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Great Company, Bad Management
Customer Service Representative (Former Employee), Fort Myers, FL – May 8, 2013
I loved the company i worked for and loved their core values. But HATED my workplace. It was always a hostile environment, te management was bad, and when brought to the attention of higher ups nothing was done which resulted me in resigning from my position to keep my health from going downhill.
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Paid good.
District Manager / Account Sales Representative (Former Employee), Liberty, MO – February 14, 2013
Pay was good. To many consultants and to many changes for the bad.
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good place to work if you dont mind an unorganized schedule
Service Technician (Current Employee), Augusta, GA – December 4, 2012
Pros: decent pay and benefits
Cons: not fair pay for the work, not much advancement possible.
I think for the type work and the hazardous conditions and safety requirements ... the pay should be higher. Benefits are standard at best. no pay for being on call , and many times you find yourself having to do more work because of lack of planning or scheduling... poor equipment to work with or none at all (no concept of having the tools or parts – more... to get the job done. The people at my place are decent, management is typical (all about the bottom line, breathe and live propane, propane is the best thing that has ever happened to the planet). – less
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Very Incompetent Management Structure In Place
Operations Manager (Former Employee), Chester, Fredericksburg and Virginia Beach, VA – November 11, 2012
Cons: managment
Used to be a great place to work until I continued to get new GM after new GM. The current GM in place has created the worst moral that I have ever been a part of or seen anywhere I have worked. Until he is gone the place will not thrive. GM likes to distance himself from learning the business and leans heavily on staff for all of his answers to corporate. – more... Many unethical situations are taking place with GM that will not be aired on a public forum. I would steer very clear of this place unless you are ready to work 7 days a week year round while the rest of the management team does their 9-5 schedule Monday-Friday. Employees are treated unfairly and managed through fear tactics. No open door policy if you talk to management about issues you will be a target for termination. Management brought in a porta john for the drivers while the managment and office staff were the only ones allowed to use the indoor facilities. No raises in years and bonus structure has been widdled away to nothing. No opportunity for advancement as outsiders are the preferred method of hiring. You have been warned, STAY AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE! – less
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Disappointment
HR Specialist (Former Employee), Overland Park – October 30, 2012
Pros: average benefits
Cons: hr and management
Overall corporate culture was not positive. No real management or HR person to improve processes. HR was not actively involved in changing or developing an open door policy. Policies were not in place for staff or management. HR dept was nothing more than 3 recruiters and that is just one piece to HR so individual managers were allowed to do whatever – more... they decided - legal or not. I felt helpless to change anything in the dept. Pay was low in all positions and benefits were just average. Long days for all positions..expectations are 7 am to 7 pm minimum – less
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You get paid well for good reason
Driver (Former Employee), Hendersonville, NC – October 7, 2012
Pros: good pay, autonomous work conditions
Cons: very long days, it follows you home, potential layoffs
My immediate supervisors treated me well, the company is a good company to work for if you are willing to work very long days and don't mind leaving the comfort of your bed to chase out of gas calls.
You are paid well for good reason, because you will have to face down tough problems on a daily basis ranging from the dangerous chemicals you will be – more... handling to the driving conditions you'll have to overcome. – less
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not a good place
Accounts Payable Clerk/ Purchase Card Manager (Former Employee), Liberty, MO – October 2, 2012
Pros: good company
Cons: no real management
I worked in corporate offices in Liberty, MO
the company is very political and not a team environment. The work was great but the inter personal observations were awful. Many of my co-workers were into playing games with outsiders which I was when hired. Also many seemed to be more interested into who did what than getting a job done.
The hardest part – more... of the job was getting around my co- workers to get a job done – less
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CDBD – November 5, 2012

I worked in Liberty Corporate offices from November 2007 until July of 2008. Extremely political offices, you are judged on what others say about you not the truth. So many backstabbers that worked in my department didn't care who they threw under the bus as long as they got what they wanted. Nothing was as it seemed, called on the carpet for situations that I had no control over or even dealt with. I totally agree no team work and no respect for an individual

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Western Pennsylvania
Driver (Former Employee), Neville Island, PA – September 29, 2012
Pros: hours
Cons: the equipment is terrible.
Work hours were ok . The learning process was a very good experience with the trainer but management was terrible. Co-workers were always fighting and probably was the hardest part of the job ... if H .... things would have been alot better there. I made 17.50 hour which was pretty good. No Benefits until after a year! Watch the interview process ... – more... its tricky. – less
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– November 1, 2012

WHY WAS THE INTERVIEW TRICKY?

