Bait and Switch - Retail Sales Merchandiser Advantage Solutions Employee Review

1.0
Mar 20, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Full-time work, and some benefits, though expensive. Some friendly and professional team coworkers, solo work Benefits available if you are full-time (based on a business calculation, not hours worked).

Cons

Grossly underpaid (unlivable wage for what is demanded). Jealousy and others’ limits define your honesty in reporting. Gossip and inuendo used to justify arbitrary and capricious management decisions. No raises or cost of living adjustments. Ever. No kudos of any kind for excellent work, in fact, HR decides not to pay you at times and gives no reason. Left with the knowledge of being used and having to fight for compensation. Mileage compensation is $0.16 below IRS standard. No reimbursement for fuel or wear and tear. Requires you to provide vehicle insurance for work (if your personal carrier finds out, they WILL drop you). Requires employee asking of company permission to file for EIC or have your hours cut should they find out you filed without it (documented). No respect shown to employees at all. Team conference calls used to imply and intimidate high performers into ‘admitting’ their reporting is a lie (and some do lie). Email used as a threat system (documented threats to fire and blacklist with no justification). Have been emailed about 'corrections' to jobs deliberately undone by store personnel (photograph and signature records mean nothing).

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Pros

There are pockets of talent and smarts on the creative side of the business, and I absolutely adored my immediate coworkers and my manager.

Cons

Senior leadership is an absolute mess. They will get us all together for these pep rallies, demand we “AMP IT UP”, then turn around and screw us mercilessly when it comes to raises, bonuses and job security. There is also quite a bit of platonic nepotism happening on the creative end of the business, with people who lend no real value to the work sitting at the very top of the creative pyramid solely because of their relationship to senior leaders. These people are being carried on the shoulders of their creative directors and ACDs, who are all criminally underpaid and under appreciated. With round after round of layoffs, no new wins, and leaders who demand high energy, long hours, and good attitudes at all times, I would strongly advise creatives to steer clear of this train wreck of an agency.

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