Micro managed to the fullest and rude! - District Sales Manager Russell Cellular Employee Review

1.0
Jul 11, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

A job if you have none

Cons

Low salary and even worse commission plan. In fact the worse commission plan I've even seen in sales. Especially for your responsibilitied, including hiring, training, and firing employees that make only $10 an hour. We were told in training by management that you're doing good if you have employees that have stayed for more than 6 months! Cheap company vehicle that GPS tracks you. Required daily reports that GPS tracks you. Horrible health care plans with high deductibles. Poor 401k match. No work/life balance No help from upper management Poor hotel food at all trainings and at summit. Rude employees at your HQ that have no understanding of the sales field due to lack of experience and low pay. They give you socks and cookie jars?

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Pros

alot of good people at home office

Cons

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Jul 14, 2026
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Pros

It's relatively easy to learn the software involved, and the company mascot is cute. The customers are like any industry, hit or miss- but I enjoyed helping them with their phone troubles and understanding the technology we all rely on now.

Cons

Literally everything else. There's no clear pay scale or raise structure, and HR is not forthcoming with this information, either. The commission structure makes little to no sense, changing mid-month in a point based system, random spiffs for anywhere from a day or two to a few months. It's so confusing that there's regular trainings and quizzes on how the structure works to make sure employees come even close to understanding it. The median monthly earnings in commission are only earned by 38% of employees, not the average or majority. The training is almost useless, and focuses on convincing you you can make good money rather than teaching you anything. They push ethics and "honest sales" in preaching, but not in practice; and punish you for "underperforming" if you don't slam account with extras, lie to customers, or commit blatant fraud. They actively discourage you from helping in any capacity if it doesn't create a sale of some kind, and push extra fees onto customers for something as simple as paying your bill in person. Regional supervision isn't required to follow the same standards as company policies, and there is very little hierarchy accountability. They expect you to answer a call at a drop of a hat even off the clock, but will actively ignore you or hang up if you need something when they're off the clock, even salaried. On top of that, upper management and the C-Suite is rife with nepotism, and even Verizon thinks they pay their employees too little. Not a great look.

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