sales associate

warehouse associate

paint associate

territory representative

store manager

Benjamin Moore

I have thoroughly enjoyed working for Benjamin Moore in the past three years. 

A typical day at work for me includes opening the store, preparing the tint machine and computers, and helping customers and contractors. My main duties are to ensure the store is tidy and presentable, stock product and assist customers with color, products, paint, stain and any general inquires they may have.

Management at Benjamin Moore is excellent. I've always received appropriate feedback based on my performance, and always feel appreciated as an employee. They also listen to my concerns and  continue to encourage me to further my education.

The hardest part of the job is moving all the paint product around when we decide to remodel the store.

The most enjoyable part of the job is working with customers on their big and small projects. I love giving people advice and assurance that they will be happy with the final product.

First thing in the a.m. pallets of paint may arrive,if it is not busy with customers we start to verify,unload and put away the product. The phone is usually ringing and someone will rush to answer it. The call is either for the Decorator , a phone order or a problem. The call is either transferred, resolved or the order prepared. If it's an order, the paint is pulled from the shelf, tinted, shaken and boxed ready for pick up. The door alarm will ding signifying a customer entering the store. Since we are a high end store we require a great deal of knowledge re products and application. A typical customer wants help choosing colours, picking the best product for the job and a lower price than we offer!The best part of the job is picking colours that make the client's home a showplace or a zen place, whichever look they are after. The hardest part is continual heavy lifting and standing on cement floors all day.

Co-workers are good people! The salary is a little above minimum. Fulltimers do get benefits. 
Management has very high expectations. Which can be understandable seeing as how it is franchised. But some times the overly high expectations can be overwhelming and stressful for a retail job. Hours are very long some times... you will be working open to close some days or sometimes 6 to 10 days in a row... you work alone a good portion of the time which sometime leave you with no breaks and no help if with multiple customers. Depending on the time of day there will be a lot of heavy lifting of 5 gallon pails which can be physically taxing. Sometimes customer will want to purchase 10 pails to which if you are working along you would have to lift alone.
I would say for a retail position it is very very stressful and physically draining.

- Long hours: 10 to 12 hour shifts on a weekly basis
- No health/dental benefits: even when you work full-time, because this company is franchised 
- No solid schedule: the schedule changes on a weekly basis, and you are often shifted from store to store, even if it's out of your travel range 
- Management is impersonal, there is no rapport or connection between management and staff
- No direct deposit: hand-written cheques are dropped off on an infrequent basis (not even on the actual payday sometimes)
- No set breaks or lunches: lunches are fully paid but you are expected to have a quick bite and then get back to work
- You will not feel valued as an employee

It is a friendly and yet professional environment to work in.Throughout the years of experience at Benjamin Moore, I have learned a lot and developed skills through hands on experience in different finance and accounting areas. I worked with very kind and helpful staff who wouldn't miss a chance to share their knowledge and expertise. During business trips away from home, we developed strong friendship and partnerships. The management was offering direction and help while leaving room for each one's individual and personal input.

A typical day at work, I would come in and fill up the paint base into the machine. What I've learned is customer service, organizational skills and time management. Because you need to have time management to know what paint you have to mix and help customer at the same time and during that time. You need to have organizational skills so that you don't get confused with orders. The management team was nice and laid back. They were understandable with everyone's situation. The hardest part of the job was that make your you did get right product for right colour so you don't mix wrong colours to the paint base so that doesn't cost our time and the company's time. The most enjoyable part of the job is watching machine shooting the base colour for the colour mix. It was some how relaxing me.

A typical day consists of reviewing daily cash reports, emails and phone calls,placing inventory orders, answering customer inquiries and offering decorating advice. My co-workers and the contractors that come in are all very friendly and make the work environment enjoyable. The hardest part of my job is dealing the public. Most people are friendly but there are times where an impatient customer can make your day more difficult. But for the most part I end the day feeling good.

 Confident individual with good interpersonal skills
 Positive attitude, reliable and can be counted upon for excellent attendance and punctuality
 Self-motivated and independent
 Willing to work as often as necessary to accommodate the needs of your business
 Experienced in fast pace environments and office settings
 Works well as a part of a team
 Leadership and management experience
 Educated in task planning and problem solving
	 Colour Consultations, commercial and residential applications
 Window Treatments, commercial and residential applications
 Provided expert advice and exceptional customer service, promoted and advertised

Any given day, you and coworkers are greeting and serving customers for everything from colour selection, perhaps customizing those colours, coordinating with stain, finding wallpaper and blinds to complete the picture. In between, you will be reorganizing the warehouse with newly arrived pallets of paint; a terrific workout leaving no need for a gym afterwards. Finding, filling, merchandizing, invoicing and cashing out…you will have a chance to do it all.

daily tasks will including tinting paint, doing color matches and helping costumers choose paint colors or help fix paint problems. Once you've mastered those skills you're gonna find yourself super bored with no room for growth within the company itself. Working harder will not get you a raise or bonus. Lots of down time in between costumers and especially in the winter times. 
Most Benjamin Moores are privately owned so experiences will differ. Personally found it very dirty and unorganized. Was expected to use ladders that balanced on three legs and found many dead mice throughout the shop that i was expected to deal with. Wouldn't recommend.

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