Ben E. Keith reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(342 total reviews)

John Hallam

68% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Ben E. Keith has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 342 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ben E. Keith employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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342 reviews
1.0
Apr 28, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

You can make $50000-$60000 a year if you live at the warehouse... Clock in at 330 am deliver your route go eat sit around till your phone goes dead...then drive in and drag your feet doing paper work and talk with co workers till they kick you out.....clock out between 300-500pm if your lucky...in the winter better be gone by 2pm.

Cons

Get used to waking up at 2am..and riding the clock to make a living. Your back will get destroyed. I'm 26 and have terrible back problems still after 2 years...knees are a whole other story...better have a CDL if u wanna feed your kids...CDL help in $14/ hour.....top driver pay is a joke high $16/hr maybe low $17/hr by now......the work you do... The stress on your body and the stress from your Supervisor is in no way worth it. You have to be perfect and go fast doing it. Safety bonus are a joke $490 after taxes if you have zero wreaks or break nothing in the stores. Promotion is impossible unless u are best friends with upper sales managers. And what's the point you take a pay cut doing it to below $50k nobody cares about you your just a driver....trucks are a joke no power no jakes and 6-speed Allison Transmissions....Do yourself a favor and haul salt water for more money and less work. No 401k!!!! Profit sharing after 35 years will leave you with $30000....average american needs $2 million

2.0
Jan 18, 2014

No chance,No fairness..

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The Coworkers are what i miss most.I miss some really good people i was with each day.

Cons

Extremely quick to terminate.Not all the branches are this way,but the one i was under was governed by a person that should not be in the position they are in.

4.0
Jan 13, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

For the most part there are lots of wonderful people running this company and I don't mean the ones that do lunch at the City Club. I am talking about the ones that DO the work.

Cons

I was screwed over by a "male" DSM that was put into a position he was not qualified for, couldn't handle it, had NO BACKBONE and got rid of me so a friend of his he had known from a BAR could have my position. He drank a lot!! so they must have had a deal worked out on his bar tabs.

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