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Columbia Distributing Company

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Columbia Distributing Company reviews

3.2

42% would recommend to a friend

(310 total reviews)
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Chris Steffanci

57% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Columbia Distributing Company has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 310 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Columbia Distributing Company 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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310 reviews
1.0
May 27, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Cheap scratch and dent beer. Good coworkers. Parking is not usually an issue. Office is very very very cold year round.

Cons

Managers and leadership are terrible. Bad benefits, health insurance not that great for price and goes up a bunch each year. Not very much vacation. Underpaid for market price - very easy to get a raise at a new job with better benefits. Managers need training desperately. CEO is a bad public speaker and not a good leader, runs over time by 30+ minutes during all company meetings. Apparently the new slogan “100% accountable” does not apply to management, yet it should. Inexperienced managers and bad organization overall. Have a huge turnover rate for all jobs, including IT and office/administrative jobs, not only merchandisers and warehouse workers. Overall culture is very toxic and negative.

4.0
May 21, 2018

A good starter / fall back job

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

2 days off in a row Minimal holiday work Available overtime

Cons

A lot of overtime during holiday times Base rate noncompetitive and not progression based Senior management disconnected from how things work in the trade

3.0
May 16, 2018

Old Boys Club

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay is okay, beer is cheap. Decent health benefits. Nothing special.

Cons

Aging company, not ideal for anyone looking to advance career. Old boys club feel, ran by aggressive old men who can't spell or formulate emails. It's like deciphering the Da Vinci code. If you're looking to waste 20yrs of your life doing the same thing every day with no appreciation, this is the place. High stress, low reward. No incentives, poor self-care. People get burnt out and lashout.

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