delivery driver

truck driver

forklift operator

packer

laborer

Direct Freight Express

A typical day at work involved doing up to 70 deliveries in a large area, from single suburbs to 10-12 rural suburbs with large amounts of driving. Upon arriving, you’d be required to load up your truck with little to no help from dock hands. You’re told to only lift 20kg but if there’s 18 boxes of 19.5kg each for a single delivery you’re expected to take it with no excuses. Nice.
Other drivers are mostly useless, you’re generally told to take extra deliveries from other drivers because they say “it’s too much for me” when they have 35 and you already have 60 but they pull the race card and have a whinge. Could name 3 competent drivers for the entire PUD drivers. 
Management don’t care about your health and safety, they say they have all these guidelines in place and you can’t lift x amount but then on a Friday it doesn’t matter how heavy it is because; “it needs to be taken out, it’s the end of the week, please just take it, you can do it”
They say you can advance in the company and will offer you a team leader role which includes no more pay but much more responsibilities.

Workplace is mediocre, toilets are adequate, lunch room is adequate, if you’re of a certain ethnicity you get favoured upon by management and supervisors to leave early or hand off extra deliveries you “can’t fit” (when you have half the truck empty) to other drivers who are actually already busy. 
The hardest part of the job was getting out of bed every morning knowing I’d have to put up with the same stuff day in day out. If you don’t deliver something, you get called and told to do it later even if it’s out of the way. Think all deliveries done in suburb A, and when you get to suburb F 35km’s away towards the end of the day, they call and say “go back and reattempt delivery.”
You’re expected to do multiple pickups in the afternoon, and no matter how many times you tell the gatehouse that “it won’t fit” they just say “yes it will” (3 pallet truck + 6 pallets to load = angry customers because it doesn’t fit) and then you get blamed for not being organised. 
The unloading process is an absolute nightmare, all drivers of a certain ethnicity all get back at the same time, clog up the unloading belt, and then when they realise it won’t operate, they leave all freight on the dock and leave. Great stuff. 

And for all the work you do, you get nothing in return. Even Christmas parties, you would think a multi-million dollar company with an owner driving around in Lamborghini’s, Porsches and McLarens, could do something semi exciting, but no. A sausage sizzle on the last day (the 24th) and then two days off before you’re back to it. No party, no thanks for the year, no dinner, nothing anything like that. I worked for 4 years and on my last day I walked out, no one said thank you, no one wished me the best, it was like going home for a regular day. I know someone who had worked there 15 years and on the 15 year anniversary, they got a 1:43 model truck and a pen. Shows how much they value employees. 
You will get accused for stealing when things go missing, unless of course you are of aforementioned certain ethnicity, in which case we all just turn our head like it never happened. 

The most enjoyable part of the job was going home each day. 

Some of the drivers are good to talk to. Formed a few friendships, so it’s not all bad. But it is 94% bad. 

this company prides itself on hard work and rewards; therein....It is family owned and they as a family,are work committed....this reflects itself in the high standard of effort for most endeavours this family finds itself advancing....
              the business expands and grows exponentially from a good engine in the administration of all their sectors from financial to operational....
              if you can meet the ensuing standard that this company expects,then you can work anywhere in the industry.
             This company expects you to work when you come to work.....social activities are rare but the philosophy here is to keep your mind on the object at hand.This is why this place is the most efficient of all the freight companies......and being family and independently owned,employees understand they are contributing to the growth of this very successful enterprise....it is not a faceless corporate machine where all employees are against the impersonal stock owners and board members...

Customer Service was my main priority and assisting other staff members with advisement  that they may have required on our Clients issues. I learned to listen so I to may learn from other staff members and clients. I Managed  our office and staff with the highest level of professionalism. I had excellent staff  who  all worked individually and together to accomplish there tasks in a timely and affective manner. I have to admit I don't recall the hardest part of my job I just did my job to the best of my ability. I have enjoyed every part of my job as I have had great support from my staff and clients and that was the most enjoyable part of my job.

Without fail. Every day you are made feel stupid and are put down by management and supervisors , I would not recommend calling in sick  cause when you do. You are made feel guilty and pressured to come into work when you are I’ll . And they give you near impossible targets to reach  and if you don’t reach it you are spoken down to.  If you make a mistake when learning. You receive corrective actions and documented discussions  which are later used against you as “warnings”. Workers are not looked after.  Work your hardest and not be acknowledged, no barbecues, or any work related benefits or incentives at all .. I Would not recommend this company to anyone 

Beware before you take this job it isn't what it seems.

- Forklifts operate dangerously even when people are near.
- Cameras everywhere, only to deter theft.
- Interview was group-style with 'reasons we should be hired over the other' - ridiculous...
- Unloading trailers with extremely heavy packages at the top and the fast-paced nature of the job meant near-misses were frequent.
- Poor communication from supervisors. The only time I really saw them was when they were watching on with a stop-watch.
- Very average pay for the effort put in.

If your gonna work and plan to leave give them 1 week notice jus jump in the truck and do no deliveries when it's 6pm drive back to dock and say sorry and do that for a week then leave I did 36 hrs of work 2 days training 3rd day on the road with a city run couldn't get parking and had to walk long distance carrying boxes cause trolley they have was buckled and didn't work properly so decided with the long hours not for me i was told in the interview 530 finishes but not the case 645pm finishes so be careful  start at 730

What is the best part of working at the company?
I liked working with the other drivers in the morning and then heading out on my own for the rest of the day 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Learning multiple runs at short notice 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Good among drivers, was screwed around with going permanent though

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy busy busy, early starts and early finishes once you know your run

What is the best part of working at the company?
Delivery driver  and customer service driving experience 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
If you put a new area that you don’t know the run and luck of time for pickup 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
A bit of multicultural deferent behaviours 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Every day you need to focus your driving skills to avoid accidents

I makes my review about the job advertised it was so 
Great and helpful staff I saw even the position I love the 
Best and I done this job before with the company called 
Direct freight express in Australia it was a very big company 
In Sydney same job description and the duties as well I like to 
Talk to the different people with different cultures I’m pretty sure that this job is good for me to extend my knowledge and my experience about the vacancy

What is the best part of working at the company?
The people that i worked alongside everyday were great people

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
I cant say i found it stressful but when it was busy we knuckle down and gogogo

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Great i had a few things in common with the depot manager

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Turn up on time do the work and go home

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Laborer 2 salaries reported	$31.59 per hour

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