Truckers review
Overall all the bad reviews are from drivers expect to wait 6hrs to be loaded was on time for appointment and that long of a wait is ridiculous
They wanted me to wake my codriver (wife) up from the sleeper refused made me drop my trailer and leave-
22 hours to load, I bob tailed to Walmart after the first 12 hours, unimaginably bad
Truckers- Best thing to know is use 1350 State Highway 161 Grand Prairie, TX 75050in your gps... Marshall Road entrance not for trucks.
Rude ppl if you got pets they make you drop & leave property the broker should let the drivers know that so they can decide if they want to take the load or not sorry company if they don't like pets hell their bags are not that special
Have to have an employee ID to get a drink out of their machine...keep you here hrs and hrs and no food...places like this make driving suck..
They definitely live up to the one star reviews. I m thinking dallas area is competing with Atlanta to see who has the slowest shippers and recievers
I became employed w/Poly-America on 6/20/2017. In my mere 7 mos. now on the job, I have grown to not only learn so much more about the production industry, but find the environment refreshingly challenging and MOST of my team mates, "invaluable."
Poly America currently employ's, to my understanding, over 5k+ employee's. The predominant culture is Spanish, with most employee's originating from Mexico. We have worker's from other Spanish related countries, as well- Salvadore, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Honduras.
As you can plainly see from my profile picture, I am a middle aged, "Caucasian" female. Although I do not possess a college degree, I come from a staunch and HARD WORK PAY'S OFF mentality and an upbringing w/parent's and extended relatives being of middle to upper class status. My own father was employed w/TXU and retired after 45+ yrs. w/the same company. His work there was very much blue collar, openly exhausting shift work, dirtier and not glamorous as opposed to his 3 siblings who possessed college degree's, higher status positions and wealth.
The point that I am so passionately trying to make here is that at Poly America, you have a conglomerate of "human being's" who are coming to work on their schedules day's and have personally CHOSEN to roll up their sleeves, put their head's down and get to work. When you enter the building, it is filled w/noise from machine's producing plastic good's and it's slightly dustier, and yes ... it's even a little dirtier. That's ANYWHERE that is set up to mass produce an industrial product. You are producing trash bag's and thing's of that sort, not Chanel perfume or Prada purses.
Your shirt's to wear are provided by the comp., as well as safety glasses and a fresh pair of ear plugs, daily. The rest of your attire consist of blue jean's and steel toed boot's and women are ask to place their hair up so as not to have it get caught up in an operating machine, which is smart.
Professional/Supportive Management
My direct supervisor's are human being's, like everyone else. They have arduous task waiting on them as soon as they enter the building they are designated at. They have families, too, and bill's, debt's, day to day personal lives and yes, even a problem here and there. Like you and I, they want to succeed, too.
To me, the BIGGEST PERK about management is that they DO NOT micro manage -they BELIEVE in you to go to the line you are working on and start doing "your thing." Yup. Just go to your line and get set up for your shift, the way that you like, and start producing.
I personally am a self starter, so this mindset work's for me and other's, as well. When you CHOOSE to TRY and handle your work, you learn more, become quicker and more efficient and you don't worry when an honest mistake is made, but instead you know that you have the support of your team and they are not there to see you fail. So, we have a firm understanding and it makes work ALOT smoother.
Co-worker's/Teammate's
Who enjoy's working alongside a person that doesn't want to be there, hates life, hates people, etc., etc.?
That's NOT Poly America.
My working environment is generally made up of happier, genuine, HARD WORKING and GRATEFUL people.
The biggest perk?
I don't hear gossip or have to engage in it because although it probably does exist, I either literally cannot hear it over the noise and I don't speak Spanish. Perfect! Instead, my teammates are hugger's, constantly smiling, happier and seemingly well adjusted. The largest attribute they possess is their WORK ETHIC and it's generally stellar. In any job, statistically you spend 75-80% of your life there and it's important to make it count and try to be happier. No work place is free of theatre, or lazier people, hence why I rated 4 star's because that is FAIR. Poly America is NOT immune to problem's, but if you come there to be a clown, you will go out like one, too, and I've seen Spanish, African American and Caucasian worker's be let go of IF that was the case. Why spoil a good thing w/those type's of people? It's a buisness and not a party.
