laborer

merchandiser

remodeler

lead installer

merchandising lead

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Make it sound like a great deal. Good hourly pay and travel per diem with mileage reimbursement and a sign on bonus. Great. What they don't tell you is they are gonna have you travel 400 miles one way in your car work a night drive home and have u do it again next week to same place. So I bought a new car to accommodate the job. I recently fell on some ice dislocated my shoulder and had a drs note that they claimed they never received and fired me for no call no show. Extremely poor communication between management and employees. Crash course training. If you have never merchandised in this environment your guaranteed to fail.  On top of being fired for calling out injured with a drs note, the claim they overpaid me in bonus money and the bonus has to be paid back cause I got fired before 90 days. They are trying to say I owe them for $800!!!! And withheld my last paycheck. I never got paid a red cent for mileage or per diem. They don't follow their own policies as outlined in their employees handbook, Didn't activate company credit card before I shipped off 3/days away with 2 days notice and it cost me out of pocket for food, gas, parking fees and was never paid travel time as promised for time at airport airplane or traveling to stores, unorganized, scheduler doesnt have a clue how far she is making people travel when there are employees that are in much closer proximity. Over nights at 8pm unless your a lead then must be in at minimum of 7pm. Work 13 and 15 hours and then spend an hour reporting back to management.  They cut corners a lot leaving less then satisfactory results. Worst company I have ever worked for. Now I'm stuck w a car payment and need a lawyer. I'm suing.

#1. Expect to be off for a week during every holiday without pay, this includes salaried positions.
#2. Traveling to projects is on you.  It is not considered part of your hours for the week. Example: If you live in Delaware and you are scheduled for a project in Virginia, the 8 hours it takes to drive there is done on your own free time and you are not paid for it. You do get mileage but the amount you charge to the credit card they give you is deducted from the total mileage reimbursement that is accrued.  So technically, you are paying for the gas to travel there anyway.
#3. Do not expect any training. You will be thrown into lead positions with very little face to face support. The company has a "sink or swim" mentality for the leaders they hire outside the company.
#4. They will tell you that you will work 8 hours a day with a little extra hours here and there. It is not true. Your salary is based off of 40 hours but you don't work less than 11 hours per day for each project and the help for the projects are either temps or bottom of the barrel employees.
#5. There is no consistency among the management team and holding associates accountable is a complete waste of time. If you follow the company handbook and hold the associates accountable for their adherence, the other leads will break every other rule and allow the same associates to do the same thing. 
#6. Leads have job security because the company has no problem running you into the ground and scheduling you alone for 2 man projects.

I appreciate working for this company and feel so very fortunate.  I do work in corporate and understand working in the field in much harder due to travel.  But people have to understand that in this industry, and doing Retail Resets that it is a tough job.  This company does everything they can to make everyones' job whether in the field, or in the office a good experience.  But, generally, it's a given that people who are unhappy will always write about any company when they feel they've been done an injustice.  People are paid for their travel, and put up in hotels when they travel.  And this company pays a very decent wage for it's positions. No company is perfect. The Recruiters are upfront about the work, pay, reimbursements, and travel.  There are no underlying pieces of information not shared at any point.  Mgmt. works very hard to keep a good line of communication at all times.  HR is very fair. Mgmt is always working to make this company better and better.  The feel in the office is one of a family.  I feel like an employee instead of a number.  Anyone, who complains about the travel in the field was told about the travel before they took the job.  So it's on them if they've become unhappy with their work.  This is an awesome company to work for, and those who are unhappy need to relay their situations to mgmt in order for any situation to be address properly as this company truly represents Open Door Policy!

Frequent slow periods of no work, especially if you're in the west coast. It's good extra money if you have another job, but by itself its not enough to live on. There is no pay differential for working nights, you only get paid per mile and only get drive time paid if going from job to job. And you'll find yourself spending more time driving than working. The company is still growing and trying to learn, but it's methods of doing so just seem to be counterproductive. They do mass hires and hire on hundreds of people when the workload is heavy, and then once the workload is low they wont schedule anyone and just wait until they quit to avoid paying for unemployment. You gotta room with people, which isnt bad sometimes but can be a hassle if theyre big snorers. The worst thing is that they will hire you on as full-time, and you'll be excited because the pay looks good and you're gonna think "sweet! 40 hours a week I'll be able to pay off this debt and that debt and finally be able to save!" but nope. When they hire you as full time, it just means full time AVAILABILITY. So you'll be a full time employee but only work like 10 hours a week. Maybe more if youre lucky but often times its even less than that.

