merchandiser

account coordinator

News America Marketing

They did not teach me how to use the hardware in a way to minimize injury and I ended up with crippled hands. This job requires you to work with metal and plastic apparatuses and cart frames that will cause your fingers to get banged, pinched and cut and your fingernails broken to pieces and torn off at the quick. That's painful enough but you will also sustain repetitive stress injuries from repeatedly squeezing, pulling, gripping and twisting with your fingers and hands. You also have to pull large sticker ads off the floor which hurts your hand and arm muscles. This company knows workers are getting hurt and for that reason they have an "internal" system for handling Workers Compensation claims. You won't get a penny for your injuries unless you've got a good lawyer and you may be crippled for life. 

Also the roads in my area are terrible and I have an older vehicle and it was not worth the damage to my vehicle. They use an antiquated hand-held system that is murderously slow and malfunctions a lot. The job requires you constantly pressing links on the device and many times it took several tries to get it to go through or I had to stand and stare at the screen to see if it was going through.  That alone would make me say, "IT'S NOT WORTH THE HASSLE!"  The hours are flexible but during weeks with heavy workloads I sometimes needed to work like 10 hours a day for 2 days to try to get it all finished to avoid nasty weather and have days off. Then I had to spend my days off recovering from the stress on my body and take lots of ibuprofen. The pay is very low considering the learning curve and the skills required. They said I "did a great job", that's because I'm overqualified and I sacrificed my hands, my health and my vehicle to do it. This would be a job for a young person with no career plans who would otherwise be doing some other menial job. I didn't like that there was no local office where I could call the human resources department.

I enjoyed my 6 yrs. As a marketing rep. My manager was nice and was helpful when needed. There was a lot to learn as far as all the various fixtures to use and when to use them. Each store had their own rules about where the ads could be placed ect. I had a large territory so there was a lot of long distance driving. The ads ran in a 3 wk.cycle and the hours were flexable. You have a monthly meeting and do a store ad change with the manager on one store to get an idea of where the ads will be placed and to get caught up on company issues. We had a small storage unit that the boxes of ads came to. I would sort the boxes for me and the other rep. and take home my ads to sort for all my stores.I also kept the storage unit clean and organized. We would  have to do inventory a couple of times a year to keep tract of our fixture counts and supplies.You sort your ads then drive to the assigned stores for that week. You are given a gas card to use for gas.You need to make sure you have all the right fixtures and enough of them to do the job because if you drive a long distance to a store and you don't have your correct fixtures to put up an ad you will have to make a second trip and your gas card will not compensate for the extra gas, it comes out of your pocket.This is a part time job and is usually less then 20 hrs. The pay rate is low, I started at $8 an hr. and was only making $8.75 after 6yrs. I trained a couple of new reps. but never got a bonus for helping out the manager so don't expect much as far as incentives. 
Since you have to drive your own car it puts a lot of ware and tear on it. This is the main reason I had to leave the job, my car broke down a couple of times and one time I had to get a tow and a rental until my car was fixed. The pay just doesn't compensate you. Even if you get a new car the job would not help much to cover a payment. I enjoyed the job but I had to let it go.

This job isn't a money maker and will take over your entire life. Compensation is never clear, ie your paystubs will not have details other than hours and mileage. I was told when hired that all drive time and mileage would be paid. Then, 2 months later that the first and last 30 miles would not be covered. Then my territory doubled and my gas card amounts were cut in half. Another month later and I was told only my mileage would be covered, no drive time. They took hours off my payroll without confirming with me, 2-3 hours per week, but when you're allowed a max of 40 hours a month, it adds up. Tey also stiffed me on my last paycheck. I ended up losing money or working for free most months. Prepare to spend your life answering emails, driving all over the place for 10 minutes of work and receiving 20+ packages of materials a month. Also, clear out your car as materials will take over even a good sized SUV. Clear out a closet as well for more materials. Be ready to jump on a job with little notice and be expected to go to the same store several times in a week to complete random tasks outside the normal service due to install times. Store employees will resent you for "taking their work".  Also, training was supposed to take 6-8 weeks, I barely got signed off as done training in 6 months, which wasn't ever done right. While training, your schedule is not very flexible at all.

Changing advertisements and rotating point of sales is what the job mostly consists of. I learned how to use the smart source items and tools used to add instant redeemable coupons in the grocery and drug stores I cover. The management is excellent. I have a good relationship with my boss and his boss. They're very friendly and easy going. The workplace very relaxing and you have a lot of freedom while you're working and you can choose when you want to work as long as everything is done by Thursday at 9pm. There isn't really a hard part of the job unless you wait till the last minute to close out your stores. This job is enjoyable because of the freedom you get to work whenever you want. That can be good and bad because this is a better job for someone who has a second job and does this on the side for extra pocket change. Average hours per week can be a little under 20. On the first and second weeks of the month you can work up to 28 hours which is what all adds up for the ad changing in all of your stores. The next 2 weeks of the  month are the slowest and you could get a maximum of 10 hours with small merchandising jobs in the stores. You generally average around 70 hours of work a month.