6 hours to load, load was late as soon as I left to OH .I'll never pu here again.
Worst Company Ever, made a hole in the roof of my trailer, manager PHILLIP GORHAM came out checked it out driver was still on dock, they still didn't approve it said it was done before, when my driver drove 1200 miles through rain and product was in perfect condition when arrived. STAY AWAY.
Truck drivers please avoid this wear house don't waste your time!!they don't even deserve for one star.
No body will update you how long it takes, you sit and watch for hours after hours. Every time you go and ask the shipping office they done have any answer other than 'working on it '. One of my must avoid place, they want YOU to wear mask but no one in shipping does that ,
Racial discrimination is everywhere not kidding literally if your not Hispanic or know someone they will run you down like a dog.ive seen ppl sell weed to each other on the job .the ceiling is covered in dust and probably gonna cause fire.This is no joke coordinators have no idea what they are doing they usually just sit somewhere trying to make another person do there job.This job is cancer.by all the chemicals they release to the air your life will probably drastically drop.Theyll give promotions to favorites which are usually they laziest people.And they'll have no idea what to do ,it sickens to see the people that bust their ass for the production . This place is s cancer to Texas
I recently purchased some of your HUSKY RECYCLING BAGS and I could hardly get the box open with my arthritic hands. I will be looking for a user friendly box of recycling bags now, not using your product.
13 hrs wait for pick up n still not loaded The worst ever, when you come here make sure you have food n use the restroom, you can take the 10 hrs till you get loaded, its my last load here n trying to cancel it let me see if dispatch can do it, but for sure I cancel it next time,
Stout divisions permeate the occupational infrastructure of this employer between their management, executive, and administrative staff and the poorly paid, overworked minions who flourish their paychecks. There's absolutely no logic that exists to how and who they choose to promote, other than racially-biased favoritism, tenure means nothing to them, neither does experience actually working at the job itself. They've been known to hire 24 yr olds with college degrees and promote them to management roles immediately even though said manger is totally clueless to any hands-on applications to the positions that they are supervising over, because quite frankly, they haven't touched anything inside the plant with the exception of a keyboard, mouse, and a ballpoint pen that they utilize to write employees up for the slightest infractions they can drum up in the copious amounts of spare time at their daily disposal.
If you have pickup at poly America don't think you will get the load same day. This company is worse.
Worst place you can think of. Overloading and takes at least one whole shift to get loaded.
Worst experience with a customer ever.... no warning ahead of time regarding no pet policy. Was told to drop my trailer and leave the property. Was told later that the trailer was empty, I went back to get it, only to find that it hadn't moved an inch and was still loaded. Told to leave again and am still waiting. 5 hours now. Told that if I didn't leave, they would call the police. Heard them laughing about it, while the guy in receiving was supposed to be checking my trailer status, when I called to check. This place is an absolute joke, I'll never be back. That is if I can ever get my trailer emptied and be able to leave here.
It's a nice place to work am the machi e operatar and i have no issu with anybody
From a OTR point of view:
Site is amazing. Clear entry and scaling out for loads. Knowledgeable security upon answering my questions about entry contract. Prompt loading bay assignment... "Follow the Line and You'll be Fine" situation... also, truck entry is on 161Sbfr side road. Not on Marshall. Drive safe.
All drivers are required to sign an arbitration agreement before entering the property, forcing you to waive any legal recourse should an incident occur. Furthermore, when I asked for a copy of the entire agreement, I was not given one and essentially told that the very brief one paragraph summary on the scale ticket was enough. I encourage everyone who visits this facility to refuse signing this. They may not allow you in, but at least you keep your rights.
Truck driver for Poly Trucking. And it's a great place to work.
A lot of discrimination and preference with certain people, vacations are approved depends on the manager and his spirits, they exploit you doing work of two and three people at the same time. They take you out of your lunch time even without eating because they occupy you in production. I was hurt by a man making a force and the doctor gave me restrictions and they DID NOT comply with them because they were short staffed!
