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Gayle R
Star Contributor
Eastern Shore, VA
USA
1396 Posts |
 Posted - 03/14/2007 : 11:55:45 PM
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| Phee Phee the e-reporting time isn't extra time it is just worded different now. If the job has a 60min allowance it is still 60 , they just added the words e-reporting to the time question. But I still like the work. |
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ReginaT
Member
Florence, AL
USA
20 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2007 : 05:58:09 AM
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| Gayle...I'm glad that you like it and thanks for backing me up a little. I really feel like that some of the people on this forum think you are only supposed to post here if you have their opinion of Archway. If there are any shortcuts that I can help you out with let me know. |
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Pamela S
Contributor
Martinez, California
USA
92 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2007 : 06:02:56 AM
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No that's not it regina, it's just so many people have been burned by archway! And let's face it.... Archway stinks! Youll see. Most if us work for other companies now, that appricate us. I have also worked for other companies and have nothing but good to say about them, in fact of my 7 years merchandising, I think Archway is the only company I would really tell people to stay away, except one other company and that is service Advantage. Oh! Yeah! That use to be Archway! LOL. |
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TeresaW
Contributor
Pace, FL
USA
83 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2007 : 07:00:29 AM
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I agree! I have worked for many many companies and unless I had somethng happe I state the good and the bad of any company...
Archway...Good starter company, low pay, easy work, no mileage, or drive time,I had a good DM, spent more in paper and ink then I made, I loved the work, Was told I'd get x amount of hours, I got average 8 a week.
I too have been a merchandiser for about 7 years and I have been in retail even longer....This company is taking advantage of its employees by not paying for ALL the work you do off the clock!! I know large retailers who have been sued for that!!!
I think i posted on here when i began that i really liked them too and blah, blah, blah, but then I saw the whole picture...I didnt give a notice either!!!I told my DM exactly why... I DONT WORK FOR FREE!!! and that is what your doing when your printing off your paperwork, going between stores,filling out your paperwork etc.
Eventually you will also come here and say guys you were so right!
Im not badmouthing them Im stating the facts!!!!! |
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Stacy1
Contributor
Billerica, MA
USA
76 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2007 : 08:39:15 AM
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| Regina, I do not want to start a dialogue with anyone here but I had to laugh (I actually did laugh) when I read your post about having a right to express your own opinion. You get pretty upset when you feel your rights are being called into question yet in more than one post you tried to frighten people into silence about Archway threatening their words would come back to haunt them. I also noticed that you cleverly avoided the question of what position you actually hold in the company. As I said before I think you are a supervisor who was sent in to try and paint a rosy picture and silence anyone who has a contrary view. You mentioned yourself in an earlier post that nobody really knows who is writing here (wonder why you would think of that?) Getting back to Archway, I can tell you that you that after I left your favorite company I got a job that paid four dollars more per hour plus mileage and travel time and a guaranteed amount of hours per week. That is what happened when I left paradise. While you are trying to corner the market on $2.00 jobs, some of us believe we are worth more! Also, you mentioned that your way of making money with Archway is to fly through a job in twenty minutes and then claim the full amount of time. Not only is this a dishonest practice but you say you do it over and over again consistently shorting the client and reporting that you worked the full amount of time. That is not working as a professional merchandiser that is called playing a game. That is exactly the caliber of merchandiser a company gets when they pay such an abysmal rate. it is like the old saying "if you pay peanuts...you get monkeys! |
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Pamela S
Contributor
Martinez, California
USA
92 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2007 : 09:18:34 AM
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You GO Stacy!! |
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ReginaT
Member
Florence, AL
USA
20 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2007 : 3:39:18 PM
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Exactly what part of "I am a merchandiser" do you not understand? Though I am paid an hourly wage, I work by project....so if it takes me 30 minutes to do a job that is paid an hours worth of time, that is not cheating the client. I also factor in my printing and my driving between stores into my hours. So you think if I finish a job that is paid an hour in 30 minutes I should just stand there for another half hour and do nothing. That's why I left Acosta. I don't like having to be in one store all day long, getting finished in less time than they want you there and then having to find something to do to finish my day. When I am finished with my work I can go on to the next job and I like it that way and I also make money that way. The majority of the time I can accomplish all of my work in one day and not have to drive back and forth every day to another store. So sue me for working smart and not hard!
