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Vance D. Bell
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"Flexible Hours and Work Life Balance is great" (in 19 reviews)
"the people are great to work around" (in 15 reviews)
Cons
"there is no room for advancement if you are over 25" (in 6 reviews)
"Bad leadership and long hours on your feet" (in 10 reviews)
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"20 Year Anniversary"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Shaw Industries full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
I have just celebrated my 20th Anniversary with Shaw Industries. In my time with the organization I have found that Shaw values thier people, they invest in our development and provide growth opportunities. It is a large organization but the culture is more like a small family business. It's a great place to work
Cons
Slow to change with limited growth opportunities in current role.
Shaw Industries 2017-07-10 05:46 PDT ![Shaw Industries Logo]()
"Good Company"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Shaw Industries full-time
Pros
Product training pay 50% match time off
Cons
poor communication ageism too many chiefs
Advice to Management
Practice what you preach
Shaw Industries 2018-05-29 19:36 PDT![Shaw Industries Logo]()
"Plant Engineer"
StarStarStarStarStarRecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Shaw Industries full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Each facility offers a very diverse work environment. Due to the company being concentrated in the North Georgia area, there is a lot of opportunity to move to different locations for a diverse work experience.
Cons
Management tends to rotate between locations often causing instability with the general work force. This provides difficulty with making sustainable changes.
Advice to Management
Reward the team members that are willing to stay at locations to truly make a difference at that facility. This will promote the lasting changes needed to keep the company on the leading edge.
Shaw Industries 2018-06-11 15:25 PDT![Shaw Industries Logo]()
"Great company"
StarStarStarStarStarRecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOPros
Good environment, very good place to work.
Cons
Drama, sometimes too much drama.
Advice to Management
Keep up good work
Shaw Industries 2018-06-21 13:16 PDT![Shaw Industries Logo]()
"Customer Service"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Shaw Industries full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Great management! Easy job! Great Pay!
Cons
The job can be monotonous and stressful when call volume is high.
Shaw Industries 2018-06-04 12:18 PDT![Shaw Industries Logo]()
"Its a ok place to work"
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RecommendsI have been working at Shaw Industries full-time
Pros
Good company to work for..love the schedule
Cons
Pay is low..insurance is high for the amount of employees that they have
Shaw Industries 2018-06-17 03:51 PDT![Shaw Industries Logo]()
"Territory Sales Manager"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Shaw Industries full-time
Pros
Flexibility, great work life balance, good culture, great 401k. You dictate your schedule, not a hard or pushy sale but relationship based selling. Shaw is a brand name and reputable company.
Cons
You are compensated based on product category sold. The best selling category with highest margins they pay you the least. Half the time you’re competing against your counterpart for the same business.
Advice to Management
If you’re going to give carpet reps the same products as hard surface reps to sell commercially, how are you going to pay them more? Not a good look if you want employee retention.
Shaw Industries 2018-05-30 04:44 PDT![Shaw Industries Logo]()
"Almost there"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Shaw Industries full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Under my boss at the time, I was working with the web development department, coordinating website changes and capabilities. They were always willing to look further into a new customer retention method regardless of how new.
Cons
While the company has an acceptable "build a location" system, the flexibility vs support of Geofencing and other online efforts hasn't caught up yet to what a new location needs. Either there needs to be more corporate assistance in local online media, or they need to allow new branches to test the water with thier own efforts including social media, custom websites, google and more.
Advice to Management
Learn something new every day and keep moving forward, give your followers the tools & recognition and they'll build you a kingdom
Shaw Industries 2018-05-20 13:02 PDT![Shaw Industries Logo]()
"Salaries don’t comesurate with locations"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Shaw Industries full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Big company with growth potential, nice employee discount on floors
Cons
-The same salary scales are used regardless of your location. Managers working in areas with a high cost of living make way under what they do at other local companies. Shaw managers working in lower cost of living areas can live quite comfortably. It’s hard to start over and I like the career potential that I have at Shaw, but I need to consider my family finances.
-Hours expected of salaried employees are ridiculous. I am expected to manage two shifts. My phone rings around the clock, and I regularly work 18 hour days. For that amount of stress and time away from my family, I should be able to support them comfortably. Instead, I make considerably less than others do in this industry.
-Outdated systems. Shaw does not adequately invest in IT infrastructure. Customer satisfaction is impacted. In this day and age, it shouldn’t be so difficult for customers to know where their orders are, or for employees to manage that information.
-Health insurance options aren’t the greatest, but few are these days.Advice to Management
-Invest more in your people. Offer raises and incentives that keep up with the cost of living where people are located.
-Grow your leadership teams at your larger facilities to adequately support employees and customers.
-Invest in better technology, and a stronger IT department.
-Offer better health insurance.Shaw Industries 2018-06-01 20:30 PDT![Shaw Industries Logo]()
"Territory Manager"
StarStarStarStarStarDoesn't RecommendI worked at Shaw Industries full-time
Pros
Day-to-day flexibility. Corporate admin is very supportive.
Cons
Management is out of touch yet extremely self important.
Shaw Industries 2018-05-24 14:45 PDT
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Shaw Industries Response
Jul 10, 2017
Congratulations on your anniversary! It means so much to hear you're happy with your experience, and we're certainly glad to have you onboard! As a trainer, your work is crucial to advancing our associates and the organization, so thank you for all that you do.
This is a huge milestone, and while we hope you'll celebrate it, it's also a great opportunity to sit down with your manager and discuss what kinds of growth opportunities lie ahead for you. We want to enable you to explore and pursue your passions, so we hope you'll reach out to your manager and get the conversation started.
Again, thanks and congratulations!... MoreLess