The vending machine are for employees only. I been here since 1030, appt was 11. The guy inside said we dont care about your HOS. The person next to me been here since 0300 this morning. AVOID AT ALL COST
Pack a lunch and a dinner. 5 hours and counting to get unloaded here. SaF
After visiting here today, I can say I would never get caught working for them, if for no other reason than because they are just a simple DOT site inspection from being closed down. I saw multiple procedural infractions that puts poly-america at risk of liability.
Appointment 3pm given dock 6:30 loading started 7:13pm .... a hard experience I tell u
They will do nothing for you as a company. The coordinators are rude, the supervisors throw you into jobs you are not supposed to be doing to begin with. All I can say is when they harrass you by yelling at you in front of your entire team and continuously put you down and embarrass you don't think they will do anything either. I clearly told HR about my issue and they said they could do nothing about it. I was fired for another issue, but I did not want to fight for my job back I wanted to report harassment that caused me to leave so others can be aware. Don't waste your time with people and a company who could care less about your rights. Yes the 4 days off are good, but it's not worth the daily stress of knowing you are nothing there to them. TRUST THE REVIEWS FOR THIS HORRIBLE COMPANY AND FIND SOMETHING WORTH YOUR TIME.
I was recently employed by Poly America and I can tell you I am shocked by the negative reviews. Poly America is a great place to work. The telephone interview to the actual face to face interview with Claudia was seamless. You are told upfront what to expect from the company. The company also is very protective of its employees making sure that they have a good break room well equipped, the relevant equipments to work with and also generous incentives all year round. Poly America is very strict with time keeping and health and safety issues. They make sure the necessary equipments are available to employees and have all employees go through necessary trainings. The supervisors and leads are very friendly and willing to help you get used to the tasks. Poly America is also a multicultural place where you meet people from all over the continents. Women are allowed to be the best in whatever task they wish to do as such you see women as folk lift operators, machine operators, security guards, even drivers. Poly America is a great place to work with without a doubt and a safe environment for all
Haha. They rejected me. Now they building burning down. Karma.
Do not work at this place. They have horrible trainers and even worse management
The so called "Lawn and Leaf Bags" 39 gallon type are the worst ever!! Item number 0196338. The pull out tie/handle on ever bag rips out or comes almost off. Cheap made bags, will never buy these again.
Loading time 5 to 10 hours if you need 10 hours sleep you can come here to pickup the load
I had an interview here for an office position. I was asked to do a test and then I was interviewed. It was an unprofessional interview and they never reached back out to me to let me know what they decided. I found out that I didn't get the job because a week later they re-posted the job. I never received an update, nothing. It was so unprofessional, if someone interviews with you and takes time to study your company, and sets time aside to interview with you, and wastes gas to go back and forth to your company, the very least you can do is let them know where they stand. I've had a negative view of Poly-America since then, it tells you a lot about a company.
Check in 10 am no dock available park truck in parking lot the guy came 12:45 tell me to back into door at 1 pm am at the door write now half truck loaded but rest of product is not ready yet write now 4:30 pm I don t know what s going on seriously very bad place to pickup load never never
I went back to school in order to escape a life at companies like Poly-America.
This place really is a JOKE! 1St of all the truck entrance is at 1350 freeway 161 frontage road, then it gets worse from there at check in gate..... their slow as molasses getting you through the first scale, then you go wait for about an hour or two after checking in at the shipping office before you get a door, then you sit at a door for about another hour before they start loading you, then you get loaded and drive back around to shipping side of the building and get your bills, then you wait FOREVER at the outbound scale, then you have to call security or call by cb if you have one, then they'll put you on hold and tell you to proceed to security gate where you will get your seal. It behooves you to sign your bills before you get to security or you'll be doing a u-turn back to the shipping office. I was there at 9:40 for a 10 am appointment, I didn't get out of there until 1500! Avoid if you can!!! Ijs!
Emmanuel Hernandez is the worst interviewer, very stupid and out of place. Disrespectful. Don't waste your precious time by coming for an interview
Horrible place to work ! If you don t speak English is for you ..
