Universal Forest Products was incorporated in 1955 as The Universal Products as a lumber distributor to the manufacturing housing market by William F. Grant. Grant was the sole owner/operator and salesman until 1962 when he hired Peter F. Secchia.
By 1971, the company had annual sales of more than $12 million.
In 1978 the company entered the treated lumber sector when it began producing pressure-treated wood at a plant in Florida. The following year, the company makes its first shipment of treated lumber to Home Depot.
In the 1980’s Universal Forest Products began to market to the DIY market. By 1983, the company is so large that it divides itself into five geographic divisions: Northeast, Atlantic, Southeast, Midwest, and Southwest.
In 2005, CEO Matt Missad is named to Fortune’s “Businessperson of the Year” list, an annual ranking of the top 50 corporate leaders in the world.
Today the company is a manufacturer of engineered wood and construction materials. Clients include do-it-yourself stores, industrial customers, and residential and mobile home builders. The company operates 80 facilities throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
Universal Forest Products trades publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol UFPI, is a member of the S&P 600, is a member of the Russell 2000, is #847 in the Fortune 1000, has 6,000 employees, and had $3.24 billion in revenue in 2016.
Universal Forest Products was incorporated in 1955 as The Universal Products as a lumber distributor to the manufacturing housing market by William F. Grant. Grant was the sole owner/operator and salesman until 1962 when he hired Peter F. Secchia.
History
By 1971, the company had annual sales of more than $12 million.
In 1978 the company entered the treated lumber sector when it began producing pressure-treated wood at a plant in Florida. The following year, the company makes its first shipment of treated lumber to Home Depot.
In the 1980’s Universal Forest Products began to market to the DIY market. By 1983, the company is so large that it divides itself into five geographic divisions: Northeast, Atlantic, Southeast, Midwest, and Southwest.
In 2005, CEO Matt Missad is named to Fortune’s “Businessperson of the Year” list, an annual ranking of the top 50 corporate leaders in the world.
Today the company is a manufacturer of engineered wood and construction materials. Clients include do-it-yourself stores, industrial customers, and residential and mobile home builders. The company operates 80 facilities throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
Universal Forest Products trades publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol UFPI, is a member of the S&P 600, is a member of the Russell 2000, is #847 in the Fortune 1000, has 6,000 employees, and had $3.24 billion in revenue in 2016.
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Every single day here in, 21700 FM 2252 Schertz, TX.The line of truck for unloading its unbelievable, management here it does not care about making it easier to truckers that have to wait on line for more than 3hr sometimes more,we been telling our conserd about safety on the road cus even thu we have appointments they are always in a jam…please take care of this cus we will have a very bad accident in front of this facility.
UFP in Bonner mt has management in the wood production plant that discriminates.
To whom it may concern: McMinnville OR Plant
I have been working with a family in community that had a bad accident. This accident has brought health, emotional and mental stress to her husband that was newly hired.
If that accident isn’t enough stress he is also having to go to work everyday feeling like he has a target on his back.
He explained that this all started on day when another worker with yrs of experience started yelling at him and he defended himself. His supervisor told that him that he was in the wrong because the co-worker that yelled at him has years working this company. He questioned his supervisor why, or if management in the office would say the same thing that his coworker has the right to be yelling at others. After that he says that this supervisor has been nothing but after him.
This week the supervisor gave him a write “due to his Performance” she stated that all of his co-workers have been complaining about how he can’t keep up with them. While giving him this write up she asked him “are you looking for a new job?” He stated “no, that he likes his job,it’s close to home,his wife medical appointments etc.” His supervisor stated this is why you bother me. (the translation to English is not exactly). He said he went back to his workstation and didn’t talk to any of his coworkers and just worked. His coworkers questioned him why he was not talking to them or what happened. He said well “you guys are telling the supervisor I am not working at the speed I should be.” The coworkers denied all Allegations stating that they didn’t know why or what she was talking about.
