Pros
Being commission based, how much you make is dependant on your ability to match the customers needs and wants to product you carry. Denver Mattress helps a great deal with that by having a world class training program that will be led by your Store Manager and Assistant Manager(s), followed up by a week trip to Denver for hands on training from senior management. Senior management that actually cares about each employee. Having had one on one and grouo conversations with the General Manager, National Sales Manager, and both of the Directors of Regional Sales, I don't get the feeling that it's just words with them. They care. They want you to succeed. I never saw myself in sales and truth be told, I was looking for another job when I took my trip to Denver for training. It was meeting senior management and being given all the tools to succeed that led to my decision to stay with the company. I couldn't be happier. If your store is so dead you could put nails in the coffin or you're experiencing a down slump and can't close a sliding glass door, the company has a fallback program called 7i. More or less, you get minimum wage for the hours you worked. Sucks when it happens but it's good that it's there.
Cons
I don't have any true cons for Denver Mattress, moreso general cons for this industry. Nature of the beast things. Retail hours, long shifts and mandatory weekends & holidays. It can sometimes be rough missing out on the BBQ or going to the lake. We're the busiest and make the most money when everyone else is off. Commission based pay can suck sometimes. Through no fault of your own, your store may be a ghost town. A snowstorm, a large mutli-day event, an act of God. For whatever reason, your store is a cemetery and you're not making money. Leads to a lot of time to get administrative tasks or training done, which is great, but let's be real; we'd all rather be fitting a customer for a mattress and making a sale. Like I said, nothing company specific. Only industry wide, nature of the beast things.
