Job Responsibilities
Build relationships with clients and strengthen existing ones.
You replenish products in stores like Wal-Mart, FoodCo,
Safeway, etc.
You start your day with a list/schedule of clients:
-As time progresses you get your own route.
-You usually get a vehicle, sometime you have to use your own.
Build in-store displays and coordinate with sales reps.
Report your sales report at the end of the day.
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Job Requirements
High School diploma.
-Pass drug test.
-Pass an online test which is a personality test.
-Valid drivers license.
-Past merchandising or retail experience.
Interview:
-Several questions behavorial, background - the usual.
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Uppers
You are independent and are all over the place
You really get out and are around different people and locations
You can make decent money
You have low responsibility other than servicing your clients
The company is a stable place to work, and people are good.
If your good you can advance to sales or driving.
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Downers
-If you are not efficient, job can be brutal on you physically.
-Company sales alot of product so there is alot of work to do.
-Sometimes your in one store for 4 hours.
-There's a lot of pressure from company and stores to do the job.
-Sometimes its rather idealistic.
-During promotional times, there's a lot of work.
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Lifestyle
Work hours:
If you're good- 40 hours.
If you not - can be 45-55 hours a week.
Company social events periodically.
Dress code - Must wear company uniform.
Business travel - Usually 30 mile radius around your plant.
Diversity - Pretty diverse within the company and in the Stores you go to -
Fellow employees are mostly good people.
The company promotes from within, and if your good you will move up (if you want
to).
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Compensation
Get hourly wage 14-17 dollars an hour.
some with overtime get 40-50 thousand (a lot of hours though). Benefits, no
bonus or commission, there are incentives and prizes to win.
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Advice to Jobseekers
There's a pretty big turnover because it's demanding work and you
have to have the work ethic. There are people who have been
there for years and are used to the process. There are others
who started off and are now managers in the company. There are
others who don't last a month. Be ready to manager your time,
and learn. Be ready for the interview process and prepared for
the routine list of questions. I did this during breaks while I
was in college, I learned alot about business and what its like
to work hard.
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