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College Works Painting

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Very stressful, but learned a lot. - Anonymous employee College Works Painting Employee Review

3.0
Jan 3, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The experience that you gain from this internship is almost unmatchable. You start right out giving estimates in people's homes after maybe only seeing your manager doing it a few times. It's scary but it really does push you.

Cons

The interns that do well (those that get lots of leads, book a lot of estimates, close a lot of sales, etc.) are the ones that managers spend more time with and pay more attention to. Not to mention, these are the interns that get to go on trips that the others don't. You can call it motivation, but if you're struggling, they make it really hard to get back up and do better. And one last thing--I worked from 6am to 6pm most days in the summer and barely made any money.

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Pros

They are no pros to working here.

Cons

These people are awful. Worked here 10 years ago and I still think about how bad it was. First off they manipulated me into taking the job and then when I got there I was feeling pretty paranoid and sketched out by their behavior. By the end of the first training they were openly picking on me because I wasn’t participating. From that point on I had lost any trust in the staff as they were making everything about me. Some kind of bullying campaign was being done against me. They were putting stuff in my food and water to mess with me. The second training the Vp was talking about how much he hated me using indirect terms. Such as “I hate PowerPoint” but he was referring to me. In hindsight I should have just left and quit but I guess I didn’t want to just let them win. In the end they quit on me and basically went against their company values such as relationships are everything (didn’t talk to me), results matter (less time focused on me would have gotten results) , and never give up ( I never quit but they did).

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College Works Painting Response
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We have a zero tolerance for bullying. Relationships, integrity, and respect have been at the core of College Works for over 30 years and have only grown stronger. What is described here does not reflect who we were ten years ago or who we are today. We are committed to excellence and anyone with feedback can reach us at customercare@collegeworks.com.
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