I have been buying these trash bags for a while . They where great trash bags for the price and good quantity. I m a very aware consumer and I notice changes . The last box of these Husky 30 gallon 82 count trash bags I bought on ( February 20,2019 ) was not the same . They made a very small sneaky change to the box ( took out a few words ) and the COMPLETLEY changed the entire trash bag . It s weaker , punctures easier and has different texture it s more glossy shiny black and has NO texture anymore ! Why company s do this is beyond me its just crazy ! If a product is good KEEP IT THE SAME!
Husky has lost a loyal customer and I hope more people follow suit ! We as consumers need to boycott a company or product when they make changes that is NOT for the better ! I will be leaving a review anywhere I can on these bags, social media , big box store websites and the online giant that starts with A to inform the hard working consumers of the people who should matter the MOST to these companies ! To many company s make these secretive changes and cheapen the product. These company s pass it off as new & improved or 30% more free to all the shady companies out there if it ain t broke DO NOT FIX IT!! Also do NOT bite the hand that feeds you ! With out us the consumers you are nothing !
If I see a change a positive change in the product I will revise this review .
Horrible place to work they don't value their employees after 6 long years of working here I got injured on the job I had to have surgery done they expected me to work the next day ridiculous while on crutches and a pain catheter attached and while on pain medication I hired a lawyer because there was no way I could possibly work the insurance adjuster along with the company refused to help me I missed more than a year of work and all they offered me was a small check for 2,000 dollars during this time I had to dip into my savings wasting nearly 25,000 dollars to cover my living expenses their hr department is a joke along with the company whatever you do don't apply here !!!
I went for an interview and I liked the treatment was spectacular ... and I still don't work for them yet
Stay away from this place! 7 hours and I still here picking up! Disorganized place
this shipper MUST closed for good , they have ZERO respect to carriers and drivers !!!!!!!!!!!!
This is worse place to pick up load from if you have a lot of time to waste this is place
My appointment was at 1130 am I checked in at 10 30 am. It is now 9 30 pm. Still not loaded,no eta on when it will be loaded my hope is any one who checks these ratings before they commit to a load will read the reviews and not. Take any of there work. This place is a perfect example of why shoppers and recievers need to be regulated
Not a good place to work they dont even train you , you have to learn things on your own from what you sat & read for hours in orientation they send you to room & ask you to wait their for them then they never come back & your just clueless.
Pack your lunch dinner snacks everything you will be waiting here for a while
My experience is very -2 bad about this place. I suggest the drivers not to work at or pick and delivery on this place. You have to wait 8to 9 hours.If you book then cancel immediately.if not you will cry.
Been there for the last 2 years and help me God, I will retire from there
No concern for the community. Fort worth should shut this place DOWN!
i agree 100% this facility and broker who deals with them are crooked! their scale is off and they will not redistribute the load for you if it is overweight! my driver and I have been stuck there for over 5 hours and both the shipper and receiver said we were responsible for the load even if its overweight. not only was the weight over by 2000lbs, they also didnt want to help us redistribute and straight up asked us to leave the premises. customer service is horrible and the guards at the guard shack will not help you for nothing. please stay away from this facility!
This places to try n get loaded drivers stay away I now there products cheap stuff I'll never buy any of there bags
Worst place ever to get loaded. They take forever and won't even let you know when they're done. Wasted my whole clock
Huge fire pumps plastic into our ozone more damage to our climate
Read a lot of bad reviews, going there was sceptical, but all I can say is cudos to everyone from the security ladies to folks in warehouse ....in & out in 2 hours, was loaded @2 different buildings 42000 pounds. Sign papers,not a bigey,all big companies have own rules. They do their job,this is what matters most.
If your an owner operator run away from this place!!! It will cost you a ton of time and money! They have there own truck company and treat outsiders like bottom dwellers!! I've been here twice to haul there freight. And both times cost me a full day the last time was the worst. Security shack and guards will have you hating the place in first 5 minutes!! I'll never haul there freight again even if my family was starving!! <<<<<< nice version!
