Good ol’ boys club - Office Manager Alsco Uniforms Employee Review

Engaging and thoughtful environment that is safe.

Parking seems to be a struggle.

Union Health Benefits, pay is decent but has been unchanged for over a decade despite cost of living going up year after year - that's about it.

Management is inept from the GM down in Atlanta and their depots. You will be short product every single day without exception and you will be expected to return that product to the customers UNCOMPENSATED and if you can't take the product back you will be forced to credit it off and won't get paid for the missing product (It isn't your fault and you still don't get paid for it, that's how little the company thinks of the drivers). The aging fleet is in terrible shape (The service van in Macon has 450k+ miles, the doors are held closed by fence latches screwed to the outside of the doors and the headlights are zip tied in place, it sat at the office for over a year needing a transmission, this is the level of care the company has) and the company has no budget to repair them correctly. The company would rather send a fleet maintenance guy down 10 times to put a bandaid on the truck rather than send it to a facility with technicians who actually know what they're doing and have it repaired correctly. (Because if the truck breaks down its still the drivers responsibility to complete the route so they dont really care if the trucks run or not, its not their time being wasted) They have bought a few new trucks that are somehow worse than the trucks with 300k+ miles on them. New trucks are smaller, underpowered and often come without shelves or storage for dirty product, which is on brand for not caring about the drivers. Teamsters Union is a joke, I have worked under 3 contracts now and haven't received a single raise, extra day off, nothing. When we asked for more money the company refused and we had to vote on a strike, the company knows most drivers can't afford to go on strike so it went the companies way and pay remains stagnant. Start times are between 1AM and 3AM most days and if you don't like it in the words of the Atlanta GM "You should look for another job". Training is nonexistent, I have held 3 different positions in my office and received ZERO training for any of them, including District Manager. Everything I learned at Alsco I figured out on my own through trial and error. In conclusion if you want to trade your mental health, physical health and home life for good health benefits and stagnant pay this is the job for you! (Don't even think about filing a grievance either, no one at Alsco rocks the boat and they all know why...retaliation to the point of termination is the name of the game because rules only apply when management wants them to apply)