work for woot
Believe it or not, these bags don't stuff themselves full of crap. Woot employs a varied assortment of human beings to sell things, buy things, process things, repair things, and accomplish all those other tasks Lloyd Dobler is too good for. Take a look at the open positions to the right. If you think you can put up with us enough to get one of them done, email your resume (as a plain text, Word, or PDF attachment) to:
work@woot.com
We'll get back to you if we're interested. In maybe hiring you, we mean. Not anything intimate. You seem nice, but we're kinda seeing somebody right now.
Let us know if you're a:
Merchandising Assistant
What’s the best job in the company? That’s Lead Cheesecake Eater. Man, that guy has it made. But close behind is the person who creates the list of product features. They’re dead center in between all the departments, taking crap from Purchasing, Product Management, Operations and those jokers who do the writeups. For a job like this, you gotta be comfortable with worsd. See? If you were here now, we wouldn’t have made that mistake.
In this job, you’ll learn: that Woot.com is just a front for a government project that turned five teens into magical super heroes dedicated to protecting the planet from the evil Emperor OMTACTOR and his LEGION OF PAIN.
Intangible benefits: Protection from the LEGION OF PAIN.
Potential Hazards: Sometimes the Lead Cheesecake Eater gets an upset stomach and he needs to sit down and talk about when he was thin and played baseball and the only open chair will be right next to your desk. That’s gonna be kind of boring. We’re warning you in advance.
If Woot were a superhero team, you’d be: in the satellite, co-ordinating the database that everybody uses to keep track of which villain is immune to getting hit with a monkey and where the LEGION OF PAIN just finished attacking. Don’t knock it, the satellite is a pretty safe place to be. And it’s air conditioned.
Degrees of separation from the CEO: Six. Guess that movie was right on the money, huh?
Worst part of the job: Every now and then the cows next door get scared and you have to go sing to them. They only like Frank Zappa solos so you really need to be practicing constantly.
It’ll go better if: you’re able to do six things at once while someone is asking when you’ll be free to sing to the cows.
Make sure you bring: a little drawing of a stick figure saying “Yay, Darold!” If it’s good enough, maybe he’ll even put it on his office door!
Job Responsibilities
- Working to help everyone get the product information in one place so that the customers are distracted and don’t start asking the difficult questions about our in-house death panels
- Coordinating with the image guy (no, not Todd McFarlane, the guy who takes the product pictures) to make sure our Sansas are well lit
- Helping the Channel Manager identify key product selling features by annoying the cows that live next door
- Actually assembling all the parts that make up a Woot.com sale and slapping them together like the world’s largest Burrito Grande
- Getting the guy who writes the job descriptions a Burrito Grande (aka “other duties to be determined”)
- Tracking and reporting on-time completion of product builds and ensuring that product scheduling is prepared and locked seven days in advance. And those seven days have to be consecutive. You can’t just pick any seven days at random.
Requirements
- Must be able to read and understand technical specifications for computers, consumer electronics and home appliances. And if you can stop our VCR from flashing “12:00” that’ll really help too.
- Must be able to research products in order to derive specifications, features and other product information from vendors, purchasers, online resources, product catalogs and data sheets.
- Absolutely must be able to multi-task, manage multiple requests from vendors and sales teams and work within tight deadlines that would even make Batman give up all hope.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, the ability to work well with other people, and a love for detail oriented, organized accuracy in the performance of tasks.
- Must have a high school education, College degree preferred, and experience with Microsoft Office including Outlook, Excel, and Word, typing 35-40 wpm. HTML experience is a plus, as is the ability to repair a nuclear reactor after an attack from the LEGION OF PAIN.
- Must be able to work early and/or late hours to meet deadlines including on-call time for sale launches at 12am. Vampires are acceptable, but if you devour or enthrall any member of the staff you will be forced to watch a thirty minute HR video about workplace harassment.
Local candidates only please (Dallas, Texas) – NO RELOCATION REIMBURSEMENT AVAILABLE FOR THIS POSITION
Deal Hunter
Studies show that there are approximately 1.7 billion deals posted to the Internet every day (give or take 1.699 billion). Deals.Woot is seeking full-time deal Sherpas to guide our intrepid users through the rocky peaks and refurbished valleys, and ensure that they arrive safely and cheaply at their ecommerce destinations. If you can sniff out a great discount at any online retail outlet, and make the kind of mental price calculations that would make you unbeatable on The Price is Right, then come on down!
Intangible benefits: the keys to the Deals.Woot discount stash.
Potential hazards: growing jaded and losing the innocent, childlike joy of cheapness.
If Woot were a superhero team, you’d be: the one who found a really sweet teleportation system for the headquarters for practically nothing.
Degrees of separation from CEO: 8 or so, but remember, he's a consumer, too. Get him hooked on your deals and you can influence him to do your bidding.
Worst part of the job: not being able to buy every cheap gadget you're tempted by all day long.
It’ll go better if: you feel actual physical pain whenever you spend one penny more than you need to.
Make sure you bring: your trained deal-sniffing hogs. We recommend at least six.
