UniFirst Corporation Employer Reviews

Although my commute to work is long, it is well worth it. I enjoy the relationships with my team partners and with our customers. The company has wonderful benefits and a positive atmosphere. UniFirst is very team oriented and every one has a special part in what we do.

I manage the day to day operations of the processing plant, grounds and equipment. The management team at Unifirst has been supportive, informative and helpful while I learned the business. The hardest part of my job is to ensure my employees stay motivated and efficient while working in a sometimes hot environment. The best part of my job is knowing – more... that I provide a quality product and service for our customers and a positive working environment for our employees. – less

I love to get up and come to my job everyday. The manager here are great and always know if I need to talk talk to any of them that their door is always open.

I start the day by greeting my team partners, meeting with other departments, and my superiors.
I continue through the day addressing any issues that may arise or planning and implementing strategies for future projects. All the time, focusing on customer satisfaction and continual improvement.

There is a strong sense of cammaradery within Unifirst – more... and all departments work well with each other. – less

Very hard job but extremely rewarding! Real potential to make tons of money if you are driven and motivated. Good management, supportive and lots of experience.

Enjoyed going to work every day. Learned alot working here. My co-workers are great, been working with alot of them for 16years Management give you all the support you need and the customers are the reason i love this job

I enjoyed the company as a whole, although at times atmosphere was too relaxed sometimes.

Long mondays, office in the middle of nowhere. Mandatory office days twice a week. Negative office environment.

co-workers are good people. Average tenure there is one year. Pretty much a resume builder.

I worked there for 4 weeks, route delivery. my trainer was not training me properly, he was teaching me how to skip stops , and just bill them through anyways, basically ripping off the customers. I brought this to managements attention twice but it seemed like either they didnt believe me or didnt want to deal with it. The route was the biggest route – more... in the company , with some days 44 stops and other day 64 stops. theres no way that you can do all those stops properly. my trainer agreed with me on that but said thats how you make your money and he was teaching me which stops you can skip or short them on supplys. i was told they were going to cut my route because it was too big but when i asked the supervisor about that he said no we cant cut the route, this is your route and you have to have a strong work ethic to be able to do it.. LOL. so they want me to work 12 -13 hrs aday for 125 bucks.. Also i worked sick for 2 days , then it became worse and turned into the flu, i tried to call off saying i needed to go see a doctor, was having trouble breathing, they called me back saying how important is your job to you and you have to come in and dog it out! i came in and worked an hour than said the hell with this, i needed to see a doctor. went back to shop and dropped the truck off and told them i couldnt do it and left.. i did see a doctor that day and was prescribed prednisone and a breathing device, and was told i have a severe case of the flu.. Supervisor calls me that nite and said you are not aloud to call off, we told you this in the interview, so be here tommorow or your fired.. i heard that they lost 26 route drivers in 2012, after being there for 4 weeks i can see who the problem is, MANAGEMENT!!!!! – less

UniFirst is a good company with great training and opportunity for advancement if willing to relocate.

My work day consists of trying to find ways to set appointments to ultimately make a sale. The only day I go to the office is typically on Mondays. I start the day by filling out my Plan and Review Report. This is a list of the appointments I have scheduled that week, the dollar amounts of accounts I have sold, the pace I am on to reach my sales goals, – more... what city I will be in each day, and all the accounts I am currently working with that are close to being sold. I discuss with my sales manager what I am doing to accomplish my goals. We discuss what tactics will work for specific customers, ways to overcome objectives I’ve heard, strategies for future contacts, and how my performance was the week before. After my Plan and Review I spend the rest of the day making phone calls in order to set up appointments, I contact customers that are close to getting sold, and I prepare my week by getting samples, literature, and making emblems. The rest of the week I am meeting with appointments I already have set. In between the times I have set for my appointments I am stopping by my prospects in order to get appointments set and looking for new businesses in that territory. Every activity I complete I enter into my sales logic database. I do this so my managers can make sure I am being productive and so that I can update my knowledge of that prospect. There are fields that show employee contacts, general contact info, agreement expiration, what competitor they are using, and how many employees they have. After I enter my activity I enter the date of my next activity. Every week I receive a generated report of the activities I have scheduled for that week. I space out the activities so they average anywhere from 60-80 activities per week.

I learned how to stay organized and how to manage my time wisely. I also learned how to make the most of every interaction by getting any and all information I possibly can get even if it's not from the person making a decision. I learned to not accept a "NO" from someone who doesn't have the power to say "YES". I learned to never let any stone unturned and to go in every door. I learned to listen more than talk. I trained myself to always have a response to any objective that came my way. I learned to never get discouraged because things always change. I many have a hard time setting an appointment with an individual and a week later he no longer works there. A customer can say "NO" a thousand times but I'm only concerned about the one time they say "YES". I learned it's more important to help a customer instead of just trying to make the sale. I only sold about 20-40% of the meetings I had. Most of the accounts I was helping with their current service. Helping them would increase the likelihood of acquiring them in the future. I learned patience. Every time I met with a customer I was one step closer to eventually acquiring their business. Most sales took time. As long as you steadily kept in contact with people sales eventually happened. Sales for this company is all a numbers game and being there when the opportunity presented itself. – less

Unifirst is a great place to work. The people here are friendly and the energy around this place is always positive.

I love my job. I love the laid back yet professional atmosphere. Everyone is very friendly and helpful.

Unifirst is a great company to work for. They listen to the employees ideas and suggestions.Although a large corpration they work with you one on one and you are able to grow with the company. The managment team has an open door policey that allows us to add ideas and suggestions to futher company growth.

The managers here listen to the employees and are always try to make things better and use the employees ideas. Also they care about you. being able to express my ideas.

I have had nothing but positive experiences with this company. This is the first company I've worked for since separating from the military, and the transition has been extremely easy. This organization's values and legacy appreciation are paralleled to that of what I'm used to. A portion of one of my first few days with the company was spent with the – more... rest of my department going over core values and the organization's mission statement... it was a perfect fit. The people are great and very helpful in terms of training. I have yet to meet anyone who lacks professionalism and a sense of urgency. – less

Good place to work. Good base with benefits. Sales representative needs to own the territory to succeed.

Absolutely no respect for sales reps. 80-85% turnover. Micromanaged to a T as you have to enter every single step you take into a early 90's blackberry...and they are electronically lagging...still in in 20th century. You also have to watch your commissions because they are notorious for shorting you what your've earned! If you like to grind it out – more... day in and day out, drive 500 miles a week and only get paid for 300 and have mulitiple managers that are on all different pages then this is perfect for you! – less

Two days in office 3 days in field. Many meetings and video confernces.

A typical day at work would be putting together mailings, or filing.
I have learned how to alphabetize a lot better as well as putting together boxes to be mailed. My co-workers were very nice to me and very helpful as well. They helped me make my experience working at UniFirst a lot more enjoyable.