UniFirst reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(2,543 total reviews)
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Steven S. Sintros

70% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

UniFirst has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,543 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The UniFirst employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Personal Consumer Services industry (3.4 stars).

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3K reviews
1.0
Jul 28, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Decent starting pay Ability to earn some extra cash in commission Quality sales material Wide variety of products

Cons

Very unreasonable expections lead to huge turnover in sales dept. For 95% of people this job will last 2 years or less before they are fired Negativity and threats of firing begin immediately. Lower level mgrs learn this from top down Unifirst does not care about excellence in product or service, only profit margin and stock performance Drivers are very overworked with very different pay scales. Since drivers make are paid based on route size some guys make 60k for 50 hours per week and some make 30k for 70 hours per week Salesmen are taught to promise things that service and management seem to have no intention of doing VERY difficult to sell for. Unifirst asks for the highest prices for products and services that are identical or even inferior to competition. The strategy is to tear down competition in sales meetings and promising superior service and products which never materialize. All the uniform companies operate 99% the exact same. Closing sale is typically based on lowest price. Unifirst often comes in last on bids and the sale reps are blamed for not getting accounts

3.0
Jul 25, 2012

Pretty Good for the most part

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

it is good to be able to drive around and take breaks when you want to during the day.

Cons

corporate greed will eventually destroy the industry in my opinion.

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