UniFirst reviews

Professional Development is strongly discouraged. Non sales employees are treated like cattle. Stuck in the 1950's corporate culture. Pay is low. Health Insurance is terrible. No one really takes it and it doesn't cover much. In IT you spend a lot of time working on something only to have all that work thrown out the window repeatedly. Management will often overlook employee recommendations on technology in favor of a more expensive IBM solution that meets only a quarter of the requirements. Middle and upper management is run like a frat house.

Very unreasonable expections lead to huge turnover in sales dept. For 95% of people this job will last 2 years or less before they are fired Negativity and threats of firing begin immediately. Lower level mgrs learn this from top down Unifirst does not care about excellence in product or service, only profit margin and stock performance Drivers are very overworked with very different pay scales. Since drivers make are paid based on route size some guys make 60k for 50 hours per week and some make 30k for 70 hours per week Salesmen are taught to promise things that service and management seem to have no intention of doing VERY difficult to sell for. Unifirst asks for the highest prices for products and services that are identical or even inferior to competition. The strategy is to tear down competition in sales meetings and promising superior service and products which never materialize. All the uniform companies operate 99% the exact same. Closing sale is typically based on lowest price. Unifirst often comes in last on bids and the sale reps are blamed for not getting accounts