Greatwide Logistics Services Employer Reviews

A positive work atmosphere that allowed for personal and career growth

Drivers please never work for this company , it's the more low life persons you could find in this industry, they are thieves they stolen your money with out explain nothing to you

flexible and learned more of Excel; company has big turnovers

I learned quite a bit about the industry and key metrics. They have very good people working for them.

Easy, steady work. Didn't pay well, but was consistant. The only real complaint I had was the electronic logs and poor trailer maintance. I never let anything push me more into a unsafe situation as did the electronic log. Now its been 6 weeks sense I quit and I cant get my last settlement, and no one will return my calls.

Management is intelligent but for some reason they just can't turn it around.

No payment towards benefits, no 401K match.

The day varies depending on the time of year. The day can be hectic or laid back. For the most part, the job is stress free and the driver is paid for everything he does. Management tries to work with the employees on work conditions and time off. the most stressful part of the job is the irregular hours. The most enjoyable part is being able to get – more... home for the weekend. – less

The job was steady work. I learned a lot about preloading trucks & spent just over 1 year on the road delivering steel.

This review is based upon the Dallas corporate office. Employee experiences may vary greatly at the branch offices. Greatwide has seen more than its fair share of changes over the past 5 years. It entered bankruptcy protection, was purchased by a private equity firm, grew substantially through acquisitions, and has seen significant changes in its C-level – more... leaders as it prepares to go public. All of those changes make for a tumultuous environment with no feeling of job security.
The best aspects of the company were the lack of corporate stuffiness and the IT funding. It was refreshing to work for a company that valued its IT infrastructure and funded it appropriately. I left shortly after a very talented CIO moved to another company. Thus, the funding for IT infrastructure may have since changed.
Unfortunately, the company doesn't move fast enough to remove bad employees. A handful of abusive employees have been detrimental to the company's culture and cost Greatwide quite a few talented employees. – less

i take home about $800 average,but its not guaranteed how many miles you will do on a weekly basis too many drivers to distribute loads evenly.....as far as the job its easy all u do is deliver to walmart stores...each stop pays $15 after the first one and the miles 249 and under pays .45pml...249and up pays.41pml.....there is also wait time...if you – more... don't get dispatched at your scheduled time u get 17.50 an hour – less

typical day at work is to answer phones, assemble driver paperwork, call drivers for their loads answer phones, help driver with any issues they have.
my co workers were awesome, everyone will to help each other when needed, change shift swap days whatever was needed
the hardest part of my job was not being able to help every driver, i am a true driver – more... advocate
the drivers and co workers was the most enjoyable part of my job,
my manager was nice young man. – less

Whould not recomend. I did not enjoy working here.the managment ruins the whole place.

This a good company to work for. Good Job security. I like the challenge of keeping a good work flow of in coming and out going truck shipments. I have great employees that I supervise.

GreatWide is full of wonderful, hard working people that really value drivers. However, they seem to be a little unorganized.
- I had to start out on paper logs for a week, no one ever asked me for these to be turned in.

- I was given runs that were impossible to meet, like a Houston to Corpus Christi to deliver at 14:00, then 3 more deliveries the – more... last one in El Campo 100+ miles from CC, then a backhaul pick up in Corpus Christi that was expecting me at 15:00

-Erratic work schedule, some days I'd start at 8pm others at 8am. Sometimes I'd sit around waiting, being told they'd get to me soon when I called and I'd never work. Once, I got a 34 hour reset doing this! It was tough not having a real day off (because I'm waiting to go to work) then start a new 70 hour week.

Overall, GreatWide is a good company with good people, but they really overwork the people they have and things fall through the cracks. – less

I learned a lot about the transportation industry. I learned a lot about Safety. I had good co-workers who were willing to help each other. I had a good work schedule. You had to work independently because your boss was not on site.

deidicated job pulling freight for Dollar General. working 5 days a week. unloading freight at every store.

I loved my job, but the management discriminates aginst women.

The environment was open, new ideas are freely encouraged. I learned to think outside the box. I became better at manageing my daily task. The atmosphere was friendly and supportive. Employees really went above and beyond to assist each other. The hardest part of the job was getting the opportunity to develope new skills. The most enjoyable part of – more... the job was working in the field with subcontractors. – less

It was not the best place to work in my opinion. They are transitioning and it has all the issues related to that. However, there are some good people there and I was glad to have worked with them.

enter in information with receipts and making sure amounts match up