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Lawson Products Employer Reviews

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Corporate management was constantly changing.
Independent Sales Representative (Former Employee), Chicago, IL – March 8, 2013
Pros: self reliant
Cons: sales expectations far exceeded the economic environment
In the early 2000's the company was solid. The mid 2000's brought change that was not for the good. The company relied on the philosophy that great customer service provided great sales - no matter the price. Upper management never understood that even the 'mom and pop' competitors knew how to provide great service - but the huge difference was that – more... the competition offered better prices.

In the years of 2010 through 2012 upper management changed the sales force from an independent agent (that was successful model) to a company employed sales force. Sales suffered dramatically. – less
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caring the employes
Material Handler (Former Employee), Des Plaines, IL – March 5, 2013
Pros: employee's pinics
Distributing materials to packagers when requested. Ensures breakdown labels are correct. Make sure packager has enough packaging materials; such as packaging tapes, envelope, boxes, plastic bags etc.

To be able to bring palettes to packaging area. Loading and unloading materials from delivery truck.
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Challenging Public Company
Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis (Former Employee), Des Plaines, IL – February 27, 2013
I was able to sharpen my project mamanger skills by implementing a new budgeting/reporting software package. This allowed for LP to start data mining, ad hoc reports, and various analysis options that were not available before with their DOS based accounting system. Creating a finance department from scratch was a once in a lifetime experience.
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Good company for industrial distribution
Communications/Sr. Brand Manager (Former Employee), Chicago, IL – December 27, 2012
Comapny is undergoing many changes. Yet there may be many opportunities in sales.
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Engaging and friendly environment
Expeditor (Former Employee), Chicago, IL – November 25, 2012
I was responsible for expediting daily orders. I learned how to navigate the SAP system this past year. Worked closely with coworkers to coordinate shipments.
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Priviledged to work for this company that I already had personal relationships with.
Territory Sales Manager (Former Employee), Rockford, IL – October 8, 2012
Pros: strong product line, great personnel and easy to work with.
Cons: learning how to use a material handling truck, selling in an unprotected territory.
Was recruited to be sales manager and work with 4 sales personnel while still maintaing my own accounts.

While employed there I learned an immense amount of knowledge on material handling equipment.

Management was very fair and assisted in any situations necessary.

All co-workers were exceptional and easy to work with.

The hardest part of this job – more... was learning how to use a material handling truck.

The most enjoyable part of theis job was working with the rest of the salesforce and watching them develop their skills. – less
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Learned a lot at this company in the management field
Warehouse Lead (Former Employee), Addison, IL – October 1, 2012
Lawson Products gave me a great opportunity to advance and learned a lot about myself, It was also union which taught me a lot.
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Excellent Team
Senior Chemist / Product Development Manager (Former Employee), Des Plaines, IL – September 10, 2012
Pros: professional enviroment
Cons: none worth mentioning
Great product life cycle education.
Great 'Team Spirit"
Excellent Salary
Excellent Benefit program
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Enjoyable due to flexibilty of work hours.
Independent Sales Agent (Former Employee), home based report to corporate office – September 8, 2012
Pros: flexible hours
Cons: insurance coverage, traveling
Acquiring sales base on a cold call basis takes some getting accustomed to, but is enjoyable for the most part. Making sales goals is very satisfying I learned to be more assertive and confidant in myself. The hardest part of the job was heavy lifting and set up of bolt bins in maintenance departments. I would sometimes have to empty rooms of old bins – more... and set up new which required heavy lifting. I did enjoy getting to know all kinds of people in different areas and made lifelong friends who I am still in contact with today. – less
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Great place to work with a work out facility
Contract Coordinator (Former Employee), Chicago, IL – September 6, 2012
Pros: annual employee appreciation perks ( lunch, ice cream socials etc....)
Great company with a great group of people to work for. I acquired a list of life skills, work wasn't routine, everyday I went to work with a different task.
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Executive Administrative Assistant (Former Employee), Chicago, IL – August 28, 2012
Pros: people, products, desire to do good business
Cons: lack of process, lack of leadership and inability to transform from the family business to a corporate powerhouse.
Dear Sir,
Lawson Products biggest value are the employees that maintain a standard of caring I have not experienced with any other company.
The best of Lawson is the people.

The worst of Lawson is the disregard for "process". Even if there should be a process in place it is so often overruled, disregarded and abused it is unrecognizable and impossible – more... to follow. Meetings overrule all other activity, interruptions overrule meetings and changing meetings is the heaviest assigned duty in the organization. There is a connect and disconnect operating within Lawson that brings it to an edge of success and then stops it dead in it's tracks.

Good people, good business premise, execution leaves a lot to be desired. It needs fresh leadership to bring forth all the good Lawson has. – less
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Sound company
Assistant Warehouse Manager (Former Employee), Addison, TX – August 27, 2012
Great place to start my career. Unfortunatly they closed their branch in Texas.
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Great place to work, great staff, and great location
Sr. Customer Service Associate (Current Employee), Chicago, IL – August 20, 2012
Pros: promotes within
Hands on Sales and Service Company. Great staff, great hours, and definitely room for growth and will promote within!
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Great Management Team, Fun environment
Logistics Project Manager (Former Employee), Reno, NV – July 29, 2012
Pros: nice place to work, great manager to work for.
Cons: declining sales.
Project Manager for a high volume, high sku, maintenance and repair distribution center.
As the Logistics Project Manager my duties included direct data analysis of all Corporate and local ISO standards as well as all KPI statistics creation and reporting to the Corporate continuous improvement engineer. Root cause analysis and mapping.

Responsible – more... for the creation of multiple Access databases including, HR Training, Project Database and ISO Training databases. These Databases are now being used at the corporate level and in all Lawson Distribution Centers

Utilization of video monitoring for workflow analysis as well as detailed time study tracking and reporting directly effecting employee operation standards. – less
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Supervisor, Facilities Maintenance & Safety (Former Employee), Suwanee, GA – July 26, 2012
Pros: working with contractors
Cons: the hours i worked
Enjoyed working with the people and contractors. Learned alot about being a supervisor. The hardest part of the job was the shift I worked. The most enjoyable part of the job was the independence of working on the conveyor system.
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Basically a good company with values
A skilled acquisition specialist (Former Employee), Chicago, IL – July 10, 2012
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researched products of all types, some we were distributors for, some we quoted and purchased from other companies, distributors, and direct.
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Senior Customer Service Representative (Former Employee), Addison, IL – April 30, 2012
Pros: great benefits, good people, made the work day enjoyable
Busy work environment, constant phone activity, entering orders, invoicing and working with whse to make sure orders ship complete. Co-workers were great to work with, I was employee of the month a couple times, overall great place to work for. Always had company activities and outtings.
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good people,always treated employes good
wearplate tech (Former Employee), charlotte,nc – March 1, 2012
Pros: good workplace
Cons: closed location
Was a good place to work,good people,good management. Worked 19 years for them,I was always treated right
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