This supervisor is creating a Hostile work environment. My client husband has only worked there 3 months, how are you going to give the employee a write up and compare his performance with coworkers who have been there for 3-15 yrs. Also his told me several employees that have told him that it is most likely she wants to fire him so she is able to hire one of her family member in his place.
I hope by writing this review you can check into company in McMinnville Oregon.
I would hate for for this supervisor to continuing to harass employee’s causing extra stress.
As a supervisor she should be someone the employee’s can go to with problems of any type knowing they will be treated in an unbiased manner. If employees can’t trust their supervisor then who will can they turn to with problems at Universal Forest Product?
Hey my name is Jamaal Cooper I worked for your company in adairsville,ga. I been there for about a month now. So I ride with a friend who is on probation and have to leave work around 3p.m for probation classes so I have to leave also bc that’s my ride to work ,so this been goin on for weeks now. So today November 24,2020 the plant manager and my supervisor ended me and my girlfriend assignment today after I left with my ride who once again leaves almost everyday for class which I been doing for weeks now and it’s been ok until today but my reason coming to corporate is how u end my assignment but don’t tell me why u end my assignment that’s not right, is that how u treat hard working employees who show up everyday for work .well I just wanna say I don’t understand none of that and would like to know how can they do that?
Ya this is what I don’t get I get hired with thc on my drug test I got fired today for thc on my drug test
I was hired for UFP sometime around July of 2020, and was just relieved of my position last Tuesday, after months of being belittled for every little mistake, instead of working with me, they treated me like a child, under the guise that they were working with me because they wanted me to succeed, and their behavior was no different that how they would have treated someone with mental retardation, or who is mentally challenged/handicapped, and the experience was so belittling and frustrating. I had been fired for makking less than 10 mistakes, total, in the short time that I’ve been with the company, and now they want to continue to make pay outs from my last paycheck for benefits that I stopped recieving as of midnight the same day that I was fired. Why would UFP take my income away from me like that after letting me know that I was no longer eligible for my benefits the day I was let go?
Denying me my paycheck, all of it, for no legitimate reason, is nothing short of theft, and the payouts and deductions that will be taken from my one (1) day of work my last week of employment will basically cancel out any and all payment that is still owed me. Please do something about this, before I have to go directly to corporate, and then turn this into a legal matter with the courts. It’s not bad enough that I’m not being paid for all of the time before the hour my shift starts for the time that I am on the clock. If I’m on the closk at 1:53, why am I not getting paid for the time that I am on the clock up to 2:00? You add up all of the days that I’ve worked for the company over the course of my employment, and they owe me close to another paycheck. I’m not making waves about that right now, all I want is to cancel all benefit payments right now as I am no longer eligible for benefits from day one (1) of my termination.
I was brought in as a forklift driver in Ufp in Morristown TN in early July there was an employee that verbally abused me the whole time screaming obscenities me every other day. I told management over and over she is crazy tell her to leave me alone, they did nothing. The other day she flipped out on me and I screamed out I told you to leave me alone!!! I was brought into the office and told I was fired? The management at that place is non existent!!! If I was Ufp I would send people down here and sort this place out!!! It is a mess.
I am writing this for my husband,R.Munch Trucking,llc. We have not been paid since Feb.17,2018 it is now march 2018. I want to know why? This is not any way to run a company. We have delivered your product so far for free. I need answers because I have bills to pay. I am very very angry at this situation,if there is a problem then someone should have the balls to call and explain.
I have a complaint about the Hiring Practices of the Conway, SC facility.
Having been under medication for the flu for 2 weeks, and the 2nd week being prescribed a codine like cough syrup (Virtussin AC)…I went to their facility for my 1st day of paperwork and orientation, I had already done a urine DOT test about 2 weeks prior.
They had me do an on-site urine test which (of course) came out bad…they immediately thought I was some kind of pot-head, I explained that I do not do any illegal drugs, and don’t even drink alcohol. They told me they would send the test out for further evaluation, 2 weeks and I still haven’t heard anything.
If this is how they treat their (potential) employees, I don’t think I would want to work for them anyway.