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For over a year I tried to get a promotion into sales. I had worked my tail off to build relationships with Distrubtor Reps and Manufacturer Reps for the first 4 years of my 5 year stint with the Core Group. As year 4 rolled around it was time for me to move up. And the entire last year of my employment they dragged me along telling me to act a certain way to get the promotion. Then finally COVID-19 (A Blessing in Disquise) came along and after being a loyal employee for 5 long irritating years they laid me off in the first wave of lay-offs. So clearly loyalty means nothing to them as a whole. Then they told me if I wanted to come back to the company I would go back into the system as a NEW employee and any PTO or Sick time I acquired during my previous years of employment wouldn't carry over. I'm thankful for COVID-19 for getting me out of a horrible situation that was never going to get better. If you want a raise forget about it. I was there for 5 years and started at $16/hour and ended at $16.76/hour when I was hands down the best Sales Support/Warehouse person they had going above and beyond what my peers did for their offices. They give you horrible merit raises and that's it. the rest of the money goes to Upper Management and their bonus's meanwhile we $5 coffee cups and cellphone chargers for Christmas "bonus's". If you are a Market Director, VP, DVP, or C Suite level you will always be fine at The Core Group. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Nothing was good about working there. The only thing was some of the co workers from other complex.  The manager was lazy, and upper management didn't care.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The lazy manager.  Rude and nasty people that lived there.  No help do to big and heavy jobs. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
No one cares and the maintenance guy. It's all for one there. Upper management doesn't care about its workers.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Some days easy. Others can be over hard and stressful.

Every changing enviroment they try to be on the cutting edge.  First to make changes Work well and enjoy the people I work with in and out of the office  It is a productive and fun place to work. Get to be creative on new food ideas to share with our customers. Have support people in place to help to make you successful with information.  Pre plan all sales calls and allow for unexpected changes.  Preparing a for a one day foodshow can take up to three days.  One day to prepare and set up then work the show and tear down and a third day to clean and put items away.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best company to work at in the food industry

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
It had its days good and bad.  Some people hard to work with at times.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Pleasant and fun on holidays and birthdays.  Company with teamwork employees.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
No longer with the company due to COVID, but it was a regular day with benefits.

For the most part I was left alone to do the job they hired me to do.  In the beginning it was very rewarding and fun to help establish a new company and watch it grow. Management changed and it was no longer fun or rewarding. As time went on The Core Group did acknowledge their management mistake, and replace the manager. At that point it was to late for me, I retired, but they did take a proactive approach to a poor manager. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
They are simply a good organization

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Getting displays broken down and loaded all the while taking care of sales folks

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Great actually

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I have not been with The CORE Group for 4 years now

Extreme pressure and stress. last minute expectations that are hard to achieve.  Upper management has no respect for employees, owner never evens acknowledges regular workers. Most enjoyable part of the job is working with chefs, teaching and showing new products and building relationships.

Very fast paced work environment. Great co-workers. All employees take a lot of pride in their work. The take the time to get the job done right the first time. Management is great. 

The Core Group has such a fun, energetic and hardworking team. I learned so many valuable skills that I will be able to apply to any career. I am proud and honored to have worked for such a great company.

A work day consisted of either making sales calls to end users of the products that we represented, or training distributor sales persons on applications for new items. I also worked closely with manufacturers reps to train our sales staff on new items.

I worked for 1 year 10 months for this company. I thought they were a great place to work .
Sales quota were unreasonable to the division I worked in.
The market directors appreciated my talents and often called on me to do staff training.
I was tasked with recipe development for the entire division

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Sales 33 salaries reported	$73,576 per year
Field sales representative 17 salaries reported	$74,353 per year
Support staff 3 salaries reported	$20.83 per hour
Area manager 1 salary reported	$70,000 per year
Consultant 1 salary reported	$62,500 per year

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