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Coca-Cola Consolidated

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Coca-Cola Consolidated reviews

3.3

56% would recommend to a friend

(1,741 total reviews)
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J. Frank Harrison III

69% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Coca-Cola Consolidated has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,741 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Coca-Cola Consolidated employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
2.0
Jul 2, 2017

Pepsi is better

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits and 401K are standard, which is better than some companies. When you work in the field, no one is there looking over your shoulder.

Cons

People who work in the field (drivers, merchandisers, acct. developers, usually work between 50 and 60 hours a week. You never know when you'll be done. You might be flying along, and then your last delivery is late, so you end up getting home at 8 PM (after starting at 5:30 or 6 AM). The strain on your body is pretty serious. I thought I was indestructible, but after 10 years, I have serious carpal tunnel from lifting soda all day. Lots of my co-workers have blown out their backs or had other health problems. Thank God for worker's comp laws, because if it was up to Coca-Cola, they'd throw you out on the street and hire a fresh back. Coca-Cola also changed a lot while I was there. They took a way a lot of perks (like a company car and gas card) and added a lot of annoying hoops to jump through (like a phone that tracks your every move and gives you a route to run that usually makes no sense). Overtime is calculated using some weird/dishonest system that ends up paying you less than minimum wage for your overtime. Of course, this incentivizes the company to work you to death and waste your time on pointless meetings that make your day longer. Long story short, I went to Pepsi. It's not perfect either, but the work load is more reasonable, overtime is better, the benefits are better, and management is so much easier to get along with.

1.0
May 6, 2021

Culture Shock

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

401k match, decent benefits. Great brand partners and some really good people on the frontline.

Cons

Not even sure where to start. I could write down a hundred cons for every one positive aspect of this company. Corporate in Charlotte sit behind a computer and just changes things to just change things. There are so many people that are absolutely useless while frontline leadership and frontline blue collar workers get trimmed down to the bare minimum. Covid caused more knee jerk reactions and the good and loyal employees are starting to leave in droves. You can’t take full time jobs and put them on plates of people who are already overworked and under appreciated. The moral is shocking. The people are tired and the people are fed up. I cannot recall ever hearing of someone that believed that they felt valued. One Team is a smoke in mirrors app the company created to show off “how they care about their employees and community”. Just like the fake purpose statement they hide behind. If you truly cared about the people that kill theirselves for you how about giving them some support or appreciation. Supplying bags of candy around the branches is a complete joke. Get out of Charlotte, the stay at home order is over and your people are sick and tired of being sick and tired.

2.0
Mar 4, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Health benefits, great brands, well known company. Can move up if a hard worker at the basic levels and have common sense.

Cons

The workload is heavy at times for the pay. You are often overloaded and have to proritize. They talk about giving people the tools but yet don't give a reasonable amount of time. Everything is becoming automated in the system and makes employees feel like slimy used car salesmen. If trained and given the time to complete, the right people can do great things. Many jobs been cut so not a lot of movement possibilities.

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