True Life: I was a Cbeyond"er" - Sales Associate Cbeyond Employee Review

1.0
Apr 3, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

If you have NO sales experience and want something on your resume that you can claim for your inevitable future job searches

Cons

Oh... the memories! The previous posts really bring me back to a time in my life where I was insanely miserable. I ended up turning down a similar job with Verizon Wireless to take this based on the young culture and seemingly fun atmosphere. I was swooned by the false promises of an average first year income of $75K and performance-based promotions. Coming from a company that was so difficult to move up, that was a huge selling point for me. Then I started... Every one of the comments about insanely long hours and little to no personal life are true. To be fair, I fully support busting your rear when starting a new job and realizing some things will have to take a back seat for a while, but show a little gratitude once in a while. Micro-management is their M.O., chaining you to your desk for 3 hours twice a week minimum to call on the cards you collect the rest of the time. You end up working to pay for gas as you are required to drive an average of 75 miles a day, which in CA at the time paying almost $5/gallon, meant $100/week on gas. Ended up that I did fairly well in my 4th month with the company and sold 5 deals, but had to move back east due after my father had a stroke. I explained my situation to management and was promised that I would be paid out on those deals assuming they ended up installing (which many times does not end up happening). This is not commonplace but was assured they understood and sympathized. Long story short, they didn't and I was screwed out of almost $4000 that I had slaved for. That was the short version of my time with the company, and for any experienced sales professionals considering a job with them, everything you have read about Cbeyond on this site is 110% accurate, so take it as you will. I would suggest looking elsewhere personally.

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Pros

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Cons

LONG hours...I would arrive at 7am for the morning meeting. we would then have team meeting at 8am and we would hit the road at 9am. We wouldn't get back until 5:30-6:00pm BUT nobody complained because we were paid for it. Nobody cared what gas prices were because we were more than compensated (I forgot to mention Dom, the big boss, would but gas cards and hand those out just because you had a nice suit on. Dude was such a good leader....eveyone wanted to do good for Dom. Why? I/ couldn't explain it...ther than he knew how to lead and that involves getting people to buy into your plan. We did. And Dom had that division leading the company each and every month. Two of the best years of my career and it happened in the very beginning. I will always miss my time here. what a con. lol. it was a great job

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