DaBella reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(973 total reviews)
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Donnie McMillan, Jr.

78% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

DaBella has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 973 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The DaBella employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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973 reviews
1.0
Apr 27, 2018

Don't be fooled by the good reviews

Anonymous employee
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Pros

It feels really nice when you quit. A real weight off the shoulders.

Cons

First of all, the positive reviews are written by upper management, who are given incentives to write them. That, in it of itself, is an excellent representation of how the company is run. They are coercive and shady. They really don't care about the employees at all, hence why it is a commission only pay scale for sales reps. They don't reimburse you for gas, there are no benefits, and there is no control over your schedule. When I was hired, they talked extensively about how there would be ongoing training and someone always there to answer questions. Well, whenever I asked a question, my boss responded with an anecdotal story of a time he made a huge sale and made a lot of money. It is a classless organization where they expect the sales reps to be at their beck and call, but treat them with as much respect as a fly on a windshield. Don't waste your time.

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DaBella Response
8y
Thank you for your input, and perspective. All reviews left on our site both positive and negative are left by random employees, ranging from entry-level up to senior management. Under no circumstances do we incentivize Any employee to leave positive reviews. We continuously ask employees throughout the month to leave their honest feedback in glassdoor reviews as all feedback helps us grow and improve for the better as a company. Thank you once again for your input in regards to your experience as a sales rep, the perspective you have shared will be passed on to all of our sales managers and will be a talking point for us to grow from in our next Directors meeting.
1.0
Apr 10, 2018

Breaking the law

Anonymous employee
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Pros

They are a family owned company with I am sure the best of intentions competitive wages make the job bearable for a while

Cons

This company runs on favoritism if you want to work for a company that take you back to your high school days this is the place for you. They offer you a competitive hourly wage yes but find every way possible to screw you out of the bonus they promise. The supervisors only help if your already exceeding their expectations if your struggling they ignore your request for help.

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DaBella Response
8y
We appreciate your constructive feedback, and take every former employee's feedback seriously. We strive to have a workplace where all employees feel like they are treated equal, so we apologize to hear that that is not how you felt. We encourage you to reach out to the DaBella HR team with any additional feedback/ concerns, so that we can take the necessary actions to prevent future employees from potentially feeling the same as you. Thank you.
1.0
Mar 24, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Nissa the Owner/President, they offer benefits, even though they’re pretty expensive in comparison to other places I’ve worked at before.

Cons

Where to even begin. I should have got out a long time ago, but I stuck it out hoping things would get better. The owner Nissa is really super nice, but honestly she’s the only good thing about this company really. Sure they have good benefits, that are expensive. They don’t have separate sick time and vacation time, they only offer PTO so they expect you to use you PTO for everything so you can forget going on any kind of vacation if heaven forbid you get sick or have a family emergency. You have to put in time off requests 30 days in advance which is ridiculous, I didn’t even have to give that much notice working retail. They require you to basically pressure homeowners into getting estimates and scheduling so many in a day/week/month and if you can’t convince enough people to sign up then you get fired. They promise bonus when you get hired but that’s even a joke anymore. It’s just a pushy cutthroat environment and every man for himself. People steal each others leads all the time, they don’t care about you or your family. All they care about is making money any way they can. They promise growth and being able to move up in the company but it’s just a favorites game and if you’re a person who stands up for what you believe in and what is right and try to make positive changes then you will be escorted out of there very quickly. You have no real voice in this company. You aren’t allowed to tell homeowners basically anything over the phone other than it’s a free estimate, you have to leave everything, I mean everything up to the “specialist” which is just a sales guy in a fancy suit coming to your house to sell you an overpriced roof/siding/bath/windows for 4+ hours and not taking no for an answer. I had so many homeowners calling in complaining about the work we had done, or not finished, months or even years after we had sold them their product. They record every little thing now, all of your calls and monitor them very closely, they see when you get up from your desk or anything. You literally have to ask to use the restroom like in gradeschool. If your phone calls last longer than 5 minutes you get talked to about not having control of the conversation. When I first started I recommended them to everyone I knew. I quickly started to regret that and now am almost embarrassed to say I ever worked here. All the positive reviews are a joke because they bribe employees to write reviews on here. I hope Nissa can figure out a way to turn things around because she is great, but the company is being ran into the ground and they are losing a lot of good people because management just doesn’t care about the little man anymore, all they see are dollar signs. Keep looking, don’t ever work here.

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DaBella Response
8y
Thank you for the feedback, and we are extremely sorry to hear that your time spent with DaBella was not the most positive. In regards to your concerns, our call center team is provided with a comprehensive training program that lasts a minimum of 1 week , as well as continuously daily group workshops to better enhance their skill set and dealing with objections. We also provide all employees with a significant amount of ramp up time before the employee performance metric system is set in place, which allows them to become familiar with the best practices to succeed in a performance based position. As far as our PTO policy, we do offer double the state mandated amount that is required by all employers. Lastly, we most certainly do not bribe any employees to leave positive reviews on any employer review site, or require employees to ask for permission to use the restroom under any circumstances.
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