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3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(82 total reviews)
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Zack Schuch

83% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

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4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Culture & values

3.9

Senior management

3.8

Career opportunities

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.3

Compensation and benefits

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1.0
Jul 21, 2019

Buyer Beware

Client representative
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Everyone that works in the company is great one on one. The people are very friendly and supportive.

Cons

The company is not straight forward with what the actual job is. You stand in a Sam's Club or Costco and sell Directv and cell phones. They have you come into the office 6 days a week for morning meetings that they make you stand for to apparently keep everyone awake. After the morning meeting you are sent to your store. Your store could be in Raleigh, Durham, Rocky Mount, Fayetteville, Winterville, or Goldsboro. Some of the locations are at most an hour and a half away. They do not accurately compensate you for gas or pay you for your driving time. The base pay is $10 per hour. After taxes it ends up being about $250 a week. If you can sell enough products to break the $400 they set, you will receive pay based off of commission. The market in Raleigh is burnt out. The people in Sam's and Costco know that the stuff we are selling is not worth it, and they constantly ignore us. They will work you 60 or more hours a week when you include driving times. They do not accurately refund you for travel business trips. They make you feel bad for needing a day off. They run meetings on time management and how if you complain that you do not have time to tend to your personal life they will do a break down of why that's a lie you are telling yourself. The people that make it far in this business are not honest. Do not fall for the interview. The second round interview is a script. And they beat around the bush about what the job actual is. You are the annoying person that tries to get people to buy phones or Directv. That's it.

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Acquire Response
6y
Dear Sir or Madam, Thank you for taking the time to review our company. While we are pleased to hear that you enjoyed working alongside the staff at Acquire, we are disappointed to hear that you would not recommend our company. Although your opinion of us is less than satisfactory, we would like to respond by expressing our excitement about how far Acquire has come and how much our company has developed in a short amount of time. Over 1.5 years, our organization has taken over the mobility and smart tech space by representing some pretty major brands such as Apple, Samsung, At&t, Verizon, and Sprint. Vivint Smart Home has been a client of ours for almost a year now and as of this week, we have added Google to our book of business. We feel we are just beginning to crack the surface and look forward to what the future holds for our team! Of course, we take pride in everything we have worked so hard to achieve, but we take just as much pride in our efforts consistently put towards giving back to our local community. Some of our philanthropic efforts can be found by visiting our website, www.acquireraleigh.com, or by clicking here. Additionally, we enjoy being able to say that our staff is made up of welcoming, friendly individuals who are eager to coach and invest in the professional development of others within our company. This has attributed to our strong company culture, which we work to preserve and further progress each day. With that said, there are always areas within any company that could be improved upon and we will certainly work on fine-tuning the operational aspects of our business that you disagree with. In regards to compensation, thankfully, our pay model allows everyone a fair chance at making an uncapped salary. Depending on performance efforts, an individual’s commissions will, nine times out of ten, greatly exceed the compensation for clocked work hours alone. For many, that is an exciting opportunity! However, we completely understand that it may not be what everyone is seeking in the job market. Luckily, Raleigh is flourishing with a wide range of amazing job opportunities, which means there is something out there for nearly everyone. Again, we truly appreciate your feedback and wish you the very best. Kind regards, Acquire Human Resources Dept.
1.0
Jun 27, 2019

Not worth the time

Account manager
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I found no pros whatsoever

Cons

Unprofessional environment. You're selling in Costco's and Sam's Clubs and you're just a salesman for Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, Directv, and Fiber. Don't fall for the gimmick that they sell you on in the interviews. You receive a 'minimum' pay for each week and can make commissions. HOWEVER, you can't receive both. If you make $600 in commissions, that's all you will be paid. You won't receive the minimum pay if your commissions eclipses it. Do yourself a favor, get a job with an actual base pay+commissions even if the base pay is lower than what you want. Also, the training they provide is showing up to the office every morning even when you're scheduled off. The training setting is having to try and listen to your trainer while all the other trainers are in the same room with you (about 20-30 people talking at the same time). This company is not what you're wanting.

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Acquire Response
7y
Dear Sir or Madam, Thank you for taking the time to review our company. We are discouraged to hear that your experience working with Acquire was not more positive. While we are glad that you seem to have an understanding of our pay structure, we would like to take this opportunity to shed some light on the topic and explain why we have chosen a certain pay structure for our business. In the past, our company has tested several pay models other than the one we currently implement, including the one you have recommended. However, in our combined 25-years of experience in the industry, this pay structure works best for our business, clients, and employees. For employees, they are able to work more efficiently while maximizing their paycheck. Why would we require someone to work 40+ hours when they can make commissions that well exceed the hourly rate/base pay? From a business perspective, it increases employee satisfaction while maximizing revenue and minimizing overhead costs. Although this is not the place for a business lesson, we want to be sure there is a clear explanation as well as an understanding of why we have chosen to implement this particular pay structure. At the end of the day, just like any other company, we must allow means for our company to profit so we can continue to grow our business. We hope our response has brought a bit more clarification by explaining the reasoning behind some of our business decisions. Rather than trusting the words of an anonymous review such as your statement, “this company is not what you’re wanting,” we hope readers will make the decision for themselves regarding whether or not a position with our company is what they are wanting. Again, we appreciate you sharing your feedback and wish you the very best. Kind regards, Acquire Human Resources Dept.
1.0
Jun 11, 2019

HONESTY is the best policy

"marketing assistant"
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Got to update my wardrobe, met a few genuine people, and got a free water during the interview.

Cons

Driving is a huge part of this job, with many teams regularly going as far as Rocky Mount and Fayetteville (the Costcos and Sam's Clubs around Raleigh are seldom used for some reason). These far distances will eat-up gas and cut the paycheck in half (making me earn almost nothing). This would be a minor inconvenience if I did get reimbursed, however according to the new 2019 IRS Mileage states that "taxpayers can no longer claim a miscellaneous itemized deduction for unreimbursed employee travel expenses". Acquire has failed to mention this, and leads everyone to believe that this is still a fair stipulation in their contracts. There is a very low retention rate of "marketing assistants" within the organization. They try to hide this fact by using the same workers in each of the photos, that are in fact part of the administrative team. Even today I've seen people come in for multiple interviews, where it is not uncommon for people to come for a week and then leave. There are literally no benefits with this job, not even professional ones. There is no 401k, there is no dental plan and there is no perks. Dishonesty is one of the biggest problems with this whole organization. The level of dishonesty and falsehood that is displayed online and in-person. The boss is taking advantage of people who really want a chance to prove themselves, by giving them almost nothing while profiting off of their hard work. They advertise one title, and give a completely different one. Even to my face they lied about the true amount of commissions.

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