Poor management. There is an us versus them mentality when it comes to upper management. the pay was horrible when broken down by the hour. 60 hour weeks on what was supposedly a pay for performance wage. Major events and even football games we were required to assist in pulling up stores and help out. All while being unpaid for the work rendered on accounts that weren't even ours. But this was considered "team work". Team work was generally a one way street. You needed to assist others but don't expect others to help you. And no communication when it came to upcoming product promotions and sales. This included the introduction of new products. It was just sprung on you that you needed to sell in new products and expected a large percentage of accounts to be saturated. Sales bonuses become part of your salary. Example: my wage was 25,000 a year based on a percentage on volume sold. Plus sales bonuses. My first year I averaged over 5,000 in sales bonuses. Plus a 10 to 15 percent increase in route sales. So I should have made 32,500. Nope. I was paid 25,000. For some reason I could not break past that 25,000.No matter what amount of sales bonuses and positive sale percentages. The math did not add up.
