Pros
The benefits are awesome! Amazing health insurance and 401K. The salary is decent. It is on the low end for outside sales though, so this would be a good job right out of college. They give you a car allowance, pay your gas and cell phone allowance.The team culture is great! Paid time off is generous. You start with 3 weeks PTO. In sales, you can generally take off any day you request which is nice.
Cons
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.