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American Income Life

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American Income Life Insurance Sales Agent/Manager reviews

2.6

29% would recommend to a friend

(873 total reviews)
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Steven K. Greer

56% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

Insurance Sales Agent/Manager employees have rated American Income Life with 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 873 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Insurance Sales Agent/Manager professionals have an average working experience there. American Income Life is rated 28% below average by Insurance Sales Agent/Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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873 reviews
1.0
Mar 4, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

The majority of my fellow associates were great people to be in the office with. There was growth going on at the time I enlisted with the company and we had faces moving and coming in so it kept us excited that there might be some new management opportunities in the beginning.

Cons

I worked there for six months. In that time I had four different managers, and five different locations. There was never any time to build a client base, and even with that time the areas I was in were so poverty stricken that it didn't matter if i gave the presentation of my life to these people they would buy and then a month of two later cancel. When they cancel you loose everything and anything you made on the sale, and i mean immediately. No warning it gets taken directly out of your bank account without your knowledge, and it isn't until after the fact you even found out in your reports that they were gonna take it. They don't tell you in the beginning that it is a commission based job in total. I was promised a salary and all these benefits, and when the time came for put up or shut up I was paying for everything but the company paperwork. The manager that hired me was involved with a misrepresentation scandal where he had not only hired me, but another five people under false promises and pretenses. The second manager I was with took me to a house during training and left me to do a presentation to a woman she had seen the previous week and pissed off. I was in the home for about 15 minutes with the lady until she respectfully declined and I went out and had to walk a mile down a gravel road and waited on the highway for nearly an hour and a half before my manager came back to pick me up. She had things to do and apparently my training wasn't important. My third manager was with me all of a week before I was bounced to another, and finally had some stability and working understanding with this one but by then I was about spent. Being moved from location to location all I did was place a ton of child safe boxes, which is the main way they swindle a lot of appointments. I also was hired because I knew the people and the area I was in and no one there did, and i was constantly pushed to call on family and friends multiple times to buy, buy, buy, which nearly cost me a ton of friendships and respect in the process.

2.0
Jan 11, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Enjoyed the people that were trying to make their dream come true with this 'opportunity'. Had a good time in the field with these individuals.

Cons

Terrible results after 2 months and I have been at the top of some very large corporate companies in the career in sales. Very difficult sale and almost robotic in that you have to completely memorize a 'script' that you must know ver batum.

1.0
Mar 1, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company has a decent amount of flexibility in work hours as long as you put in the effort althought the reason for this would be that you are paid purely on commissions so it doesn't hurt the company if you don't work.

Cons

The training is very poor and is based solely around goign through a book in front of the customer. The pay is terrible and if you lose a customer you can end up having to pay the company back on the advance given to you. The managers do not care about how much time and effort is put into the work as long as it is done. The cold calling is highly ineffective since the lists are recycled and have been called numerous times before and are usually frustrated by the time you call.

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