Sales positions are extremely micro-managed and stressful! - Inside Sales Consultant Scholastic Employee Review

1.0
Feb 10, 2016
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Pros

The sales consultants are really supportive and wonderful ladies. This was the only benefit of working there. The co-workers (not including management) made the job tolerable. You get laid off for 7 weeks every summer and are eligible for unemployment for those 7 weeks.

Cons

The management style is to micromanage people. The corporation constantly makes changes to their programs which make it extremely difficult for the sales team to keep current customers and recruit new ones. Yet, the sales team is responsible for carrying the weight of the company although their input is not considered when the corporation makes decisions. Sales consultants are constantly monitored and recorded. They are not trusted to do their job even though the company makes and effort to hire fully competent, educated people they treat their employees like children. Maybe 3 out of 40 sales consultants actually like their job. There isn't anywhere to move up in this company unless you want a supervisor position. All of the innovative positions are located at their headquarters in Lake Mary, FL. It is a dead-end job. The salary range plus commission is low paying for a sales job. The average is $35-50K.

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