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Durham Pallet Services

No help from management at all, everything (tools, machines, etc) is always broken/in need of repair, which slows you down and they expect you as the pallet repairman to fix everything. Everyone lies about their numbers/steals everything that isn’t nailed down, and talks negatively behind your back. Not a very positive work environment and very unprofessional in general. It is supposed to be piece rate but you are not allowed to leave when you hit quota, or even go over those numbers. No reward for working harder, as people just lie to “hit the same numbers as you”. Turnover rate is ridiculous and there is no incentive to stay/work harder.    

I worked at Durham Pallet for just over 4 years on nights while I went to school. Owner is a great guy, let me basically make my own schedule so I could accommodate my class schedule, and was overall a friendly and understanding guy who truly supported his employees. Management was also awesome, just a great place to work and great people to work for. You can make decent money if you work fast/hard as you will get out of it as much as you put into it. 

I had a few jobs before working at Durham Pallet and my overall experience was good - I got Laid off due to COVID (but who didnt) and during my few months there it was really good. Management and people there was good too. I got good training and just got on piece work before getting laid off. Piece work is the best way to make money. Positive experience overall

Everyone was so nice and kind when I first work here. I had a positive experience during my tender at Durham Pallet. I had no experience and was adequately trained by people who do the job. People are just like any other place, some good some bad but the managers do seem to care about culture, safety, and productivity. Pay is good for what you do and no monkey on your back

Only a job for dedicated and hard workers who want to succeed. Decent benefits but work is grueling and hard on your body. Moderately dangerous with increased safety measures put in place over my tenure.
Hours were decent with plenty overtime.

Didn’t work there long but it was a good experience. Never made it to piece rate like others but good money could be made there. Good atmosphere and management was there everyday and cared about others. I could have used more training. Very fast pace company 

People openly smoked cigarettes inside.
The work is extremely taxing on the body
Toxic masculanity runs rampant.


Only pro to me was being piece work

If you give a little, you get alot more in return. You're treated extremely fair. Great pay and benefits with no expierence neccessary.  That's hard to find.

I worked at Durham pallet for a year and saw allot of changes for the better. I was treated well and management would talk to me daily. You don’t find that type of attention anywhere

if you aren't hitting your numbers some people will belittle you, and your working with wood, sawdust, and some chemicals yet people smoke inside the building at their work stations

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Laborer 4 salaries reported	$19.38 per hour
Forklift operator 4 salaries reported	$19.13 per hour
Plant manager 2 salaries reported	$92,500 per year
Senior supervisor 1 salary reported	$85,000 per year
Operations manager 1 salary reported	$85,000 per year

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