They did not teach me how to use the hardware in a way to minimize injury and I ended up with crippled hands. Also the roads in my area are terrible and I have an older vehicle and it was not worth the damage to my vehicle. They use an antiquated hand-held system that is murderously slow and malfunctions a lot. The job requires you constantly pressing links on the device and many times it took several tries to get it to go through or I had to stand and stare at the screen to see if it was going through.  That alone would make me say, "IT'S NOT WORTH THE HASSLE!"  The hours are flexible but during weeks with heavy workloads I sometimes needed to work like 10 hours a day for 2 days to try to get it all finished to avoid nasty weather and have days off. Then I had to spend my days off recovering from the stress on my body and take lots of ibuprofen. The pay is very low considering the learning curve and the skills required. They said I "did a great job", that's because I'm overqualified and I sacrificed my hands, my health and my vehicle to do it. This would be a job for a young person with no career plans who would otherwise be doing some other menial job. I didn't like that there was no local office where I could call the human resources department.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Flexible schedule. Independent.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Occasionally unrealistic deadlines (that no matter how unrealistic, seem to be frequently bumped up to an earlier date, one even more unattainable - heart attack!!) and nearly unethical pay relative to all other comparable positions/companies and etc.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
No major complaints or issues. It’s just a big company trying to do what they do and we (in my position) are the required commodities to achieve this for them although it doesn’t always feel as though we are valued as ‘required’ personnel…

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Awesome! I wake up and decide which of my 12-15 stores I want to go to first and if any others after. Depending on my energy level, mood, other plans, work load at each store that week, I may stop after one and maybe even after not having gone in until 6-7pm even! Or I may arrive many hours earlier and work up until the stores close (my latest currently stays open until 11pm though before Covid it was 24/7)! Or I may go in sometime in the afternoon then go do something else with friends or family and then visit another store later. It’s up to me! As long as my work is done by it’s deadline I’m okie dokie - I love this flexibility and freedom and autonomy!

I had few problems until I realized I'd been working for them almost a year with no raise or review. Also the work load can be 1 hour one week, 20 hours another. Very unstable. The work itself is easy, but you have to keep track of all your hardware and supplies yourself and store them on hand. Half my car was full of supplies until I quit. Despite putting in 2 weeks notice, the following occurred : my manager didn't respond to my resignation until a week later when I emailed to follow up. No offer for a raise, just " OK things happen" basically. Then I continued to get supplies mailed to my house and had to arrange for someone to pick it up as I NO LONGER WORKED FOR THEM and they also held my final paycheck. I had to email my former boss' boss asking where my check was. She told me it was a week out, completely breaking oregon labor law. I never was given a contact for HR or payroll even though I asked. I linked her to Oregon labor law and they over nighted my check. Then I continued to receive packages and my former boss decided to text me on a Saturday night asking if I got packages. THE AUDACITY. if you like managers who step over boundaries constantly including AFTER YOU'VE QUIT,  work here for a dollar more than minimum wage...

Worked for the most amazing supervisor ever, she tried to make your  job as easy for each of us as possible and would actually listen to all we had to say. The company NAM did not feel it was necessary to pay a fair wage and at my last raise I received 19 cents , which felt like like a slap in the face. During the year prior to receiving that raise, I did not only work my job but helped with other employees tasks as well, to only end up getting nothing for my extra work. If you’re looking for just a little extra money each week with no benefits but flex hours, no paid vacations days or sick time this is the job you may want to look into. I was with the company for almost 2 years and was not even making $10.00 an hour, I’m sure it depends on the area of the country as to what they pay per hour, but it’s not even enough with your gas card and your  $35.00 per month for the wear and tear on you vehicle. If this company would pay a fair wage I’m sure there would be less turn over, and they also need to in service some of their supervisors, as to how to be kinder to their employees.

They are a horrible company to work for they only pay 9.75 don’t get hours or mail flat out lie take bribes and their computers are always down they don’t have consistently and it’s a hostile environment they take bribes and force you out an expect you to be pleased making less than $100 a week.  Mileage should be more than 20 a mile and the first 30 miles and half an hour free and they shouldn’t have a dress code because they don’t pay you enough for dry cleaning plus they play favoritism and who they can use the most and  they are disrespectful to you and let employees disrespect you.  Meetings are not consistent and they lie about sending materials or getting your job done because they set you up for failure to do jobs that have no purpose and clutter your car they don’t even have a storage place and they make other people do their work they are lazy and it was a hostile environment because the trainer Lynette talked a lot about nothing important like how to do your job.

With over 11 years of advance experience at News America Marketing, I was considered by many sales staff as the “go-to” guy for mock-ups and giving life to new sales programs and initiatives. My typical day was to design and art direct collateral materials for the Sales team with mock-ups, presentations, and any sales material for internal and external clients. I handled projects from conception to the execution stage, including everything from core brand identity, promotion design and print collateral to the graphics of interactive design. I have over 5 years of managerial experience. My direct reports, ranging from junior to mid-level designers, relied on me for mentorship, art direction and technical training. Also, I managed and assigned project requests from the Sales team to the designers in the department. The most enjoyable part of the job was working in a team environment especially sharing ideas and collaborating during the brainstorm sessions. Also, there was always new programs/initiatives to look forward to working on.

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