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    American Greetings Reviews

    Updated October 9, 2018
    586 reviews

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    American Greetings CEO and Director Zev Weiss
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    247 Ratings

    586 Employee Reviews

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    • "Pay isn't the best and it's only part time" (in 22 reviews)

    • "To many upper management employees making six figures, need to weed some out" (in 20 reviews)

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    1. "Excellent"

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      Former Employee - Part Time Sales Associate in Bakersfield, CA
      Former Employee - Part Time Sales Associate in Bakersfield, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at American Greetings part-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Great management! Work at your own pace, when you have time.

      Cons

      No cons for this job.loved it!

      Advice to Management

      Doing great!

    2. "A good way to get to know the company"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      They took a lot of time to show interns all sides of the company and organize fun group events.

      Cons

      I got little feedback from my manager and didn't feel very involved with my department.

      Advice to Management

      Make sure the managers you give interns to are interested in engaging with them and helping them learn throughout the whole process, not just at performance evaluations.

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    3. "Couldn't imagine working anywhere else"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at American Greetings full-time

      Pros

      Warm corporate culture, satisfying work, fun creative environment, great coworkers

      Cons

      Changes in management have created some unease

    4. "Metchandiser"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at American Greetings part-time

      Pros

      Flexible schedule , independent work, opportunity for numerous accounts

      Cons

      Not enough work hrs at accounts

    5. "Order Analyst"

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      Former Employee - Order Analyst in Westlake, OH
      Former Employee - Order Analyst in Westlake, OH
      Recommends
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at American Greetings full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Steady Work, Great Building,

      Cons

      Hard to get promoted unless you have a sponsor.

      Advice to Management

      Get to know your employees

    6. "Good and Bad"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at American Greetings full-time

      Pros

      Creative environment w/ lots of interesting and unique opportunities

      Cons

      No good/formal/solid system for performance reviews makes it hard to move forward

    7. "Part-time Merchandiser"

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      Current Employee - Part Time Merchandiser in Dallas, TX
      Current Employee - Part Time Merchandiser in Dallas, TX
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at American Greetings part-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      You set your own schedule when you want, most of the time. It's easy to work around another job, or a care-schedule.

      You take your breaks / lunch as you want. Like you can do 30 minute breaks and an hour lunch if desired.

      They've also changed the system by which we put in our time, and made it way easier to 'clock in' and 'clock out'. Love the new tablets, way better than the old Texlon devices.

      If you love straightening stuff, and putting things in order, this job really hits the ticket.

      You get to see what greeting cards really mean to people. They're like keepsakes to many folks, something tangible that they can hang onto for memories years later.

      Cons

      It's part time, and your hours go way down in summer.

      Pay is not great.

      It's hard to get help on something when you need it, and the Area Supervisors or Territory Leads seem to come and go quickly. Communication can be lacking sometimes.

      Having to work with store management to get your displays out, or get space for your displays. Being yelled at by the Walmart supervisors when you ask for space for the Xmas/Valentine Day space. I even had one store manager who kept bugging me about shrinking down the card department, even though I kept giving him the number of the person he needed to speak to about that, and reminding him I did NOT have the authority to do what he wanted.

      Advice to Management

      It would be great if there was better pay, and if some stores were aware of the fact that displays are ordered by HQ, *not* the merchandiser, and that the vendors have HQ support.

    8. Helpful (1)

      "Good if you like independence"

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      Current Employee - Merchandiser
      Current Employee - Merchandiser
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at American Greetings part-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Very independent job ( you don’t have coworkers or boss in your face all day)
      Good pay
      You make great relations with different store managers. (Network)
      Paid travel time
      Pretty much take a lunch break at a time that’s convenient to you
      Once assigned a store you make up your own schedule

      Cons

      Lack of communication with boss
      Pay should be higher
      When bosses are in your store it no longer feels like your store the will mess up your system
      “Supervisors” who make up schedule (when no store is assigned) have favoritism with workers ( will work with their friend and or family member instead of hard working employees. They rather give more hours to their “people”

    9. "Good"

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      Former Employee - Channel Analyst in Westlake, OH
      Former Employee - Channel Analyst in Westlake, OH

      I worked at American Greetings (More than a year)

      Pros

      Laid back, flexible hours culture

      Cons

      Pay goes up relatively slowly

      Advice to Management

      Pay more, look for strategic optimal solutions

    10. Helpful (1)

      "Good Mission/Product, Inept Management"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Cleveland, OH
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Cleveland, OH
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at American Greetings full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Very nice people to work with. Flexibility in schedule. Product you can stand behind.

      Cons

      Health care not the greatest. Upper management plays favorites, there are integrity issues with certain people and politics/nepotism is rampant. The leadership isn't bold or transformative when they need to be to survive. Hard work and achievement isn't recognized, almost no career path but for the select few.

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