Scam Artists - Sales Associate RDI Employee Review

1.0
Aug 26, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Reasonable pay for a no experience needed job.

Cons

Though they say that they want their sales associates to be honest and have integrity in their sales, they clearly word sales scripts in deceptive ways and teach you how to deceive customers into purchasing things. Management rewards sales persons who trick customers into agreeing to purchase products unknowingly, while chastising employees who try to sell honestly.

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RDI Response
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While we appreciate all feedback, we are disappointed to hear that this was your takeaway from employment with RDI. All of our Sales Associates are trained on best practices to help with individual success. When someone is beginning at RDI, we will sometimes offer a scripts and other tools to help with communication and selling points. RDI is a company that thrives on honesty and integrity. Each and every sale that we make is audited by our Quality Department to ensure we are not being deceitful to the customers we are speaking to. Any employee that feels like their integrity is being sacrificed would be encouraged to bring this up with a member of management. Our culture is based on our employees feeling positive about our work and making it as fulfilling as can be.

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5.0
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2.0
May 14, 2026
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Pros

Holiday pot lucks (with meat provided by RDI) Will pay for exercise/gym as long as you're willing to meet the requirements (otherwise you pay). Ok benefits Some projects offer remote work after probationary period, including equipment Sales jobs may pay higher than customer service and tech support Everyone is super nice to you in orientation+training (it doesn't last)

Cons

No attention to dietary restrictions for pot luck, causing some people to not be able to enjoy. Definite focus on unhealthy eating with most snacks, meals and beverages in the canteen being crap, and a culture that seems focused on being unhealthy, and enabling obesity. False sense of culture presented during training - real culture becomes obvious after. Claims of "family" style, interest in feedback, inclusiveness and so on largely false. Climate controlled by site director, and they're generally interested in minimizing the cost so you may be too hot/cold. Deceptive culture, two sets of rules - one for the clique of managers, supervisors (glorified team leads) and 'special' employees, the other for everyone else. I.E. Favoritism. You can feel it from the moment you get out of training. Lack of interest in actual feedback, coupled with defensiveness or attacks Dishonesty and some bullying by leadership Very strict rules about bathroom use time (20 min/day). If you have a medical excuse, you can get an exemption so you aren't written up, but you won't be paid for that time in excess of 20 min/day. You're given your supervisor and manager's phone numbers to contact outside of work but good luck getting a response every time you need to contact them! Pathetic training by people with no experience in that area, who are led by onsite directors with no experience in education, either, leaving you potentially ill-prepared for your job. Sub-par salaries, which they blame on the clients. Holidays and holiday pay depend on both RDI rules and client rules, not just RDI, so you may not get vacation pay for some holidays. Very stingy company shoveling money upwards to the C-suite while maybe people in lower positions get crap pay, and some of the people you promote end up giving too much of their personal time to you without proper compensation. I could go on and on....

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