Do not work here. Some of the lowest wages and incentives in the industry. You will not be trained adequately. - Anonymous employee Russell Cellular Employee Review

1.0
Nov 8, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

When you are not at risk of having upwards of $1000 being removed from your paycheck, selling phones can be fun.

Cons

- Training is always a combination of: barebones, outdated, misleading, or incomplete - Verizon integrations are laughably antiquated - Every single transaction can backfire and leave an employee vulnerable to pay deduction/termination - Training materials are literally unavailable for tablet-centric stores, as the internal resources are inaccessible unless viewed on a computer - Every single process has at least 2 or 3 points of failure. This can lead to missing activations or device payments or trade-ins etc. - RQ - The company fired so many talented salespeople that they had to lower the biweekly sales quota to ensure they had the bare minimum of people for the holidays (at the time of writing this, one week before Black Friday, our 3-rep sister stores are running 1 rep each) - ^ ironically spending as much as possible on useless integrations with non-essential communication and barely-workable sales platforms - Birthday cards are the EXACT same for every employee; that is, it has no name or reference to the recipient. Insulting (RC Cares lol sure it does) - You have to call in to Home Office for almost any issue that pops up - Likely to lay off more people once the holidays are finished

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Cons

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1.0
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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