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Part time, but working full time - Retail Reset Merchandiser The Retail Odyssey Employee Review

1.0
Sep 6, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

It’s a fast pace fairly easy to follow job, we’ve got some really good team members

Cons

They hire as part time but you work full time most the time your told fridays off and almost never get fridays off, you only make 15 an hour while most store employees make $20 or more. The company has problem with communication. If the Lead is sick no one on the team gets to work unless they find a new lead to step in. You never know who’s in charge for the day, people get hired and people quit just as quickly. There are disrespectful trainers who talk to people as if they have a disability in learning, then proceeded to try and force you to communicate after you’ve set boundaries. There are 21 stores in my district and 20 some employees meaning a person a store on a large scale. They over load what sets we need to do. They work you more then 8-10 hours without knowledge of the extra time. No benefits for part time even though they work us full time. The planograms are usually wrong or measured incorrectly, or the pictures show the wrong product to the UPC codes. Ignore light duty notes given by doctors.

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5.0
May 9, 2025
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Pros

The hours! The shifts! The company and coworkers that are now your family! They're understanding, and by your side even after years of not being around.

Cons

None really. They have even integrated an AI software to help our work be tip top.

2.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Have more knowledge of Grocery stores.

Cons

* Hired as a Full Time Traveling Retail Merchandiser, then unbeknownst to me, they changed my Title to Part Time. Why? I showed them my Onboarding Papers that clearly stated "Full Time" They NEVER changed it back. * You travel all over the state of Az, and you're suppose to get reimbursed a percent of how ever much you spent on gas. I went all over, from Phoenix, to Tucson to Vistancia and so on. I NEVER, NOT EVEN ONCE, got reimbursed for gas. * There is NEVER a Boss or Supervisor on job sites. There is 1 Leader in charge for that 1 particular job. You NEVER get training or even shown what to do. When you 1st start, you are so lost. No one, especially old timers, will NOT help you. Why should they, they not Boss. You literally learn by watching. I worked there about 6 months, I saw, met and talked face to face with The Boss ..ONCE. * You start around 9PM, til about 5 in the morning. After meeting, talking and working with your team, it seems that most employees are ex cons, or recovering addicts or just got out of jail. That's not really a bad thing, but some are a little scary. * Once I deposited my paycheck in my acct, instead of just cashing it like normal. 2 days later, they reversed the deposit, withdrew and took paycheck back. Why? I fought them, I fought the bank but I NEVER got it back.

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