Coca-Cola Consolidated reviews

Coke does not pay standard overtime, instead they pay VROT, which works out to about $5 an hour. Consequently, they work their merchandisers to death, and then to add insult to injury, they hold many long-winded meetings, filled with information which could easily have been condensed into a short email and dishonest propaganda. Management is constantly trying to reinvent the wheel instead of just letting their workers do their jobs. This is a company that definitely thinks punishing and hypercriticizing people is cheaper than rewarding them. In 2011, they announced major changes to how merchandisers do their jobs. Managers now track merchandisers with GPS. They also required merchandisers to work 6 days on, 2 off, until many people quit, including myself. Then they switched to a system where many full-time workers were forced to become part-time workers without benefits. Who knows what's next? One thing is guaranteed. Life for workers at CCBCC is going downhill fast.

Where to start? Firstly - I'd like to add the disclaimer that this is for Coke Consolidated Inc (or whatever entity they go by now) that is HQed in Charlotte, NC - not the Atlanta based company. They criminally underpay people. They use their brand to attract talent and then don't back it up with pay or culture. Like any company, there are good people that work here, but management very much encourages the "drinking of the kool-aid" mentality. They churn through drivers like crazy! Mass hiring people to work 80+ hour weeks because they don't feel like hiring enough people to create a manageable workload. They have a nepotism policy that prohibits you from working here if you have another full time relative in the company. This only applies to the general masses though, as much of the executive leadership team is related, married, etc. Career progression is bleak. I would imagine the executives have it made pretty well, because they stay in the role for 20+ years, but that puts a severe ceiling on progression for anyone else that isn't related to the executive team. Overall - don't waste your time - look elsewhere!