truck driver

order picker

merchandiser

driver

sales representative

Southern Crown Partners

Compensation has become an area of concern as sales volume has declined. Much of the company’s core business is centered around beer, which has increased in price, while overall consumer purchasing trends have softened since COVID. At the same time, the company has focused more on higher-margin categories such as delta products, spirits, and noren-alcoholic beverages. Despite these shifts, the commission structure for sales staff has remained the same.

Another ongoing challenge involves managing slower-moving inventory at the store level. Sales representatives are responsible for monitoring product performance, but there can be limitations in removing underperforming items from shelves. In some cases, low-selling products are reassigned to different locations rather than phased out, which can make inventory management more complex. There is also a strict emphasis on avoiding out-of-code product, and some employees feel hesitant to openly communicate concerns about inventory for fear of repercussions. Sales teams are often encouraged to increase floor placement, yet may be held accountable if products placed in stores approach expiration.

There are also incentives tied to introducing new products. However, limited shelf space and the continued presence of older inventory can make it difficult to consistently place new items and fully take advantage of these programs.

The company has changed completely, and has taken a turn for the worst. Merchandisers are over worked and under payed. Salesman are glorified guinea pigs also under paid, who are just higher paid merchandisers that clean up after merchandisers. The company puts a price on your worth, they create a spread sheet on your WORTH! Also they do not have room for growth because there’s only 4 or less spots above for promotion. Basically you’ll work 20 years for a promotion, maybe get one based on your likeliness. They have made all incentives company goal driven and do not pay out in a timely fashion for incentives. They make you pay to drive there vehicles and wear their uniform. Truck drivers are salary. Salesmen lose case pay every year. They have a bad reputation for picking the “right products” to introduce to the market. If you want to give away your time with family feel free to join! As family is the most important thing they preach! But keep you away from them every holiday and don’t care as long as the beer makes it out. You will have no help because there system spreads you out and it saves them money. In conclusion your job is never safe they fire people whenever and do not care about your time invested. They only spare the old hill-billies and set them up for lavish lives of the rich and local somebodies.  

Job is simple, mostly just stocking items and when you finish your route you're done. Issues arise when you start to encounter nonstop work and unnecessarily high workloads, inconsistent workloads due to over ordering, micromanaging from store management, who will treat you, at best, equivalent to a piece of garbage (if they acknowledge your existence at all) during your day to day route. A primary issue being the lack of and improper communication from your superiors which primarily causes the issues to begin with, who will weaponize HR the moment you fall slightly out of line even for simple mistakes; micromanaging store manager complains? Superiors jump on you faster than you can even explain yourself and no matter what you will always be in the wrong as they will always side with what makes them money. Don't bother trying to defend yourself as they will only push back against you harder than before. The lack of structure that once gave the position it's autonomous feel is now being weaponized against the employees by management to kick out even longer standing employees, that is if they don't quit first. 

Turn over rate is through the ROOF til this day. “Everybody” who comes goes, and if you stay you are subject to increase workloads and no advancement. You’ll expect to have a helper on your biggest days (everyday) .. yea don’t expect that; they cant keep helpers either and they don't hire any. Salesmen order way more than needed which results in extra unnecessary work loads. Pay is SALARY and is NOWHERE near worth the amount of back breaking work you endure and cases you deliver at each stop. Be prepared to have extra stops added to your route for NO extra pay.  Not to mention the rude store clerks you have on your route who makes your day much much worse who calls your manager about even the littlest things. Management is highly toxic and envious which is the main reason i left besides the insane back breaking work loads daily and long hours. Beware of the happy beginnings and smiling faces on your first week. (wolves in sheep's skin)

The manager over the warehouse is great,  however The manager for the truck drivers is illiterate, will purposely put more work on some employees and not send any help while other employees will have half as much and have 3 helpers. HR and upper management ignored multiple(5+) drivers that were there for multiple years when trying to resolve issues they had with this manager. Nothing was done and eventually everybody that was there besides 1 or two has quit because of incompetent management. If your sick don’t expect to be paid for that day even if you have sick days (pto) because if it wasn’t scheduled 2 weeks in advance and they approved it then you ain’t gonna be paid. And that’s also if they approved it because most time it’s not.


The company has completed changed, they operate completely different. They use to get paid once a week then they switched to bi weekly. They make you pay for your uniform and also your company. The merchandisers are not high paid they make just at 28k or less. The salesman have no room for growth because there are not enough spots above and if you are not in the clique you will get over looked for advancement. Also salesman never get help and work about 10 hour days averagely. They never pay out incentives on time and they do not pay bonuses at the beginning of the month anymore. You work every holiday. No extra pay unless it benefits the company. People come and go because the pay is poor for the work you have to do. 

I worked at Southern Eagle for over 6 years. It’s a fast paced environment with a lot of hours. The work-life balance is of center but if you work hard and strive for perfection it does not go unnoticed. There is a lot of opportunity for advancement, as they like to hire from within. Upper management does seem to care for its employees and tries its best to keep the line of communication open for all. They even do quarterly meets to show the company growth which makes you feel like a team. I do miss the camaraderie with all the fellow Service Staff. If you are looking for growth this is the place. It might not pay a lot when you first get in but if you strive hard the company will take care of you.

Make sure when you interview that you get any promises or assurances in writing, as you may need to remind them later down the road.  
You are consistently at work early in the morning, clocking in at 3 or 4 am. There is only one crew, so if you are late, you are holding up several people. 
You have to deal with drunks, store owners with bad attitudes, and coworkers that sometimes don't care to work fast. There is no set time to clock out, so you are done for the day whenever you get done and return to the warehouse. 
Everyone is salary across the board, so there are no real "overtime" opportunities. 
High turnover rate within this company. 

A typical day at work would start around 3 or 4am and would last about 12 hours daily, and on really busy days where I would have to wait on customers for hours to arrive, those days could easily last 16 hours on SALARY. My body would be so sore at the end of the day where I wouldn't be able to do anything but shower and sleep, no dinner and no time for family because I had to do it all over again in a few hours. The job is great for experience in all aspects but it was just too many hours to say the pay didn't match.

I have worked in the Beer business for four years and relocated to Charleston for this job. The pay is not that bad if your a driver, But if you work in the warehouse like I did its 4 pm to whenever the next day and your only bringing home $410.00 when they say their going to give you $450.00 a week. I dont mind hard work but when Im doing hard work and not getting paid for it plus not having a life expect for one day a week,,,yeah you only get a day and half off.

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