Cbeyond reviews

3.0

44% would recommend to a friend

(429 total reviews)
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Jim Geiger

66% approve of CEO

21% positive business outlook

Cbeyond has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 429 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Cbeyond employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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429 reviews
2.0
Jul 18, 2012
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Pros

Great training. You will definitely learn a lot and how to sell. Great starting point to learn about sales and how to approach companies.

Cons

Crazy work schedule and environment. Frat/Sorority house environment. Very unprofessional from an HR standpoint. Push out senior reps for new hires that they can work to death. Better look for another opportunity in sales, you'll thank me later. No real mileage reimbursements. Too much out of your control from an install standpoint. They look for any excuse to take money out of your pocket.

2.0
Jul 5, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

*They give you over 180 hours of formal sales training which is really helpful and looks good on a resume *This will build your resilience for cold calling like no other. Other jobs will be a piece of cake after this *If you reach goals, earnings and rewards are pretty great. *They do a great job of recognizing when people close deals *Excellent Entry-level sales to prepare you for your next job.

Cons

*They pretend to be this amazing culture but it's actually very cut-throat. I had seen over 50 employees come and go in the 7 months I worked there. I recently heard they are down to 10 current employees in the sales teams. *I've never had micro-management like this in my life, or even know if there's worse out in the world. You have meeting every morning discussing the same exact stuff/goals you discussed the morning prior. Your Team Lead checks in with you every hour and wants to know exactly how many people you've talk to and what your goals are. It's repetition to its core. *They will literally trick merchants into buying the service, which they are then locked into for 4 years. If you don't get paper to pen that day, your manager will send you back in and yell at you until you do *Basically door to door salesmanship. Total "'used car salesman" feel and mentality. Do/Say whatever it takes to get the deal *The hours are unreal. If you live in the burbs it's probably better, but the travel time (which they only reimburse the tiniest amount of) is ridiculous. I had to wake up at 6 am and usually didn't get home until 8 pm .

4.0
Jul 2, 2012

Sales consultant

Recommend
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Pros

This is an Entry level position for anyone. Do not go in thinking that you have all of this experience and not be humble enough to know that you don't know it all. Excellent training to incorporate into any of your sales careers. You learn their business in and out. Open door policy to management and anyone else you need to speak to.

Cons

Miles miles Miles. No mileage reimbursement. Be prepared for that. Office visits are way to frequent. Dress code is a little out of date. A bit too salesman. No customer retention. 100% hunter position so you better love cold calling

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