Julie's Movers

Julie was great!! All the movers were friendly, careful and very helpful!! Definitely recommend!!!

I heard positive things from neighbors about Julie’s Movers and I think those positive experiences should be considered alongside my negative experience. Here is what made my experience negative:

THE SCENARIO: My job promised to be a small one—I figured a couple hours of two strong folks would do it. I had two PODS that needed to be unloaded. I had things very organized, knew right where things were to be placed, and had my sister there to help direct the movers.

NEGATIVE 1—FEES: Julie’s suggested I use three movers rather than the standard two. Their reasoning was that this would move things along even faster and thus reduce the cost. This made sense UNLESS you understood Julie’s fees for travel time. I understood that I would pay for one hour of travel time—i.e., a flat rate. Instead, I paid for three people to sit in a car for an hour coming to my place and an hour leaving my place. The time they were at my place and working didn’t even total two hours! I understand the need for a small business such as Julie’s Movers to take travel time into consideration, but I encourage Julie’s to reconsider their travel time fee structure.

NEGATIVE 2—COMMUNICATIONS As requested, I had sent detailed directions to my place days prior to the move. I understood I would receive a call when movers were on the way. Instead, I did not hear from the movers until after the agreed upon arrival time and they were calling to say they were lost. I learned later that they had either forgotten to print the directions or that the printer was broken, and they were unable to print them—either way, they were late but started the clock at the time we had originally agreed upon. I was flabbergasted at this and encourage Julie’s to follow a more standard operating procedure of having the directions at hand (digitally or in print), communicating departure time and ETA, and starting the clock when work commences.

NEGATIVE 3 –PROFESSIONALISM: One of the movers seemed resistant to taking direction. He stacked on top of boxes he was told not to, took boxes to the wrong place, and repeatedly offered to do light weight things that I specifically noted I could do myself. His actions and attitude bled onto the other two movers who were doing a reasonable job and created an unprofessional atmosphere. My sister mistakenly thought I had not contracted with a business but had instead just found some guys to help. I encourage Julie’s to counsel their employees on proper moving and listening techniques and to make respect and professionalism a core behavior.

UPSHOT: Again, I have heard good things from others about Julie’s and so it is quite possible my experience is an outlier. Nonetheless, I hope Julie’s will consider what I have noted above and that readers will take measures with Julie’s to ensure a better experience than I had.

They did a great job. I will use them again.

Thank you Julie, Ricky, Gabriel, Yoruba, Alex and Seth! They all helped move an office. This was an all day move and everyone had a positive attitude. Creative Foundations appreciates all the hard work!

Everything was great and went smoothly. They arrived on time and got everything done in less then 3 hours. Very friendly staff.