Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. Employer Reviews

I no longer work for Coca-Cola due to the company closing the facility on March 30th. I enjoyed working there and I liked my job. I was there 15 1/2 years and thought I would retire from there. All us workers felt like a family. We were a small facility so we all knew each other.

Great place to work. CCE treats their employees well. Lots of perks. Lots of opportunity for advancement if you have the proper credentials.

Great Place to work..... Work At your own pace..... Great Supervisors

Daily repair of soda vending machines,Learning all of repair of vending equipement.very poor leadership in management.Good co-workers to work with.No communication with managementwhich made job hard.Fixing customer problems was most enjoyable.

STAY AWAY!!! This company in Knoxville, TN are liars, I have worked here for over 5 years have been given no opportunity for promotion, you will work different schedule than you are hired for and it changes about once every 6 months with very little notice. The benefits are VERY expensive and are not much at all. They are on the buddy system when it – more... comes to getting a better paying job so unless you kiss alot of butt, dont waste your time even if you are over qualified for the position you are applying for. The equipment is outdated and unsafe also. – less

Coca-Cola establishes and very professional and competitive environment throughout the work place. Every day is results oriented with the company. Coca-Cola is not the "easiest" company to work for, but if you are a motivated individual, you will fit right in.

Coca-Cola has taught me to control what you have control over and be the best at what you're – more... doing. In order to succeed, you must thrive to be a leader within your department everyday. – less

Load and unload trucks into and out of the warehouse. Pick up stock sheets from the supervisor. Travel by Forklift to grab the merchandise and place it in a holding area or straight onto and awaiting trailer. Repeat as needed. Help with the production line stocking the machines and grabbing the finished product from the line and taking it to the appropriate – more... location to be stacked. Change battery in forklifts as needed and also dispose and clean any spills that are made during the shift. – less

I manage Account Managers who call on all Home Market accounts (Supermarkets, Convenience Stores, Drug and Value)
I have learned how to manage a diverse team while building relationships with our customers.
The most difficult part of the job is working with our cross-functional partners, distribution and merchandising, to service our customers properly.
The – more... most enjoyable part of the job is beating our competition and achieving our objectives. – less

Coke used to be a good company to work for but micromanagement and the slashing of hours and resources have turned it into a terrible company to work for. The turnover is terrible with people leaving every week. Merchandisers used to be qualified candidates who were hired full time; now they are young people hired in part time with no benefits. The – more... company cannot even get merchandisers to apply for management jobs because they are even more mistreated, therefore; the company is forced to hire younger college graduates who think that Coke is a good company until they realize it isn't and quit as well a year of two later. – less

10+hrs
management does not care about the employees
co-workers are great
the hardest part of the job is never knowing when you're going to get off & not having enough time to spend with family.
the most enjoyable part is when I clock out to go home
The pay is not enough for the hoops they expect you to jump through

Typical day at work entails visiting current customers, writing product orders, strategizing and identifying opportunities for growth to improve volume and profit margins for comapny as well as customers. My most enjoyable part of my job is meeting new people, establishing and building relationships, and exciting people about future growth.

I enjoyed working at Coca-Cola Refreshments because they did offer multiple workshops and follow up or review training for their CSR positions. The most difficult part of the job was the demands put on individuals which made your work/life balance difficult at times.

enjoyable working enviroment, work hours where flexiable and allowed time to support your own personal needs.

Placed under a department function similar in operations to a PMO.

Day-to-day responsibilities:
In charge of developing BI enhancements to a BW environment.

Optimized data modeling designs, process chains, roll-up aggregates, etc.

Contributed ideas to any current & future-state projects impacting BI landscape.

Troubleshooted end-user problems related – more... to reporting tools.

De-bugged software upgrades and enhancements.

Management:
Fair to work with.
Diverse management background.
Easy to communicate with.

Downside- approval process for anything was very bureaucratic.
PM approach was often rigid and inflexible.
No sophisticated tracking or document repository for PM documentation was existent.

Overall:
Experience was not too bad. Exposed too many opportunities to expand my knowledge base and skill set. However, with new IT vision communicated and in the horizon, expect for a more 'standardized' IT landscape with common business processes. This will translate too less 'customizations' or less opportunities for SAP developers. Especially, in the first next couple of years. – less

Compensation and benefits are "good". Culture and values leave more to be desired (no discipline for insubordination). Job security and advancement are not likely. management lacks tremendously because communication is often times non existent or avoided altogether.

This company is just like any other big corporation. Its all about the bottom line, and there is no such thing as loyalty.

Great benefits/ company inconsistance in policy/ hiring based on hand picking not experiences. Safety issues concerns.

Has been a great company to work for, recently constant restructuring.

Working for Coca Cola Refreshments has been an awesome experience. I would recommend the company to others.

A day at work was to build orders/tickets with voicepick around the warehouse, i learned about pallet jacks voicepick system and the process of distribution.
not much to say about management other than they had very poor organazation skills leadership and decision skills. the hardest part of the job was not having a method in the warehouse or a gameplan, – more... there were too many obstacles we faced daily to get the job done. the most enjoyable part of job was the physical chalenge and the adrenaline of moving at a fast pace... I challenged my self daily to be one of the top order builders in the warehouse! – less