There is one person on here that stated she did not have a good experience with Archway and that is all she said. I don't think you have to bad mouth a company to get your point across or be so "I'm above them" either.
You can think that I am the dumbest person on earth for working for this company, along with the other thousands that do too, but here again you are intitled to your opinion and so am I. |
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PheePhee
Valued Contributor
USA
173 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2007 : 5:07:02 PM
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| Gayle , yes I figured it wasn't extra time for the ereporting. I was just saying it was good that they were "counting it" meaning that it was now on the paperwork. |
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Gayle R
Star Contributor
Eastern Shore, VA
USA
1396 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2007 : 10:44:36 PM
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| While I agree with some of what Regina says I'm not quite as defensive as she is about it. I'm new to merchandising and new to Archway, obviously but I do enjoy the work and so far it suits me but I may change my mind later, who knows. I would definitely take a job with another company at more pay w/mileage if I found one. I'd be crazy not too and frankly Regina, so would you. Anybody have any suggestions? I tried the companies listed on this site but nothing worked out. Archway contacted me re. employment and I thought why not? So far, I'm not sorry. I took stores in 2 areas closest to home which means a max of 10-30 mile for this area and cut back on my MS shops a little. I don't take any that are further than my merchandising area & try to schedule them around my merchandiding schedule. I also take only the highest pay shops so the merchandising gives more chance to pick & choose on the MS sites. For those of you that work for other companies are they all somewhat flexible when it comes to times and dates (within a range)to do the stores? |
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ReginaT
Member
Florence, AL
USA
20 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2007 : 05:17:06 AM
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| You can definately work other companies along with Archway to make more money. I'm not saying that there are not others out there, I'm just tired of being treated like I'm crazy for working for Archway. |
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TeresaW
Contributor
Pace, FL
USA
83 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2007 : 06:49:27 AM
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| Regina Your not crazy for working for them and if you enjoy the work then thats great! like I have posted I loved the work especially the greeting cards BUT I guess because I have been in the business a long time I know when Im being used and thats how I kinda feel about archway. That they are taking advantage of the field reps by not paying them a higher wage or at least drive time or mileage. You know they are making really big profits by paying as low as they can! Also with the feild reps having to print out their paperwork then there should be some kind of payment for the paper, ink and the time it takes to print them out. I personally think if they paid a bit higher, paid either drive time or mileage then they would not have the turn around they have! |
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Stacy1
Contributor
Billerica, MA
USA
76 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2007 : 2:36:44 PM
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| Gayle, there isn't any company in the industry that pays lower than Archway. Archway is the lowest commom denominator. Any other company will pay you more. So take your pick: Mosaic, Crossmark, NIS, Levy Books, etc. Best places to look for the openings are Narms(they have a job board with openings of several companies in your area and they will contact you by email with any company looking in the area for reps. They send you contact numbers and job descriptions including the payrate.)Another place to look is Craigslist for your state (lots of merchandising jobs,demo jobs and Mystery shop jobs listed daily.) Also, referrals from other people you meet in the field on a daily basis just talk to other merchandisers that you run into (I've gotten a lot of jobs this way as well.) But I caution you that these other companies do expect you to do the assignments. Rushing through your assignments in a slipshod fashion and not spending the required amount of time in the stores may be tolerated by Archway but a company paying you a good wage wants you to be a professional and will reward you in a professional manner. I know that Mosaic gave us $50.00 American Express giftcards on a regular basis for a job well done. I also got a bonus for $300.00 for hard work during the XMas season. Mind you these perks were in addition to a good wage, mileage, travel time and extra for ink and paper etc. The only thing I ever got from Archway was some stupid job well done letter and not a red cent more. You seem like a conscientious person, you would probably do well anywhere and when you get the chance leave Archway and their $2.00 jobs for the people who deserve them. |
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MaddieS
