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Brown Distributing Company

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Brown Distributing Company Reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(86 total reviews)

Reid Brown

89% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Brown Distributing Company has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 86 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Brown Distributing Company employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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86 reviews
1.0
17 Mar 2015

Abandon all hope to all who enter this place

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Pros

Everything in the drink machines are a quarter other than that I cannot think of anything else.

Cons

Lack of organization and structure. Company morale is very low and almost everyone hates working there. I have seen and heard of several people walking around the office crying or upset due to foul language being used against them. There is absolutely no opportunity to grow or move into a new role even if you're qualified for the job. Just wearing the wrong color to work one day could discount you for any promotional opportunities. Any new ideas for improvement to a process in the company are shot down immediately with a "we're not ready for that yet" even though the company has been around for decades now. They are currently in the process of doing a mass lay off in the sales department and it has a lot of employees on edge. Every day you walk in fearing that it may be your last day. The computer systems are outdated and will experience many problems with your email account working prohibiting you from doing your work efficiently. The building is very old and in need of serious renovations and all of the office furniture is used and damaged. You will even have to bring your own office supplies there is a shortage of that. This just goes to show you how much the owner of the company truly cares about the company and his own employees. That is why they have been for over 100 years now and are still only located in florida and richmond, va, they should be a national company by now. If you are a college graduate you will most likely be more educated than your supervisor due to every manager in every department having just an associates degree or high school diploma which leads to many unprofessional decisions on their part because they do not have the educational requirments to be in that position. Warehouse and delivery driver employees are treated terribly and I really feel bad for them. The pay is also very terrible which makes recruiting for this company even harder, they do not try to be competitive at all. Turnover is extremely high and in many departments you find that the most tenured employee has been there for just 6 months or less.

2.0
17 May 2015

Think long and hard before accepting a job offer from this company.

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Pros

Great benefits as far as insurance, 401K, and vacation time.

Cons

No communication from management as far as things that are happening with the company. They wouldn't even notify the staff when a person left the company.

1.0
12 June 2015

Horrible Pay, Empty Promises

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Pros

They will help you get your CDL, but you will work like a slave with 14 hour days for $12 an hour even after you are driving your own truck.

Cons

Was continuously lied to about certain routes or positions I would receive as a pacifying mechanism. You can work like a slave and they will promise more money that will never come. It's backbreaking labor for what Walmart employees make. Brown has an incredibly high turn over rate because they hook guys with the ability to provide training for a CDL, but then never increase their pay.

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