merchandiser

sales merchandiser

route sales representative

accounts payable specialist

maintenance engineer

Franz Family Bakery

Few people would associate a career working with bread as being passionate, but they'd be wrong. The managers that I worked with exuded passion, and a love for what they did. This contagious joy for what they were doing makes it nearly impossible to not share the same enthusiasm. This passion is the reason Franz Family Bakery will beat out the competition.

Franz strives to perfect the art of baking, and I feel they have done this well. Anyone who has tasted it knows that the bread isn't dry like other brands, and instead is soft and moist. I know it sounds like I love this company and brand, and that's because once you're immersed in its culture its likely that you will too.

As for actual work days, it differs little from other bakeries. Drivers wake up early "12:00 A.M." and work from anywhere between 8-14 hour days ensuring all customers are satisfied. My title includes integrity because 50% of this job comes from passion, and the rest comes from integrity. There isn't much hand holding, and oftentimes the job that your doing feels more like you're running your own company than working a job. You're given goals, and like an adult you're expected to perform upon them. You are expected to show up earlier than your competition and leave later, that's just the Franz way of doing things. You ensure that every customer feels as though they are the only customer. 

If you are thinking about a career with Franz I couldn't more highly recommend it. The first 2 months are the hardest, and they'll definitely push you, but if you make it, there are few jobs more rewarding than this one.

I was let go 1 week before my probation was up, which is the norm around there. This happened 3 times in 2 weeks , 1 of the employees was 1 day away from passing probation. All of the management is yt, including hr employees. No employees of color are advanced and are often picked on for things other employees do regularly. This company does not care about their employees, they will work you to death and complain when you do any little thing wrong. Oh and people with kids are not welcomed unless you somehow have a live in nanny or 24/7 childcare. The schedule is all over the place even when you try to communicate ahead of time, once I was told"your just going to have to call out",while trying to communicate ahead of time about the schedule. The work itself was not too bad, but the machines are constantly breaking down making it hard to do your job, as well as management is horrible. I was actually relieved to be let go. I just wanted to spread awareness because they sell dreams at this company. Finally, the health department needs to make a trip over to the Weller location. I seen trays of food being sat on top of garbage bins, to be packaged and distributed (hence the strict no phones policy). As well as employees touching food with no gloves, or dirty gloves they used to clean up with , and did not change them. I felt so bad working here due to all of this going against my morals , while handling ppls food. The best thing about this job is the pay. 

Horrible hours- Split days off you will never have weekends off and work a lot of 6 days per week. Unappreciative management (you can never do enough if you give an inch they will take a mile) awful communication, No real training system  (Their philosophy is "sink or swim" and if you make a mistake you get written up). Management does not care about your well being. They'll work you multiple 12's in a row and not bat an eye. They will call you on your days off and expect you to come in because someone called out or they did the schedule wrong. Really unorganized and messy in there and in the summer you're dripping sweat because its 90 plus degrees inside. You do not have a set time when you are off. You could be "scheduled" for 8 hours and they will come up to you and say "I need to to stay for a 12." I'd never want someone I cared about to work for this company. The majority of workers there hate it there, they'll even tell you. The foreman have big egos and really take advantage of being in position of authority for the first time in their lives and pick and choose favorites. 

I believe the money is good if you want to work most people say they want to work but get themselves fired by coming in late constantly or calling out. Every person I’ve came across has gotten fired but doesn’t have the drive to wanna work long hours or just simply show up. The job is good but is terrible at the same time, the long hours are what make the job annoying and hard. I personally would stay at this company because you can make 1500-2000$ after taxes which to Me is good $ but remember you gotta work the overtime to get that much $ but not everyone is willing to do what it takes. It’s overtime after 8 hours in the same day and so it’s not after 40 you get overtime its 8 hours. I haven’t found a job in Spokane that gives you this much overtime, there’s so much overtime to go around you will hate overtime. It’s all based on seniority so depending on where they put you. I would recommend this job if you want overtime and wanna make some $. Our union isn’t very good because from what I’ve been told it’s in debt and so I’m not promised my pension there is some that are promised it because they are grandfathered in it’s all based on how many years you have put in the company. 

