Overtime was relentless and constant, expect to do 58 hour work weeks on a regular basis. (10 hours M-F, 8 hours on Saturday).
Whenever you'd bring up the overtime, management would get agitated and tell you to take it or leave it. The original group that moved from California to New Mexico were in their own clique and the locals were just hired to exploit for cheap labor. This has been the only job I've ever had where it actually felt like working in a sweatshop. One of the department supervisors would even rudely tell us that New Mexicans are lazy and don't want to work, but it isn't that, people just need to have a work/life balance.
Management was also unprofessional, and would always get angry when people tried to bring up suggestions or constructive criticism. The warehouse would always be obnoxious to work in, they allowed departments to blare profane rap music that you could hear from anywhere in the building.
Benefits like insurance were terrible and not even worth enrolling in, especially with the abysmal pay rate.
Everyone was so overworked and stressed that there was no morale in the company. Some people would play ping pong or joke around during breaks and lunch, but over time people just didn't care anymore and wanted to do their 10 hours and go home.
When the pandemic started, the CEO of the company sent out bizarre e-mails that downplayed the situation. COVID was never taken seriously and when we finally got gloves and masks, we were expected to re-use them for several days which defeats the purpose of using them. This company has appeared on New Mexico's COVID response watchlist because some of their employees got sick and I'm not surprised. I'm glad I got out for something much, much better.
