Pros
The only reason why you would work for Cbeyond is to get a better job down the road. At least in Chicago, other companies hiring managers know the grueling nature the employees of Cbeyond go through. Because of this, if you do well here you can write your own ticket elsewhere. That is the ONLY reason why someone would accept a job here.
Cons
First, the salary they pay you is low. They also expect you to work roughly 60 hours a week and not get paid for the overtime you put in either. They expect you to come back to the office after your day is over to check in for 15 minutes. Because of this, you can spend upwards of another hour and a half of driving time each day to do this. The company is totally micromanaged. It seems you have to check in with your manager every 15 minutes and if you don't, you will get texts, emails and countless calls until you do. They give you $200-300/mo in gas allowance. Considering they have not raised this since 2000, you will spend an additional $300-$400/mo out of your own pocket just to do your job. The sad part of about this job, is when you are out in the field, you almost feel like a door-to-door vacuum salesman. Rain, snow or shine, you have to walk door-to-door soliciting new business. Getting thrown out of buildings because you have gone in there a dozen times in a month is always fun. As soon as any owner heres that we are with Cbeyond, their first words out of their mouth are "get out!" The turnover here is ridiculous as well. The average person will only last a couple of months here either because they get burned out that quickly or it actually costs them money to work here.
