forklift operator

marketing manager

financial analyst

intern

supply manager

Molson Coors Beverage Company

-Typical Day: review objectives for each account on the day's route, drive to storage unit/distributor to load up car with necessary support materials, make 10 physical account calls, recap each visit in my living route plan, communicate sales to the distributor rep for each respective account to ensure product gets shipped in.
-Experience Gained: Ability to manage a large number of projects simultaneously, route planning, great sales experience, relationship building with customers, creative problem solving, in depth beer, brewing, and draft system knowledge.
-Management: I am lucky enough to be in a market with a regional office, which has allowed me to get much more face time with management across multiple functions than many of my counterparts across the country. My first direct manager was an extremely competitive, "always be closing" type of individual. He was eventually promoted. My next direct manager was less aggressive and placed a higher value on providing "solutions" that would actually make sense for the account, rather than just making the sale. He recently left the company, and now my former boss is supervising my team until a replacement is hired.
-Co-workers: Of the team I went through onboarding with, only myself and one other are still with the company out of an original 4. Being on my own all day driving in between sales calls has made me value the idea of having a real office workspace in my next job. There has been very little in person interaction with my co-workers in this role because we all have our own account lists and are home-based.
-Hardest Part of the Job: It is exhausting to literally drive around all day, and frustrating when there is excess traffic. Hitting the desired 10 accounts per day is also challenging because of individual account contacts' schedules and geographic locations of accounts. Having no admin time is also frustrating, because the last thing I want to do upon coming home is turn in sign requests for new features/plan my route for the following week/submit expense reports/log mileage. The most frustrating aspect is that it sometimes seems that even if I do everything right, programs still sometimes fall apart - unexpectedly out of stock product, distributor's sign shop making an obscene amount of errors on signage, failure by rep to ship in product, etc.
-Most Enjoyable Part: Finally getting a sale you've been working on for a while is a great feeling; it's even better when the product/feature is a huge success in the account. Interacting with consumers is also often enjoyable and educational. I value the relationships that I have built with the retailers I call on, and with the distributor sales reps in conjunction with whom I work. I love talking about and educating people on beer - styles, taste profiles, history, etc. One of my favorite aspects of this position has been turning consumers and retailers on to beers they might never have considered during sampling events or meetings. I also feel that I have gained an immense amount of knowledge and experience in this role that will be beneficial in future positions.

My typical work day began with reviewing my previous work days objectives and follow up as needed. Admin work from my home office including: responding to emails, confirming appointments and meeting requests, and preparation for my 10 account calls for the day.
MillerCoors actually has a university system based out of the Milwaukee brewery called MillerCoors University, which provides extensive ongoing training for all employees from new hires to the leadership team. Our portal also offered valuable resources for brand updates, innovation, industry trends and program ordering timelines.
MillerCoors fully encourages career development, growth and offers valuable resources to help employees build their timeline to achieve overall goals within the company. Management does not micro manage, rather trusts direct reports to be self sufficient in problem solving, yet available when needed.
The beer industry is often seen as fun, easy work with lots of perks, but there's actually much more to it. Selling beer has become extremely competitive in the alcohol beverage industry, with new brands and microbreweries launching daily, not to mention the spirits category dominating in alcohol sales.
MillerCoors is segmented by regions and management units within each region. Regular team meetings were scheduled and often included team building exercises. It's important to feel a common bond and comfortable with your peers and direct reports.
My favorite part of the job was enjoying our sponsorships and being able to entertain accounts and sometimes family at Cowboys, UT, Texans games or Rodeo and other sponsored concert events. Traveling to other markets was also a great way to learn best practices in those territories and turn around and incorporate them in our designated markets.
The most difficult part of the job was finding a work/life balance. On Premise works involves regular late night and weekend work so maintaining a personal life and commitment in my relationship was a constant struggle. It takes a very secure partner to understand the work demands in this industry.

