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    American Greetings Reviews

    Updated January 22, 2019
    609 reviews

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    American Greetings CEO and Director Zev Weiss
    Zev Weiss
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    Pros

    • "Very flexible schedule, you're are able to choose when you want to work" (in 63 reviews)

    • "Flexibility and work/life balance with little supervision" (in 26 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Hired on as part-time at 27 hours so I couldn't receive any benefits plan" (in 24 reviews)

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

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    1. "merchandiser"

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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

      awesome, flexible hours, very convenient

      Cons

      no cons til this point, no bad issues

    2. "Good supplement income gig"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at American Greetings part-time

      Pros

      Flexible hours, independent work, keeps you active , weekly pay

      Cons

      Low pay is the only con

      Advice to Management

      Raise pay

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    3. "The real view"

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      Current Employee - Merchandiser
      Current Employee - Merchandiser
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook

      I have been working at American Greetings part-time

      Pros

      Autonomy/no micromanaging and schedule flexibility.

      Cons

      You have to work at least 10-15 stores to make more than gas or light bill money. Have to dispose of unsold product without being allowed to have it marked down, basically throwing money away. No benefits for the people who put out the product much of which customers consider overpriced. Wear and tear on vehicle.

      Advice to Management

      If you really want to thank your employees, esp the ones doing the field work(without benefits), how about a useful $10 gas card instead of a greeting card please? Also, please allow store merchants to mark down at least some of the unsold seasonal product instead of having the mdsrs just throw it out. I've had store employees appalled that we're actually throwing so much money away. I don't understand it either

    4. "A good company to work for"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Cleveland, OH
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Cleveland, OH
      Recommends

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

      Pros

      Great people
      Benefits are excellent
      Employees are acknowledged for contributions
      Allow time for family situations

      Cons

      Company sold to Management Firm
      Different direction caused employee reduction

    5. "Poor Experience"

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      Former Employee - Design Technologist in Cleveland, OH
      Former Employee - Design Technologist in Cleveland, OH
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at American Greetings (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Benefits and a Starbucks inside.

      Cons

      Workplace culture was like a factory. Our trainer was our manager and he was neither patient nor good at relaying information. Sometimes his comments were genuinely insulting but the other employees would ignore it and pretend it wasn't an issue. Pretty early on we learned that if you ask too many questions you will look incompetent and be treated as such. Felt like a child in a strict boarding school.

      Advice to Management

      I honestly don't know where to start, the company is in a state of change and the overall feel is like humanity comes in second, like I was as valuable as a chair or trash bin.

    6. "It was fun while it lasted"

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      Former Employee - Customer Service Representative
      Former Employee - Customer Service Representative

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

      Pros

      All the workers were very motivating and fun.

      Cons

      The position was seasonal. Once volume was low you were laid of with no type of heads up

    7. "Fun place to work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at American Greetings part-time

      Pros

      You can Schedule your own hours

      Cons

      Pay increase is very low

    8. "Territory Sales Manager"

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      Current Employee - Territory Sales Manager
      Current Employee - Territory Sales Manager
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook

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

      Pros

      Somewhat Flexible Schedule

      Able to work from home occasionally

      Cons

      Work Life Balance

      Field Compensation

      Advice to Management

      Better Compensation for Territory Sales Managers

      Acknowledgement of accomplishments/employees

    9. "Finance department; great CFO to work for"

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      Former Employee - Finance
      Former Employee - Finance
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at American Greetings full-time

      Pros

      Great team. Great atmosphere. Well respected.

      Cons

      This really is a great place to build a career

      Advice to Management

      Keep up the great work.

    10. Helpful (1)

      "One of worst companies to work for."

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      Former Employee - Retail Merchandiser in Chicago, IL
      Former Employee - Retail Merchandiser in Chicago, IL
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at American Greetings part-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      There are no pros for this job

      Cons

      Might be working on own, but when a supervisor has a big head and wants to get rid of you because you know more she does it's a nightmare.

      Advice to Management

      Get rid Potts and Kunde. Worthless.