brand ambassador

demonstrator

event specialist

alcohol sampler

human resources specialist

Premier Connections

I've just started working with Premier Connections. I'm getting out of my shell. I feel confident interacting with the customers. The manager in the store. Keeps sneering at me. Whenever I've approached him he treats me. As though me just existing. Is a waste of his time. While he lingers around hanging out. I asked him for a name tag. Which he never provided yesterday. As a matter of fact he. Walked right by me as if I didn't exist. The supervisor assigned to me. Isn't much help to me. She sent me to a location. Where I have no knowledge. Of what I'm doing or where everything is. I've just been winging it. And asking store employees as I go. Although the supervisor assigned to me is nice. She comes across as nonchalant. And more concerned about having. A hot body placed to fill in a spot. The hardest part of the job. For me is not being able. To communicate with the staff. At the store about my concerns or needs. If I didn't need this job. I would've already walked off site. The most enjoyable part of the job. Is engaging with the customers. Which quite a few people. Bought products after sampling.

The job itself wasn't difficult but, I cannot stress enough how hard it was figure it all out. There was NO training, NO proper management. The actual staff coordinator was great with staying available and in contact, but it was all via phone and email.
I was given a cart, shown the food I was supposed to sample, and left to my own devices. There would be days when the store didn't have the product I was supposed to demo, so I would spend an hour trying to figure out what the store did have and set everything up (which sucked when I was only scheduled for four hours).
Also, I couldn't make plans around my schedule because it would change at the last minute. If I didn't check my schedule every few hours before going into work, I would come in at the wrong times, or have to cancel plans with friends and family at the last minute.
It was completely inconsistent. Frankly, couldn't put my heart into it and I stopped caring.  Better management and hands-on training would have helped.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Basically working on your own independently, as a food product demonstrator in Winco groceries stores. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
At times it can be a bit stressful depending on what product or how many products you demonstrate at the same time. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Grocery store environment.  Culture is general public. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Setting up cart, finding product in store to demonstrate, and giving customers sample of product, being friendly, and talking about product, and answering questions.

This is by far the worst company I have ever worked for. Expect management to treat you like a robot, to never listen to you, and threaten to fire you for any insubordination. There is no flexibility in your job duties. You are paid the very minimum possible for the longest time possible. There are no extra hours to pick up and the ones you get are laughable. Benefits do not exist unless you become part of the corporate staff, located in Las Vegas. If anything goes wrong in the work day, you are held to full responsibility, even if it is not your fault. If you are looking to contract a company to sub-contract your demonstration labor, do not call this company.

I was able to work Fri, Sat and Sun, yet was I barely scheduled three days, when I found another job I was only available Friday or Saturday and the co coordinator didn't like that but yet again I was only getting 4 hours, at one store I was treated like an outcast, while at the other store like a king.
I would always take extra work because I didn't have a car, they really need to pay $14.00 hr for all the standing you do.
I had to quite because I couldn't work all three days
I'm much better off at my new job
better money, more hours and am treated with respect and not a slave
you need to get rid of your waste in CA.

It was trying to come in day after day to have to clean store products from demonstrators carts.
It was difficult, at times, to find products that were to be demonstrated.
It was difficult at times to find adequate places to set up for demonstrations.
It was very upsetting to prepare for a demonstration only to find that the store did not carry that item.
Store department managers were very helpful and supportive of demonstration staff.

An OK part time job, but little chance for advancement. Management (especially the higher up they are) always seems concerned about how they are perceived and not how to help employees. Limited training is to state "how we want you to do things by set rules" and not helping employees find a way to address customers and sell more. Very little empathy to employee issues/problems.

You never were thanked or appreciated by upper management they never said hello or good morning . You never had the opportunity to advance to a higher position. When it came to working with the public, if they had a complaint at least upper management stood behind you and would go to bat for you.

Good pick up job if you need to augment your other income.  Easy job but can get boring if what you’re demonstrating can’t draw a good crowd.  Event lead wanted us to work for free 15 minutes before shift starts to put on hairnets, aprons, caps. A violation of labor laws.  Pays 2-5 dollars less than other demo companies in area.  District Mgr will yell at you like a banshee. Store personnel nice.

When I worked for premier connections LLC  I really did not think of it as a job. I thought of it more as a stepping stone to a better job. There were too many things that I did not like about this company and the main thing was the manager and the team lead. the manager was very unprofessional.

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