Pros
- PERKS - The company tries to give you perks and benefits that actually matter. Sometimes they try stuff and maybe it was not as big of a hit as they thought it would be, (like in office manicures for women) but they always take that knowledge and come up with something better. Not every company offers paternity leave, 18 days PTO, 2 VTO days, haircuts during working hours, commuter benefits, free breakfast, intramural sports, President Club outings, etc. -TRANSPARENCY- You will know where you stand. They have a growth progression plan that you receive on day 1 of training explaining exactly what you have to do to get to the next promotion. It does not matter if you have a degree, if you have 20 years of sales experience, or came from selling retail, everyone is given the same opportunity to advance to the next Team Manager, Head of Sales or wherever your path takes you. When you are promoted there is an increase in your base pay too. The timing of promotions is up to your own productivity. TRAINING - they take training very seriously. They want to see you succeed. They spend the first week doing more classroom training so you fully understand the products and services you will be offering. You get to learn from multiple departments and fully understand the business first. Training also consists of shadowing current employees before you ever have to do the role yourself. They also brought in Dale Carnegie, a professional sales training company to invest in their sales team . They wanted to motivate and empower sales leaders with the most up to date ways of the business, and other key skills. Training is also done by your Head of Sales on Tuesday and Thursday mornings on topics as they see fit. Know that Cons about companies are sometimes from employees that simply were not a good fit for a sales role. People often seek sales roles for the money, they are money hungry, and competitive. But know, sales is hard, if it was easy everyone would do it.
Cons
Its a true Sales role. Its a grind, but the expectations are very clear from the interview process and explained on day 1. Some people come in and absolutely excel and make 6 figures working in a great location with great people, and some people come in and just are not very good at sales. Just know your strengths and weaknesses and ask for help. Your managers are there to help train you every day.