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You agree to cover specific stores within cities close to you and the work is sometimes automatically assigned or sometimes you must log in to accept or decline the work. There is also a list of additional available work at other stores/cities that you can request if you want more hours.  Most of the work is fairly easy (zoning merchandise such as picture frames, slippers, shoes, pillows, toys and stocking product if additional inventory is needed and available)  but some of the assignments are strenuous, such as assembling cardboard shippers.  Most of the work assignments are 1-2 hours each but there are a few that are up to 6 hours each.  You report everything through their website and it is a bit frustrating to use the site on your phone, frequent issues uploading photos and the info you enter is not automatically saved so you have to make sure to keep saving your progress or you will have to start all over with the survey.  You are an independent contractor, not an actual employee, so while the pay rate is a little higher than most other merchandising companies, you will be paying more in taxes so the pay actually isn't that great.  Also it takes forever to get paid! I have been working for them for 6 weeks and have only gotten paid once so far!  And there seem to be many different project managers, I get the impression it's one of those companies with too many captains not enough sailors.  None of the management has reached out to me about anything yet, which is great because I don't like being micro-managed and enjoy working autonomously, but you definitely get the vibe that you are not an actual employee. Someone could maybe make this job their primary income during 4th quarter if they are willing to drive around to a lot of different cities but I expect that the amount of work available will greatly decrease after the holidays.  

What is the best part of working at the company?
The flexibility and pay. So nice to balance family with work. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
None, I absolutely look forward to it. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very independent work environment. If you’re used to retail and talking to people, you’ll be great. You’ll meet store managers, store employees,  and customers while you’re on the job. But it’s mostly quiet, independent work besides that. Which I love:) 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Checking my portal for jobs assigned and confirming them. Mapping out my week, setting work days up and paying attention to due dates.

It's not even "part time" it's assignment based work and pay based on experience level. It's also based on where you live in the country, clientele and accounts served i.e. what stores, what name brands, what products etc. work can be up to less than once a month or once ever couple of months. So it's more of an addition to whatever part time merchandising work you're already doing with other companies. It's basically one of those get some $$$ to cover other costs jobs and not a regular job. But at least it pays and you can work locally in most cases. They do not pay miles or drive time unless you "negotiate" and then it's still a rip off. Not highly recommending working here and I am thinking of leaving due to poor pay and seriously low hours.

What is the best part of working at the company?
You really get to develop your own skills for visual merchandising and time management because You make your own schedule with in project time lines. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
There maybe times when there’s no accessible projects due to down time in retail industry. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
We work on our own but for the most part account managers are professional, kind and knowledgeable 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Since we create our own schedule, checking the work board for available projects, confirming and contacting acct managers for projects, submitting reports

There’s ups and downs to every job so it’s inevitable. But i am a very quiet person and too myself and just do my work. Starting the job the vendors communication was terrible and continue to be. They will report to my account manager of me being late but in reality I was on time and they just never tried to reach out or find me. Despite me giving them my number multiple times if they needed to see me. They purposely try to make me look bad for whatever reason. The employees feed off of drama especially me being quiet I feel targeted. My account manager did nothing to resolve this problem. Other than that the work is very easy and you can have a great flexible schedule, but no benefits. 

Interviewing they ask for your commitment to 25 hours a week.  Very reasonable.  They don't share with you that they don't have enough assignments in order for you to achieve 25 hours a week.  Management is not forthcoming nor transparent.

I love the flexibility and creativity of this job--arranging brands within different stores to increase their visibility and sales. I could pick how often I wanted to work and how far I was willing to travel. Then I took pictures of the final results and sent them in.

The only drawback was travel time to and from different stores, and time spent completing detailed reports when I went home. I think the pay needs to be higher to cover these better. 

I enjoy the different types of projects that are offered, and I enjoy the freedom & flexibility that the position affords me. I tend to prefer the apparel based projects, but there are lots of different types of projects available. All projects are cued into a website you can access at any time, and you accept or decline certain projects within your radius, and can also request open projects outside your radius for additional work. 

This job entails going to stores to merchandise products, take photos, and possibly rebrand items. I like things nice and neat so this job is satisfying to me.  Management is very supportive. It's easy to sign up for jobs and you get to choose the day and time that you can do them. You get paid travel time over a certain number of miles and time. I like to work independently so this is a good job for me.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Work at anytime or day as long as the store is open.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They say work when you want and accept which ones you want as long as it done by dead line but the will call you to ask why won't you do any more.  Pressured 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
You worked where you lived mostly 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Work was self paced. Depending if store was organized may take longer to finish a job

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