sales trainee

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warehouse worker

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Denver Mattress


I grew up in farm and agriculture in Montana and when I graduated high school I wasn't sure if college was the best option for me so I started looking for job and came across an opening for a warehouse position with Denver Mattress. At that time just having the opportunity to work indoors year-round instead of being out in the elements all the time was very appealing so I decided to apply, and I guess you could say the rest is history. 

When I first started, I really enjoyed the comradery at our store and quickly learned that having good quality people around you that are willing to invest in you and believe in you was far more important than I had originally placed very much value on. After 6 months the sales team at the store won a contest winning me and my sister an all-expenses paid cruise to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. This was truly a life changing event for both of us as we had never even flown let alone been on a cruise to other countries. It was at this point I realized that since the company promotes from within that I could turn this into a career and was given the opportunity to move into Sales and begin training for Management. 

Once again, I would like to give a lot of credit to my co-workers for helping train me largely because when I made the move to sales, I was very successful. Since the company pays on commission I was also rewarded greatly and making far more money than I ever had in a way that really made me feel in control of my level of success and income. It wasn't long before I was being offered promotions and after around 8 months on the sales floor, I accepted an assistant manager position in Colorado. I had a great time living in Colorado and learned a lot but after around 2 years moved to North Dakota and promoted to store manager. 

In conclusion I have been very fortunate to have found such an awesome company to work for and over the years they have provided me with all the tools I need to be successful in almost all aspects of life. Ultimately my story is unique in its own way but there are many others within our company that have similar stories of success. I'm forever grateful to have found an organization that truly makes me feel appreciated and has allowed me to better understand my true potential and given me the opportunity to help other realize theirs as well

I was recently given the position as Sales Representative/Managerial Trainee in a relatively small market. Depending on the location, the typical work day consists of fulfilling daily responsibilities (such as maintaining the store, completing minimal paperwork, etc.) and provide customer service when needed. This job requires no previous sales experience. 

While at this position, I've learned a great deal in the areas of communication, sales, customer satisfaction and interaction, conflict management, organization, and professionalism. 

Management is fairly straightforward. Each store is assigned a store manager, a assistant manager, and sales representatives. Store are combined into "districts" directed by a district manager. Each new sales rep. is given 6 weeks paid training before being placed on commission. YOU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU ARE WILLING TO MOVE IN CASE OF PROMOTION. VERY DIFFICULT TO PROMOTE WITHIN THE SAME STORE.

The work environment is very close knit. I consider my co-workers to be good friends. Success at this company relies on great teamwork, integrity, and respect with one another. 

Pay is determined based on commission or a figure close to minimum wage (whichever is the greater of the two). You are paid weekly based on product that is loaded out or given to the customer. Depending on the size of the store, the time of the year, and your work ethic, pay can vary considerably (anywhere from $30,000 to $50,000). You are also given bonuses based on weekly and monthly performance, goals that are met, and competitions issued by the organization. 

The hardest part of the job are the unconventional hours. This is a full-time position that requires you to work the weekends (which you need to in order to maximize your pay). However, being a full-time graduate student, they will try to work with your schedule. 

The most enjoyable part is being rewarded according to your effort. This is not the position for someone who wants to just show up and collect a check. If you're not engaged or trying to get better, your pay and your advancement within the company is going to reflect it.

The company has traditional values. Out-dated approach and resistance to being trendy for more traffic flow. 

My personal experience is this; I had big ambitious plans to get as far as possible in this company but feeling successful amd motivated for this company to grow with is dwindling ultimately due to the never ending pressure to "be the best" on numbers and the insatiable management. 

I came in thinking that I was doing good and growing but now it feels no matter how good I think I am, the regional or managers are there to put it down. They have much too high of standards that just keep growing. Growth is good but not when they push you many people down and out to get there. You see the same people week after week in the top 10. The ever mounting pressure to maneuver the system to work the numbers in your favor is very high consistently and ultimately the only real way to progress and avoid getting lectured like you aren't good enough. You can't ask them to stop treating you like that because that just leads to more lecturing. There is no one to turn to that can help correct that without blacklisting your own future with the company. 

