UniFirst reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(727 total reviews)
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Steven S. Sintros

70% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

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5.0
Jun 8, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Uncapped commissions, great small and large incentives and recognitions. Ongoing trainings, and warm and welcoming unifirst family feel

Cons

More help with location recruiting and new hire sales training! Overall still an amazing training program!!!

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11y
Thank you for the review!
4.0
Jun 1, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Great management with support and growth opportunities. Freedom to work your own schedule, as long as you are meeting the weekly requirements. Nice to have a base and not be 100% commission

Cons

Administrative work gets difficult at times, but as is with most sales jobs. Much like all sales jobs it's a hard grind to make a lot of money.

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11y
Thank you for the review!
2.0
May 7, 2015

What a Mess

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay for a somewhat simple job. Other than the pay the job doesn't have many benefits, outside sales might as well be inside sales because you're not allowed to leave the office for much.

Cons

Completely tapped market, waiting for companies to get out of 5 year contracts and beating competitor prices by pennies, nothing great. NO freedom, never seen an outside sales job where you have to waste your day in the office making cold calls. Managers never have time to help employees because they're to busy with emails from corporate.

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UniFirst Response
10y
Thank you for your review. We know that it can be challenging when you have a lot of competitors Selling in your territory, which is why we teach our Sales Processes the way we do. Regarding contractual obligations, we are very clear in all our training that we never condone or suggest any possibility of anyone ever breaching a service agreement. Like our competitors, we meet with as many Prospects as possible every week, some current industry customers and some not, to forge new relationships with as many as possible and we definitely do not condone lowball Sales tactics. We focus on Total Cost of Ownership or annual spend, which usually ends up being MORE affordable with UniFirst due to all of the excessive ancillary charges that occur with many of our competitors. We train our employees to be transparent about these ancillary charges to further set ourselves apart from our competition. And frankly, we agree with you. The majority of your time SHOULD be spent out in the field meeting with Prospects. However, the telephone is your most valuable tool in setting a large quantity of Appointments and if you don’t have enough Appointments on the books, a Manager may have you stick around to make more dials to make the best use of your time.
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