"Flexibility" and "easy work" depends on your territory - Retail Merchandiser Hallmark Employee Review

2.0
Jan 31, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

No weekends, unless you can't complete all hours in 4 work days.

Cons

I worked as a Retail Merchandiser for a few months. My territory was very busy. Hallmark is very slick at making you agree in your employment contract that your hours or days can be changed at any time. I agreed, but was very surprised when they increased my days per week on my FIRST day of work! I was hired for low hours but then they pushed 2-3x as many hours my way. If you are scheduled to work 4 days a week but they give you 27 hours, you really don't have much flexibility, especially if you have other responsibilities in life. And those hours are strictly service hours, not including travel time between accounts. Ends up being around 7 hours per day! It was annoying to walk in the store and have the aisles look like a hurricane blew through, and during the Christmas season there would be 30-40 boxes of product, fixtures, and corrugate displays stacked in the back room. Not enough time allotted to do the job right and definitely not the stress-free job I had hoped it would be. I dreaded going to work each day so I quit.

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5.0
May 29, 2026
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Pros

Great company and great people! Very thorough training program.

Cons

It can be hard work! Some stores don't have deliveries where they're suppose to be and you have to go searching. You have an allotted amount time to spend at each store.

4.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

You really set your own schedule but there is a mandatory break after around 4 hours of working. There's no one over you and you're pretty much doing your own thing which I appreciate. I'm still learning the ins and out as I am new but I love this job, overall. Its very unique.

Cons

This has nothing to do with other hallmark employees, they have all been great. A couple of employees at one of the stores I service aren't the most professional people and their actions have been unnecessary. Fortunately, all of the other stores I service have normal employees.

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