The pay is eh. The worst part is losing money and their entirely way to long sleep trial. You can lose money within 1 to 12 months of any sale. 30-45 days should be the limit for you as a sales person to personally suffer the financial loss, after that the company should bear the financial loss. Nothing worse than being punished 10 months later and not being able to pay mortgage or bills because minimum wage doesn't cover that cost. The management team will respond with do a better presentation and give the customer a great experience, even doing so doesn't stop a rotten apple from being rotten. Most sales people can run closing sales circles around the presentation directors and script writers, customers are NOT the same and we would be up for a showdown challenge. Who can beat their regionals on the sales floor. 

I've been with this company for almost 6 years. I loved working here, I felt they really cared. I worked with great people and management actually knew who I was.best company i worked with. That said.. the hours did really suck. You work 11 hours a day or sometimes more, great for single life but not  great for family, but to be fair, they do tell you this before you get hired. Money was good, i was happy with it.promotion is a big thing with them but you generally do have to relocate in order to promote.they did ruin the company for me though in the end and now I'm not so sure they cared, it changed my views. I was let go due to covid. They let go of 30% of the company and did not rehire any of those that were let go. They used this as a excuse to clean house. I am 99% sure I was chosen to be let go because I had bought a house and had a baby so therefore  not able to relocate again( ps I was demoted for this exact reason, and yes they even said so ). Multiple people I know were in same boat. Like I said relocating is big. While i understand why the company  would do this ( i always try to see other points of view) i do not agree. The real thing though that hurt me was not this, again i can understand it, but the fact that I won a $1000k contest. This contest is a year round one and I won, I earned this. I have reached out to the company multipal times to see if I can still get that money.they quote the company policy that you dont get it if you are not employed with company at time award is given. To be fair they are saying they are talking about and debating if the people who won should still get prize considering  we were not fired for doing anything wrong as well as we did not quit.i really hope they do the right thing and give us the prize we rightfully earned, otherwise they would have completely  lost all respect from me and other winners. I am now working better hours and making more at the competition  and am happy( no not mf) so oh well🤷‍♀️ I do still like this company and value my time there, just wish it didnt end like it did.

This job pays well for the amount of education needed. The people were mostly enjoyable to work with, but little disciplinary action was given to individuals who acted poorly or created hostile work environments. The benefits were one of the worst parts about working there. They only matched your 401k at 1% and no paid vacation was given during the first year there. There is also very few weekends allowed off and many of the days start at 9 and last until 6-8 depending on schedules.

Asked many illegal questions about personal life(ie siblings and family and my relationships) throughout the "interview" in which they call an audit. They also allow younger individuals who have smoked weed more recently to work there, but older individuals less leniency because they should know better. I was actually told that by a manager.  

It is commission based and numbers are extremely important. If you are unable to sell enough pillows, mattress protectors or adjustable bases you will get written up. It is also often encouraged to be untruthful to customers about the pricing options in order to sell them items such as pillows or mattress protectors. Management would often tell customers who just wanted a bed that the other items came with them for free or at discounts. These items were not free and some customers noticed. In the cases of trying to sell pillows, often "customer satisfaction" discounts were added to orders to reduce the price of the items in order to keep numbers high. 

Inventory was a disaster and was required to be counted every other day because there was no efficient way to take items out of the system. You had to know the exact item or SKU in order to process it which made for many inventory issues and discrepancy.

Would never recommend working there to anyone, unless all you care about is money.

This job is good if you’re planning on staying a short time while you’re trying to make some money before looking for more of a career job. The pay is usually pretty good (if they don’t overstaff your location). The biggest con is the work/ life balance. You’ll be working open to close (9am-8pm) a few days a week and one of those days is Saturdays. You work almost all holidays and their blackout schedule makes it impossible to take time off around holidays. Another con is they are very obsessive about sales numbers that are irrelevant. They care more about how many extra pillows you can sell to a customer vs the volume of the amount you sell dollar amount wise. This fosters an environment that almost encourages salespeople to be dishonest with customers to run better “extra item” numbers. They also will give you a script with a list of things you MUST tell a customer word for word that sound like you’re a walking commercial. They say you can make it your own but then they send in secret shoppers about twice a month to check and if you aren’t saying things word for word then you get in trouble. Lastly, if you want to promote into management, good luck. They only promote people who are willing to move across the country so if you’d like to stay in the town you start as a salesperson they expect you to run unrealistic numbers because it’s upsets them if you’re not looking to move. This job is a good temporary job for the money, but the stresses that come from 100% commission work, mixed with all the other things they push on you, makes it hard to recommend you work for Denver Mattress. 

