field sales representative

event marketing specialist

leadership development program

event specialist

field marketer

Techtronic-Industries,-Na-(tti)

After working here for almost a year and a half I’ve seen it all and I’ll keep it plain. The job is very rudimentary. It is very good as a beginning sales role, nothing more. The job is tedious, and depending on your territory, every experience is different. My territory was a down-in-the-dumps store. You will be forced to work harder than your co-workers which is not fault of theirs or your own. Your experience is truly dependent on your manager. I had the unfortunate luck of having 3 during my 1.5 yr tenure and each one was different. Some will be easy, which they should be, considering how simple the role is. Some will try to make you work harder than you should. The role is nothing more than maintenance, down-stock product, and handle major projects. If you are looking for a role that’s just about driving sales and going through a full-sales cycle-this is not the role. Products will sell themselves, and due to the exclusivity deal TTI has with Home Depot, you’ll have little to do with the sales #’s as a whole but your presence will show some effect as you’ll be checking inventory and making sure product is re-ordered. In short, understand that although this is a sales role, you will act more as a brand ambassador as opposed to a salesman. The best thing you’ll get is a company car and gas card, with occasional free meals when your manager visits. Although, I do not rate the job very high because of scarce advancement opportunities in metropolitan areas & the lack of consistency in management(That is unless you plan on moving to Wisconsin or South Carolina/ have a manager or regional manager that will vouch for you) the job is great for anyone who wants to have a solid schedule, a base salary(no commission structure), and a company branded truck + fuel. It is also good for those that are just breaking into sales and want a decent starting point. My suggestion to all applicants would be to go on LinkedIn & ask former and current employees about there experience. Remember, these experiences are subjective based on your territory and manager. Lastly, please take all of these ratings with a grain of salt, don’t let other opinions dictate what you should and should not do, but be informed on what you’ll actually be doing on a day to day, as what they tell you and what you’ll actually do are relatively different. Good luck!

A typical day at TTI is entering a Home Depot at 7:00am, you’ll spend most of your day as a Home Depot associate. You’ll stock shelves, help customers, and dust off display tools. On Tuesdays you’ll take about 15 minutes or so to do online trainings on either a laptop or company IPad. When not stocking shelves you will be doing “objectives” from your IPad, these range from simply putting up promotional signage to fully resetting aisles of the store.

TTI mainly hires college graduates. for these graduates really all you will learn is how to manage an adult paycheck. Outside of that, you are simply a retail worker, if you’ve worked retail in high school it works almost exactly the same.

The management is a real low point for TTI, even the regional mangers are all under the age of 30 and they all act like it. Expect very condescending attitudes, click-like behavior, and overall disinterest in the employees they oversee.

The culture attempts to be “competitive” however this job has no commission for sales and since most of your day is stocking shelves, it is very hard to subscribe to the intense idea of “competition” while being subjected to such a boring and unfulfilling position. However TTI does hold yearly conferences that are quite fun and they pay for very nice hotels which is a plus.

The hardest part of the job is staying enthusiastic. It is very easy to see a decline in your work when you do the exact same thing every single day. I found myself being excited to be asked to help coworkers stock at different stores just so I can have the excitement of doing basically the same thing but at least at a different location. This is not for people who can’t handle boredom well.

Large resets are genuinely enjoyable, it’s the only time you get to see your coworkers so it’s fun to have a sense of camaraderie, while these are rare they are fun. Outside of this, the job shines in its pay and benefits. I get $58,500 a year gross to stock shelves and basically do a high school job. Plus I get a 401k and great benefits. I’d recommend this job to anyone down on their luck looking for stability but not expecting much else.





Decent Job out of college due to pay and work life balance, other than that there is nothing good for career growth or personal growth in this job. After the first six months you will feel like you are wasting your talent.
 Not challenging and not rewarding on many levels. 

Have to move if you want to be promoted which makes it difficult for anyone with a family. If you are a recent college graduate  like I was that makes it easier. 

Promotions are not based off performance but whether you are liked by management. Management depending on where they are located will be hardly around.  Unfortunately to be moved up in this company you must be visible to management and if they do not come to your store you are most likely on the track to being stuck in that position. 

Favoritism is  prevalent and sales numbers and growth don't really have anything to do with getting promoted. All depends on if you agree with management and are close to them. Had people on my team get promoted and not have any positive growth in there market but were friends with management. 

Bonuses are payed at the end of each year but similar to promotions they are based on how close you are with management. No matter what your sales numbers are or how well your store is performing. 

All in all the experience is what you make it, you can still learn a lot about yourself and what you like doing as a young professional. Just do not expect this to be a rewarding and challenging experience with upward mobility because it is not. 

The only challenging part is forcing yourself to go to Home depot everyday and do the same thing day after day. There is no freedom and the learning stops after week 2. If you are looking for something easy and non stressful this would be the job. 

They tell each employee that they look to promote them within 6-8 months which is far from the truth. They keep people in the organization by providing a company pickup and gas card which is a huge perk. They only promote people who fit the mold of corporate peppy cheerleader and if you stray from that mold or shake the apple cart in any way you will be black listed from promotion. Saw it with many people across TTI. 

