Not a sales development program (do your research)
Pros
Looks great at first, your cohort you come in with are some the best part of the job all excited until you find out the truth. The trainers you have to learn how to use the systems in month 1 are great people btw
Cons
where to start… Leadership- lack of due to change in leadership in January interim is a straight jerk to managers and does not speak to sellers Communication- is very he said she said when addressing changes it is as simple as sending a email to the whole program but interim cannot manage that, not sure what he does all day. No interaction from him. So much change in so little time. Responsibility- sink or swim with a quota month 1 where you will spend 90% of that month in a classroom Turnover- can lose your job in as little as 3 months. graduating classes in 2023 have been single digits your class will slowly disappear. (Come in with close to 20 in winter time) Marketed as a 5-7 month program. We have people who have been in the program for close to 9 months… Making a sale is hard enough especially when people in the field will pull seniority and take it from you and your manager does nothing to fight for it. you will be reaching the lowest of small segments in a database that is extremely off at times. You will call a hvac company and get a hair stylist. As you can tell this is not a development program. In the job description it states “connecting family and friends” because you will be reaching out to family and friends for sales before you lose your job 3 months in and are stuck with a 2k downtown monthly rent for the next 4 months. Oh btw if you do graduate and get fired or quit before 18 months you have to pay back 10k to the company for the “training” Offers monthly stipend to help pay for housing, does not help as it will come 2 weeks late after rent is due. Commission structure looks great but tons of technicalities that will leave you wondering why it is so low and nobody can tell you what to expect. Very disorganized but better make your 65 calls a day with 30 in gong or your manager will be upset with you because they will have to go to “breakfast club” with the director and they will make sure to tell you because you spent a hour on the phone with someone and closed a sale instead of calling 15 people, you won’t be praised but criticized and told you are the reason they are having to get to work a hour early. Our job is to make a sale not call just to call. You will listen to customers talk about how bad AT&T screwed them in the past and why they will never switch and you will sit there agreeing with them as you try to sale the next person.
