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Anderson Merchandisers

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Anderson Merchandisers reviews

3.2

52% would recommend to a friend

(910 total reviews)

Mike Moore

61% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Anderson Merchandisers has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 910 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Anderson Merchandisers employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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910 reviews
2.0
Nov 23, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

To start off, the one good thing about this company and generally this line of work is that it offers a great deal of freedom as far as scheduling goes. You can work almost any day at any time and so long as assignments are completed by their due date then not much will be said to you. Flexible scheduling Travel time Mileage reimbursement

Cons

The company suffers from a crippling lack of accountability from both their own management and the management of the stores they service. They will not hesitate to use their field representatives as convenient scapegoats to explain away their own shortcomings meanwhile they will load up even the most basic part timers with such morbid amounts of work that their turnover rate reaches unprecedented levels. Retention, raises, and upwards mobility are practically non-existent and Anderson protects a culture of manipulation and greed, letting their lower tier employees suffer to protect managers that are more than willing to lie to secure a purely numbers driven business that often feels less like a "family oriented company" and more akin to a tower of Jenga blocks that could collapse with even the smallest disturbance. As an entry level employee you could easily find yourself assigned with enough work to keep a full time employee busy for two weeks, but they'd rather it be done in 2 days by rushing through all of it with little attention to detail. Full timers are often quoted to do a full 40 hours per week but the company will fail to mention the cap on overtime, or the fact that when they reach their slow season getting as much as 20 hours a week becomes a struggle. Poorly managed No room for growth Too much work, not enough time or help

2.0
Jun 10, 2020

Truth

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Once a great Media Entertainment Management Company Field associates are the strength of this company and their reputation overall is the industry standard for communication and dedication. Hours were Monday - Friday with weekends only during 4th quarter holidays (Nov & Dec) on Saturday only. Bill Lardie was CEO and was a great leader of people and was proactive & inspiring until he quietly left and then officially stepped down.

Cons

Nepotism at Anderson is visible with the special treatment for both family & friends. Good ol Boys club was a once prominent saying at Anderson Merchandisers. See Anderson (SP) Special Projects team as an example. Mike Moore the new CEO is a joke- Made statements that he was gaining us respect, business and was in tune with field but nothing came from his hiring... plus he never contacted field management or associates as promised. Anderson Merchandisers is now a full service provider and merchandising company. What ever they want you to do... you are expected to do the job at a high level and usually without training or management supervision. This means a part-time job can fluxuate from 4 hours a week up to and over 40 hours depending on your location and peers in area. Full time associates are really managers of territories and associates and of part time associate training. Also - They are hiring as many part time (& flex) associates as possible to ensure they are working them over the Full time associates - at a lower hourly rate and reducing the full time hours to about 30 a week (if not lower) and eliminating all possible overtime. This company offers phone devices for all reps to do their work- Please understand you are being monitored daily thru GPS tracking. Anderson district managers (Market Managers) are running everywhere trying to do their best to make their bonus money so except for a few outstanding exceptions - Managers are not going to be the best managers since they are just trying to survive. Pay is pretty much same as the associates within the stores you are working- Last- There are many career opportunities at Anderson-Especially after the month of May- May seems to be the month where Anderson looks to move associates around called realignment, or re-name positions, cut or eliminate higher payed associates. Anderson Merchandisers actually sets up their payroll with three different names to ensure that IF there is a mass layoff they keep compensation numbers down from having the 3 separate company names...

1.0
Mar 16, 2020

Out of touch

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

None. None and none

Cons

Unrealistic expectations, work life balance is non existent, sad it used to be great.

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