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Overall a good employer, just too many variables
Customer Service Specialist (Former Employee), MI – September 12, 2012
Pros: pretty good pay
Cons: 5-10 minutes of expected, unpaid daily overtime, expensive and poor benefits for part timers, hours can depend on weather
For the most part, I liked my time with Ferrellgas. I would still be there today if not for personal interactions with my direct supervisor. The pay was decent and I liked the work. The job relies heavily on a cold winter season. If there isn't one, expect hour cuts and firings in the spring. I worked 40 hours a week for Ferrellgas but had "part time" – more... classification. Couldn't get good BCBS coverage, only thing available was an overpriced Aetna plan that didn't cover much of anything. – less
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Over a good company to work for.
District Manager (Former Employee), Frisco, CO-Fairplay, Co- Potosi Mo. – September 9, 2012
Arrive early to route all drivers for customer deliveries. Take care of daily paperwork and review the work from the day before. Take care of any customer problems. Schedule any service or tank sets at customer locations. Work with the customer service rep. to enter work into the computer. Ride and observe driver functions and determine where training – more... would increase productivity. Upper Management was not a problem for me, as my Districts always fell in the top 10% in company rankings. I enjoyed training many of my co-workers, with the goal of maximizing company profits. Many more day to day management duties to complete. – less
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Cancer – September 15, 2012

Working conditions at Neville are horrible ... Rat Traps in the building plus the bathrooms hardly work.

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Heavy seasonal swings, with uneasy feeling of insecurity
Delivery Manager (Former Employee), Chester, VA – August 16, 2012
Pros: good money, good potential for advancement
Cons: advancement and bonuses come at the cost of your mental health
Winter versus summer is an amazing contrast. Summertime means hourly labor cutbacks, flex help layoffs, and major spending cuts. Winter becomes a hectic mess of long days and 6 or 7 day weeks with employees forced to work OT regardless of choice, and holidays missed due to callouts and weather swings. 70 and 80 hour weeks were not uncommon as a manager, – more... with Saturdays and Sundays spent working in the office or from home.

Management varied depending on the level; lower to mid-level managers seemed very overworked, tired, and stressed out most of the time. Higher level managers seemed rather aloof, and their decisions were often odd or unexpected; they were never afraid to try wildly new things, even to the detriment of the field workers. Layoffs were sporadic, and often left the majority of people worried if they would have a job day to day, regardless of how many years they had been with the company.

Co-workers were good, hard working people and very dedicated to their customers. Burnout is very common among managers; some service centers would go through a new GM every year or more. They would either promote out quickly, or wash out. Very sink or swim. The hardest part of the job was knowing winters meant no vacation, time off, or holidays unspoiled year after year. The best part of the job was bonus eligibility was good, you just had to work yourself to death to earn it. – less
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Cancer – August 20, 2012

The Nevile Island facility is run down and the equipment is terrible. What is said today is no good tomorrow. It's a three ring ... down there. The dock workers don't do there job and most of the drivers can't drive.

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OK place to work for
Property Accounting Assistant (Current Employee), Liberty, MO – August 3, 2012
Pros: flexable
Cons: no room for advancement
I love my job just there is no advancement or incentives. I want to further my career and have job security
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seanal work under the gun
driver/sales (Former Employee), Naturita, CO – July 24, 2012
Pros: good benefits
Cons: bad empylores
delivered propane to customers houses
when not deliverying i filled propane bottles
took care all records an maintance on all trucks and yard tanks
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District Manager (Former Employee), Crystal River, FL – July 19, 2012
Pros: everything from customer support to learning new skills
I came up from working into a full time position, obtained my State of FL propane licenses worked from the bottom up and learned every job from delivering gas, service work and sale along with writing contracts to Schools and was a District Manager.
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Thorough training process in a fun work environment.
Customer Service Specialist (Former Employee), Greenville, WI – May 29, 2012
Pros: competitive pay, fun work environment
Cons: lay offs, minimal benefits
Laid off after working at the company for two months without the possibility of a lay off ever being mentioned during the hiring/interviewing process.

Very thorough training process and fun work environment.
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Absolutely no work / life balance
Driver / Sales (Former Employee), Rock Island, IL – May 28, 2012
Pros: good benefits
Cons: always on the job...24/7
As a former delivery driver, I was on on call all but 4 days a month. Would be called out in the middle of a blizzard at 2am to drive 2 hours to fill a tank so the customer could have a hot shower in the morning. Absolutely no regard for employee safety nor your time away from Ferrellgas. Stay away!
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rws63 – August 10, 2012

YOU GOT THAT RIGHT RUN!!!!!!! DONT COME NEAR THEM Pathetic company no benefits no nothing you will get carpal tunnel if you work for them any short length of time .

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A productive and well managed company
Service Tech/ Driver (Former Employee), Chester ,VA – May 22, 2012
Pros: benifits, esop, 401k
Cons: as a service tech. your on call every other week.
A normal day would be coming in reviewing my route for the day and reroute the order of the delivery's to keep up with patterns and customer exceptance issues.
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This is definatly a place for you if you like sales
Customer Service Representative (Current Employee), Newton Falls, OH – May 18, 2012
Pros: helping customers
Cons: part time, limited pay raises
a day filled with in coming and out going calls, many differnt customers you get to work with on a daily basis
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Good work place/ safe environment
Service Representative (Current Employee), Henderson, CO – May 16, 2012
Simple day consist of pre tripping your truck with cylinder count. Readying for route delivery. Pretty much on your own. Complete route and go home.
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Love meeting and talking with customers.
truck driver (Current Employee), Louisa, KY – May 9, 2012
Pros: great benefits
Cons: poor out dated equipment
Very busy in the busy season from October till April then very slow. Good bunch of people to work with. Meeting new people is the best part of my job.
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Ferrellgas is the nation's leading supplier of propane to more than one million residential, industrial/commercial, and agricultural – Read more