Been here for 9 hours to pick up a load going to houston. They stopped loading me about 2 hours ago. I need 6 more pallets. Went inside to talk to them and they said they just had a shift change. This place is horrible. Be ready to be here for a long long time. Management needs some firing. They dont know how to operate.
Good luck trying to get them to pay their invoices at all, let alone ontime.
Had to pick up here my pick up time was 1700 got there at 1500 didn't get my load till the next morning at 0500 now you till me how that's right to make a driver set all day and night I will never come back and I will tell as many truck drivers to not waste your time going here
Everyone was nice and had great attitudes especially the guard Vanessa
Horrible place to work, as a machine operator supervisors expect to have a specific amount done and get mad if you had a few done and give a lecture on how awful your performance has been cause management is getting on them by scrap and production. Also the only ones who get ahead are females, especially the young ones because management would be flirting with them or letting them do easy things. Only things good was paid weekly, take free bags and that's it.
Drivers!!!!
Truck entrance is off of highway 161 frontage rd. Get off of I 30 E 1 exit before navigation tells you and follow frontage rd up to truck entrance on right. Big sign.
They have a scale that gives all three axle weights.
Female guard has a power trip so, don't ask questions.
NO PETS, NO CHILDREN ALLOWED. Must show service dog certificate and registration papers to bring in protection dog.
They will make you drop trailer and wait on spotter to bring it back.
Other than all that, the people are nice except the spotter. Lol. Don't block the trailers.
Huge facility with most ppl doing their jobs
Shipping & receiving seemed to be short handed with dock worker Irwin doing a one man show
Need more help
Drivers dispatchers AVOID !!!!!!! This place must be go and bankrupt
This place is a prison. My wife works there, and they would not even let her bring my keys to me once she got inside. Terribly over the top security for a place that just makes trash bags.
The shipper asked to wait, they are lawers.please don't come to pick up load from this company. No more loads from Poly Trucking!!! The brokers are layers, because he told me the load was ready when I booked it.I
This place is horrible i m here to picking a load my appointment was 10 AM and it s 10 PM now and I just got loaded and heading out crazy
Beware drivers here to pickup aload i came here before 30 minute my appointment..
Appointment time 1pm check in 1230pm 6/26/20. Waiting get door 7 hours they put me 8pm door then waiting loading another 6 hour start loading 2am 6/27/20
Get my peper work 320am.
I will never come back here again this
company is ridiculous almost 14 hours been here14
The shipping building is one big Osha hazard. It's a joke.
Did you think we wouldn't notice that the content of your bags went from 100 to 90? And at the same price. Is this legit or is it greed? I have been buying these bags for several years from Lowe's and noticed the change immediately.. Come on, really?
The majority of these negative reviews is completely opposite of my experience. Appointment was 9 a.m. arrived at 7 a.m. checked in with guard, was assigned a check in location, was then assigned to Door 24. At 8 a.m. loading began. 8:22 a.m. pulled away from dock with bills in hand, proceeded back to guard shack, weighed truck. I signed preliminary paperwork then exited the property at 8:34 a.m.
You better not have kids or animals with you because they will not let u on there property. They will make u drop trailer at the gate then you have to leave the property not a good place I will not load here again
I work there a couple months it was the worst couple months ever..
Just went through the employment process of this Company and I can boldly state that it's one of the very best I've seen, from the online application to the Medicals, everything was brilliant, efficient and seamlessly effective.
The recruitment officers were very friendly, helpful and highly professional as well especially Claudia V. Who conducted the interview. I was really impressed by her high level of professionalism, friendliness and willingness to help.
If you're looking to have a professional career and experience working in a very friendly environment I strongly recommend Poly America!
I worked for this company for 2 and a half months. I had a family emergency where my mother was diagnosed with cancer and i had to call in of course. However, the excuse i was told for why i was terminated was because i wasn't with the company for over a year, my excuse meant nothing to them. Don't work for this company. They are extremely racist and sexist and care about nothing but production. Look else where the working conditions are not worth it.
This plase sucks !!!
Truckers when you come hear to load ??
BRING A LOT OF SUPPIES !
Wow.........
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