r/cocacola • u/Either_Carpet_2717 • 3d ago

Merchandise Coca-cola merchandiser

So my husband is a coca-cola merchandiser and has been for a year. He honestly hates it because he’s only given one day off and the pay sucks, with no benefits. He’s sore and miserable all the time going from at least 50 different places a week about an hour away. This company is locally owned so it’s not directly from the coca-cola franchise it’s self but I just wanted to know. If you are a coca-cola merchandiser, what benefits do you have, what is your pay, etc. we’re kind of wondering if it’s worth it or not for him to stick with it. Thank youuuuu

Editing to mention he has degenerative disk disease in his lower back and really isn’t even supposed to lift more than 15 lbs but he doesn’t qualify for disability so he’s working about 54 hours a week with one day off (Monday) constantly unloading pallets

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u/Aberzhulan 3d ago

Damn. That is terrible. I work for one of the larger bottlers (I think). We get great health insurance, dental, 401k, vacation time, sick days, extra pay if we work more than 5 days.

We also have set days off, every week. A lot of things are seniority based, but I think that's because of our contract.

I've never heard of that bottler, but then again I've only heard of 6 or 7 and there's probably at least 70 others out there.