Blue Rhino Reviews

Pros

Ability to run the business as you saw fit.

Cons

Little support and constant money crunches ruined a good job.

Pros

Decent Pay, great benefits, good co workers. Manager was cool. Decent bonuses.

Cons

Back breaking work, long hours, too many stops per day, fire you if you back up and have an accident even though you have to backup about 20 times a day. Treated bad by store managers sometimes. Very high driver turn over. Seen 5 different drivers in only a years time.

Advice to Senior Management

Need to work on ways to take better care of your employees physically. Why do miller drivers get forklifts on their trucks when we are lifting 600 plus bottles a day with only our backs? I think cages should have been designed where they could be loaded with forklifts instead of by hand.

Pros

Very laid back atmosphere, people are friendly and helpful. Company is small enough to remain flexible, but big enough to be better structured than most small companies. Senior management is very competent. Open-door policy invites comments from all employees. Compensation is fair.

Cons

Meetings can get a little heated (like at most companies). Compensation could be a bit more aggressive, but not too bad.

Advice to Senior Management

I don't have any real advice. Leadership is doing a good job. Maybe make development and advancement tracks more clear.

Pros

I believe the company is solid, its the nature of working in the energy industry. Even in these economic conditions 2008 I feel secure with this petroleum based company. The company also purchases top notch equiptment for the drivers. The vehicles in my region are 2007 kenworths. The company also provides a decent uniform allowance to both seasonal and full time employees.

Cons

The company may be to big to address the needs of the consumers and vendors, which leads to lower employee morale. The central office often misses the urgency of the vendors / clients requests and the drivers wind up making excuses for or covering up for poor service.

Advice to Senior Management

Talk to the people in the trenches about how the business being run.