merchandiser

customer service representative

administrative assistant

receptionist/assistant

food preparation worker

Footprint Solutions

What is the best part of working at the company?
The FLEXIBILITY is the best part of working at this company! You truly are able to work according to YOUR availability, as long as you get your assigned route completed within the two week “WAVE,” and you schedule your work during store hours.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful part is being at the mercy of the STORE’s demands. There have been times when the STORE will demand a reduction in hours, so Footprint will then either remove work that you’d previously scheduled from your calendar, during that period, or they will inform you (if they have enough notice) of the pending reduction, and not allow any work to be scheduled during that time. This usually happens at the end of every quarter, and especially at the end of the fiscal year (October). They do this whenever they feel they are spending too much money for our services; thus appeases their shareholders and ensures that everyone at the top gets really big bonuses. The reductions can last anywhere from 3 days - 3 1/2 months, and you really aren’t notified until the very last minute.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Because you are working autonomously, in a STORE, the environment is pretty similar to what you’d experience if you spent two hours in the STORE shopping/looking at items. Your interaction with staff is minimal , but building a good rapport with them is ALWAYS the best course of action! The biggest impact comes from the customers who can be quite rude and nasty at times. Other than that, the environment can be enjoyable, even relaxing, especially if you bring your AirPods! 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
After checking in on both apps, I take the required “beginning” photos. I spend the next two hours applying security tags (mostly stickers, rarely ink tags) to items that appear on the tagging list. (That is a list of items with high theft rates.) Depending on the STORE and my relationship with its staff, I often assist with stocking shelves, preparing for inventory, assisting with the “Fresh Truck,” etc. (Your day can be as varied and exciting and tiring, or as quiet and tiring, as YOU want it to be!) After my two hours are done, I obtain the manager’s signature, complete the surveys on the apps, and move on to the next store.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Although it's a good job recently there have been unexpected and sudden layoffs and temporary hoir reductions. Was laid off in October and January. Hours reduced for months in between.  Other than that it's an excellent job in which you male your own schedule. Driving pay is low but in store hourly pay is good for what you are usually doing. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not knowing when an unexpected month long layoff period with no work available will happen. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
You are usually in Dollar General stores. You talk to store managers when you first arrive but other than that work by yourself. If you need assistance you call the merchandiser help line or contact your manager. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I usually schedule 3 or 4 visits per work day considering the average store visit for security tagging (which you'll usually be doing) is 2 hours. It's often possible to stay longer if jeed be. Unless Dollar General prohibits extra hours. Only time I've encountered non availability for extra hours was before and after layoff times. The layoffs happen when Dollar General decides it wants to save money. They obviously don't consider Footprint's services to be a priority. So when they want to save money we are the first to get laid off.

I guess if you live somewhere, that’s still paying the federal minimum wage whatever wage Footprint is offering, then may seem competitive, however where I live, what  Footprint offers is the minimum wage, and I got a notice when the minimum wage went up that I was getting a raise , like they did some thing, but really that was just the state I live in (Maryland) raising the wage by law. They told me on the interview that they pay mileage but the mileage is really only if you’re traveling to another state or something like that, I’ve had to go to seven or eight stores in a day, and they never gave me a penny so it’s really pathetic the mileage compensation. I have a similar position now with a different company and I get almost $100 a week in mileage so it’s a considerable difference. They give out these ugly shirts but I’ve never really seen anyone wear them so instead of sending people ugly shirts that just get thrown away I would suggest possibly actually just paying your employees mileage!  From the ugly shirts to the drug test to the ancient computer apps everything seems like this company is a run by someone who has the mindset that it’s still 1998. I cannot recommend working here at all. There are a million and one better gigs out there. 

I love working here, it is the best job I've ever had. I don't have the best car in the world right now so it's been a little difficult, but they understand.  You just travel in your area or around surrounding areas wherever there's available stores or they need coverage and you spend one to two hours on the job, you make your own schedule, they post all the opportunities and you just pick which ones you want to do and they even give you lots of time to do it, like 2 weeks you can schedule as many or as little as you want you can go weeks doing full-time and then one week just do a couple in one day, you can do that every week you can get five stores in a day or you can do five stores in 5 days that's awesome. The people there really nice they give you all the instructions, they're available by phone whenever you need them and I haven't had  to need them too often, manager is good with communication but not overly micromanaging everything.  If you can should apply, you would love it if you like to travel and you like being independent and making your own schedule and the pay is actually really good per hour and mileage and also occasionally they will give you jobs that are just a flat rate, those are awesome too.

