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Granite Telecommunications

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Granite Telecommunications reviews

3.0

45% would recommend to a friend

(1,405 total reviews)
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Rob Hale Jr.

59% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Granite Telecommunications has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,405 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Granite Telecommunications employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).

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1.0
Jul 4, 2017

Don't fall for the crap

Recommend
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Pros

In general, working with companies to simplify their telecom is a fun and interesting sales process. Once you close a few deals, you have some freedom to approach this task in your own way and style. Pretty good benefits package.

Cons

Unfortunately, there are far more negatives about Granite. 1. The company lacks integrity, top to bottom, beginning to end. There is a lot of deception, from management to employees, sales reps to prospects, account management to clients. When Granite says one thing, expect another. (This includes the never ending promises that you can make MAJOR money with Granite. Sure, it's possible. But you won't.) I hear sales reps and sales managers lying to prospective clients non-stop. 2. Why don't I think you'll make the major bucks? There's hundreds of reasions, but to start, the company is just beginning the process of using a CRM. This means that most of your leads will be duplicates that will either be stolen by other deceptive sales reps or forfeited to someone with more experience than you. Also, because the leads you are assigned are crap, you will try to find new companies through search engines (like everyone else) and you will not have luck. I can't tell you how many times I got someone on the phone and they said "I just talked to XXXX and we aren't interested- please stop calling us." 3. Too many salespeople 4. Incompetence far and wide

5.0
Apr 8, 2017

RAM

Recommend
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Pros

Honestly, I loved working at Granite. The position is hard but will be worth it in the long run. Outside circumstances led me to leave but the culture in the WPB Sales office was outstanding, and I enjoyed working with my co-workers. The VP of sales there keeps up the morale, which if you work in sales, you know is crucial. Excellent benefits, perks, and base. Aggressive incentives.

Cons

The first few months/year there will be very taxing. Your shift ends at 5 but if you want to get ahead that's not enough. Make sure you're in a place in your life where you you can devote a full first year to eat, sleep, breath Granite.

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Granite Telecommunications Response
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Thank you for your great feedback. We are really happy to hear you have had a wonderful experience working with Granite.
1.0
Feb 3, 2017

Coat tails

Recommend
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Pros

Nice on-site gym, good bonuses if they hit certain growth metrics, and some cool co-workers. There is a T stop on the red line that is in the parking lot.

Cons

Where to start.... well you will hit it big at Granite if you can buddy up with one of the senior sales reps and when upper management TELLS you to jump, you politely ask them "how high?" Business hours are 8:00-5:00 but don't be fooled they actually mean 7:30-5:30 minimum. Lunch hour is 12:00-12:59. DO NOT leave your seat at 11:59 and make sure to already be in your seat at 1:00. There are about 1500 employees at the Quincy headquarters with only 4 ways in and out of the parking lot ( 1 of which is shared with another business). So you could imagine what the parking lot looks like at 8am, 12pm, 1pm, and 5pm. My car received damage on 2 different occasions with no notes. Everyone is required to have a parking pass so who ever did it could have easily found out who I was and contacted me. They fluff up the job and convince you that you can make millions. They do pay well for big sales commissions and once you grow your book of business but that does not happen without help from upper management. They hand out freebies to people they like and if you are not on that list you will sift through the worst leads and maybe get a couple sales but never hit quota. Soon after that they will let you go with almost no notice. The internal process is horrific. The issues start at the bottom and run all the way up. No communication between departments. New procedures and policies that are not shared with everyone. They are relying on 1 main product which is on its way out. Frantically trying to create a niche for them selves and not seeing the big picture. I had extremely high hopes for Granite and was very disappointed with the outcome. Good luck.

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