ZEP Superior Solutions Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"No plan, no sales aids, company keeps changing direction. Upper management only cares about themselves and how they look. Future looks bleak."

"Zep is an actively growing company with great people."

What do you like about working at ZEP Superior Solutions?

"I enjoy working with the people here and our Zep Business System integrates us all very well."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Zep is an offshoot of Acuity Lighting - it would benefit anyone to reasearch Acuity Lighting before coming here."

What don't you like about working at ZEP Superior Solutions?

"The IT and MRP systems here are older than dirt and very labor intensive to work with."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They would benefit greatly as an organization with an new inter-plant MRP system."

"Zep was a great opportunity to develop my sales skills and make great money."

"ZEP is a great company to work for."

"When I worked there they were a topnotch company with a great product line."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"They alway have a opening at Zep contact the main office in Atlanta just call for the hr person and mail or fax them a cover letter and resume."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Managers should ride with their people more. They need to have boots on the ground."

What do you like about working at ZEP Superior Solutions?

"You were pretty much your own boss."

What don't you like about working at ZEP Superior Solutions?

"Management played favorites"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take a more active roll in the operations and sales at each location."

"Zep was a good place to learn and grow."

What do you like about working at ZEP Superior Solutions?

"Family atmosphere."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest."

What don't you like about working at ZEP Superior Solutions?

"Lack of growth"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Learn form the past."

"Old School sales education (Wonderful experience - learned all I needed to know in 1 year... Making much much more at a better job now)- with an old school beating to go along with it. No one is spared."

What do you like about working at ZEP Superior Solutions?

"Excellent experience. Where else can you make a couple thousand cold calls on all kinds of industries and levels of an organization. If you work hard, you just about have to kill someone to get fired. I never managed to get fired in spite of my est efforts. I had to quit."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you are looking for a place that will recognize your potential, hard work, and ability to grow with a financial reward this is not it. Political skills were more important leading to a meager but more survivable path through entry level management. They lied to everyone about reasonable compensation expectations. No other way to get someone to come about. The truth is outrageous."

What don't you like about working at ZEP Superior Solutions?

"Management is just dumb. The worst sales people with political bents ended up in management. Upper management rotates out every couple of years with the flavor of the month. Currently undergoing a shrink themselves to greatness routine and a Direct distribution will be wonderful and not crowded."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Should have found a way to attract and retain the best. Turn over was in a class by itself abysmal. Obvious to me that retaining a few - like me - was in their best interest. Highest performers forced to starve for years. The 2 years I was there I grew as fast as anyone in the South East region. I still could not eat. Best sales people run higher expenses because of high activity - should have sat back and gotten a second job and grown slower. Do I sound bitter, LOL I am!"

What do you like about working at ZEP Superior Solutions?

"The flexible schedule."

What don't you like about working at ZEP Superior Solutions?

"The constant cold calling."

"Straight forward and honest."

What do you like about working at ZEP Superior Solutions?

"I enjoyed the various work locations. As a Master operator, I was able to work in many different departments on campus. Not a boring moment."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I would tell them to be open minded and join the union. There's opportunities for growth but its not about what you know rather than who wants to see you grow within the company."

What don't you like about working at ZEP Superior Solutions?

"Some of the management team members were not professional, so you had to lean and bend in order to have a productive days work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would suggest that they use better communication skills and everyone strive for the same goals that benefits both company and employees best interest."

"Great place to learn as well as teach others"

What do you like about working at ZEP Superior Solutions?

"some opportunity available"

What don't you like about working at ZEP Superior Solutions?

"not enough money put into IT to help the company grow"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"less politics"

"An original concept, very good."

What do you like about working at ZEP Superior Solutions?

"Freedom to work my own schedule and pace."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Get everything in writing."

What don't you like about working at ZEP Superior Solutions?

"The constant battle over compensation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"When you say you're going to do something, follow through and actually do it."