Been with Cintas for 5 years in the Mid south group. I’ve been on the same route for 4 years. Uniform coded route. We make 5 percent less than The Charlotte region because of higher cost of living. I just got my yearly review, and my base pay is being upped to $520 a week. Is that severely underpaid or about on par with other drivers?
I’m having a pretty rough night and honestly just looking to hear from people who have gone through something similar and came out better on the other side.
I spent almost 10 years with the same company in wireless retail, eventually moving into multi-unit management. I had been wanting to get out of retail and move into B2B/outside sales and finally got what felt like my opportunity.
I went through multiple rounds of interviews with a large company, got the offer, signed it, and resigned from my job.
During the background process, an issue from my driving record came up. I was upfront about it and the local leadership tried to get an exception approved, but I found out today that corporate ultimately would not approve me because the position requires driving.
So now the offer is gone and I’ve already left the company I spent almost a decade with.
I own the mistake that led to the driving issue. I’m not looking to blame anybody or get sympathy for that part. What’s difficult is that I genuinely thought I was finally making the jump out of retail and into the next stage of my career, and now I’m unemployed and basically starting over.
Going back to wireless retail is the last thing I want to do. I want to keep moving forward into B2B sales, account management, business development, or something where I can actually build a long-term career.
For anyone who has had a job offer rescinded after already quitting your previous job — what did you do next?
How long did it take you to land somewhere else? Did you take a temporary job or hold out for the right career move? And looking back now, did things eventually work out for the better?
Could really use some comeback stories tonight.
So I recently was in the process of interviewing with Cintas. This was last Wednesday when I went on a ride along. I had a phone interview and a in person interview prior to. I arrived at 5:15 for a 5:30 scheduled ride along. I arrived early just so I did not delay any daily processes. As I arrived and parked my vehicle I was meet by the centers GM which gave me a strange look and it continued as I seen him throughout the day. I have a neck tattoo of an owl dead center I was assuming he might have not found that appropriate for his facility. I continued on with the process and I did my prior research. I think the ride along went great considering the RSR and I did the job efficiently and he had nothing but good things to say to me. As we came back I had an interview with the service manager that also went very well everyone seemed pretty impressed by my work ethic and my presentation upon interviewing . It came to interviewing with the GM and it wasn’t really interactive as the others , I really think he couldn’t get over the tattoo but it’s not offensive in anyway. I answered all the questions he had effectively and I was confident with my sales experience and I could be the employee they expected for the position. He said “we will be in contact in a few days “ a few days have passed and I checked my account online as I got an automated email to make sure all contact information was updated. As I check I noticed my application for that position went from “ screening” to “interview” to now nothing . Which has me pretty sure that I did not get the position. Just my rant on my experience.
It’s a pretty tedious interview process for a job that in my opinion* really doesn’t call for it no offense to anyone that holds the position.
Unifirst driver here. I am wondering- after the acquisition of the company is completed, is there any predicted or planned directions for incorporating the Unifirst routes into the Cintas routes? In other words- in the next few years, how likely are myself and other Unifirst drivers likely to keep their jobs? What has the talk been amongst managers?
I have been with Unifirst for 3 years as an RSR. I am a top performer at my location. It has been the best jobs Ive ever had thus far. This merger has made me nervous, and I need to decide if I should pursue a job elsewhere. I dont wanna wait around to just be laid off or pushed out.
EDIT: I wanna point out that I know someone who worked as a Cintas SSR at a plant during the G&K merger. Apparently, the G&K drivers were basically ran out to absorb into the preexisting cintas routes.
The Most Hated Company in the Uniform Rental Industry — And Why
Uniform Bright may be one of the most criticized names in the uniform rental industry—and I understand why.
For more than 25 years, I have worked inside the uniform and linen rental business. Today, through Uniform Bright, I work on the other side of the table: helping businesses understand their contracts, document service failures, dispute questionable charges, negotiate better agreements, and hold uniform rental companies accountable when their performance does not match what they promised.
That work has made me unpopular with some people in the industry.
