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•	Progressive responsibilities culminating in a leadership position.  Diverse scope of responsibilities involving strategic planning, budget compliance,  human resources, sales and marketing support, customer services support, and customer relations
•	Coordinate activities and events in the Southeast Region of the United States, including Georgia, the Florida panhandle, Tennessee, and the Southern area of Kentucky, to develop and grow the Monster Energy market share through the implementation of initiatives to increase brand exposure and customer satisfaction; this resulted in the successful expansion of brand exposure
•	Work closely with regional and national sales teams to determine customer needs and wants, to align them with Monster Energy products according to product market segments and demographics
•	Recruit and develop a stable and highly productive work force resulting in strong brand exposure
•	Manage a group of 30 Ambassadors assembled in teams of four to eight members according to the needs of the events and tasks to accomplish 
•	Continuous improvement and development of training initiatives
•	Implemented a structure to facilitate more timely coordination for events including performance indicators to measure results and foster continuous improvement
•	Formulated and instituted a work ethic environment that continuously produces a highly motivated team 
•	Integral role in contract negotiations for specific events
•	Provide timely and accurate weekly, monthly and quarterly reports to enable and maintain clear communication with the Director of Marketing

Watch your back. Everything can be going great but things can change quickly. This is based on my last experience. Worked for the company for many years and planned to stay long term. I would definitely go back, I was just faced with some very challenging circumstances during my last couple of months. 
 
If you transfer to a different department and your manager doesn’t like you, you are SOL. 
 
Don’t try to transfer to a different department, it’s already too late, your manager will talk behind your back and block that from happening. 
 
Performance does not matter if your manager does not like you. They will find a way to write you up or put you on a “ performance improvement plan.”
 
If you do the things that are on the performance improvement plan, it doesn’t matter. They will still find a way to write you up again shortly.
 
They will then tell you that you should resign, and then if you do, you are still able to be rehired at the company.
 
Still have faith and I will get a second shot, I just had different circumstances that make it challenging. 

I have been working for Monster for roughly two years now and it has been a up and down experience. To my credit and hard work, I have grown the business tremendously in Connecticut since being hired. I work diligently with my Coca Cola counterparts who distribute Monster. I work with them to gain volume and incremental sales in both on and off premise accounts. Building rapport with store managers/top decision makers to ensure the Monster brand has displays in prime position in every account. I also presented every Tuesday afternoon when Coca Cola has sales meetings. Monster is a very innovative brand. Constantly coming out with new flavors and promotions to increase brand flow. I have capitalized on that the best I could by growing the brand double digits the past two years.



That said now that Monster is a public company. The way it is run has not been the same as it used to be. I do not feel the current work environment is conductive to my abilities to be a salesman and properly accelerate the brand.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I was told I would only drive 1,000 miles on my own car turned out i was averaging 2,200 miles. I found out they offered someone the job before me for $10,000 more a year. My boss also told me how much she “really wanted” the guy before me. Way to make an employee feel wanted. I did get free monster though. But for $18/hr and no overtime and the amount of wear and tear on your car…not worth it

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Working for a company that wants you to hit 10 stores a day and 140 a month but is always changing your routes 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
If you like working by yourself and tiktok you be alright

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Start no earlier the 6:30 no later then 8:30, have to work your 8 hours. Go to different gas stationed doing surveys and trying to sell in displays and gaining more monster energy space in the cold vault

Lots of flexibility in this role which is great, but work/life balance is nonexistent when you have a team out working all hours of the night usually 7 days a week. Even if you aren’t in the field you have to be available for your team to call in to / out to for every single shift. It gets exhausting getting phone calls and texts 24/7, weekends, at family events, you can just never unplug unless you request formal time off. Benefits are actually really good here and leadership in my region has been pretty great. Advancement in the department specifically though is tough and the culture is questionable - so much partying after hours on work trips and no downtime to do all of your normal work that can’t be put on pause for any of these meetings. Also can get very stressful and hard to manage, especially during busy season. Overall the benefits and flexibility are huge selling points, but there is definitely a lot of room for improvement. 

Long Island MAT Team (Farmingdale, NY):
I worked monster for over 5 years and went above and beyond my job role, with wishes of advancement. Learned management to have 0 experience, 0 network, 0 communication skills, 0 relationship building skills, nor are known by any of the market's main influencers. Will demote you before promote you for protection of their own undeserved positions. No hourly rate that hardly gives you hours or advancement opportunities is enough to keep me quiet. Not to mention they're only form of advertising is soliciting, using other peoples events and properties to advertise for free. Dont get involved, dont support this product. Poison product, poision internal structuce. May appear grass roots on outside but opposite on the inside. Take it from someone with over 5 yrs of experience.

You work with one other MAT taking either the van or truck to do various tasks for Monster. Sampling all over the state, dropping off product to different individuals, etc. You're entrusted a lot of freedom and the independence is really refreshing! Management is very welcoming, but some of the members hired onto the MAT team aren't exactly what you'd expect out of brand ambassadors. There could definitely be a more competitive hiring process because BA's are basically supposed to be outgoing & warm and a lot of the ones I've met are pretty rude. The culture is super laid back, with certain specifics such as paperwork that just need to be completed thoroughly. Hardest part of the job is probably the fact that it will just be you and one other person on the team in the car for hours on end sometimes, and that can be a lot.

While Monster Energy may well inspire people imaginations of extreme sports being conducted in the front lobby the truth is beyond the veneer the company and people are the same everywhere. While the compensation is fair and they do care of their employees I would say it is very well endowed with personal favoritism. Advancement can be very slow unless you personal relationships are forged. While many departments are structured this way there is the befit of working for a company that is geared towards the younger set but still remains grounded. That and the free drinks from the coolers are an added bonus on every floor .

A typical day of work as a Brand Ambassador for Monster Energy Company consists of either business sampling or sampling events. I have learned different techniques for guerilla marketing and I have gained knowledge about the company and the people that work for it. My coworkers with this job were fantastic; I got along so well with all of them and they have become good friends of mine. The hardest part of the job is not knowing how your day is going to go; guerilla sampling can be difficult because some people are not going to want you around and some people are going to be overly ecstatic about your presence.  The most enjoyable part about the job is working with people who have a similar interest with you and working events. Events are an excellent way to meet and network with many different kinds of people.

The part-time brand ambassador job was a great gig. On a typical day-to-day basis you are either out distributing samples or working events. You'll learn a lot about guerilla marketing and how Monster is so successful with branding. The quarterly marketing meetings were super informative too. As a whole, I loved the company motto and culture. They had flexible scheduling for shifts and provided lots of swag and perks of being an employee. Opportunity for advancement is there, but you often must be willing to relocate to another area of the country. Occasionally promotions are decided on a "who-you-know" basis.

My only suggestion for management is to do a better job of communicating executive decisions down the chain, and have a better leadership vetting process for mid to low level managers. 

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