Products are good, leadership is terrible - Public Relations Manager Sazerac Employee Review

2.0
Jan 31, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Mark Brown did amazing things for the company, creating homeplaces for distilleries and capitalizing on the boom in bourbon and bourbon tourism. Current CEO Wenz is interested in Fireball and cheap commodity brands, not in premium products the company was known for and has established itself as a leader in for decades. Part of the same issue is a focus only on dollars and no longer on employees. The entire environment of the company changed with Jake and the new leaders he has brought in and not for the better.

Cons

Long hours, no personal/work/life balance. You are always expected to be on. The review process and employee development was over the top.

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great hours, flexible schedule mostly (8am-4pm, 9-5,10-6,just 8 hrs in market is expected) Good pay Good benefits Phone bill paid for Extra pay to help pay for car and insurance Work laptop Sales experience Good pto

Cons

Very self driven like going to accounts (businesses, restaurants, bars, etc) Lots of driving Large learning curve with no liquor industry experience Generally work alone except training or when manager comes for ride alongs to help u learn Might be hard to move up and promote without moving

1.0
Apr 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I really enjoy the brands and the industry as a whole. I take a lot of pride in working hard, solving problems for customers, and closing sales. Sazerac brings a lot to the table too—competitive pricing, a strong product lineup, and every now and then we even get some pretty cool POS to work with.

Cons

Our distributor can’t seem to carry enough of our stuff, so we’re constantly out of stock on anything new or anything people actually want. It’s a mess. Be ready to grind 40 hours a week in accounts, then somehow cram in trainings, reports, posts, pre-planning, organizing POS…basically all the other crap on your “free time.” And don’t forget—you better account for every singe minute of your day. Got a gap between calls because you had to a crap or grab food? Yeah, you might want to log that too, because they’re gonna want to know exactly what you were doing with their time.

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