When Footprint brought me on board about a year ago I was excited. Thinking I would have a stable part time job. Definitely wasnt that. 
Footprint is just like a few other merchandising companies out there,  in which you have a dashboard, they send out tasks (short term, or a one time thing) and whomever signs up first gets the task. Of course if you live near a metro area (for me, its wash dc), you can guess that it's a bunch of merchandisers fighting to get the task. 
Over the year they probably had a total of 3-4 tasks being offered which was no where near where I live, so I never did try to obtain them. So, because I guess I was considered inactive, they sent me an email saying that they are separating me from the company. What a joke. The company spent money for my background check and drug screening, told me they would send me a shirt (uniform, they never did). 
The tasks they had in my area were very sparse. No selection at all. Seems like it was always tasks from the same one or two clients. Very unsteady work, atleast in my area. Which I am surprised living in a big metro area. But I guess other merchandising companies got all those other good contracts. So much better companies out there.

I go to dollar generals and put security stickers on high theft items. Some stores are easy, others require more time than the 2 hour window I'm given per store. There's no real training. You watch an 8 minute video and read a sheet of instructions and off you go. There's lots of stores in my area and it's hard for me to hit them all, so I've noticed they've hired on someone who has been picking up the stores I don't assign myself. The assignments are first come first serve so if you don't babysit the website you may end up with no stores. They schedule about a month out, so if you currently have another rep in your area, they will have picked up the stores and you will have to wait for the weekly update with the next list of stores (again, a month out) for you to fight with them for. Overall, a good company to work for if you can think on your feet and operate independently. The computer doesn't let you schedule yourself more than 30 hours in a week, so this will always be a part time job with no benefits and no clear advancement opportunities.

On a daily basis most of your work will be driving to store locations and applying security tags to product, which will become mind numbing. If you continue to do a good job on these security tagging jobs eventually you will be offered other things like store resets, or display set ups. These can be opportunities to learn something new. The pay for the difficulty of work itself is fair. It is mostly a thankless job as most Dollar General managers see you as someone whose work should be done in company instead of outsourced, and resent you for it instead of appreciating you for saving them hours doing busy work. On the flip side it was always interesting to me to have work be able to take me to new places and see areas I would have otherwise never gone to.

I'd say it is a decent job if you enjoy working alone, traveling a bit, and have a need to earn some extra money.

Less than 4 hours of work a week, with “extra shifts” that are not close by. Mileage reimbursement doesn’t start until you travel 25 miles, and the pay per mile is below average. 

Training is just online videos, and unless you already have experience, your first few visits can be confusing. Once you figure everything out though, it definitely gets easier and comes naturally. 

The pay is very low, and it shows. Previous merchandisers and vendors often leave back stock and displays messy, likely because they’re just trying to get in and out quickly. It’s clear that the low pay doesn’t motivate anyone to go above and beyond.

I had three dedicated stores that I only visited once a month for about an hour each, and honestly, the pay wasn’t worth the time or gas. This is the kind of job you’d take if you’re just bored and want something to do, but it’s definitely not something that’ll help pay the bills. Wouldn’t be surprised if the turnover rate is high.

I am a merchandiser with the company. I like the nature of the work. In my area I just place security tags on a list of items. I like the flexibility in scheduling, I get to make my own schedule on my own time and modify it on-the-fly as needed-- with the caveat that the jobs get done by their deadline. I like the time it takes to complete tasks before moving on to the next location. The work is moderately repetitive, so only having so much time in one location breaks the day up nicely. 

The training is short and sweet, as the work tasks are straightforward and common-sense things. The wage is more than fair, especially considering the flexibility/independence for making your own schedule. 

When I started there was a lot of extra work to pick up (I could make a FT schedule), but that has since changed. It may come back in the future, but it seems like the current workload is very part time for a while. Still, they are transparent about the work available and consistent with current schedule. 

My job at Footprint involves me coordinated and developed crews for installations, managing freight and delivery of items, aiding Territory Sales Managers and Store Owners/ Managers on developing attractive and functional displays to build business, heading projects for  installation of merchandise and fixtures for leading companies such as Phillip Morris, Microsoft, Wal-Mart, US Tobacco, Apple, AMC Theatres, Dunkin Doughnuts, Moen, and Starbucks. It is a fun fast pace environment that challenges your problem solving skills and team building. I like the challenges that each project or client has its own obstacles that you have to be creative to maintain the functionality on both ends of client, owner space in stores. It is something different everyday with new challenges and strategies to apply. The only downside is that there is not a lot of chances for advancement in the Arizona market unless the depot owner wants to sell the depot.   
         


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Merchandiser 1 salary reported	$13.50 per hour
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Receptionist/assistant 1 salary reported	$25.00 per hour
Food preparation worker 1 salary reported	$18.26 per hour

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