Anderson Merchandisers Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Anderson Merchandisers part-time for less than a year

Pros – flexible schedule. decent pay for the area. considerate and competent management.

Cons – zero to date, they know what they are doing as far as I can tell.

Advice to Senior Management – No advice for them, they are doing great at their company

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Anderson Merchandisers full-time for more than a year

Pros – Got to see different parts of the country.

Cons – Per Diem for travel was far from generous. $21 a day for food.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Anderson Merchandisers full-time for more than a year

Pros – Occasionally the movie studios would send us a copy of a new release

Cons – Pay doesn't make up for the stress the job causes, Too much to do without enough time or help, Little to no support from District Management, Inaccurate instructions given for projects, Telxons/scanners frequently don't work making you unable to do your work, Will fire you the first moment the store says one thing against you- could be something as simple as "being late" because they wouldn't open the door and let you in.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire people who have brains, pay them better, and give them help when they ask for it

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Anderson Merchandisers part-time for less than a year

Pros – * Flexible schedule
* Relatively stable
* Potential opportunities for growth
* company is expanding business scope

Cons – * Poor management
* Poor training program
* Inability to develop employees
* Lack of communication from managers

Advice to Senior Management – Improve communication and build relationship with reps and store managers. A manager's job is more than just disseminating information.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Anderson Merchandisers part-time for less than a year

Pros – Friendly employees, easy work, early morning hours, good pay.

Cons – Not enough hours (only 8 hrs a WEEK) and need better communication between managers.

Advice to Senior Management – Need more hours, need to provide telzons cause some stores don't have enough for Anderson employees and makes jobs harder to complete. Also it would be good if we can view the hours we worked and what we will be getting paid a few days before we actually get paid instead of having to wait for our paystub to be mailed to us after we have already been paid.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Anderson Merchandisers part-time for less than a year

Pros – Not any pros that I can remember.

Cons – Awful training.
My "trainer' mostly seemed annoyed that I showed up and really angry that she had to spend anytime speaking to me.
A silly amount of work to do in a 4 hour day.
Not great pay.
Walmart customers yelling at you, when you don't work for walmart.
Not at all organized, I had to look all over the back dock of walmart to find the items I was supposed to stock.
I was not provided with a scanner so most of the time I had to search for where items were supposed to go on the shelf. I suppose this might be mostly because the full time girl wouldn't help me locate the items using her scanner.

Advice to Senior Management – Do a better job training your new people who come to work for your company. Also maybe not expect your full time people to train new people. They seem pretty overwhelmed and not capable of doing the training.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Anderson Merchandisers part-time for less than a year

Pros – Working with music and movies and getting free movies every now and then.

Cons – Too much work and not enough pay!! Poor communication.

Advice to Senior Management – This used to be a good company, think about the employees around the holidays and try not to make them work so much so they can be with family and friends.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Anderson Merchandisers full-time for more than a year

Pros – The job allows for a certain amount of elasticity to the hours that you have to work. This position is also very self-motivated with little to no supervision for long periods of time.

Cons – You will have to work long hours especially during the holiday seasons, including the holidays themselves. You will also work odd hours during many special events during the year including: over nights, mornings, and afternoons depending on what is going on at that time.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Anderson Merchandisers part-time for more than a year

Pros – short shifts, competitive rates, looking at product before its release date, receiving free movies now and then to your mail box, gladly took me in with no prior retail experience.

Cons – rough scheduling, waking up 3-4am just to be at work around 6, can't be sick too much, can't exceed 5 hours a shift, unrealistic expectations, understaffed, warehouse is all over the place, not too many communication.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Anderson Merchandisers full-time for less than a year

Pros – None, Long hours, dirty work, Helpless supervisors and Awful health benifits

Cons – Work 12 hours breaking down pallets of books and DVD's just to drive 3 hours back home to go back to work for 11pm to set up stores for Midnight release. Managers who just show up for lunch then leave, out of date technology. Confusing pay scale, Managers who did not know much about the job. Job has a lot of printing and paperwork, with little to no repayment.

Advice to Senior Management – Do not make employees break at hour 5 to take lunch it makes the job more difficult, Have Area Managers help employees when at the store, not just take them out to lunch and leave. Also allow Admin time.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company