Red Ventures reviews

3.1

53% would recommend to a friend

(2,052 total reviews)
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Ric Elias

56% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Red Ventures has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,052 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Red Ventures employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Jan 9, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Casual dress code and the cafe. Thats it!

Cons

Pretty much their entire business model. This isnt a business, its a popularity contest and there is NO opportunity there for advancement. Even if you are one of the chosen few to get promoted it will most likely be a HUGE paycut. Thats right, to get promoted costs you money! The turnover rate there is amazingly high and even as one of the top salesmen in company history you cannot make good money because every month the managers meet about how they can cut your commission! It boggles my mind that they have grown to what they have but I guess screwing over all of your employees will get you there. Plus they can fire you at any moment for whatever reason. I left because I couldnt take any more of there BS and even as one of the highest payed agents in the whole center, the pay wasnt enough to justify the mental stress and anguish they put you through. Out of 13 agents I trained with only 2 remain employed there and both are very unhappy. What red ventures does is take advantage of the economy and they target people straight from college so they can pry on kids that never worked in the real world so they wont realize how bad they are getting taken advantage of. Plus they make it seem cool by permitting a dress code that has few restrictions. To anyone reading this review please think of this. Lets face it nobody likes there job but red ventures takes it to another level. When you and many other coworkers are forced to take medication for the stress and mind games they play, then you know something is seriously wrong. It is by far the worst company I have ever worked for and I have no other reason to write this review other than to warn people before they make a very bad decision. For those that dont listen to my review and the many other similar reviews and accept a job there (btw they hire everyone so dont feel too special) you will most likely think this is the best company to work for as i thought for a while, but after 3-6 months you will then realize what I was trying to tell you!

1.0
Nov 27, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Sometimes they give out free prizes but be prepared to probably not win any of them because of the unattainable goals they set -they have a gym and basketball goals if you ever get a chance to get off the phones to use them -there are some good people that work there that are just stuck in an unfortunate company environment

Cons

please believe me when I say these things because I have been at RV for over 3 years...believe me once I find another job I will be out but because the economy Red Ventures plays this and knows that for every 100 people they fire they will have 1000 new college grads at its door begging for a job -managers constantly breathing down your back while your on a phone sale -managers belittle you in front of other coworkers -commission structure changes every month to make it so you don't make money ex: one month you get 120 sales and make $800 next month you make 150 sales and make $500 -no communication between corporate management and sales floor management which trickles down to the sales floor making it a constant disaster -very high turnover...have seen many employees they hire get fired right before their 90 days are up so that they don't make it far enough to get any benefits -usually when you first start working there you will get some poor hours like 3pm-midnight -no where to move up to...me personally went from a sales rep to a senior sales rep to a master sales rep....these are just titles. you do the same phone sales but get hardly nothing in return of all your hard work -also from what i have seen they have lost a good bit of business to major companies so I cant say the outlook looks that great for Red Ventures -

1.0
Oct 12, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

there is no dress code occasional free lunch, assuming you want to give up your breaks for it

Cons

-Lack of knowledge of the home insurance industry -comp plan is constantly changing, you never know what your going to make -Quotas are constantly being raised due to bad planning of upper management -your performance is graded on about 50 different metrics -pulled state licensed insurance agents away from insurance to sell TV PACKAGES!! -at least an 80% turnover rate

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