truck driver

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Penske Truck Leasing

Never have I in my life gotten as much support as I did at Penske. you get weekly one-on-one with your manager to check in on your career path as well as your strengths and weaknesses. They fully invest in your growth by empowering you to make decisions, there is no micromanagement here, whenever you do make a mistake (which you will a lot in your first 3 months) it is always about reflection and what you could do better next time. 
Penske has a pretty horizontal corporate chain which means there are plenty of career paths you can grow into. Building your brand is a big thing at Penske, there are weekly video call in your district and other events they host that allows you to showcase your strength and work on your weaknesses. around 6 months or so you get sent to Reading in PA for training for 3 days to meet the president, VPs, your corporate office, and different departments, all expenses are reimbursed at any Penske event. I don't know any other billion-dollar company that spends as much as Penske on the development of their employees even for entry-level positions.
At Penske, we work hard and we play hard, in the 9 months I have been here we have been to Canada's wonderland, Axe throwing, bow range, clay shooting, bowling, and many lunches.
I think the culture Penske is trying to create is a culture of discipline, they develop you into someone who always gives 100% effort and the right attitude and trusts you to make things happen. It is great for people who want to grow.

In essence, you are a counter associate at a rental company. This means you have to be out in the weather doing inspections on Trucks, which can be annoying in winter where I am from in Canada. 
This company will not be a good fit if you are someone who wants to do the bare minimum and just hang out, it is very easy to see and all those career advancement Penske offers will be irrelevant to people who wants to do the bare minimum.
The pay at Penske is fair, you get paid for what you deserve, but the skillset you develop here can outpace your current role quickly if you are a very driven individual. Depending on your market, relocating might be the only option for you to move up.
The postgrad requirement does not make much sense to me, there is nothing you do here that requires a degree. 
They have the right leaders at Penske, but it is still a very large company, so your experience might differ depending on where you work in NA. Busier locations have more growth potential but it can be overwhelming at times. A slower location might not give you the experience you need to prepare you for your next role.
Overall,  this company has far more pros than cons. I wouldn't know where to go if I was going to work somewhere different. Very hard to find a company of this size to be this balanced.

Where do I start? Managers and corporate personnel are not from the trade. They know nothing about the industry or what physically can be done in a shop. Demands are asinine and shop is planned on what what corporate wishes they can achieve with no room for error. They made up thier own estimated labour times for techs that are nowhere close to the labour times in the industry and most of the times are ridiculous. If you break a bolt on something you're pretty much written up. No appreciation is given for beating these times day in and day out , but if you go .1 over one job in no word of a lie yelled at. The entire mind set of the company is focused heavily on money. So bad in fact some of these managers would sell their kid to 3 time convicted pedophile to save 3 cents a year! It's disgusting. Everybody who works there developed health problems from the horrendous stress levels that never go away. Mine diminished as soon as I left there. Is like being three weeks behind everyday of the year, for years. You make a list of defects on a truck you just serviced , but none of it gets done because 14 more services have to get done that day and so unsafe trucks are released back onto the roads because there's no time to fix them.I could go on for ever.  Worst place ever.

I worked at the Delta, BC location as a mobile Truck and Trailer Mechanic Apprentice. While the role offers a steady stream of work, there are significant hurdles for those looking to advance their technical skills.

​The primary issue is a disconnect between the supervisory layer and the technical staff. Many supervisors appear to have limited background in mechanics, which leads to unrealistic expectations and a lack of support on the shop floor. This environment has resulted in a noticeably high turnover rate among the team.

​As an apprentice, I found that promised training opportunities rarely materialized. Rather than progressing through a variety of repairs, the workload was largely restricted to repetitive PMs and oil changes. For those looking for a structured apprenticeship where mentorship and skill-building are prioritized, this may not be the ideal environment.

Overall a weird experience, with a awkward company. They would say that they are people oriented company and all that but in reality they are just another company out there. That just wants to do the minimal investment in your training but expect to get everything down within the first week of you being at work. There is a lot to learn but they just didn't seemed to respect that learning curve that you would have to go through. I was there for a month and I was seeing myself going absolute nowhere but getting termination only because of their unrealistic expectations. So will not recommend working for Penske especially in their customer service coordinator role. 

The day shift blames the evening shift, causing the management to believe the evening shift workers are not doing their jobs. Apprentices in their 3rd and 4th year do oil change after oil change while new hires without an apprenticeship contract perform repairs on transmissions and other duties they are not legally allowed to perform according to the Apprenticeship Board's legislation. No respect shown toward employees, service manager hired 4 of his personal friends in less than 6 months. High employee turnover. Voice guided oil changes have mechanics walking around wearing bulky headsets and saying "Yes," "No," or "Ready" over and over again.

They preach  safety but nobody actually follows  especially when  pulling stacked bins from lanes they say no more then certain height but everyone exceeds that hèight and when you do it the safety manager and supervisors warn you but let everyone else get away with it.  Good luck getting past 90 days it's a revolving door  , turn over is very high . Best of luck trying to find bins for your load people there put bins wherever they like makes it difficult to complete trailers on time because you spend so much time looking for bins very disorganised and supervisor don't care they tell you to go find it some good employees there not many everyone for most part keeps to themselves 

- Greet customers with a professional and courteous manner
- Open and close rental agreements
- Effectively and accurately explained the terms of rental agreements to customers
- Answer telephone and deal with customers inquiries enquiries regarding the availability and cost of vehicles
- Follow-up with clients regarding trucks due back to the office
- Filing of contracts and logging of paperwork regarding payments
- Showed vehicle to customers and pointed out any bumps, scrapes or special features
- Checked mileage and scrutinized for damages when vehicles were returned
- Provided ongoing service and sales support
- Responsible for opening and closing of office
- Drive trucks from garage for customer’s pick-up and back upon return

my work day - starting time 10:00 pm - perform yard check in dark poorly lite parking lot , reconcile yard check repair order planner , organize and create repair orders for shop and offsite techs . 
my shift tech start at 11:00 pm , monitor shop tech repairs , perform verification when each job task is completed , review finished repair orders .   mange customer needed times , adviser when needed times are not going to be met , monitor shaop safety procedures , maintain clean productive shop area .

Within 1 year and a different manger taking over. The animosity between morning and afternoon shift grew to almost violence due to shop managements lack of ability to manage employees. Was mentally and physically punished daily. Was stripped of all control, went from last year review being praised for multitasking, customer relations, time management to being told I’m not allowed to do anything other then what boss says: was publicly demoralized by shop manager in front of customers and associates for assisting them and providing training to sensitive electrical systems. If current branch manger is still running the place. Unless you like to be treated like a dog, avoid this place. Only perk was the other mechanics In shop.

It is a job that isn't for everyone. It is fast-paced. The longer I have worked the more resentful I have become to the company. The sales staff sign contracts promising the world but the District staff works to make things as hard as possible to do things well.

Currently management preaches that Penske has a strong customer focus yet the same management has put a high priority to sell off trucks off the books over all their everyday customers so customer service is only getting worse. It is very clear that management is just a puppet for the larger management in the US and are only focused at doing anything to get a short term profit to justify their jobs. Stay away if you enjoy your mental health.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Truck driver 25 salaries reported	$27.18 per hour
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Management trainee 21 salaries reported	$23.76 per hour
Forklift operator 4 salaries reported	$22.43 per hour
Merchandise team leader 5 salaries reported	$18.00 per hour

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