senior sales specialist

senior manager of software engineering

sales representative

maintenance electrician

application security engineer

Pampered Chef

What is the best part of working at the company?
I work my own hours, I spend time with my family, I get to help others, my directors and coworkers are awesome, I earn free products and I help other earn free products! All while helping pay the bills! It’s fun! And exiting! Growth opportunities are endless.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Booking and recruiting reach outs… not taking no’s personally after getting so many takes time but eventually you just take it as part of the conversation and keep on going… 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
However you make it. It’s a work from home or where ever you want job… 
The culture is all cultures and honestly though I’ve never met most my team in person… they feel like friends and family. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Check emails. Check team postings. Check social media. Check my back office for updates and new products and information. Outreach for bookings. Do some online training (as little as 5 min a day or as much as I want) 
Host coaching. Party check ins, Party building and interacting.

This is a direct sales position and Pampered Chef is one of the best companies to work for amongst all the other direct sale companies.  The cookware sells itself.  The shows are fun and interactive.  It never makes people feel pushed into buying the products but they always do because they really enjoy learning through the party.  Customers are able to physically handle the tools and therefore can picture themselves using it everyday.  There's no gimmick, Pampered Chef has worked hard through the years to become a household name and the consultants have carried that on.  If you are part of a team and you have an upline, they are usually always super helpful and encouraging to help get you started, stay on track, and/or move up in your position and gain more sales.  They have an incentive for you to do well because then, they do well.  It's a win/win.

Have never worked at a company with more superficial and fake people in my life. Buyer beware working at this multi level marketing behemoth. They do not sell their products in a store but instead are dependent on independent consultants who schlep their products from door to door and across their soccer mom networks. If you are entering the video production or marketing team, run away! The department is run by an egomaniac who thinks the hands and pans content they are creating is Oscar worthy and they have the attitude to come with it. They have decent equipment to pull off shots but they do not compensate you in the least. They in fact entice you with the whole Warren Buffet affiliation and you think that some of this money will trickle down to you, but it doesn't. Very poor marks for compensation, company culture, and overall terrible place to work.

I devote 5 hours a day to scheduled work from phone calls such as customer care calls/product replacements/new leads and potential recruits.
I have learned how to build lasting relationships with customers to clients and organizational skills and balancing home life along with my career.
I have built a team of exceptional women that share the same goals as me and I enjoy our team meetings to help build more sucessful businesses.
The hardest part is working on weekends and nights. It has become difficult for me because I have a family and that takes time away from being with them, which is why I am looking for the M-F 8-5 Job. The most enjoyable aspect of my business is meeting new people and selling a product that I firmly believe in.

A typical day of work consisted of contacting people, booking shows, preparing for shows, doing shows, customer service, taking orders and payments, entering information into the computer, closing shows, making sure orders were received by clients, keeping utensils sanitary, cooking for others, being organized.  I learned how to run my own business from start to finish, management and co-workers were very helpful and kind.  The hardest part of the job was cold calling people and the most enjoyable part of the job was personally helping people individually at the end of the show with their questions and putting their orders together.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Work at your own pace as well as when it is convenient for you

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
the ONLY stressful part is learning about the individual kitchen items/appliances and how they work - its not necessary but it certainly helps when customers ask specific questions

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
the position is remote however, if help or assistance is needed with any part of the job, there is always someone to reach out to

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
talking on the phone and or emailing customers , locating hosts to have their own shows takes up most of the day

Over the past five years the company went from growing and being awesome to horrible. Working from home before and after hours became the norm, but don't be a minute late because you were asked what you did all day long. It became normal for upper management to ask co-workers to spy and report back. Instead of new Mangers and VP's getting to know the people who worked for them they were more interested in trying to have people write up their knowledge of positions in order to replace people. 

At one time the company was a family, everyone worked together, now it is survival of the fittest & to see who can cover their behind the best,

What is the best part of working at the company?
Complete independence, you are a 1099, not a W2.  Great for anyone who has high motivation to make it work or people who just want a little fun.  FYI you get out of it what you put in.  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lack of communication from customers 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Self motivated people are generally upbeat

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Make connections with customers via social media engagement and informational posts. Texting for more detailed conversations.  Coaching team.  Making recipes for my family that I can turn into social content.

Pampered Chef is a fun company to work with and as an independent sales associate you have a wide variety of duties. My favorite part was giving in-home product and recipe demonstrations. I liked that I was able to have a flexible schedule, incorporating fun and friendship into my work world. There was also the opportunity to use industry-specific software to process orders, track shipping and keep records of my clients, among other things. I would recommend this company to any mom who needs an extra income, yet still needs to devote a significant amount of time to her family.

I got into this job because of my love for cooking and kitchen gadgets/tools.  Once Covid hit, in person cooking shows were not permitted and all “parties” moved online.  Huge learning curve with only self-guided learning tools.  

Consultants are absolutely badgered from the very beginning to start recruiting new consultants to develop a team.  Even during HUGE product shortages and insane shipping issues, consultants were urged to keep recruiting - talk about setting up new team members to fail!!!  If there’s nothing available to sell and the shipping timelines are 6 - 12 weeks out, how on earth could the new recruits meet their sales quotas?!!!  Absolutely ridiculous!

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