Pros
To learn how some companies are successful and others are still barely hanging on.
Cons
The upper managment is not in touch with the front line supervisors and managers that deal with daily issues to hit metic targets for departments, plant, and region. The company cares more about the associates than the management team. Management turnover is very high and the hours are long without the compensaton and recognition. The deals made with vendors in lieu of the bankruptcy filling crippled the organization which is stuck with product and hot loads with no visibility. Companies do not make appointments for scheduled delivery, there is no way of knowing what will be delivered daily until the truck is called in at the gate for live-loads and/or truck is backed into the dock that was dropped over night. The departments have their own agendas for success at the expense of competing departments and plant goals. Operations managers and department managers are sometimes not equipped to lead or manage their responsibilities. The company loses a lot of great talent by not backing their management team nor giving them the opportunity ot tools to be successful with the company. The company is not open to change or improvements and ostricizes management that does not fit in the ideal or thinking of the company. Long hours, extreme conditions, and poor communication are the cornerstones of the distribution center. The turnover in managerment extends from supervisors at the distribution center to the General manager at all levels of operation. All parties seem to be abandoning ship.