What is the best part of working at the company? The schedule was fairly steady, which helped, and the people in the store were good to work with. Coworkers made the job easier and were usually the best part of the day.
What is the most stressful part about working at the company? For me, the most stressful part was the gap between how the role sounded and what it actually became. A lot of the work felt like regular store support, and over time it seemed like more kept getting added without much improvement in pay or recognition. The management style also felt too focused on small things, which made the job more frustrating than it needed to be.
What is the work environment and culture like at the company? The coworkers were friendly and easy to get along with. My experience with management was more mixed. Meetings were usually positive, but day to day it could feel overly hands-on and critical. It did not always feel like extra effort led to meaningful growth.
What is a typical day like for you at the company? A typical day was helping customers, stocking shelves, cleaning and organizing product areas, updating displays, and helping with locked merchandise. There was some selling involved, but in my experience the job felt much closer to retail operations than a true sales and marketing position.

At TTI, my role involved visiting retail locations, managing inventory, stocking shelves, and updating product layouts based on seasonal and promotional plans. I gained hands-on experience with merchandising, store planning, and retail execution. The company provided helpful tools like a company vehicle and gas card, and the schedule was consistent with standard full-time hours. While the culture at the time felt heavily focused on internal advancement, upward mobility appeared limited. The most enjoyable part of the job was the autonomy—working in the field independently while gaining experience in retail environments.

Overall, this can be a great job for someone out of school. Decent pay and benefits with a good amount of PTO. This was not my first “big boy job” so I was very disappointed by the lack of challenge, critical thinking and many of the mundane tasks assigned by operations. I loved learning about and using the tools when I had the chance but after about 6 months I pretty much learned everything I needed to be successful and that’s when it was no longer a challenge. It is 100% unreasonable to say that you need a college degree for this job. But working with some of these brands looks great on a resume. Turnover is very high at all levels of team TTi. In my 1.5 year tenure I saw 9
reps on my team quit and a couple promotions. I had 3 different managers and  2 divisional managers. They have moved to single store reps in nearly every store which means there is a huge number of hungry reps that want to move up with the company making it extremely difficult to move up. I have seen no real rhyme or reason when it comes to promotions. I’ve seen very well deserved promotions and I’ve seen some people given awards and promotions who absolutely do not work hard or care about their store. Just like any job there is good and bad. I have no regrets working here. For me it just was not a long term sustainable career

Where do I begin. This job is unfulfilling and soul crushing. You mostly complete mindless and meaningless associate work in a Home Depot and are micromanaged by Home Depot management, your manager, HR, and the Operations Team. TTI will sucker you in with promises of a truck, gas card, and bonuses and end up taking it all away. They take away your benefits constantly and lay off a lot of reps when selling season comes to an end. If you want to work your way up in the company, you will just burn yourself out trying to impress upper management. They claim you will be promoted in under a year, which is a blatant lie for 99.9% of reps. They do not value real hard work and almost exclusively promote reps that suck up or are friends with someone who is a manager. Most of these reps have been in the job 8 months or less and management will turn a blind eye to reps that have been working hard for the company for years. You will see your team gradually quit over time if you stay loyal to the company. The company will NEVER show you loyalty back. I could write a whole book about every issue with this company. I highly advise looking elsewhere.

While I worked there, all I heard about was fast growth and promotions during training. After 8 months of being a top performer in the southeast, there was not a single word said about promotions. They talk about it in training, but then they don't share opportunities with field reps, we have no idea whats available until its already set up with someone else (a lot of politics go into deciding who gets promoted). They are also taking away the free trucks they offer and only offered their employees a $2,000 raise, when they have always told us the VALUE of the truck and its offerings is well over $10k a year. Also have heard about tons of layoffs happening, yet in their meeting all they talk about is amazing growth. I loved the people in my store, but not the job. loved my manager too, but it just wasnt worth it to stay. Don't even think about going here if you aren't willing to relocate to South Carolina or Wisconsin for a promotion.

Going to work everyday felt like a complete drag. The home depot management often have little to no respect for you as a rep but all we are encouraged to do is “set up a meeting” or “buy them lunch”. It really depends on the area you are in and your particular store but It’s a battle everyday trying to satisfy the needs of TTI and do my job while THD management stops you from doing what you have to do when it comes to setting up displays and hosting events. Even though that isn’t particularly their fault, you still get in trouble and hassled for not doing things you have no control over. They have great benefits and pay decently for your first job out of college, but then you are treated like you aren’t good for anything but restocking shelves with your college degree. They promise you quick promotions to do what you actually want to do regardless of how hard you work, you’ll be stuck in that first position longer than you are lead on to think. 

You work in Home Depot and stock shelf’s all day and help people find what they are looking for which is very hard if you’re not an expert on tools. The conditions are very dusty and dirty and you’ll be walking 40hrs a week on a concrete floor. They give you a few objectives to do during the week but it’s mostly up to you to figure out some way to make Home Depot’s power tool numbers go up. They basically want you to smooth talk the Home Depot managers into get you more space. It’s a stressful job with minimal training on sales relationships and analytics which are both needed. They also want you to take pictures of customers when you help them buy tools which is very uncomfortable. You’ll also have to set up sales tables in the front doors of Home Depot and try to sell power tools. If you’re extremely outgoing with lots of sales experience this could be the job for you.

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