WeddingWire reviews

To start, sales here needs to be marketed as a short-term JOB and not a position that will lead to any type of career growth. The people who get promoted and are in management positions are there due to either favoritism or tenure. Most of them do not seem qualified to be leading teams, and you can tell by their passive aggression and lack of professionalism. They'll cheer you on every month, but do very little to help their teams hit their unrealistic goals. Somehow, the quotas just keep going up while the markets are getting more and more saturated and less advertisers are seeing success. Somewhere along the way the past 4 years, the focus shifted from genuinely helping these advertisers grow their businesses with a successful product, to just needing to hit your goal no matter what with a product that was going downhill. As most other reviews say, the favoritism is absurd. There are a select few who will get anything they want and will be favored by upper management because they sit on the best markets and reap the benefits of it. It seems to be 2 very different pay tiers here: the top ~10 reps in the company who do very well, and everyone else. Many people find it hard to pay DC rent and living with a starting salary of just 38k. It's a repetitive job where you will have to work very hard to hit the number in front of you, and your efforts won't always match your outcome. Micromanaging can get out of control, and it seems there is a negative feeling across all departments that the company has become unfavorable and unenjoyable. I'm not sure who could be writing these "awesome, everything is amazing here!" reviews..

How much time do you really have? -The pay is a joke. Don't be fooled by recruiting efforts and the number that they throw around. As a rep who did their job "well," I'd be lucky to make half of the projected number I was given in a year. As many other reviewers have noted, lots of us have second jobs to afford D.C. living. -Absolutely zero growth. With each promotion, you are given the opportunity to be selected for "leadership" positions, which you'll only attain if you are a 'favorite.' Other than that, you're still selling to new accounts, or convincing vendors that this joke of a product worked for them. There is no benefit to the salesperson, as we do not maintain contact with the vendors we sell after the initial transaction. -Nice guys finish last. The reps who do well here treat their managers like pledges in a fraternity. It's "cool" to get wasted with your boss every weekend, or to pass drugs around with them on company sponsored trips. Wish I'd known the floor was similar to "Wolf of Wall Street" when I took this job--but hey, if you're into that, you've found your home. -If you show signs of failure, i.e. not hitting metrics, not hitting quota, etc, you will be given less profitable territory in an effort to get you fired. In the off chance that you are doing well, and you request a territory change, more often than not this will be ignored unless you scream and cry and stomp your feet like a little child. Oh, and your quota will continue to increase month over month, too. -Constant competition between teams--it's truly every man or woman for themselves. Don't trust anyone. -Unlimited PTO sounds awesome in theory--but don't take it if you're not at goal because you will be scrutinized and asked about your plan to hit goal each and every day leading up to your departure. Managers will tell you to "unplug" while on vacation, but then continue to send you emails and text messages with regards to your accounts, expecting responses. -A complete disregard for any of the issues listed in all of the reviews below. Zero communication between senior level management and sales managers. This probably stems from the lack of qualifications these managers have--they're merely previous reps who got the good end of the stick.