Coors Distribution Company a subsidiary of MillerCoors is a wonderful place to work. It offers longevity and benefits for its employees as well as educational courses to excel in one's career. They are a company that strives to work with integrity and accountability. The overall experience that I had there for the fifteen years gave me the ability to learn a variety of skills from working the receptionist position, accounting clerk, customer service department and mainly focusing on the financial aspects of how a company is ran as the pricing specialist from 2003 - 2016.  I would generate the pricing pitch book that the on/off/3.2% sales representatives carried to the market to offer monthly or seasonal specials as well as the  general pricing the company had to offer. I would research pricing issued or concerns from retail accounts/suppliers/vendors that would be generated in the market from a variety of reasons. It could be generated from  a sale representative not calling in for a price override, a delivery driver having breakage at delivery, system errors, or customer refusals. I would research any pricing issue, approve or reject the issue, approve and then give a credit on account. I was the main contact to enter pricing into the VIP (Vermont informational system) pricing system and would invoice incorrectly. The most enjoyable part of the job would be the time spent focused on the daily tasks and putting out the "fire drill" of the day. I would be swift and accurate for we all have our job to do and the more accurate your job is done, the less work I would have to do. It is a win-win for all.

I worked here as a temporary worker for less than 3 months and of course I was the only deaf person on the 7 bottle line while everyone else was hearing (which this sets me up for failure).  The first rule the grave yard shift told me was to NEVER tell the manager that they are abusing their privileges by taking 2 hour breaks.  Which means this goes against my very religious beliefs as a good christian man that I'm trying to be so I just kept my mouth shut.  The employees who only worked 6 hour shifts but get paid for 8 because they work so "hard" started to complain when they were working 2 nights a week.  I never saw anyone participating in the extra hour rework or asking any other bottle line if they needed help for more hours or be willing to stay longer anytime a manager asked them to.  I wanted to be transferred to the other lines with the other deaf employees so I would be better accommodated but they wouldn't allow me to.  The shift leader I worked for his behavior was disgusting in a way that no matter how many times I told him I can read his lips, he had to mimic sign language waving his hands around his mouth as if he actually knew sign language.  I was treated disrespectfully, lowly as if I'm nothing, and didn't practice communication like they preached.  When it came time to clean the machines, no one on the 7 bottle line, not even the safety manager, practiced LOTOTO, which I thought was a joke because that's we learned going into this since DAY ONE!!!  These people made up lies about me to get me gone because they are not team players so they got what they wanted.  I wanted so much to make this a career from MillerCoors but they got in the way.  Their beer is horrible no wonder people are sending it back and their sales are going down.

A typical day starts with looking at tickets that have come in for the Elkton site.  We use Service Now.  Look for tickets assigned to me and also to my co-worker.

Handle any tickets assigned to me and then handle any tickets that I can handle for my co-worker.  I'm the early person and see tickets first thing in the mornings.

Below are my current Job Duties:

•	Perform hands/eyes support and troubleshooting of problems with Rack and Mount Server components, Network Components, Storage Area Network (SAN) components, UPS, etc.
•	Troubleshoot connectivity/outages (Wireless Access Points, LAN connections, Analog, Digital and VoIP telephone)
•	Perform hands and eyes coordination for IBM partners and teams (Asset validation/audit, Server restart, Change Support) 
•	Cisco switch IOS and Networking equipment familiarity (ability to load IOS configuration to allow remote takeover by network engineers) 
•	Client facing / Windows 7 PC support which includes: 
	Windows 7 Client/Server Domain/networking environment  
	 IMAC support (install software, image new PC's, Install and recover hardware), 
	Setting up and troubleshooting cellular phones (iPhone, Blackberry, HTC Evo) 
	 Documenting ticket details in ISM 
	Network Printer troubleshooting (HP, Xerox, Canon) 
	Hardware break/fix problem determination with DELL PC (Laptop/Desktop), Repairs are executed under a Dell warranty but initial troubleshooting by technician 
	Experience with thin client/virtual client computing (Citrix, VDI, VMWare, etc.)
  
I really enjoy working at Millercoors in Elkton, VA.  The most enjoyable part of my job is working with different personalities at the plant.  Work with administrators as well as the Plant Floor People.  Always doing something.

The experience was amazing in many ways. The perks were great, and though many people may focus on that, they didn't make the job what it should have been. 

