Well I Got A New Job

Well Guys you should congratulate me

I have got a new Job, so I will be moving with in the Next 30days

it is sould of Indy in the Bloomington Area

Starting out at 31,600 a year, not alot, but not bad either

 

Yep, Same one

I am Looking forward to it, I think Indy will give me advantage, one the is alot more todo, plus there is more oppertunity for my web business being it is a vastly bigger town with alot more people

My Base Salary is $27,000 but with bonus, and Expense Allowances it come out ot about 31,600

plus the company pays for Heath Insurance 100% which is almost unheard of anymore and at my current Rates that is worth almost an extra $1,000 a year


I offically Start on the 19th of this month and I have to be moved down there by the 19th of next month

 

actually it was lowes and I am still doing it, well until the 19th, I turned in my noticed today

it is a good job, but recent lowes policy changes has caused me the question the stablity of the current program i am working under

so I conacted a Manufacturers Rep Company that also services lowes and applied for a job

so I am still working in Lowes, just doing something slightly differant, with more pay and more long term stablity, with a differant company B) B) B)

 

It is a Manufacturers Rep Firm, Basicall once a Year I do Product Group Resets in the Seasonal and Lawn and Garden Dept. of Lowes

I have 4 Stores assined to me, with about 10 product groups per store.

During the Rest of the Year I go in to each store once a week and maintain the Displays POP(point of Purchase) materials and Signage, also take care of any issues the stores have with the product groups my company represents (for example we represent all the grill manufactueres besides weber, I would order parts for damages or stolen items from displays and what not)

it is a Mon-Fri Job except for 3 months in the summer when Sat are Required and then I pick a Differant Day off

there are no Set hours, I just "do the job"

I dont even Report my Hours worked I just get a Check (once a month, which I am actually Liking the more I think about it)
Some Months I may have to work more than 40hours a Week but from the Other Reps IO talked to that is the Peak seaons months, like march - july, and the rest of the time it will be more like 25-30hrs a week

all in all I think it is a pretty good deal

 

Once I get my Access to their Systems I will let you know if there are any opening in your area

I will tell you that as Lowes Grows so does this company and since lowes is the faster growing home improvement retailer there are opening all the time

there is tech per 4 stores, lowes have 950 retail locations. with 125 planned for 2004 and 130+ planned for 2005

and 95% of the people that get hired are done do by other tech recommendations, it is truely a "not what you know but who you know" kind of thing, I got it through the tech that services the Store I am currently working in

 

well is there a Home Depot? if there is you WILL have a Lowes soon, right now Lowes in Placing Stores anywhere there is a Home Depot

For Example up until last year there were NO lowes in Chicago, by the end of 2004 there will be 5, and by the end of 2005 there will be 5 more (10 total) all because Home Depot has like 10 locations up there


so if you have a Home Depot chaces are lowes is not far off


but the General Term is "Manufacturers Rep" or "Merchandiser"


but my Job is reffered to has about 5 differant job titles since we do everything from POP Signs (merchindiser) to Resets. and we do Buybacks, and Recalls plus order parts which is the Rep Part so....