customer service representative

warehouse associate

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Harlan Fairbanks

A typical day would have entailed checking the service board to see when the equipment came in and then picking the next piece to be repaired, diagnosing the issue and setting about repairing it.  
  I learned an incredible amount on how equipment is made and how to fix it, how to order parts and receive them. How to do inventory, and that I am perfectly capable of doing whatever I try to do. 
  I learned that there are many ways to manage people.  Some great, some not so great. That we lead by example. 
  I had wonderful and incredibly helpful and personable co-workers, and that we all have good and bad qualities. 
  The hardest part of this job is dealing with customers who simply have no respect.
  The most enjoyable part of my job was finding the self confidence to accomplish tasks that I had not done before, and also meeting every different sort of person.

This was a very self motivated job but we had a very good support system and wonderful management to work with. 
Typical day involved F2F sales and follow up on current or new clients. 
the hardest part would be the out of town travel, with this territory there was at least 2 weeks out of town travel. The best part about this job was what we sold things that bring you back to your youth and fun to sell and talk about. Helping business owners increase the revenue and see them accomplish this was the most satisfying part of my job there.

They will claw back commissions if you don't make your number the month before.  You also need to write very detailed reports of every person you talked to on the phone or visited to try to increase your business.  I have been in sales a long time and fully understand progressive growth but for junkfood (carnival food) they expect a very unreasonable growth, and will fire you when it is not achieved or if you try to discuss being concerned about it.

They wanted me to use my vehicle and tools. I learned to dismantle and reassemble a ice cream maker. First person in Canada who had done this. Management were very selfish. Only thought of their personal gains. Co-Workers fought against each other. Hardest part of the job was lifting 200 lb. ice cream machine. Most enjoyable was meeting new people

Management was never there.  In a different province.  When they did show up, no one helped with irate customers.  while trying to explain procedures to a customer he wouldnt stop screaming at me and the "boss" that happened to be there at the time would not come and help me I had to go and ask, then he fired me for the customer being so mad

Pretty good company to work for, Very much family oriented , freedom and flexibility of time off during the day, compensation for the use of your own car isn't good.  Hopefully they will change this to keep employees around longer

Working with interesting businesses that use their products was kinda cool.  Co-workers were great to work with.  Management was easy to work for and feel loyalty to.  

It's a small food beverage company, were they sell popcorn machine, coffee machine, Ice creak machine, etc. Working here is very easy, there are times you have nothing to do. So you have to look for something else to do.

sales model a little dated but enjoyed working there and the independance in the territory. Customers were mostly great selling fun food in fun places

fun work, nice supervisor at the time plus free food. Learned a lot from that job. my coworkers were very fun to work with. good benefits. had to leave due to me going back to school. 

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Customer service representative 6 salaries reported	$22.04 per hour
Warehouse associate 12 salaries reported	$18.67 per hour
Warehouse/driver 4 salaries reported	$38,000 per year
Shipper/receiver 2 salaries reported	$22.50 per hour
Warehouse worker 4 salaries reported	$21.38 per hour

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