Anderson Merchandisers Employer Reviews

I was working with this company around 5 years. Man, you have to work more than 14 hours to finish their daily tasks. No good salary or benefits. It is the worst company I ever worked with. Dont loose your time if you are on the road to make money for a living! Benefits goes to District or regional managers only. Careful when choosing it!

I love it, I would love to work for them again.
Excellent benefits

Emphasis on third party projects and follow up inside huge chain store. Management, training and merchandising of companies products, with in store. Maintaining daily communication with chain store management in regards to training, product flow and placement.

Anderson Merchandisers is a great company to work for providing there are hours to work. I was promised 30 when hired on but as the weeks went by my hours became less and less untill I literally had 0 for three months untill they finally decided to stop keeping me dangling and mailed me a termination notice. But when I was working I loved it.

Must be able to work independently and have excellent organizational skills.

No raises available.

Management was uninformed, and when questioned regarding new tasks, they did not have an answer available... was told to call the company help desk.

This company was hired by Best Buy on a handshake. Not a good business model in this day and age.

A typical day would be gathering my materials need to fill the plan of grams for the shelves, and floors around the store. I learned the stocking methodst that they have for each section of the store and how they use it to advertize for the week. It was hard to find the pallets for the books or movies cause they always had a way of stocking them in – more...  a hidden place. I enjoyed that the company and how pleasant they were to work with. – less

This was my first job so i was lucky to get this job in the first place so i felt it helped ease me into the working enviroment. The job helped me gain confidence on how to communicate with others, I learned how to a good team player and they showed me what its like being a merchandiser. As for the scheldule,they have it pretty set with what to do each – more...  day so i never had to worry what i was supposed to be doing on any given day. The working enviroment is very laid back as long as you work. The company is going through a process with best buy to get on the same page so it has been pretty rough with management since were all playing catch up. Overall i learned alot along the way and im glad i got the oppurtunity to work for the company. – less

A typical day working for Anderson was good, each day had its own procedure. For instance Sunday was ad-set day were we would set up all promotions, remove old promotions, place corrugates out on the sales floor. properly stock product onto shelves, make new labels, place signage were needed. Talk with store managers about new ways to improve. I enjoyed – more...  working for this company but the travel issues became a problem so I resigned with fair notice. – less

Everything is well communicated
Very little management, work independently
The hardest part of the job is getting everything completed in the time allowed
Working with the store employees and the customers

Great company to work for. Focused on the over all goal of the tasks a hand. Great team of managers and associates.

I was working 18 hours a day. going in at 4am and leaving 10-11 that night. They treated you like you were below them and they didnt allow you time of if your sick.

Its a fun and friendly environment. Setting and maintaining plan-o-grams always help you stay familiar with where product is throughout the store. This also makes the customers experience enjoyable overall.

Back in the day, prior to digital, Anderson was at the top of their industry. Selling books, music and video to Walmart stores they could almost do no wrong. However, once digital came into focus, Anderson lost their focus, and sales started to decline. Over the last few years they have gone through some restructuring loosing some very good people. – more...  Their sales force is now run ragged visiting several stores each day following up on not only the books, music & video but the third party projects they do in the attempt to keep their doors open. – less

anderson has many different areas to work in. returns department, picking, automation and shipping. pay incentives in select areas.

When I began with Anderson, the main focus of the company was four specific product lines that included stocking, zoning, and return processing.

Today, the main focus is on the additional projects from other companies that Anderson has acquired to offset a loss of revenue in addition to the four specific product lines.

These projects range from audits – more...  of product placement or store level execution, presentation of merchandising vehicles, training of store personnel, and execution of time sensitive projects among many departments within the store. – less

Not the worst company in the world. Have a few kinks to iron out at certain levels of the company but as a merchandising company they are really quite excellent

When I first started I LOVED my job but as the months went on, that feeling disappeared . The management is horrible ,they never listen to the concerns of the employees.They cut hours and dont even think to tell us. And also they complain when projects aren't done on time even though they dont give you enough hours to even complete it.Im not going to – more...  say dont work for this company but if you do COVER YOUR BUTT!! – less

The Regional Manager is a snake. He LIES to cover his own butt. The District Manager knows nothing and is completely incompetent.
Of course working in Best Buy - what a worthless group they are.
Pay is crummy, there are NO benefits (they tell you there are when you interview, but...)

Very fun place to work. Everyone is family there. Great work hours and experience work out.