If I could give zero stars I would - Sales Agent Combined Insurance Employee Review

1.0
Aug 2, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Temporary Optimism while you are being recruited and being promised a "smooth on boarding experience"

Cons

A week of "training" spent in business-parkville Illinois (which they bill as "Chicago") where you find out, a bit late, that they will literally hire anyone with a pulse. During this week you're subjected to idiotic clapping rituals and forced to learn sales scripts. You develop a sense of impending doom, knowing you have been tricked by a crafty recruiter and are now in too deep to get the heck out of there unscathed. Once you are back, they begin drilling you to write business "at all costs," whether ethical or not. They don't care about the customer, and they don't mention how bad their customer service is (useful information before you sell a close friend a policy) They will go on about "limitless potential," and how you will get "9 pay days a month." This is all snake oil. Once you finally come to your senses and resign, they will relentlessly badger you for commission charge backs LONG after (threatening to put you on some "Vector One List" and this and that). In this sense they are not unlike the employer version of herpes.

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Combined Insurance Response
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Thank you for reviewing our company. We are sorry to hear about your employment experience with us.Commission-only sales can be very lucrative for the right person, and we strive to hire candidates that have the potential for success.Many of those agents make a very comfortable living selling our products.We take claims of unethical selling very seriously. Please send us the details of any perceived unethical behavior to feedback@combined.com and we will investigate it. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors.

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