inventory counter

inventory associate

inventory specialist

retail team leader

entry level associate

ADVANCED INVENTORY SOLUTIONS

What is the best part of working at the company?
Going home. Hope you don't have any family members that are sick or with medical conditions, they won't even bother to care and  your a few hours away from home every day.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Being pressured into going on week trips across country with literally a few days notice. The Lying,the lack of care, lack of training, lack of communication. I was told by the boss on day one they have no problem lying to employees about jobs to get them to show up. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Depends on the store. Mostly calm environment when you're at a store. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Wake up at 4am or sometimes 2am, it's always different every day. Drive to office. Get in a van. Get driven to job site anywhere from 1-4 hours away, put on machine , count isles for 4-6 hours. Drive 1-4 hours back home.

Starting out at the bottom as an Auditor and moving up to District Manager was the most enjoyable part of this job. My hard work was being rewarded in the return of trust and responsibility that allowed me to learn what managing a team means and made me a leader who inspired her team to want to be and do more. I found it fascinating to visit all of these different places and learning the ins and outs of the whole inventory process at different types of companies. As a traveler at heart, it was easy to fall in love with this job. The traveling was also the hardest part of the job. I have children and a family and being away so often wasn’t easy. I could be gone for 3 out of 4 weeks in June and regularly throughout the year. The benefits were good though and constantly improving. The company is growing. It’s a good career if you don’t mind the early hours/driving/travel.

Everyone meets at the main building very early in the morning(depending on drive distance) where we all pack into 1 or 2 vans to head to a grocery store anywhere from 10 minutes to 5 hours away. Once at the job location, we unpack the equipment and set it up which includes a barcode scanner and a giant calculator that you strap on around your waist. Usually, split into 3 or 4 groups, assigned different sections of the store to start. Once you are at your section you punch in the proper information into the machine on your hip. Then you begin scanning each barcode, counting how many of that item is on the shelf and moving on to the next item. Any section finished must be marked using tags on the shelves and a sheet signed by the counter who completed it. This process is repeated until the entire store has been inventoried.

I really liked this job overall and was sad to leave. The work is more physical and repetitive than you might expect, but I liked staying busy instead of just sitting around, and being able to listen to music helped a lot. I also liked working with a team, and the team leads were super helpful when I was first starting out.

One of my favorite parts was riding in the van on early mornings,  being able to relax, read, or even sleep a little while getting paid was awesome.

I ended up leaving mainly because of transportation issues. Early start times and unpredictable end times made it hard with getting rides, esp in the winter. If I had more reliable transportation, I’d def consider coming back because I really did love this job.

Meet at a local office and travel to location in company vehicle.  Usually at least 90 minutes away. Almost always over 2.  So you are usually in a car for at least 3 hours each day, only getting paid my mile.  If there is a traffic jam, sucks to suck.  Hours were inconsistent when I was there. Sometimes there would be 2 days a week to work. Sometimes I worked 30+ days straight. The job can be alright if you have a good team lead and crew.  Pay was not great when I was there.  It was not worth the amount I was not at home.  

There will be overnight travel that is expected for you to go on. You might have a couple weeks notice, you might have a day or too.  Per diem sucked. 

Good place to work if you dont have much going on.  

You will want to become friends with any team leaders right away, they decide whether you work or not, and what you will be doing, and I've seen people get essentially nudged out of the company. Now the job itself is simple and fun, you wake up and meet everyone, get in a van, and sleep or watch videos or whatever you want to do until you get to the jobsite. Once there you strap on a machine, you can put some earbuds in, and just do some mindless work. You get used to it fast and at a certain point you're just doing it as a reflex. The biggest problems are that you will be gone for 11-13 hrs a day getting paid like you're working 6-8. You get paid 10 cents a mile which isn't enough. 

Most of my colleagues were great to work with and easy to get along with. The schedule was just to inconsistent and sporadic. One day you could be going to a location 15 minutes from the meeting point at 6 a.m. and the next you could be going 3 hours north at 3 a.m. and you never know what time the day will end either, as there were always call ins that made the day longer for everyone. You normally start work at 6 a.m. when you get to location and it could take anywhere from 2 to 8 hour to get the job done, and still have a 3 hour drive home.

All of the hourly people are great, friendly, and outgoing. Middle and upper management lack communication skills. They will consistently say things then immediately go against what they've stated. Extremely unprofessional hr department. They claim to be a part time job but then try to work you overtime four times a year with no days off and with little to no warning. They consistently release the schedule late sometimes with less than twenty four hours of notice before your next scheduled day.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The places you get to travel to. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Dealing with everyone's attitude, drama, bosses lying to you, people calling off, and never knowing when you'll be home. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Easy jobs, long car rides, and awful management. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Meet at the office early in the morning (3-6am), ride in a van for hours getting $0.10 per mile (not a lot), count the store, then back in the van.

I was going through a tough time personally while working at this job, and honestly, the support I got from the team meant a lot. They really understood what I was dealing with and gave me the space I needed without any pressure. It wasn’t just about getting the work done, they actually cared about me as a person. That kind of support isn’t something you find at every job. They’ve also recently started offering PTO, which has been a huge help during everything I’ve been dealing with.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Inventory counter 2 salaries reported	$15.00 per hour
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Inventory specialist 30 salaries reported	$14.57 per hour
Retail team leader 3 salaries reported	$36,667 per year
Entry level associate 16 salaries reported	$13.00 per hour

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