Working for Franz as a merchandiser is the worst thing anyone could do to them self especially the Billings MT location. Your required to work every holiday every weekend for 12 hours from 4:30 am to 4:30 pm for no incentives no bonuses no over time that’s how you get your hours that’s a joke and any boss that thinks that makes since for being under payed at 16 an hour is a joke. I warn anyone that applies for a merchandiser for franz don’t do it unless your so desperate and have no life what’s so ever. I’ve never hated a job in my life till I worked for franz. There union so you pay into the union 32 bucks a month and if you have insurance that’s a bit more you’d be making nothing for  money and no appreciation and no move up and your life is gone your dedicating yourself to bread which is a joke. Stay away from franz 100% if you have common sense and want a life. Worst company I’ve ever worked for and they need to work on there company. There suppose to be corporate and have nothing that makes them corporate. Union is what everyone should stay away from unless your lazy and don’t work. Worst company since they went union. 

This company doesn’t care about you at all. They will work you to the bone and then some. You will develop some type of shoulder injury by the repetitive work load of lifting thousands of trays above your head all day at a fast pace. The company simply tries to cover themselves up from lawsuits by covering it in safety meetings only to protect themselves, not to benefit the worker. Expect to work graveyard shift one week and they will switch you to morning shift the next week. This will last until you can get a union bid and can secure a spot on the work schedule, which can be several months. You will work ten hours minimum and the shift foreman will manipulate you into staying twelve hours, because there’s to much work to be done with not enough workers. This is a large problem caused by senior workers leaving after an eight hour shift and not being team players. The pay is okay for a entry level job, but that comes at the cost of well-being and most likely serious lifelong injuries. Pursue with cation.

The job is pretty straight forward for route sales in the bread industry. The healthcare benefits are top notch, and the retirement benefits are fantastic. 
There are many great employees, but zero good managers. Be ready for micromanagement. Anything that goes wrong is always your fault and everything that goes right is something management takes credit for.
Everyone in management is related or part of the good old boy club. They do seem to cater to new hires over the guys that have been with the company for years .
One year you might earn $80,000 but don’t get used to it. The next year you may only make $65,000 because they can switch your route around however and whenever they see fit. 
Also Franz carries the private label breads for every store on the market. This increases your workload by total units while decreasing your pay due to low cost and even lower commission rates.

I loved working at the Franz outlet loved being able to go to other outlets when help was needed. I did not enjoy being treated bad by my outlet manager and other employee when I did go help. I look at Franz as one place no division. Also very poor instructions on how to do the job. I can say the bend outlet was ran 100 percent better. Had easy instructions and awesome manager and employees. The redmond outlet was nothing like that. I am so great ful I was able to contact the higher up manager and he responded and helped right away. He listened to me. I quit due to being treated bad when I went to help at the other outlet. I do miss Franz but not the way Redmond is run. I hope it is better for any new employee. All I can say is do what you know Franz wants you to do. If you know it isn't right don't do it.

Long hours,split days off so you never have a full day off to rest or recover. Hard dangerous work that will eventually cause crippling injuries
If you expect to have a weekend off to go camping, to the beach or visit out of town family then this is not the job for you. 

The money is good enough to keep most people from leaving for the moment. 
If you enjoy a gossip factory with constant backstabbing and some of the most incompetent management then you have found a home
The equipment is falling apart, some trucks have over a million miles! Retention was a big problem here in Seattle due to the before mentioned constants. Turnover is high and no one ever comes back for a visit 

No advancement opportunities here. Management does not promote from within
your hard work, dedication and experience means nothing to them.

I loved my job at Franz. My supervisor was amazing as were the rest of management. My typical day at work was busy with customers and other employees working on giving the customers what they were looking for. I learned that when ur team works together and is all on the same page things go smoothly. Management was wonderful with me. I had a health issue that I was taking care of during my employment and they were always willing to work with me and adjust my schedule accordingly. The culture in the workplace is family oriented and cheery. Because of the atmosphere our customers were happy and would become regulars. The hardest part of the job for myself would be remembering our ever changing specials. The most enjoyable part of the job was working with my supervisor and making our customers happy and satisfied by finding what they were looking for.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Merchandiser 19 salaries reported	$22.61 per hour
Sales merchandiser 7 salaries reported	$22.57 per hour
Route sales representative 2 salaries reported	$642 per week
Accounts payable specialist 5 salaries reported	$23.00 per hour
Maintenance engineer 4 salaries reported	$38.86 per hour

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