People were kind and friendly. However, the questions were grossly inappropriate - asking about marital status, family status, political views and views on Trump and COVID came up in meeting with the top dog there. Understand they overpay their employees to compensate for this very strange work environment.

A few months ago, I was contacted by a recruiter for a VP position. I went thru the recruiter’s and HR’s screening process to be one of only four people to be considered to meet with the senior leadership team with Uline. However, when I got to my HR interview – I found they had the wrong job description and reporting manager. I was asked questions that were not relevant to the position I had spent a few weeks being screened on and prepared for. I also had to go thru all their assessments to test my ability to read numbers, do some basic math (I have a graduate business degree) and figure out how to get a sales call (despite this job not being in “sales”) around the buyer’s secretary. Yes. They asked about my strategy to work around a “secretary” as if we were still in the era of Mad Men. After being ghosted by the recruiter and HR for over 3 weeks – I learned that they were considering an internal candidate. However, four months later – I learned Uline never filled the position. Uline has a habit of promoting great jobs with very attractive compensation plans – only to not fill the roles. They like to collect ideas. Find out who is out there to get a gauge of the marketplace. Oh well. I was not too keen on working for the Uihlein family and their questionable political machinations and was not interested in wearing a tie for 5 days per week. Uline is a well-run company and has some great people there – but beware that the job you may be applying for may not really exist – and that you may be ghosted along the way. Good luck!