I have been criticized for being too aggressive. I have been accused of being against the uniform companies. I have been talked about behind the scenes. But the truth is much simpler:
I am not your enemy.
When a uniform rental company treats a customer fairly, provides reliable service, follows its contract, communicates honestly, and works to resolve problems, I have no interest in creating unnecessary conflict.
I have worked professionally with managers and representatives from companies throughout the industry. In many situations, when a customer has a legitimate problem, my first preference is to see whether the matter can be resolved without turning it into a major dispute.
But when customers repeatedly experience missing garments, billing problems, unexplained charges, poor communication, unresolved service failures, inventory issues, contract disputes, or other recurring deficiencies, somebody needs to document what is happening and ask difficult questions.
That is what Uniform Bright does.
My work has included advising businesses, conducting account audits, preparing expert reports, assisting attorneys, serving as an expert witness and expert consultant, and evaluating whether uniform rental companies are providing goods and services consistent with accepted standards in the uniform rental industry.
Some of the situations I have documented involve major national providers and large industrial customers, including extensive communications surrounding service and performance disputes at customer locations.
I am also publicly opposing the proposed Cintas–UniFirst merger because I believe further consolidation deserves serious scrutiny.
My concern is not based on personal hostility toward either company. It is based on what I have observed throughout this industry: limited bidding competition in many markets, long-term and automatically renewing contracts, substantial barriers to switching providers, unilateral pricing practices, route-density advantages, and the potential consequences to customers and employees when already-large competitors become even more concentrated.
I have prepared extensive independent research regarding the proposed transaction for regulators, investors, attorneys, businesses, and others interested in understanding how the uniform rental industry actually operates at the customer level.
You can disagree with my conclusions.
You can criticize my methods.
You can even dislike Uniform Bright.
But I will continue doing the same thing I have always done: following the evidence, documenting what happens in the field, defending businesses when they need help, and remaining willing to work constructively with anyone in the industry who wants to solve problems fairly.
Criticized. Talked about. Still ready to work with you.
This is for a management position. I had one job 11 years ago that spanned 2.5 years. However, I left and came back during that time, so there’s a 6 month gap in the middle where I worked somewhere else. That other job wasn’t relevant so my resume shows 2.5 consecutive years at the relevant job. Will this screw me?
When I checked TheWorkNumber it only shows my start date and my end date 2.5 years later. It doesn’t show the time I left and came back.
so i went through four interviews for the SSR position, phone interview, in person, ride along, and follow up afterwards with the service manager. i was told afterwards i'd hear back from the HR manager with next steps. it's been a week now and still nothing :/ i even sent a follow up email to the HR manager a few days back...just wondering if anyone else had an experience like this. i was really excited for the job and position and now it feels like i was just strung along.
I was reached out to today by an outside sales rep manager, I conducted a 20 min phone call with the manager who’s team I would be on. The call went well I believe, I wanted to know what OTE looks like realistically for a first year rep. I was told he would basically be surprised if I wasn’t making 6 figures and that last year for 1st year sales reps they averaged 120k. I have a background with Enterprise, I was there for 3 years working my way up to Branch Manager. I was told that he would recommend me to his manager who would want to interview me then sometime next week get me in office to meet the team and pretty much shadow. I’m open to the new career but tell me the good bad and ugly!!!
Hi, iv been a uniform SSR for almost 3 years now.
I am wondering if other SSR’s feel the same.
I feel like I’m under appreciated , i have a route volume of $18k a week. I wake up at 4:30 am everyday, attend sales, safety and service meetings every week with management, work on upselling, and providing excellent service, drive carefully, maintain customer requests on time, convince customers to sign renewal agreements, maintain style changes, truck inspections and more, yet pay check after tax is $859 a week?? And bonuses may or may not max out, sometimes a customer closes down and you lose all your bonus money Is this normal? I feel like we are getting paid 2014 wages and no one is trying to change this.
Yes i do work 4 days but some of those days are 12-13 hour shifts.
Not sure if you all are happy with the pay, but I definitely feel underpaid