WIS International reviews

2.9

41% would recommend to a friend

(2,020 total reviews)
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Jim Rose

54% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

WIS International has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,020 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The WIS International 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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1.0
Apr 7, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

you get paid, its a job that hires pretty much anyone and everyone.

Cons

just horrible. I loathed going to work everyday but needed a job. a job for when you are between jobs but that is it. management knows their is a high turnover rate and you can see it in the way they treat employees. Some of the supervisors even hired friends just so they could work with them on the best jobs/crews while other hard workers had to take what they could get. Very boring work, be ready for a lot of back/neck pain and the pay is not equal to the amount of work/physical activity bending and stooping and walking around stores the job requires.little to no training, they throw you on the floor of various jobs then you are expected to just ask questions/trained by other workers but depending on the job/worker you could get information from one person to be told it is totally wrong another day. Also a lot of payroll issues, they do not give out paystubs which is a big issue for anyone who gets foodstamps/has to report their work to a social services agency, their is at this moment a lawsuit against them by multiple employees for payroll reasons. Their motto is, if they can get away with it, then they will try!

1.0
Mar 19, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

inventory experience. and if able to afford it. you have a few slow months of absolutely no work. and you can vacation or get stuff done at home and still have a job. just no money.

Cons

the management most of them are nice to your face.,butt will stab you in the back or throw you under the bus to make them look good. their is no communication they move an office site and instead of e-mailing or calling the employees we all showed up at the old sight to leave for an out of town job and had no clue we moved. also they need to hire managers that are more professional. and fair to everyone. also they need to treat everyone the same. they favored the russian workers the most. they worked more hours. made more money. and could talk and mess off all they want and leave or not show up and it was ok. The amount of driving to jobs was insane, we would have more hours driving than actual work hours, it cost more for gas than we actualy made. also the management would have us lie about things like are counts so they could have better scores for the store they just finished. and If you cant work in a store for some reason. they will make up a name and social to show store. then change it back when store is done.

2.0
Jan 17, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

+The work is simple enough, count, and count fast. +The hours very pretty flexible, I was told if I couldn't make an arranged time that I simply need not sign up for it on the online schedule. +Could be a good second, or part time job.

Cons

-Gets incredibly tedious (EVERY single item in the stores must be counted...EVERYTHING) -site locations vary -low pay/part time (you're not going to be able to live solely off this job) -always had to provide own means for getting to the different locations -Very inconsistent. Some weeks you'd have jobs appear on your schedule, some weeks you wouldn't I worked there for a month or so, during that time, I received an offer for another (full time) job and accepted. I notified my manager that my availability for WIS international would be very limited (if at all) she noted it and agreed to keep me on the roster just in case I had an occasional job that I could make. Of course, I never had the time or the will (yeah, let's work 40+ hours, then spend a night or two counting doodads). About a month later I get an email saying I am no longer considered an employee of WIS...big surprise, but no big deal. So I write my manager a nice thank you letter for the time/opportunity she had given me. She doesn't response (still hasn't). A few weeks later I get a notification saying I was "involuntarily terminated". Very nice. Yes, YOU ended our work relationship. Whatever helps you sleep at night, WIS.

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