Job Responsibilities
There is no category listed for Vendor Reps/Field Merchandisers.
This particular company demands complete adherence to planogram
integrity maintenance in the lawn and garden department for live
plants.
The live plant merchandisers make sure live plants are set to
specs, that the stores comply with placement and care issues and
at the discretion of area supervisors, will make sure that
individual stores comply with promotional issues to the point of
making the store personnel dislike you.
This is what most people would consider a 'mindless' summer job.
It's strictly for fun, but Resource Plus can ruin it within a
month if you need to actually be paid on time more than once.
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Job Requirements
This level of employment as live plant merchandiser needs only to
be alive and breathing. This is a college summer job. No
challenge and no brains needed. Just put the plants where they
belong. It's a good way to network with locals however...
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Uppers
I love the job, but hate having the host company (Lowe's) that we are contracted
to dislike the heavy handed and unprofessional style shown by anyone above my
level. I can't believe they scored this contract. No other vendor company I have
ever worked for has been this disorganized, have as many pay issues (hours
dropped completely off pay checks, etc..) in 5 years of this work with other
professional and reliable vendor companies. You do not know from week to week
what issues your supervisor was misinformed about and has had to deal with. VERY
HIGH stress level and uncooperative employees. And those are the UPPERS.
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Downers
Everyone in this company seems to be trying to leave or resolve
payment issues. Lots of disillusioned employees, no grasp by the
company on how to treat employees or host store (Lowe's), poor
communication and lots and I mean LOTS of confusion and mistrust.
I rate this company as a 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being
highest. I have never (even on the worst levels) found a company
to have so much internal mismanagement when the company is as
large as this one. This company alone could ruin the name of
merchandising and vendor work by its nationwide (no exag)
reputation for being inept.
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Lifestyle
Pay is on the lower end of vendor/merchandising work. You will not truly know
how many hours you have even after being told how many you will have. The good
part is you can write your own schedule. This company is not for the easily
frustrated. Bad communications, pay issues and lack of concern about them.
On the other hand you get to work with plants and that's a plus. Just don't
expect to be able to water them, groom them or order them. You are just there to
put them out on the displays and write credits when they expire or bloom out.
Depending on your supervisor...you may live this job in constant worry that you
actually 'helped' the store beyond your very limited job description..and that
could get you fired.
This company will surely tank in the next few years without reasonable guidance
or they will be forced to branch out into other areas of this very lucrative
business and go on to screw people for years to come who think they signed up for
an honest and decent job.
Too bad Lowe's doesn't realize what these people are raping them with and for.
Bad choice for a company who wants to overtake Home Depot.
But hey, this is still a great job. I can't even explain all the why's....
Don't expect honesty or honest communications. Everyone is just covering their
behinds until they can get on with a legit company. This company will literally
hire anyone with the ability to say 'yes'. Bad publicity for the Exotic Angels,
Ontario Flower Growers and other companies offering plants through Lowes and
being represented by these clowns.
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Compensation
$10 hour. Low end vendor work/merchandiser work pay scale.
Uncertain hours. You are hired on for 24-30 hours for instance
and then each week you can expect 5 to 38 hours. Seasonal work.
Payment issues remain unresolved for sometimes weeks.
You can't count on them to pay exactly what is owed to you
exactly when they say they will...and when you have issues with
their underpayment, NOBODY in the company will help you. Now I
have to add this: my personal experience is with two weeks
witheld type payment situation (not often practiced in real
vendor work either anymore) but I have personally spoken to many
current and past employees now about this issue. It's real and
it's dangerous to plan your bills around your expected pay.
You only meet two kinds of people with actual knowledge of this
company..those who are wanting to find a less stressful job and
those who hope to God they will be paid what they are owed.
Lowes must have gotten a really great deal out of this company.
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Advice to Jobseekers
Run far away and get a job with a stabilized and legitimate
company who will treat their employees with respect. This company
has proved itself to RESPECT NO HUMANS OR CORPORATE CLIENTS.
No jokes here. If you expect to be paid on time with accuracy
this is NOT the company to begin your career with. These guys
have been and are in....over their heads. Bad practices. Vendor
work is a responsible industry. Resource Plus has made a bad joke
and a growing bad reputation out of this work. Vendor work is
respectable and pays well.
Expect legit companies to request all candidates submit to a drug
test and background checks.
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