outside sales representative

assistant sales manager

administrative assistant

it technician

warehouse associate

Davidsons Inc

Working at Davidson's can feel like you’re constantly swimming upstream. There’s a huge lack of clear communication about projects and expectations, which makes things harder than they need to be. You will be flooded with internal emails, most of which are completely irrelevant and just add to the noise. You never know when you’ll get a last-minute email saying you need to work from home the next day or constant revisions to policy to benefit the top 10% and to keep them there, and product allocations often sell out in minutes, leaving the 90% to fend for themselves on the scraps of inventory left. 

Most of your day will consist of trying to convince a grumpy old man why he needs to make more room in his store for inventory that he has already been offered by another company at a lower price. The dealers know what's going on and have little respect for anyone that's not willing to selling them what they actually need. 

Trying to build and maintain a customer base is a real challenge. High turnover among Account Executives leaves customers frustrated, and the fact that CRM software is completely banned makes it even harder to keep track of relationships. The company’s overall business practices don’t help either—they just make it harder to foster any kind of long-term customer loyalty.

Then there are the so-called "security measures." Employees aren’t allowed to access work emails on their phones, but management has no problem emailing you from theirs. Between the confusing policies, constant emails, and lack of proper tools, it often feels like you’re being set up to fail.All in all, the environment is chaotic and stressful. It’s hard to feel supported when you’re working against so many unnecessary obstacles. The company could do so much better with just a few changes, but for now, it’s a tough place to thrive.

I had to maintain and stock my ailse as soon as I got to work, stocking and scanning product into the system.
Pulling orders on a hourly basis,in a fast paced enviroment,deadlines to meet inspection of product before being pulled.
Basic computer work running the orders,answering phones,general cleaning daily.

I learned alot about myself there,I am dependable and a hardworker the long hard hours of manual labor showed me what I was made of. The hardest part of the job was making sure the product got on the truck in time, I pulled along with 15 other people.
I really liked my co-workers we were a team there everyone helped everyone,it was a team effort to meet the deadlines.
I enjoyed the job itself we were a gun wholesaler, it was a interesting job and I learned alot about guns,became a NRA memeber. I enjoyed the exercise and the work itself,I took alot of pride in my work and it showed and when we all completed the job for the day no matter how many hours we put in we got the job done and that made me happy.
Management needed a little work, we basically ran ourselves, we would work out a plan and get it done.

Only 1 phrase comes to mind about Davidson's. Over promise, under deliver. All the way from doing that to your dealers, to doing it to their own employees. Get used to doing tie in sales here and other shady business practices. They talk a big game to get you in the door. How the average pay is $100k/yr and such. That's absolutely not the reality. Only way to get ahead at Davidsons is to already be ahead. 

They'll promise you help, but you'll never receive it. Also get used to hearing how their pricing is higher than everyone else, because it is. Some cases by 100's of dollars higher, but don't worry, they don't price match and you'll lose that sale. 

Spiffs and bonuses can be cool, if you actually ever receive it. Took nearly a year not long ago to get a spiff that was owed to the team. Actually still waiting on a firearm spiff from December. Yeah 9 months and still nothing. If you ask about it, management just brushes you off and hope you forget about it. 

So if you enjoy that kind of sales, this is absolutely your place. They proudly call themselves the "D Team", and that's exactly what they are. 

My experience at Davidson’s Inc. was overwhelmingly negative. Management operated with a lack of transparency and professionalism, and there was minimal support for employee growth or well-being. Communication was often dismissive or unclear, and valid concerns (especially those related to health, accommodations, or workload) were routinely ignored or brushed off.

There was a clear culture of favoritism, which affected fair treatment and advancement opportunities. The company does not seem to value work-life balance or foster a respectful or inclusive environment. Employee turnover was high, and morale was consistently low during my time there.

I would not recommend Davidson’s to anyone seeking a healthy, supportive, or stable workplace.  

Working at Davidsons was a blast. All of the people that I met through there are absolutely wonderful. My boss genuinely cared about me which made me not only feel great, but made me work even harder.

The systems that they had in place for IT to help all of the staff worked amazing and everyone was committed to making sure everything was fully operational.

I was able to learn a lot through them, whether about firearms, business operations, or the IT department.

Fast paced work environment.

Truly a great experience and great place to work!

Its not a bad place to work overall. Coworkers are great to work with. The work is pretty easy and will keep you busy. On your feet the whole 8+ hour shift. They have a tendency to over look the hard working people. If you're great at your job, you'll get to do other peoples jobs too. 

Davidson's is a tremendous opportunity, but it will only be what you make of it from the selling perspective.  Expect to make 100+ outbound cold calls, talk to 40 people, 10 of which will be interested.  If you can close 1 per day you will do well.  If you don't, expect to have a short lived career at Davidson's.  Either you get it done there or you don't no real exceptions.

unless you were part of their old timers club there was little to no help in getting ahead in the system as a junior you were left to your own to build a book of business while the senior team was handed accounts like cookies at a bake sale. the managers talk a good game and are called coaches but the only thing they are coaching is their own little click.

Once your in a position they keep you there unless you start making mistakes then you’re moved but promoting is a different story because there is not a lot of room for advancement until someone loses their job.

They overselt position in the hiring process and in the training process the pay is okay but you could get paid the same or more at another company that's probably way less stressful little to zero help unless you're one of the ones that they like there is definitely a sense of groups or clicks there and if you don't mesh in with one of them then you probably won't last there also management does not take insight from other employees

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Outside sales representative 3 salaries reported	$75,000 per year
Assistant sales manager 6 salaries reported	$84,500 per year
Administrative assistant 3 salaries reported	$19.00 per hour
It technician 4 salaries reported	$24.38 per hour
Warehouse associate 1 salary reported	$18.00 per hour

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