What is paid time off like at CDS (Club Demonstration Services)?

The work days goes fast, you are busy and there is plenty to do, the work itself is not hard but is pretty physical. The managing of the staff can be a challange but I enjoyed most everyone I worked with.

No real breaks in the day, and it is hard to get even a lunch in. The day is hectic, and you need to be on-site the full day to manage the employees and the floor. The benefits were not very good, and the worst was the PTO, very little of it. Training was okay but after training I was thrown in the work and left to just figure things out on my own. Pay was average.

This is a great job if you're just looking for something part time. The scheduling is flexible, I've never had any trouble getting time off for events so long as I gave a few weeks notice. It pays better than a lot of other jobs I've been offered in the area that were more demanding and less flexible. Performance bonuses- The sales incentives aren't going to make you rich, but if you're putting in solid hours you should be able to earn an extra $500-$1000 a year which is certainly nice.

Six hour shifts. It can be a long time to be on your feet, and it limits the hours you can work a bit. A five day work week will almost always be less than 30 hours. That being said 30 hours here still pays similar or better than some 40 hour jobs I've been offered in town.

The people are fun to work with. You can try the samples too—no work on holidays.

There are hardly any benefits, the membership is not included, and no discounts. No paid holidays, sick days, or pto.

Eat Samples, and eat samples

They have 6 hr shifts but they add your 30 min lunch to your shift instead of taking it out, making your day longer. You leave off the floor 15 minutes before the end of the shift to clean dishes and set up carts in a huge busy retail store, making it less than 15 minutes to actually do them. If you don’t finish you will have to work off the clock or “get a write up”, as if 6.5 hours isn’t enough time to actually do your chores. This could be dangerous because you are dealing with sharps and hot objects and may have a large amount of dishes. Some dishes may be hard to clean. That should be illegal. The customers are annoying and entitled and want anything to try because they are hungry and don’t want to buy. They had sales goals that were so high and instead of seeing how the economy affected the sales, they blame you. Lack of sales also relate to consumer eating habits and budget. They only care about demos being done instead of those who are performing them. They have zero benefits and if you need time off you will have to tell them, but you don’t get paid(sick pay,maternity leave, vacation time). We help Costco customers more than the employees find items since they don’t have signs to direct them to products that they move around daily. Management treats you like a child and don’t care about you and micromanage and harass you. Also older employees don’t respect the young. High Turnover. They may not be here much longer because they treat employees like trash. Many things mentioned is a huge result of CDS catering to demonstrating products for these companies. They raised our pay $2 but that isn’t enough to keep workers and instead it would be better if they gave us 20 minutes to clean instead of 15. It’s a gig job.

Flexible hours and vacation allowances. Reasonable PTO and sick leave accrual per year. Starting wage is comparable to local county jobs. HR department and workman's comp are swift to respond to workplace injury or incident by way of documentation, medical care, therapy, and any other resource required by the affected employee.

No bereavement leave. Additional benefits either nonexistent or not made readily available to research and apply for. Company policy frequently changes without warning or clear communication to bottom tier staff; most changes are either frivolous or actively harmful to workflow. Staff meetings are either mundane reminders to sell harder (which are fine) or intense lectures that involve language such as "do not gossip on the clock" and "worry about your own work". Employees are asked to bring any concerns or suggestions to management and brushed off as needing to know what fights to pick in nearly the same breath regardless of complaint. Managers and supervisor are quick to chastise anyone for the slightest mistake without actually checking that the mistake was not made due to confusion or lack of knowledge. One manager has a bad habit of trying to talk to advisors with customers present and actively engaging in the demo, then criticizing advisors for not locking in a sale. Another manager appears to have the concept of leadership confused with jumping employees for small mistakes and then brushing off any complaint raised. Sales carts, cooking equipment, and sinks are frequently left unclean, but supervisor regards any complaints about this as "not a fight worth picking" despite food safety codes and company policy demanding absolutely pristine conditions. Employees are not allowed to use their phones after clocking out for the evening until they have left the store entirely, because despite being clocked out, CDS pays an extra few minutes to cover the employee reaching their car and therefore considers the employee "still on the clock". Employees frequently remain to continue cleaning up after clocking out, to the point that it appears to have become an unspoken expectation despite the company refusing to pay overtime and California labor law prohibiting work outside of clocked-in hours. Equipment is old and worn out, or else cheap and easily worn down; none of the microwaves, for example, are capable of cooking demos going by the directions listed in the paperwork. Gloves, paper towels, garbage bags, and utensils are frequently in short supply if not entirely unavailable.