Responsibilities
- Researching and posting deals
for deals.woot
- Quickly identifying a product's
value proposition through web research
- Participate in the day to
day review of an active forum community
- Additional directed shopping
activities
Qualifications
- Knowledge of consumer products
- Experience with online shopping
and the retail environment
- Excellent written and verbal
communications skills
- Ability to work under pressure
in a group setting
- Self starter
- Strong computer skills –
MS Office Suite, Outlook, online research using various online shopping
tools
- College degree preferred;
but not required
This is an entry-level position.
Local candidates only please (Dallas, Texas) - NO RELOCATION REIMBURSEMENT AVAILABLE FOR THIS POSITION
Buyer
You're at Woot, so you probably think you know a deal when you see one. But we're not looking for any old discount-chaser here. We need a true bargain wrangler, somebody who won't be satisfied until they've sniffed out the cheapest needle in a warehouse full of haystacks. We need somebody who can buy the shoes off of a horse and make the horse think he's the one getting a good deal. Most of all, we need a fearless, intrepid explorer, who'd always rather be moving than standing still.
In this job, you'll learn: exactly where LeakFrogs come from.
Intangible benefits: first shot at the LeakFrogs, for your personal stash.
Potential hazards: watching your painstakingly crafted deal get ruthlessly mocked in public by our writers.
If Woot were a superhero team, you'd be: Acquisitor, who uses the power of the mind to manipulate reluctant sellers.
Degrees of separation from CEO: 3, unless you make a really awesome deal.
Worst part of the job: realizing the XV-208531 video cards you just bought are inferior to the XV-208531-A video cards you could've bought.
It'll go better if: you know where to find new iPods for, like, two bucks apiece.
Make sure you bring: your own bottle. In this job, you'll need it. Uh, bottle of water, we mean. Yeah, water. It's thirsty work.
Job Responsibilities:
- New vendor introduction to our business
- Deal research / analysis
- Deal negotiation / close
- Account maintenance / relationship building
- Internal sales - selling product/story/energy/ideas to our sales and product management teams
- Inventory management - monitoring for problem items in stock, creating awareness and discount programs to address
Prerequisites:
- Creative persistence
- Knowledge of where you're not going
- Convergent thinking
- No fear of asking dumb questions
- Dot-connecting abilities (written test may be required)
- Ability to work with people who might not be able to return the favor some day
- Possess solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, Outlook)
- Ability to learn technical information quickly
- Great Internet navigation skills
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Detail-oriented with organizational skills
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, ever-changing, very demanding environment
No-Nos:
- Mediocrity
- Any level of comfort in stagnant cultures
- Stubbornness
- Fast talkers/slow typists (one or the other might be ok, but not both, unless able to actually do both at the same time)
Even though we're all about equal opportunity, xenophobes need not apply.
Local candidates only please (Dallas, Texas) – NO RELOCATION REIMBURSEMENT AVAILABLE FOR THIS POSITION.
General Warehouse Staff
Believe it or not, all those Woot orders don't pack and ship themselves. Until we find a colony of elves who want the job, we need human warehouse staff to get woots to wooters. That's where you might come in. In your dreams you run barefoot through a field of 32 megabyte memory cards. You look out over the city and wonder about the story of each and every Mustek camera. You stay in shape by lifting refurbished vacuums and tape a picture of an MP3 player to the inside of your locker. You’ve got what it takes.
In this job, you’ll learn: the lyrics to the Woota Loota song. Don’t worry, we won’t make you sing it all the time. Just when the tour groups come through.
Intangible benefits: Sometimes you’ll get to spend all day testing one of those little remote control helicopters while the copywriters sit at their desks steeped in jealousy. Or so we’ve heard.
Potential hazards: Warehouse sharks. No, really, it’s a big industry secret. I shouldn’t even be telling you this much.
If Woot were a superhero team, you’d be: the best friend with the signal watch. But hey, they always get powers eventually. Be patient, you gotta work your way up!
Degrees of separation from CEO: Who do you think hears the signal watch?
Worst part of the job: Once a year you have to stick your hand in that tree stump from Flash Gordon and try not to get stung by the scorpion beast. Strangely, this breaks no current OSHA regulations.
It’ll go better if: you marry into money.
Make sure you bring: your lucky abdominal belt.
Reporting to the warehouse manager, you will be responsible for:
- Pulling and staging orders in appropriate locations
- Loading and unloading trucks
- Maintaining inventory accuracy
- Maintaining neat, safe and organized working environment
- Performing other responsibilities as assigned
Requirements:
- Must live in Dallas area
- Pass background checks and drug screening
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Ability to pass a basic math skills assessment test
- Ability to follow verbal and written instructions with minimal supervision
- Ability to physically lift 75 pounds
- Forklift certified or have ability to become certified within three months
- Experience in working in adverse conditions (i.e. office, warehouse, temperatures)
Local candidates only please (Dallas, Texas) - NO RELOCATION REIMBURSEMENT AVAILABLE
FOR THIS POSITION