The environment of the job is ok. Many of the people that work in the corporate office tend to enjoy gossip and/or discussing how unhappy they are with job despite knowing they won’t leave or ask for more pay.

It’s a family oriented environment and they would often provide catered meals such as Chick-Fil-A or Willy’s. Which I loved!! And they would have cookouts, pot lucks, and holiday parties…which were also pretty fun.

The only reason I didn’t stay was because of the pay. You will definitely receive beneath industry standard working for the company. Which is the largest complaint amongst almost everyone that works there. Just lay low and don’t share your business, because there are also office gossips and trolls.

Otherwise, it’s a decent place to work. I like to mind my business, do my work, eat, and not be micro-managed. All of that was successfully accomplished lol…just wished I was paid my worth! 

Work with some good people in the field. Lots of travel. Management team needs to learn how to treat and support people properly. There are far too many levels of management for this type of job. Trying to accomplish even the smallest of tasks requires jumping through many hoops. This company places a lot of emphasis on length of time working for the company and doesn't care about any previous experience. There are quite a few people with a wealth of knowledge that is being wasted. Also they could benefit from keeping working teams together. Changing team members from one week to the next disrupts the flow. 

The work for the company was basic at first with hands on training and them you move up from part-time to full time. I spend most of my time treating this job like i did with my time in the military. Get it done right the first time and don't look back. I did a lot traveling with this company and made my mark within the company work hard and doing everything they wanted me to do yet never got any type of recognition. This company would work you till you fell down and then hire more people to walk over you. you had to provide your own tools and transportation for traveling and if your vehicle breaks down or got into an accident, you would still be responsible to make it the job site or you would be penalized. 

THIS IS A TOUGH COMPANY TO WORK FOR-THEY LOWBALL BIDS TO GET RESET JOBS AT HOME DEPOTS AND ARE NOT TRUSTWORTHY TO THEIR EMPLOYEES.THE EMPLOYEES COME AND GO LIKE FLIES ON S_---!THEY ARE FAMOUS FOR BRINGING TEMP SERVICES (LABOR READY)ON DRUGS OR RIGHT OUT OF PRISION WITH NO EXPERIENCE NOR TOOLS.AND GET THIS A FIELD REP MAKES 12.00-12.50 AN HOUR AND THEY PAY THE TEMP AGENCIES 15.00 AN HOUR! GO FIGURE!THE LEADERSHIP IS VERY POOR!I HAD A TEMP SLEEPING AND WAS NOT ALOUD TO SEND HIM HOME BUT WHEN I DID SOMETHING MINOR I GOT VERBAL COUNSELING!THIS IS VERY HARD WORK--EXPECT A BACKBREAKING EXPERIENCE IF YOU WORK HERE--ALSO DON'T BRING YOUR TOOLS AS THEY WILL VANISH AND THEY DO NOT REIMBURSE YOU!YOUR LOSS THEY SAY!BEWARE BECAUSE AT TIMES THEY STEAL UNION JOBS!

This company requires the employees to train themselves on your own time without any compensation. Shortly after I was hired I was bombarded with training videos that were required viewing. I watched the first batch which was about 2 hrs worth of videos on my own time. Then a day later I was sent more videos and they kept coming. I got frustrated and quit even before I got to my first job. I cannot believe any company would expect employees to watch training videos unpaid on their own time. How is this even legal? They will also force you to room with a complete stranger and have you sign a arbitration agreement within the new hire paperwork. Absolutely Not! I ran away from this company as fast as I could.

Most typical explanation is going in to get instructions from the lead on what to do. Complete the job hoping to get your full amount of hours (in order to get paid 40 hrs). You coul only end up working 5 hours when youre scheduled for 10.  
Your hours could also change week to week. Sometime you can work 8am - 6pm or 8pm to 6am. Or sometime longer.

Hardest part of the job is getting adjusted to locations, hours, and time.

Also only the lead positions get gas cards or allowance for maintenance on their cars, though everyone is using their own car.

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