Unreliable assignments and unrealistic expectations for time allotted. - Retail Merchandiser CROSSMARK Employee Review

1.0
11 Mar 2015
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Pros

Good entry into Retail Merchandising field. Some jobs are flexible.

Cons

Unreliable income. I was told right off the bat in my phone interview with District Manager that "I might have work for you this week but then nothing for 3 months.." Unrealistic time allocations for assignments. (No, it was not just me being slow, most times we were in a team. I am an experienced Merchandiser) You are not paid for time over the allotted estimation. An estimated 4 hour job is paid for 4 hours even if it takes 6. I was once on a 4.5 hour job, worked 7.5 and given a hard time about claiming the excess hours. No breaks or lunches were ever offered by team leader when on a team reline. I had a personal situation that temporarily for one month, required my availability to be either in the afternoons or flexible schedule assignments. I later received an ROE saying I'd quit. (which would disqualify me for EI) It was only corrected when I called HR in the US.

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5.0
22 Feb 2025
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Pros

The pay was good compared to other merchandising companies. The person I worked for was a good boss and when I did work with others maybe 2-3 times a year, it was usually pleasant enough for work.

Cons

Working with the stores can be awful. The places you work out rarely view you as more than a pest even though you're there to help them.

1.0
19 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

No pros working at crossmark

Cons

an honest example of your day, we will pay you for 15 minutes to run up to a Walmart. For that 15 minutes we will expect you to read instructions for any new changes, run in and check in with a manager, find our product, count our products exactly, go to the back room and find our products (which is by far the longest step), count our products in the back exactly, bring our products to the front of the store, take pictures and answer questions, remove all old products, stock by date, take pictures and answer questions. If this takes you 25-30 minutes, which is probably a more accurate accounting, we will still only pay you for 15. If you are lucky there may be another job that day, but if not you will be expected to waste your gas, drive to the Walmart that we demanded, and work that 15 minute job alone. In that case we will be demanding that you take an hour out of your day for $3.00.

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