Trainee
Columbia, TN
USA
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Posted - 03/16/2007 : 3:57:16 PM
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| I was contacted by someone from Archway. She left a message on my voice mail. I have decided that I will not take a job with them. (she may not have offered it to me; the message said to call her back about my reply to the shadow shopper listing) From reading the post I feel that its best to keep looking. There are a few other companies that I have applied for today. I am going to apply all I can with the trial from Shadow Shopper. I applied with LEVY, MCA, and National In Store through the Shadow Shopper link. Now I will wait and see what happens. I checked the feedback before I applied and they look like they have more positive. |
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Gayle R
Star Contributor
Eastern Shore, VA
USA
1396 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2007 : 1:52:39 PM
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| I already signed up with NARMS and Spar but not having much luck with them. Narms will e-mail me and I'll go to the site and respond to the offer and then never hear another word. This has happened a couple of times on jobs really close to home that I was really interested in. I am an organizer at heart and I think that's why I enjoy merchandising. I will not rush through the job but rather take pride in doing it neatly and correctly. I have even spent extra time on a job to do this. I'm going to see if I can find the web site for Mosaic and Craigslist. I saw Advantage talked about on here a lot but when I founf their website it said they only hire people responding to their "banners" |
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Maralyn
Star Contributor
USA
583 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2007 : 09:07:19 AM
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| WOW!!!!!! Red Flags everywhere..........Archway's paperwork does not say, you take 60 minutes, it ask how many minutes did you work 0-60, or it may say total time spend on this project. I also wonder what the Gallant people think about condition of the cardrack if you don't use your full time allotment, the card racks are always in bad condition when you return, that why you are alloted that time. To anyone looking to hire with Archway, they are low pay, and if you have to travel between stores for more than a few miles, you do not come out with anything in the end. Your travel time, gas, and admin will eat you alive. I have been with them for 4 years, and it continues to go downhill. Up until this month I had 15 Dollar Store, with the new rule I have 4 left, they are within 5 miles of my home or I travel in front of them with other companies. It is the only way I can come out with any money. I only print one copy of anything and make notes for all the stores, and get signatures. Alot of the Archway people also work for MCA, they also do alot of work in the Dollar General Stores. I too and a professional MERCHANDISER. |
What the world needs: more open minds and fewer open mouths.
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TaraSue
Star Contributor
Fort Wayne, IN
USA
384 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2007 : 8:33:23 PM
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they called me today to try to get me to drive 90 miles round trip for $8 one job someone else flaked on....
I think not!
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PheePhee
Valued Contributor
USA
173 Posts |
Posted - 03/19/2007 : 12:18:00 PM
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| TaraSue, that's pretty funny. Even if it were $8 an hour for an all day job it wouldn't have been worth it. I have had other companies call me too for $8 an hour and it was far from where I live. I usually ask where it is before they go into all the details |
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TinaKing
Star Contributor
USA
367 Posts |
Posted - 04/02/2007 : 8:39:02 PM
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| Regina, are you still with Archway? They have jobs posted for Florence and Tuscumbia on Shadow Shopper now. |
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Stacy1
Contributor
Billerica, MA
USA
76 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 10:27:43 AM
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| Tina, I doubt that you will be hearing much from Regina because I don't think she was for real. |
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TinaKing
Star Contributor
USA
367 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 2:20:04 PM
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| Yea, I am pretty sure she will not reply; since the area she covered is open. But it would be nice to hear something since her area is open. But I really dont think she will considering she may not have the same response that we have been hearing from her. But who knows maybe she has just lost a few of her DGs since they did have the cut in the amount you can do. Not wanting to start trouble with her; its just pretty strange that her area is open after all her replies about the jobs. I just cant see someone that happy just not doing them now. |
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Feedback Requested: Archway Merchandising