warehouse associate

warehouse/driver

delivery driver

installer

retail sales associate

Bargreen Ellingson

I worked for bargreen for just over a year, my entire employment was spent at an office about 2 hours away from my direct boss. I saw the man about 5-6 times over the year and aside from two visits during my first two weeks the man spent very little time working with me and developing me. I took matters into my own hands and used the companies online training course which even gave you a score and rank amongst people at your office, in your state and company wide. I was number one in my office and top 10 in our state which featured 5 offices. I would constantly ask my boss how i can improve at my job and be told " it comes with time" then a couple days after my one year I was let go for performance reasons after never once being written up for anything performance related. The next day the hired a higher in the companies son to take my spot. Truly despicable practice and a enormous set back as well as waste of time and effort for me. 

On top of all of this my office and people i'd talk to constantly would complain, gossip about other employees and go behind other employees backs in order to prop themselves up. I thought i could use this as an opportunity to set my self apart and be the guy who doesnt gossip and only has nice things to say. It didnt help though. 

10/10 do not reccomened this company unless your back is against the wall, even then be weary of considering this place as a long term option. I did and its a huge regret. 

Review my call schedule for the day
Call on PO"s that have been order and ETA
Call my customers and let them know of outage
See 15-20 clients a day for orders.  Add 2-5 cold calls
Put orders in, maintain growth, collect $$

Learned alot about non food products. Bring in new concepts and ideas of whats in and whats not.

Co- worker inside sales were terrible.  Make mistake and would not account for them.  I had my own area all by myself

Management was ok, but never reached out to help.  Would say he come down.  Just once in year in half.  
Then decides to tell me they were going a different direction after I had opened 85 new accounts .  Just had my biggest week. And he lets me go to replace me by inside sales person whom helped me alot in past, but made alot of mistakes. Good luck with that Bargreens.

I would say putting in orders and not having the availability to know, it did not get shipped.  And Bargreens does have a system to notify me.  Would not know till the next week customer did not receive. 
Learning the non-food is big learning curb.

I enjoy being on my own, because I am self motivated and people person.  Set my dally schedule, and stick to it

If you crave a sales driven environment, you could do worse than bargreen. Upper management at least talks the talk around employee care and development, and the benefits are probably around average.

Employees tend to be hard working, and fun. While the environment is design to be competitive, most of your team-members will be supportive and helpful however they can.

The downside is that management has been appointed for years on the basis of seniority, rather than merit, and many would be better suited in other roles. Additionally, they are incentivencetivized not to develop talent or grow potential, but to maximize profit, which to many means paying the minimum, limiting raises, and generally cutting all such employee costs. Needless to say, retention is not a priority in such an environment.

This is an awesome place to work, whether you are just starting out in the work force or a seasoned pro in sales.

The work ethics here are amazing and everyone is approachable.  They will stop and say good morning, ask how you are doing, if you are getting along well in your position, etc.  They truly care about the whole person not just the body with a pulse doing their job.  

There are many different departments and locations should you want a change of scenes.  They invest their time and effort in training and getting their employees into the company culture.  It is a fun place to work, play, socialize, attend events.  Success here is simply taking the time to learn the business culture and getting to know your co-workers.  

Happy and proud to be a Bargreen Ellingson employee.

Start at 8, hour lunch, off at 5-ish. The boss is hardly ever there, then tries to micromanage WHEN he decides to show up. Sends you on an insane amount of (*jobs) to be completed that YOU never see compensation for but boss reaps all benefits. The people are cool to work with, definitely fun to be around. If you start out as a delivery driver, you don't have to be in the store doing literally random things to look busy for the boss. If you're part of the "construction" crew and have no *jobs to be on, then you'll be outside cleaning the sidewalk or whatever random thing the boss decides to have you do.

Great work atmosphere and great benefits! They take care of their employees. I would return to work at their corporate office in an instant...for any other department than Accounts Payable. 

The only thing keeping this from being five-stars is the AP Lead. Beware of:
Extreme micromanaging and gatekeeping of knowledge.
Unrealistic expectations.
The AP department was always understaffed. It is very common to be assigned more work than is possible to complete.
If you have 15 minutes of spare time during your whole work week, you will be reprimanded for wasting company time.
Even if you complete all of your tasks, you may be accused of working too slowly.
NOTE: These detriments apply only to the Accounts Payable department.

I enjoyed my time working for a company that takes customer satisfaction seriously.  Throughout my years here I was able to build lasting relationships with my customers and be able to sell them exactly what they needed.  My company allowed me to have a competitive edge with pricing and services which gave me an advantage with my customers.  For the most it was a solitary job, but when I did need assistance from other employees I was always given the time and effort I needed to satisfy my customers.  The most difficult part of my job was the commute and wear and tear on my vehicle.  My territory was up to 60 miles from my home so the time spent driving was difficult at times.  Overall a great experience.

The job itself is is fun, but management works on a favoritism basis for everything. Either they like you and will invest in you, or they dont so they wont. Pay is very low compared to other companies with the same positions. Management comes and goes whenever they want with little warning, and they habe no formal training program so you are left with a figure it out for yourself type atmosphere. People of a lower socio economic class have a harder time adapting ans beinf treated fairly. And the salestaff goes unchecked when they make mistakes or are disrespectful to other coworkers

My experience at Bargreen Ellingson has been great so far. I've been given plenty of opportunities to grow and advance in my career path and feel very valued by management and my co-workers. The workplace culture at my location is very positive. In addition to decent health insurance options, there is also a wellness program that is very generous. The pay is pretty fair, though it doesn't always keep up with the high cost of living in my area. Despite that, I see myself at Bargreen Ellingson for the long-term.

I drove a 14 foot box truck. I had 2 routes I ran 4 days a week. I was in charge of loading my truck and making sure all the product was accurately picked for each order. I had to make sure the truck was loaded properly. I had to manage my time very well at each stop and collect money or checks. I had to make sure the customers were always satisfied. I worked together with the sales staff to ensure customer satisfaction. I was always the one to train new employees.

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