heavy equipment mechanic

outside sales representative

Worldwide Equipment

Far and away the best part of working here was who was working with. I was working their evening shift (1:30-12am) Mon-Thurs with a close friend and another guy I got along swell with. Management, for the most part, stayed out of your hair as long as you were keeping busy but there were significant slow periods where work was limited. I was hourly, so it didn’t really matter, but it would destroy your productivity rating which made it a little tricky to get raises according to people who had been there a while. The opportunities for training were plentiful and encouragement by management, they cooked out for employees a couple times a year, and the tool truck guys that came through were cool. At the end of the day though, they did fire me without a written warning for a simple case of what I would personally describe a one time case of unprofessionalism. The details don’t matter, but the bottom line is I found out the hard way that this isn’t the place for someone who likes to play pranks, tell jokes, or banter with coworkers. That, to me, is not the type of place that can retain mechanics for long unless they are willing to pay truly ridiculous amounts of money, which they don’t. They undershot my hourly rate expectations by 10%, but I took the offer since it’s what I had available at the time. You certainly cannot make that money back with overtime either. They were incredibly strict about no “non-billable” overtime, so even if a job pushes you to the end of your shift they will get very upset with you for working past the end of your scheduled shift on non billable time. 

Anyway, I enjoyed my time at Worldwide for what is was worth. I learned a lot of new skills and acquired a lot of useful knowledge about the trucks we were working on. It’s a shame I didn’t get to stay for longer and take it further. I would suggest you work for worldwide if you need a good place to start and you’re able to make a bit less money due to a lack of overtime and a likely undershooting of your requested hourly rate.

What is the best part of working at the company?
it was fairly close to home and almost never had to work over 40 hours a week because they won’t allow any overtime 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
management is mostly incompetent, they expect trucks to be repaired quickly, but won’t keep parts in stock not even simple things like fuses

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
most of the employees are good people who are easy to get along with, but management, especially upper management is pathetic and extremely incompetent which makes doing the job difficult 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
you pull or push a truck in, diagnose the problem then wait days to weeks for parts. they have meetings generally every week and ask why isn’t production higher and then they say they don’t want to hear anything about a lack of parts

  As a counterman you will learn a whole new world of networking to obtain parts for several different makes and models of medium and heavy duty commercial vehicles. Addressing customer need is paramount and in most cases you will be allowed to go that extra mile to help a customer find what they are looking for. Sometimes a parts search is not entirely straight forward and you will have the freedom to search out solutions to find these items. In general management is laid back and helpful for the most part.
  However, unless one has a general interest in playing the politics game and pretending to be friends with those in different positions, simply providing the service of doing your job and doing it reasonably well will not be enough to ensure long term employment. 

My co-workers and floorman are great and easy to work with. The company itself is poorly run and very unorganized. When I was hired on I was promised training for specific brands, which I never received even after asking about it numerous of times. The company was always telling us how they are going to fix areas of the work place for easier working and never did. However I did gain some experience during my time here that I didn't have before thanks to my coworkers.

I worked for almost 5 years; the only way to get a raise was to receive proposition from other employers for money on the hour. They would overload you with work with no compensation or help with what was asked of you. You would bend over backwards to do everything you could for this employer just to get your throat cut any chance possible. None of the information that you get from management can be trusted.

You really don't want me to write here no pros at all to this job. Horrible everything and no room for growth here either. Once you hit top pay which is like 26 dollars you have to threaten them for a raise and if you are worth it to them they will give you a raise to keep you happy for a bit but then expect you to bow down to there every need. They pick and choose if they wanna keep you after a mistake and they so no rehire but will totally take you back. Biggest joke of a diesel shop you will ever work for.

Most of my stay here was in solitary monitoring security cameras for all trucking locations. Usually activity was slow but there were a few times I had to report suspicious incidents (i.e. call police). 

I took a promotion in the accounts receivable department which was a big change but I enjoyed it. The ladies I worked with were very nice and knowledgeable. This didn't last very long because I moved to a different town to go back to school.

I have been working there for almost 2yrs, with no type of pay advancement,  my work load was doubled  , with no extra money . That is my biggest problem with my employer. Every time I talk with our leadership,  i keep getting  pushed around  with lies. The only  positive thing is that I have gained some good experience working on heavy Diesel trucks

Work place consist of double standards. Some things are acceptable for certain people, but others get reprimanded for it. Consist of a strong buddy system. If you're good friends with management you get away with everything, If not then it's unacceptable. Not an equal opportunity company. When concerns are voiced to branch or VP managers, it causes more trouble for yourself then the problem being approached and handled accordingly.

I wish I would never have worked for this company. Worse job I’ve ever had. When you tell the regional and corporate managers there is a problem in your store and the general manager is the problem. They do nothing to the GM and then fire the department manager instead. There’s a problem with this kind of leadership. They do not pay their employees enough and they leave for better pay. I do not recommend working for worldwide. Think long and hard before working there

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