route sales representative

warehouse worker

merchandiser

packer

fleet mechanic

Herr Foods

Plan to work 55-65 hours a week with no raises. If you complain about the money, they tell you to get more accounts, which means more hours or working 6 days. Your typical day is going to be a minimum of 10 hours. If you have a good year, they cut your commision percentage as a 'reward' to make you work harder the next year. It ends up being a stagnant income. 
My branch had great management, or so I thought. They told me to handle a large account a certain way due to covid shutdowns because they took a big financial hit during the first shutdowns. They wanted to avoid the loss should a second shutdown happen with this college account. They told me to barely stock it in case the college had to shutdown, thereby minimizing the amount of product we would have to buy back and incur a financial loss.. I did exactly as requested, keeping my management informed on a regular basis (twice a week). However, they didn't inform the account why it was being handled differently. The account didn't like the way it was being serviced,  thought it was my fault, and banned me from servicing them. Instead of explaining to the client that I was only doing as instructed by my management, they fired me. I also had my route down to a science and could easily do it in 4 days. That was frowned upon and I had to work 5 days. You are paid commission plus a daily work stipend. They did not like the fact that I could do my 5th day in two hours, yet have to pay me the daily stipend. I also didn't work Saturday's due to religious reasons (Sabbath), plus my route did not need to be worked on Saturday. I was informed the company was going to make me start working on Saturday. When I balked, they told me to use my sick time/vacation time if I wanted to continue to have Saturday's off. I was told I was one of only four people in the whole company this was an issue for and they were no longer going to make accommodation for this. If I didn't like it, too bad.
I worked hard for this company for almost a decade without ever having any issues, (in fact, I had great customer feedback) and this is how they repaid me. 
Prior to terminating me, they said they would conduct an investigation, yet they never came to me during their 'investigation' other than the day they showed up to tell me I was suspended. They blamed me for not delivering speciality product to said client, which resulted in the client switching to a competitor. I can't deliver what the warehouse doesn't have, but apparently I can get blamed for it. 
Honestly, for the hours you put in, you are not paid well. You end up working the equivalent of a full and part time job. If that's what you want or need to do, you're better off working 40 hours a week for someone and getting another part time job. 

I worked for this company for long time and let me tell ya!! The pay is horrible! They give you 25cents MAYBE 80cents per year pay increases IF YOUR GOOD with the bosses and kiss up or hangout with them on the after hours your hard work,loyalty And making sure things are done correctly and NEVER calling out means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!! KEEP THAT IN MIND!! It’s part of the million reasons their products and sales are going down hill worse and worse by the year..all it takes is one of the many pets that follow their managers around to get a bug up their behind and you’ll be on the outside and out of a job that’s doomed to go out of biz in the future because everything that goes on behind the scenes only gets worse and the pets do nothing and are on their orientation video made to look like rock stars haha So be prepared to work like a dog and make the pets look good just so they can spread slander about you and decimate your character because you don’t wanna have a relationship with them or be harassed by them -YEAH it’s really a low place to work!!! TAKE MY ADVICE!! Go elsewhere and don’t waste a decade of your life like I did with a favoritism and harassment filled company that’s only pimple on the butt of progress once you do research on them and see all the law suits they have because their managers ARE VERY CORRUPT and compare them to a REAL COMPANY like Frito-Lay that’s not scared to make a good product that sells to further their profits and grow! -guess what!?!? HERRS IS scared to make money and they can’t afford anything else that actually sells and there’s another story lol they try to work with 10 pounds of things in a 2 pound bag Lol omg this company is so beyond ridiculous GO SOMEWHERE REAL!!!! You will be sorry in time if you fool with these bunch just like I now am..

typical day starts around 3am and you work a very long day until at least 5pm if not later, they dont tell you the hrs a day where you dont get paid, they lied to me when I started they told me I would get paid twice what I actually got paid and would work about half the hours I really worked in a day, pay is based off your sales but do the math compared to hrs actually worked and you wont make much, coworkers are there with anything you need helpwise, management should be more understanding of new employees, theres alot of employee time wasted stocking businesses shelves that dont sell product each week, I can guaranteed the owners of Herrs have no idea the amount of overpaying they are wasting paying employees and overage on fuel prices and vehicle maintanance they could save a year if they would actually see how much product does not sell and gets transferred back and forth from one business to another for stock rotation, and eventually thrown out every day, Herrs could save Im sure millions of dollars a year if they knew actually how much the branches waste, they could cut back on production also and save a ton of money there too to how much product I saw that was thrown out into the companies dumpsters, best part of the job working by yourself and after the way to long of a day getting in your car and driving home

If you're willing to be belittled, not trained properly and thrown to the wolves you've found the right spot! Favoritism at it's best. You'll have employees that stand around doing nothing (except gossip and put others down) treated like employees of the month. The hard workers are taken advantage of and if you even muster the energy to take a complaint to HR you'll be baffled to know that nothing will happen. HR doesn't take issues seriously at all. It's a waste of time. They will let people get away with just about anything. If you end up on someone's radar that is hire up , they will pick and pry until they find the pettiest reasons to let you go, or just make your life miserable until you quit. The nice thing about working here is that there are some genuinely good people on the low part of the totem pole. Some of the coworkers really have your back and stick together and support one another and help each other get through the day there. However, if you're new or unliked you will drown there while others don't help and try to sabotage you. Pretty unbearable in the summer. Manageable in the winter. So if you enjoy a challenge and you like being micro managed and school yard behavior apply now!!!!! Free chips though! 

