopped being paid and we were required to stay until 6:30 instead. Even though 3rd shift is only (suppossd to be) 3 days , it was tough to get up considering you only have about 7 hours to sleep and thats if you live under a half hour away, dont have to make dinner, dont have to shower, and take care of kids/animals. I could go on and on but i think ill stop here

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Forklift operator 42 salaries reported	$16.63 per hour
Loader/unloader 5 salaries reported	$25.43 per hour
Material handler 44 salaries reported	$20.37 per hour
Warehouse lead 4 salaries reported	$22.00 per hour
Warehouse associate 18 salaries reported	$17.58 per hour

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