Shaking my head right now. - Regional Sales Manager Car Keys Express Employee Review

Of the many, quietly successful employees, there will be a few embittered ones who don’t make the grade. So, you’ll see a common theme here: that upper management is the worst thing to happen to the company. By the way, it’s still the same management that started it from nothing and turned it into three industry-leading companies. We’ve grown from a one-man operation to a nationwide company in 35 states in about ten years --all thanks to the excellent work of our dedicated team. We’ve been successful because we make careful hiring decisions and have created a team that works well together. Occasionally, however, we make mistakes in hiring. Although we strive to give every employee all the training, mentoring and assistance necessary for them to achieve success, there have been rare occasions where our company just isn’t the best fit and we have to let an employee go. This can create hard feelings, retaliatory comments, even outright misinformation. Our employees work hard and are the best paid in the industry--by far. For example, our Car Keys Express Account Managers typically earn twice what our competitors pay. We take our work seriously, but we also encourage a healthy work-life balance. Most know the norm for a rapidly growing company is for employees to work 50 or more hours a week. Our office hours are 9-5 daily. Our employees in other states enjoy flexible work schedules. We have turnover that’s half the national average, and give raises that are often twice (sometimes much more) the national average. Of course, it’s more than just money. One example of many is we constantly looking for ways to improve our feedback system to allow for better communication between our team and upper management. Of course, we still offer our feedback system which has always allowed for anonymous messages to management. We’re rolling out some exciting enhancements just next week that will make the system even better. In short--we believe our company’s most important asset goes home at the end of the day. We’re presently going through a period of rapid growth and continue to strive to bring on “the best and the brightest”. Number of employees: 2002 = 1 2006 = 2 2008 = 5 2012 = 47 2013 = 98 2014 = 158 Please keep one thing in mind: It’s necessary that upper management challenges those who don't do live up to our motto “A fair day’s work for a fair day’s pay”. It's a fact of life for high-performing companies to shed those who don’t measure up. To do otherwise endangers the company, and betrays the dedicated employees who do excellent work every day. If you’re interested in joining our team, we encourage you to apply and learn the truth about how we work and how you can contribute to growing the most successful business in our industry.