Long work hours, Not family-oriented - Anonymous employee Denver Mattress Employee Review

1.0
Jan 31, 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Very good pay during high volume sales times and slow-paced, relaxed work atmosphere. If you like your coworkers, working 12+ hour days with them isn't bad.

Cons

You basically sacrifice everything for the money. Sure, it pays higher than most sales jobs, but at what cost? This is not the family-oriented company they promise in the interviews. They may have high family standards in corporate, but you can't have a family and work 60-80 hours a week, every week, every weekend, and every single holiday. Also, you have to move to be promoted, no exceptions. They run a very small staff, so there is no additional coverage in the individual stores, and the managers and associates often have to come in an hour before, and stay an hour after the already long store hours to work on warehouse duties. There are always weekly semis to unload, usually in the early morning before a full work day. But, they keep that small of a staff on hire so that there is enough commission to go around to make the pay higher. Since it is 100% commission, there will be days you can work over 12 hours and not make any money, and days you make a single sale that brings in a few hundred. It's the large paychecks that keep people there as long as they do, but the hours are not worth a large paycheck every few weeks.

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