I have worked with Denver Mattress for about a year, and have wanted to post something about this amazing company I do work for, for a long time now! Before I started working at Denver Mattress I was working a job that I wasn't able to advance in, I was making min wage and I was struggling to support my wife and my daughter. I came across an old friend of mine that was working at Denver Mattress and decided to apply after talking with him a little bit about this company. I was scared to work on commission again, and was hesitant at first, but what an amazing opportunity I fell upon. This is the most amazing company I have ever worked for and I don't plan on going anywhere anytime soon. Not only did this company turn my family's life around, it opened my eyes to endless opportunities. In 7months I went from being a Sales Manager Trainee, to an Assistant Manager. I love the people I work with, the people I work for, and the owner of this company. If you are looking for a place to start a career I would look no further, I couldn't imagine working for another company. You get paid time off after a year of being here. You get amazing health insurance, 401k, and opportunity to grow and promote within the company. You are working on commission but don't let that affect your decision, we will give you the tools to be successful! I owe so much to this company, and don't know how I will ever repay them for the opportunities they have given my family and I.

I’ve worked for the company for a number of years, and love where it’s going. 

Let me start with no company is perfect, nor is this job for everyone. If it IS a fit, however, it gives people so much opportunity to put themselves and their families in a place of success. I’ve experienced that first hand. 

If you don’t like being held accountable, perhaps you wouldn’t enjoy this career. Everyone is given the same tools to succeed, and it is up to you to use them. As a business, it’s natural that there are minimum standards to be hit. It is also not difficult to hit these as long as someone puts in even minuscule effort. 

I, myself, am not the best sales person, but I love what I do because of what it does to help others. If you enjoy helping people and genuinely want to make a difference in your life and those you assist in the store, then you have a load of potential here. 

Hours aren’t friendly for everyone, though the weeks are shorter than when I worked at my last company, and I actually enjoy having weekdays off. There are always a few bad apples that get through in any company, and this one does a great job of moving them along to preserve the positive culture in the stores and company as a whole. Sales are important, but people are even more important. 

Overall, I’m extremely happy with how the company is managed and who I get to work with. If you want to make a positive difference through sales in a way that’s not a sleazy salesperson, then definitely give it a go!

I started as a salesperson, and you get your comission or your minimum wage. whichever is higher.

Unless you work in a large store in a highly populated city, with a lot of customer base, you WILL NOT make $70,000 a year. Assistant managers WILL NOT make $70,000 a year. I know a STORE MANAGER who makes about $50,000 a year. I don't know why this is advertised like this. 

They recently changed the way you get paid from a per-sale comission to a per-loadout comission. This means your paycheck no longer purely depends on your ability to sale, but now on the ability and willingness of the delivery crews to deliver the product on time.

Having my paycheck rely on somone else's ability to do their job is not okay.

I've taken a paycut of nearly $10,000 since this change happened. Nearly all my checks are just barely over minimum wage. for 40+ hours a week.

Aside from the pay cut? 
No set lunch period, You eat when you get a chance, 
No set scheduled hours you go home when the last customer decides to leave and you cannot tell them the store has closed,
When you promote, you have a week to pack up, move to the new store, find a place to live, and unload the moving truck.
 A week.
 I was told on a Saturday that my "Move week" started Monday, and that the NEXT monday I was expected at work.

Working through the pandemic shed some light on the ripe issues beneath the surface at Denver Mattress. Whilst working at one of the few remaining stores open during shutdown; many of my peers were at home securing unemployment checks with the bonus amounts while our store(among a handful of others)were business as usual with members of management doing delivery duties(in tandem with everything else). No compensation was ever offered to stores that were open. I brushed the dirt off, kept moving forward..with the vision of leading my own store one day.
That vision was ruined over time by burnout due to a work schedule that had me working 2 week stints with no days off while my manager counterpart went on vacation, took advantage of my work ethic, and treated me with disrespect. 
The lack of continuity for business standards that can actually be implemented nationwide is unacceptable.
All pains aside, I gave a lot to this company; sacrificing many things along the way. It wasn't all bad, but it wasn't all great, either.


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