do not work here - Sales Account Manager Xenon Arc Employee Review

1.0
Dec 3, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

work-life balance stock options nothing else, and I mean nothing

Cons

First of all they will try to convince you to work here by telling you all about the great work/life balance they provide, great advancement opportunities, and how you will get stock options, both of which are true. However; they refuse to share the strike price or how many outstanding shares there are which all but makes your options worthless. Don't worry, this company wont be successful and you wont cash out anyways so its all smoke and mirrors. That being said, the work-life balance and stock options are the only positives. They like to hire highly qualified engineers and then give them mundane cold-calling phone sales jobs which are in no way technical. do not be fooled by the technical sales title, it's just one of many lies. Your day will literally consist of you manually entering orders into ERP, summarizing sales calls in CRM, and dealing with shipping problems for customers, THAT IS ALL YOU WILL DO!!. You are basically a glorified secretary. On top of this you will be micromanaged to death. Prepare to be asked what you are doing on the hour every hour with your manager breathing down your neck all day, EVERYTHING YOU DO WILL BE QUESTIONED CONSTANTLY!!. Did I mention your manager will have never worked in a sales position yet then proceed to tell you how to do your job. You will also be promised quick advancement, but do not fall for it, just another lie. There is no room for advancement here. You can write off everything I say about this place thinking it will be different for you, but that would be a mistake. I know, I did the same thing as I ignored the bad reviews and took the job against my better judgement. I am here to save you from the same mistake. Do not work here you will regret it. I was a highly paid engineer in charge of multi-million dollar projects with a great deal of responsibility and they treated me like an incompetent child. Do yourself a favor and trust the reviews here, do not take a job here.

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