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Sales Associate - Anonymous employee MSDSonline Employee Review

2.0
Oct 29, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Decent place to start if you are fresh out of college and can't find a job anywhere else. Training is ok, and there is casual dress. Base-pay is nice to start. Nice incentives to keep moral from crumbling, and a fun summer party.

Cons

Unqualified management staff that play favorites because they were promoted and have no management experience. Only the individuals that have been with the company 2+ years make any sales. Why? Because the managers only give them the quality leads and pass the scraps that the lead generation team stuffs into salesforce down to the new sales associates. Dreadful day-to-day place to spend 40 hours per week.

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5.0
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Pros

Reading some of these previous reviews on the company and having been with the organization for 5+ years, I'm shocked to see some of these comments; most more negative than positive. I've seen our Sales Team grow from one market to five and 34 to 150+ reps, which is exciting and a true testament to the company's growth. During this time, I have seen the reps who stay dedicated to the job and sales process do extremely well, while the others that are so focused on what the other rep is doing, or what account the other rep closed, lose steam and fizzle out. As a note, we're selling 3 year contracts, not monthly orders of snacks, so the close does take time. It's not about how is everyone else doing, it's about how you're doing and if you can focus on that, you'll be fine. We have been getting better at having our Sales Team events be focused on Team Building, and while drinking is involved sometimes, it's not as huge a focus as other reviews have stated. In addition, the company revamped it's pay structure and you're getting paid residuals for contracts sold last year, along with a higher salary.

Cons

The biggest con about working at the company is staying away from the rotten apples and letting Management handle them. Our Management Team is provided the resources and tools needed to address, so stay focused on you and you'll do fine.

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