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    American Greetings Reviews

    Updated May 16, 2017
    446 reviews

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    American Greetings CEO and Director Zev Weiss
    Zev Weiss
    189 Ratings

    446 Employee Reviews

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    • no longer accepting full time merchandisers (only part time) (in 16 reviews)

    • Upper management not accessible or helpful when needed (in 13 reviews)

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    1. "American Greetings Review"

      Star Star Star Star Star
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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - in Cleveland, OH
      Former Employee - in Cleveland, OH

      I worked at American Greetings full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      good work life balance and great new facility

      Cons

      not a lot of upward mobility opportunities

    2. "Holiday Order Filler"

      Star Star Star Star Star
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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Manual Holiday Order Filling in Osceola, AR
      Former Employee - Manual Holiday Order Filling in Osceola, AR
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

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

      Pros

      Very wide variety of 20+ different departments and each have +10 different positions in each departments .. so you're very much more than open to everything that could decide your shift, pay, and the other work environments

      Cons

      On top of all that opportunity for employees, in reality you can get assigned to any department but you are doing it wrong with yourself and jaylen have a larger build, and it affects your spread, and Actually on some random stuff from y'all to be honest with us, I'm going to get a good strong

      Advice to Management

      My department manager and supervisor are always doing their job correctly when it comes up to me and our clumsy selfs ;)

    3. "Merchandiser"

      Star Star Star Star Star
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      Current Employee - Retail Merchandiser in Atlanta, GA
      Current Employee - Retail Merchandiser in Atlanta, GA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

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

      Pros

      Flexible Hours. Work Independently

      Cons

      Expectations of degree of commitment to job is large. Should not have to work multiple times 10 hours in one day with push back on how long it takes to do the job

      Advice to Management

      Learn how to manage employee expectations. Communicate what the company expects.

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    4. "OK place to work"

      Star Star Star Star Star
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      Current Employee - Analyst in Westlake, OH
      Current Employee - Analyst in Westlake, OH
      Doesn't Recommend
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at American Greetings full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Work/Life balance, good benefits, great new location and building

      Cons

      Silos, incompetent managers, too many layers of managers. Business model geared towards millennials is a waste of time - they don't stay long enough to learn the business.

      Advice to Management

      look at inventing is your tenured associates

    5. Helpful (2)

      "Merchandiser part time"

      Star Star Star Star Star
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      Current Employee - Merchandiser in Tracy, CA
      Current Employee - Merchandiser in Tracy, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

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

      Pros

      Setting your own schedule. There are times that AG requires you to work unfortunately these were usually fall on holidays Christmas Eve valentine day.

      Cons

      Impossible workload with the time allotted
      Threatening management trying to intimidate you to work faster
      Working for free on your own time to complete required workload
      9cent raises per year
      Micromanaged constantly by people who are never in the store
      Unprofessional rude and childish manager
      Working holidays such as Christmas Eve
      Not being reimbursed for mileage
      Unhappy customers with American greeting product
      Constant turnover and turnaround of employees

      Advice to Management

      Get out into the field occasionally talk to people and listen to what they say

    6. Helpful (1)

      "American Greetings"

      Star Star Star Star Star
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      Former Employee - Retail Merchandiser in Hampton, VA
      Former Employee - Retail Merchandiser in Hampton, VA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

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

      Pros

      You can make your own hours for the most part

      Cons

      A LOT of travel because those with seniority get the best locations even if you live in the merchandising area you're requesting, lack of overall care for the employees

      Advice to Management

      Be more observant of the needs of the employee

    7. "Part Time Merchandiser"

      Star Star Star Star Star
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      Current Employee - PT Merchandiser in New York, NY
      Current Employee - PT Merchandiser in New York, NY
      Doesn't Recommend

      I have been working at American Greetings part-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Flexibility in schedule, very little work in summer

      Cons

      Low pay, duties that you are required to perform weekly cannot be completed in the amount of time they allot. You are not paid for the time you spend reporting your time, checking activities & schedule and reviewing the activities that you need to complete. They allow you to report up 15 minutes weekly to payroll for administrative time spent but only if you have have 15 minutes unused from your weekly hours. The also require you to perform "peak service" calls to certain stores the day(s) before a holiday. This mean you have to service a store for 1 hour and that's it. Your time spent going to and from the store is not paid, and the day before Mother's Day they require 2 peak calls, one in the AM and one in the PM. So they expect you to go to a store for one an hour, leave and then return in the afternoon for one hour to service the store. So its important to live very close to the stores you service or you could be spending more time commuting to and from a store than the actual time you spend in the store working.

      Advice to Management

      They should try doing the job themselves and see that their expectations are unrealistic.

    8. Helpful (2)

      "Merchandiser"

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

      I have been working at American Greetings part-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      It's part time, where they tell you the number of hours your card account(s) gets, and you work those hours on your own schedule.

      Cons

      Management will not update you on information until the last minute. This company seems to change out territory leads often.

      Advice to Management

      Warnings would be nice, and listening to staff when they say they need assistance would also be good.

    9. Helpful (1)

      "Territory Sales Manager"

      Star Star Star Star Star
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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Cleveland, OH
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Cleveland, OH
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at American Greetings full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Company tries to live it's mission statement.

      Cons

      Some managers are great to work for and others are terrible. You will never know if your manager is terrible until you work for them.

    10. "Decent place to work generally speaking"

      Star Star Star Star Star
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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Westlake, OH
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Westlake, OH
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      The Company is engaging and friendly with the employees and a lot of flexibility is offered for the work environment

      Cons

      Company is located on the far west side so if you are live on that side of town it is awesome otherwise a burden and long travels

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