My usual day starts at around 4am where I get into the work truck, and after grabbing the handheld computer & printer, I depart to my assigned area. 

It is a heavily physical job requiring you to lift, pull, push all at weird angles and with a decent amount of weight behind it for the majority of the time. 

Depending on whom you get to talk to/with, management can be very considerate for things going on in your life should something happen, as well as being able to help you out if you need assistance with a store or dealing with a customer. 

The hardest part of the job would be the fact that you will initially work from before the sun is up, and finish working after the sun goes down. The one thing that keeps you going is knowing the more time you put in making sure your customers are happy and knowing all the product is where it needs to go, your paycheck will show it come commission time.

The best part about the job in my opinion is building relationships with other people, whether it is dealing with the same accounts for years, or going out and soliciting new businesses during the day and just getting to know them.

The Job has potential to be great.. Everyday is Different in some way which is nice... And servicing stores is actually enjoyable.... The Long work Hours are the career killers at Herrs.. To make any kind of good money you'd have to be out a minimum of 12 hours a day (5days a week) or 10 Hours a day (6 days a week)... BECAUSE They sell you on making your route run "like it's your own business" but yet, they FORCE you to continuously service stores that actually cost YOU time and money to be in rather than allowing you to pull out of those stores... Management is constantly running routes because they can't keep employees, so don't expect to get any route support from your district boss... You're told to give your personal cell out to your boss and Customers which eventually lead to you getting calls at 7,8, and 9 at night, so you're never actually off the clock... And worst of all, you'll get great bonuses your first year but eventually management puts those out of reach too (no
Matter how hard you work)

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part of working for Herr snacks was them terminating me after 6 months of short term disability because of back surgery caused by working there!! I worked over 70 hours a week for $45-50,000 week and they kicked me to the curb. Trust me…..STAY AWAY FROM THEM!!!

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Just everything about working there was STRESSFUL. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Management talked down about workers to me so you knew they talked about me to others. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A typical day working there was 10-12 hours from 6 AM-5 or 6PM then loading your truck for tomorrow’s day. Then you go home to a cold dinner cause it’s now 7!!! Oh….. I forgot to say when you count your new load in it’ll no doubt be shot a few cases cause a rep that got there before you did “BORROWED” them!!! You tell supervisors about it and they say “get there earlier” STAY AWAY!!!

What is the best part of working at the company?
There are free snacks in the cafeteria.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
I worked as a programmer, and some tasks required working in some rather old programming languages like RPG, so I needed a fair bit of help to get accustomed to that.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
My coworkers were very helpful and I usually felt like I was able to approach them whenever I had a problem I needed help with. The environment was pretty quiet and relaxed.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I would usually be on the clock for about 8 hours; my supervisor would come to my desk now and then during the day and give me tasks to complete, which often involved creating or updating programs written in RPG IV that also contained SQL code. When I wasn't busy with one of those tasks I would sometimes look up stuff about RPG IV, SQL and other languages that the job involved so I  could improve my skills.

This is a family owned company that got too big. One of their core values is “openness to change”, but they are zipped tight. They mean well, but they are an echo chamber full of inexperienced, undereducated family members that do not know how to effectively run a business of this size and stature. It is frustrating to try and convince them to catch up with the times in terms of pay, policies, and benefits, because they think any and every thing done “historically” is the only way to continue. They have made an effort to higher “new blood”, so to speak, but are unwilling to take critical recommendations. You hear a lot about their culture, but it’s just a buzzword. People are unhappy, but the company’s eyes and ears are closed. 

“Better before bigger”, but they are stagnant. It’s a shame, because Ed Herr is super smart and thoughtful, but he can only see through the rose-colored glasses presented by his executives. 

Worked here for 15months in would not recommend to anyone I left a good job to comee here as they said during my interview thier was plenty of over time in if you were a good worker you could move up easily which was a lie I worked third shift the turn over rate was insane we lost atleast one person every week after 6months I was the senior member on my team thier was no over time they said I would be working at least 8 hours a shift in only worked 7 in a half 11pm-7am half hour unpaid lunch that you must take I was told the hours would be 10:30-7 when I spoke to both managers that hired me they said they were slow. Fridays were horrible cleaning for 10-12 hours on hands in knees lots of favortism towards certain employees mainly the younger females management would treatvthem great even if they were lousy workers as if they never seen another female poor communication between departments overall poor management benefits were ok paid holidays helath insurance 60 a week. 401k but they do not match or contribute anything.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Route sales representative 173 salaries reported	$20.55 per hour
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Merchandiser 95 salaries reported	$19.35 per hour
Packer 6 salaries reported	$15.04 per hour
Fleet mechanic 8 salaries reported	$33.85 per hour

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