Culture changing and not for the better - State Manager Sazerac Employee Review

2.0
Aug 20, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

- Bonus is CRAZY and the primary reason people stay to deal with the madness - Hands-down the best bourbon portfolio in the world! - 400+ brands in the portfolio - Great distillery - Great people that are working the trenches with you - Great external training provided from third party companies - Robust budgets to support just about anything you need

Cons

- New senior leadership is methodically weeding out the "seasoned" individuals with alcohol background and replacing with younger CPG backgrounds...no loyalty to employees hitting/exceeding their numbers - Rarely promoting from within...majority are outside hires - Hiring people at a higher base salary for the same position as a way to weed out those remaining - Not a very cultural diverse company...at all. - What started out as a company embracing your entrepreneurial spirit has now become a top-down tracker happy company - Culture has shifted to dog-eat-dog mentality - Unrealistic expectations at all levels...you will need to work 70-80 a week to even come close to meeting them. - Many many more to site, but those are the biggies

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great hours, flexible schedule mostly (8am-4pm, 9-5,10-6,just 8 hrs in market is expected) Good pay Good benefits Phone bill paid for Extra pay to help pay for car and insurance Work laptop Sales experience Good pto

Cons

Very self driven like going to accounts (businesses, restaurants, bars, etc) Lots of driving Large learning curve with no liquor industry experience Generally work alone except training or when manager comes for ride alongs to help u learn Might be hard to move up and promote without moving

1.0
Apr 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I really enjoy the brands and the industry as a whole. I take a lot of pride in working hard, solving problems for customers, and closing sales. Sazerac brings a lot to the table too—competitive pricing, a strong product lineup, and every now and then we even get some pretty cool POS to work with.

Cons

Our distributor can’t seem to carry enough of our stuff, so we’re constantly out of stock on anything new or anything people actually want. It’s a mess. Be ready to grind 40 hours a week in accounts, then somehow cram in trainings, reports, posts, pre-planning, organizing POS…basically all the other crap on your “free time.” And don’t forget—you better account for every singe minute of your day. Got a gap between calls because you had to a crap or grab food? Yeah, you might want to log that too, because they’re gonna want to know exactly what you were doing with their time.

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