Upper management is stuck up, stuck in their ways, and unwilling to take constructive and productive feedback. Whenever I did give feedback, I felt like someone was watching me. They are very hard to talk to. 

Distributors for the most part are amazing to work with, still stuck in their old "this is how we have always done beer" ways, but are slowly learning to adapt. 

Co workers were great, diverse to some degree (could definitely be more diverse) but there is definitely drama in all corners of the company. Hard to get away from. 

The job itself is difficult, stressful, time consuming but rewarding when you accomplish your objectives. Bonuses depend on the market, so don't be fooled by your individual performance - though your performance is what's most important. Don't ignore that you havw goals to hit and you will DEFINITELY hear about it if you slack. 

Also, HR is terrible. They dont function the way you would think. Not as helpful and very passive aggressive. So any personal/internal issues may eventually be known throughout the region. Just be weary. 

The head of the lab spent most of her time coordinating with the microbiologist who actually ran the lab and she only entered the lab on rare occasions.  So she knew very little about what happened in the lab.  Laboratory needs updating but functions relatively well.  My position was a contract microbiologists so pay was high starting but benefits were severely lacking, where as a full time Miller employed microbiologist would take on about 30% more responsibility and be paid almost twice as much with benefits.  Lots of overtime available which might be good or bad depending on your viewpoint.  Contracts are one year in length but usually are extended until the contractor notifies Miller otherwise.  I appreciated my time in this position but could have learned a lot more.  Contractors are used mostly to collect the large amount of different samples needed to be tested throughout the day.  With so many samples and such a large facility contractors spend most of their time collecting samples and repetitively testing those samples and very little is spent learning new lab procedures or inner workings or science of brewing.  60% warehouse work, 30% lab, 5-10% scientific learning.

You'd think working in a brewery would be fun.  It used to be, but that is not the case anymore.  Too much bickering between workers (which management enables since it keeps real progress from taking place) and the Union is too friendly with Upper Management, so good luck getting a better contract or quality representation (unless you kiss the right behind).

Even though the company preaches safety and health constantly but refuse to stop the rotating shifts.  Every 4-5 weeks, depending on your schedule, you rotate through all shifts.  Everyone is a zombie. So many people get hurt because they are simply tired.

If you work hard, you WILL pick up the slack for those that don't.  There are too many that don't. Most immediate supervisors are great and do their best, but the good ones often don't last long.

The entire facility used to be ran by the teams, but as more people have retired, this has slowly been taken away. More and more micromanaged every day. 

Pros: free beer, good benefits, some flexibility, and most the people are super nice. 

Cons: The company is actively imploding within itself and the industry. I was at the company for 3 years and within that very small timeframe they downsized twice, totaling almost 800 jobs. They are being left behind by ABI, seltzer (white claw specifically) and liquor. Management moves at a glacial pace, even though one of their “keys to success” is moving faster to get new ideas to market. They consistently try to repeat old ideas or steal new ones from competitors at a pathetically lower level of execution. The incompetence goes all the way to the top - a perfect example being in 2019 they announced that they needed to “restate” financial statements for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 after an audit committee found errors in financial reporting.  These errors amounted to overstating their income by 300M dollars! In other words, their shareholders caught them in some pretty incredible and malicious lies and sued them. The investigation is still ongoing and I’m positive some people will be going to prison. 
Bottom line - save yourself a massive headache and do not apply to this company. Dumpster fire is an understatement.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part of working at Coors was the people I worked with. Not the leads, management, or the corporate leaders. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Being forced to stay for 4 hours of overtime with literally a 5 minute notice, working your behind off for a multi-billion dollar company and still being paid low wages. Working with no days off for 14 days in a row only to get one day off. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment is a petri dish! Mold is EVERYWHERE. There are so many hazards here, broken glass everywhere. Mold spores all over the floors, belts, and machinery. The culture is one of the most toxic environments I have ever worked in. They expect new temp to hires to perform just as well as the full timers and you're making close to $14 less. Not a good place to work if you enjoy a work life balance. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stressful,  even before arriving because you are never aware if you're going to have to stay for 4 additional hours with 5 minute notice.

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