More of a Job vs Career - Sales Marketing Chamberlain Group Employee Review

1.0
Apr 5, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Market and industry leaders which causes a puppet master mentality. Good health benefits. Work culture is cubicle life where you come to work, clock in 8 hour day, then go home.

Cons

Very "cushy" company. Information is transitioning from tribal ways of being passed down from start of company to having it backed up on software which is a new process so it imposes a challenge in itself. The industry is completely dominated by Chamberlin and LiftMaster so no competition to impose challenges. A lot of the challenges are internal obstacles. Be aware of what job description states, will find a lot of extra steps and mundane tasks to achieve a simple result that will need approvals by everyone along the way. Will hear "its the way we always done it" a lot. Printed materials consistently have errors, mistakes, and misprints. This literature is then shared with all of the customers and internal organization. A lot of internal fires being put out which causes the customers to be delayed. A lot of what is said and what actually is done tells two separate stories. Noticed a lot of finger pointing, and leadership never taking ownership of actions. For being a strong leader in the market and having the stature and prestige associated with the company the sustainability and environmental processes are poor and wasteful.

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5.0
Mar 12, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

People are helpful and work well together

Cons

Pay could be a little more competative

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3.0
May 13, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Chamberlain is a highly variable place to work. Everything depends on what team you are working on. Some teams will have managers who will fight for you and help build you up, others not so much. I have more or less grown up with the company and have seen it go from being owned by a private family to being owned by Blackstone and all between. Every year I ask myself, "is this the year I leave". My answer is usually no, as where else will be better when I am at least in a good position? Summer fridays are pretty great though.

Cons

Yearly reorgs are a constant drag. Some of the most CG-blooded people I have ever known are somehow always the first to get sent to the wood chipper. People flail around and react. There is no forward thought. Just constant reaction to whatever words the executive population utters. We have been 'transforming' for the near decade I have worked here. But what are we even transforming to? All I have seen is us transforming into yet another soulless company. Benefits have been getting crushed. My wonderful and amazing 401k service contribution was ripped away and replaced with a far less beneficial amount. If you aren't on a good team, or have a good manager, your chance for advancement will be near impossible. Constant 'do more with less'

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