If you're a truck driver.....run away as fast as you can! - Bulk Driver Airgas Employee Review

401K match is horrible, heath, dental, and vision insurance are sub par and expensive. Equipment is ancient and breaks down frequently, newer tractors are cheapest of the cheap and break down frequently. I was an Air Liquide employee before A.L. bought Airgas. All distribution employees were moved under the Airgas umbrella. We took a cut in 401K contributions of 7%. A.L. would contribute up to 9% in matching funds, Airgas is only 2%. That equates for me to a cut of $7000 a year. They want to take us from progressive pay to straight hourly (overtime after 40) which will cost me about $200 a week. The runs we have are very short now thus you have to waste a lot of time to make any money. With progressive pay, efficiency is rewarded. Hourly is a lazy man's scale and forces you to spend a lot more time at work rather than getting done quickly.