I went for my interview and my interviewer didn't have my resume or know anything about me since his manager but didn't provide him with any of the materials. A month later I was hired and was told I would get my first paycheck in two weeks, the first two would be paper checks and the rest would be direct deposit. Two weeks passed and no paycheck. I inquired with the administrator and my supervisor and was told I'll get one. Three weeks go by and I get the same story by my supervisor and admin. Four weeks, no pay. I'm told this never happens and I will get one. Five weeks I'm told by my supervisor that I was just hired at a bad time! A paper check for 40 hours shows up in the middle of the 5th week (won't clear in my bank till next week) after working over 200 hours.
Random paper checks showed up over the next few weeks until I was caught up and eventually direct deposit started.
It took over a month to be able to clock in.
It took over two months to get my uniforms and half of it was wrong. I returned them but never got the rest of my uniforms that I promised the first week.
It took well over two months to get my boots and tools that were promised the first week. After not getting any help from my supervisor and his administrator I contacted ABM corporate and began opening tickets that the local manager finally had to address one by one. Once resolved my supervisor asked me not to contact ABM in the future with any problems and to go to him first. I reminded him that is what I had been doing for months as my issues got worse and multiplied. I let him know that I would only be contacting ABM with my future issues.
Safety training was almost non existent and months behind, if the maintenance team was able to get together for a safety meeting 75% of the time we were dismissed because my supervisors administrator couldn't figure out how to log us into the computer system. That was just the beginning of the new job! The credit card and gas cards were missing or deactivated half of the time. Some of the trucks couldn't leave the lot because they had expired inspections.
Over the next few months I talked to my co workers and they also missed paychecks, had problems with missing hours on their paychecks, and few issues even bigger than mine. We had no employee handbook. We had no way to check our sick and vacation time hours (nothing on our pay stubs or online) except for asking the disorganized and incompetent people that I've already mentioned.
Final straw.....The amount of sick time promised to me by my supervisor and administrator was cut in half without any explanation or apology.
The people at the Feasterville Trevose, PA Veolia Water location were a real pleasure to work with and serve on a daily basis. I worked for
ABM but ABM didn't work for me so I had to resign after 8 months.