Right now the pros are that the manager is exceptional the helpers he has are excellence. You can take time off when needed so if you want to go somewhere or do something you can just let them know not to schedule you.

I have been there a very long time before we could keep our belongings with us on the cart underneath I was yelled at to give up my wallet my phone my vest anything that was not related to food I had to give to the office I refused and I was told to go home or to give them everything so I did because I need the money. They also don't seem to care about how the demo is done they give a lot of instruction on it but they don't really watch to see what you're doing because if they did they have a lot of people working there new young people who don't know how to cook don't know what they're doing. The company gets the cheapest utilities they can find they get very cheap pots and pans that are so heavy they're hard to carry they get very cheap cups and the gloves are unusable you have to use them but they're so thin they rip apart while they're on your hand. I did say something about the gloves and I was told that when they finish the stock they have of these they are getting the old gloves back which were okay if they do that that's good. we are not even allowed to have a bottle of water on the cart so I go all day without drinking water I passed out the other day that's probably why.

Competitive pay, flexible schedule, a manager who believes family is as important as the job!

Working on multiple Sunday's, not paid holidays, late hours.

Able to take time off when necessary unpaid

People that work with CDs are treated like animals or prisoners or army people we cannot do anything we are told just to listen to directions and not ask any questions just do as told. Not to talk disrespectfully. I was scolded today because I was wearing my vest unzipped with my apron on and I was told you have to zip up your vest and put your apron over it before you are able to clock in. Talk down to like I was a child I try to explain that I was warm and I was wearing the vest because I know where I'm going I will be cold so I will zip it up before I start my demo and also I'm not able to put it on my chair or in my table or anywhere so I have to keep it on. After that I went to take my card out on the floor and I was cold back into the office and told I must not speak back and she did not like my tone of voice I am not to speak that way I'm not to ask any questions when I'm told to do something I just have to do it. What kind of place is this to work if I wasn't 72 years old and not interested in looking for another job I would leave in a in a second. When I tell them to fire me they tell me I have to quit haha I wonder why. Other things are yes the equipment is horrible unsafe the gloves you can't even you can't even prepare the food with the gloves it's horrible what else no water bottles no bathroom breaks I can go on and on not a great place to work.

Flexible hours and vacation allowances. Reasonable PTO and sick leave accrual per year. Starting wage is comparable to local county jobs. HR department and workman's comp are swift to respond to workplace injury or incident by way of documentation, medical care, therapy, and any other resource required by the affected employee.

No bereavement leave. Additional benefits either nonexistent or not made readily available to research and apply for. Company policy frequently changes without warning or clear communication to bottom tier staff; most changes are either frivolous or actively harmful to workflow. Staff meetings are either mundane reminders to sell harder (which are fine) or intense lectures that involve language such as "do not gossip on the clock" and "worry about your own work". Employees are asked to bring any concerns or suggestions to management and brushed off as needing to know what fights to pick in nearly the same breath regardless of complaint. Managers and supervisor are quick to chastise anyone for the slightest mistake without actually checking that the mistake was not made due to confusion or lack of knowledge. One manager has a bad habit of trying to talk to advisors with customers present and actively engaging in the demo, then criticizing advisors for not locking in a sale. Another manager appears to have the concept of leadership confused with jumping employees for small mistakes and then brushing off any complaint raised. Sales carts, cooking equipment, and sinks are frequently left unclean, but supervisor regards any complaints about this as "not a fight worth picking" despite food safety codes and company policy demanding absolutely pristine conditions. Employees are not allowed to use their phones after clocking out for the evening until they have left the store entirely, because despite being clocked out, CDS pays an extra few minutes to cover the employee reaching their car and therefore considers the employee "still on the clock". Employees frequently remain to continue cleaning up after clocking out, to the point that it appears to have become an unspoken expectation despite the company refusing to pay overtime and California labor law prohibiting work outside of clocked-in hours. Equipment is old and worn out, or else cheap and easily worn down; none of the microwaves, for example, are capable of cooking demos going by the directions listed in the paperwork. Gloves, paper towels, garbage bags, and utensils are frequently in short supply if not entirely unavailable.

Very flexible schedules. You get to choose your days and choose from a set of time

Not good for full time