Cintas reviews

-Outdated approaches to sales strategy and dress code. Fully invested in door knocking and expected to dress business professional. -Crowded territory with a focus on outside sales. Up to 4 cintas reps all fighting for same pieces of business. Little to no quality leads to work with. -Incredibly slow to adjust a very static rental model. Just because someone isn’t a fit for a multi year agreement, doesn’t mean the business should be left off the table. -Micromanagement for the sake of micromanaging. Expected to dedicate one day a week to cold calling and recap every hour on progress of making min appointments for the week. Too many check the box tasks that eat into effective selling time. -Over complicated paperwork and policy standards for new accounts. Having an account enrolled in basic items could take someone up to 30-45 mins to process.

All they care about are numbers. Your goals start to go up very quickly and when you’re fully tenured it’s very hard to hit your numbers. Then they are quick to put you on a performance plan. It’s like they want to get rid of you just to hire someone new. They don’t do a good job investing in current employees who are already trained. Your training depends on if you have a good manager. The first manager knew nothing about the division and the second one did. Starting out I needed help and some senior team members were very knowledgeable but then would complain to the manager that I was asking them questions! Then I was told to ask my manager who then had to ask the senior team members for help anyways! The second manger was very knowledgeable, but would micromanage us like crazy and didn’t care about the team and was very selfish. We all quickly learned he only cared about himself and looking good to our director. Thousands of employees were laid off in April. They decided to keep someone brand new on the team! And instead got rid of three fully trained employees. Makes no sense at all! Then they said if you saw the position posted you could apply again. Not sure why they didn’t just furlough vs lay off employees. Definitely disappointed in cintas and how they handled the pandemic. They pay your car insurance which means they control your every move! If you get any sort of a ticket it’s a write up. They want you to always park your car in reverse when in a parking spot. They don’t even allow you to go on your own car insurance if you want to. Overall, this was a very stressful job. And who likes working for a company that doesn’t care about their employees and only the bottom line. You can make decent money with commissions but it’s not even worth it at the end of the day. Also, VERY high turnover 7 people were gone in less than 2 years.