Builders FirstSource reviews

•Terrible management: most of whom have not worked a day in the warehouse, OR the ones who have, have been sitting at a desk the last 10+ years and won't actually help you. new corporate take over also has flooded the place with managers who have no loyalty to the employees and they treat you with total disregard. Also operational managers who were granted positions based on favoritism. •FAVORITISM: boy does this place like to play favorites while trying to walk the corporate HR tight rope. Can't tell you how many times I've watched it play out. So just get in good with (the right) managers and you'll be fine. •HR: is a joke. They are always unavailable when you need them and they are so ill equipped to help you 9 out of 10 times. •STARTING WAGE!!: for whatever reason the main warehouse ops managers do not like starting people at a living wage. Go in guns blazing asking for your worth or you will get stuck at 16 an hour. Also yearly wage increases DO happen yet often for most employees it can be only 20 cents. The work IS CHALLENGING I would not take anything less of 18 to start. They make it sound like you just box orders or you just sweep or just frame out doors but there is MUCH more to it and if your not sent via temp agency you WILL be working with temps who probably won't be much help.

Many employees are hired through temp agencies so employees don't feel valued. Company has grown through acquisition leaving it without a core culture. Upper management is happy to manage by email but does little to support. Processes are redundant, antiquated and waste time. Efficiency is not a priority. They make the simple process of selling material more complicated than it needs to be. There is little training available to new employees. This company seems to be more focused on financial gimmicks than being profitable through hard work and servicing the customer.