Pros
You receive a $600.00 per week salary that is true. Their benefits are reasonably good after a 90 day waiting period. Commissions can be reasonably high as long as you're selling multiple programs. You are outside of the office at least 50% of your selling day. If you've never sold anything before, this could be a great proving ground for you, but expect to put in at least a 55 hour week. Promotions do come from within for the most part, if you're accepted as "one of the guys" in management's mind. You'll quickly notice who these people are. Congratulations and make certain this is the job you really want to pursue.
Cons
All of your activity is tracked - where you travel, how many calls you make, the area you're calling on, everything. The salary locks you into working as many hours as the branch sees fit, including Saturdays (9AM-2PM). Your day begins at 10 or 11AM and ends at 8PM and you can't leave early. Commissions aren't paid until you reach a sales threshold ($2,500) and you will be expected to collect credit card information at every sale. Mileage is paid back at $.20 per mile which is not going to cover your expenses, and it's not all of your miles traveled throughout the workday. Get the 411 on that. Most new hires will make about $35K - $44K if you can stay long enough. Be prepared to sacrifice most of your family or social life to the company. You will be required to make 80 - to 100 door knocks per day - no exceptions. Finally, you will recieve 12 days of Personal Time Off (PTO) and this covers any and all time you need to go on vacation, see the doctor or dentist, go on another job interview, attend your kid's school activities, including parent teacher conferences, etc. You don't qualify for at least 90 days unless it's a dire circumstance. and if it is you'll probably not be paid for the day or half a day if you haven't built up enough time off. You will receive about 1.85 hours of PTO per week. If you plan to stay with TruGreen save your PTO for the latter part of the year. You'll probably be placed on Seasonal Active Leave after Thanksgiving. This is a way to save up some additional income for yourself to buy Christmas gifts. My advice - move on to something else.
