Pros
Steady work throughout the year.
Cons
Extremely long hours for very little pay. Nobody cares that you went above and beyond. Just do the bare minimum because there is no recognition for doing anything more.. UniFirst I’ve been working for this company for almost 3 years now. About a year ago I got an amazing offer to go work for another company so I put my notice in, Three manages called me into the office and confronted me on why I was wanting to leave, after explaining to them that it was a good opportunity for me, they convinced me to stay by offering me the world and making it seem like staying with Unifirst would be a better decision for me in the long run. And so I did, I didn’t much like the job, but I did enjoy seeing all my customers and that made the job fun, part of my rounds was going out of town and staying overnight so the company put us in a hotel room and they would deposit $45 into our account as a living out allowance. Part of an effort modernize the company they gave us credit cards to use instead. Part of having the credit cards would be the submitting of payments on an app, and these payments have to be submitted by Month end every month, but unfortunately I was unaware of how to use the app and how to properly submit these payments because I didn’t get any training on the situation so I ended up putting it off for a few months, one day I got called into the office, and they made me sign a form, saying that I am officially written up for not doing my job by not submitting these payments. I informed them that I was unaware of how to do it as I was never trained on it, and they proceeded to tell me that I should’ve asked for help instead of just putting it off, then my manager said something to me I have never forgotten, he said “I am writing you up so that I don’t get written up,” Because I was written up, I was unable to win the award of employee of the year which deeply upset me because I knew that I would’ve won the award because of how proud I am of my job , I knew that I was an exceptional worker, and I knew who I was up against for the award. I had this one in the bag. But alas, the manager took away the opportunity from me and I’ve never forgotten that.. Sometime went by and they decided to have a Little game where the RSR would go out and get Google reviews from their customers, I went out and got 13 reviews! Bringing the UniFirst rating up from a 4 star to a 4.5 and I was so excited! I couldn’t believe how many reviews I got in one week I was so excited going back to the office to see what would come up this! I was told to go upstairs to get my award and when I got up there, the lady upstairs gave me a Ziploc bag with three miniature wonderbar chocolates, the kind that you get in a Halloween box of candy she didn’t give me the entire box. She gave me three tiny little wonderbar chocolates, and a small bag of salt and vinegar chips. I can’t remember ever being that insulted in my entire life. Just knowing that three tiny little pieces of chocolate was the extent of the value that they held towards me had me completely flabbergasted And be honest with you, it hit me really hard! you know they say it’s the little things in life. Well, my gosh I guess they took Lil to the extreme. Three tiny little pieces of chocolate for an outstanding job, three tiny little pieces of chocolate to show the appreciation that they have for the work that I do, and for my efforts in keeping customers for life, that was the reward I didn’t even know what to say. The most recent turn of events was that they cut my pay, yes I do the exact same amount of work I bring in the same revenue, if not more and yes, they had the audacity to cut my paycheque. And I don’t think they could’ve picked a better time because soon it will be cold out soon it will be -30 the roads will be covered in snow my two hour journey to get to my first customer will turn into a three or four hour journey the work will be in extreme cold temperatures And I will be working for minimum wage, They convinced me to stay at Unifirst and not take the job offer that I was received a year back , I listen to them, and I stayed believing that they would take care of me as I have taken care of them, now here I am completely miserable completely broke and about to be working in the cold, knowing that I let up an amazing job opportunity so then I could be here. Thank you so much, Unifirst I’m so glad you care about your employees. and thank you so much for those three miniature wonder bars! If there’s anything that I will remember about this company, it is that.
