A few years back I actually thought DSD was ending due to massive red flags. As the red flags continued to accumulate it became clear AF that DSD wasn't going away, sales reps are.
I love these STUPID companies that let all their talent walk out the door.
Freaking geniuses running this company. The upper crust are so far removed, living their pampered, PATHETIC little existence, they forgot who's holding this sh-t show together.
SERIOUSLY can't wait for the end, it can't come soon enough!
Must of had a crystal ball. Look at the cr-p that’s going on now
Nabisico is going warehouse. Do not need Reps.
That’s because they are right out of internships at college like most rms .. given a job they should never have
We had a "newer" rep, a chosen one on our team. We had them all the time as our proximity to GS. Sales rep ordered product for and continued to pile a share builder so high it almost touched the ceiling, it was coming down Monday and Sunday they were piling more one. 26 totes of BS and the next team meeting this rep was given a mangers award....they should have been fired! Took 4 hours to take down and store was furious. This is the kind of BS that goes on....good luck with that! NO THANKS
Well, that's not my experience in our area. We don't have any good sales reps that have been here 5 years or less. All the newer reps under order, the DM gets phone calls about them all the time, they have massive out of stocks, displays don't get built, they have high credits, etc. So yeah, those are the ones I'm talking about.
Us good reps here know how to hit a number without loading up the back room until it's out of control. We have many bad merchandisers that don't work out the product, so yes, an overloaded back room is their fault. That's why the company kept a lot of tenured reps. We have more experience, we were held to a higher standard for years. We received way more and better quality training. We know how to manage a route.
Interesting ! By better workers you mean the reps that pound in bstock just to hit numbers and then blame it on the merchandisers for not working the unit all then yes then you are correct !! Some of the better workers have been here 5 years or less while the ones that have been here 10 plus or burnt out and don’t care and isn’t give it what they use to be
The comment is not wrong. The company did let go mostly newer people, it costs less to severance them. The company needs good people to run these enormous routes, therefore they kept the better workers...for now.
This is phase one of cuts. More cuts will be coming. The managers constantly talk about how we need more full time order writers and merchandisers. Haven't heard anyone say we need more sales reps. Quite the opposite
The hope is more sales reps will quit without getting a severance, then those routes can be absorbed amongst whoever is left. Eventually some long termers will either be kept in whatever the new position is, get a severance, or be fired.
All the signs and signals are here in our area.
Comment below is wrong ! As i know for a fact the reps that had more tenure and higher severance weeks where kept in my area while 2 of the 3 let go where ranked in the top 70 regionally and had only been here 8 years combined !
This entire process is to wipe the slate clean and get rid of employees with higher pay, benefits, and more vacation. All large companies do this periodically to get rid of the people making the most money. It's just becoming so much more obvious these days, it's getting hard to hide.
All these large companies are super greedy. They want good employees, but want to pay them peanuts. Even after tenured employees endure all the cuts, all the abuse, and still stay on, the company will find a way to get rid of them. It's the American way. Dispose of the longer term employees, keep turning them over with fresh, new, low paid workers. Over, and over, and over again. Cut, cut, cut.
I'm actually sick and tired of hearing no one wants to work. How about no one wants to work this hard for your sh-t wages. How about that?
Kroger did it some years back and got rid of a ton of tenured store directors making a lot of money. They replaced them with people making 1/2 the salary of the people they let go. The newer people also did not have as much accrued vacation time, or benefits.
It's a pattern with corporate America.
This is why it's a good idea to be union so these companies can't get away with their BS.
They also won't have the same objective, or even one at all. Once again more put on the backs of the few reps left, to manage the FTOW. DM's were and continue to be worthless! I talked to my DM once a year, not even in person, for my review. Laziest human on the earth. Wouldn't call customers back for weeks. Too busy at the bar getting wasted.
One of the reasons circuit city went out of business is that it let go it’s most talented people to save money. I highly doubt Nabisco will go out of business, but getting rid of good talent isn’t going to do any favors. Ftows aren’t going to have the same passion, sense of ownership, and drive as a sales rep.