OK place to work, good benefits no real advancement opportunities. - Exhibitor Sales Freeman Employee Review

2.0
Aug 26, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits. ESOP program with this company is attractive if you stay there long enough. Some perks from other companies in the industry: sporting event tickets, concert tickets, etc.

Cons

Company on the Good Ole' Boy system. You need to hang out with the right group to advance in the branch. Many family groups work here so they have each others backs and they tend to get good positions and not be held as accountable as the average employee. You don't really have an option to move up to the corporate side. This company takes the strategy to buy out the competition so most of the VPs and Execs are either long time Freeman family friends or were part of a buyout deal to keep them on as an exec.

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Pros

Exciting work on a daily basis

Cons

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3.0
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Pros

Work life balance can be good at times and then it could be horrible. Opportunity for career advancement is there if you wait it

Cons

Salary is not great considering the amount of work we do, plus salaried positions do not make any OT money when we have very long weeks working on show site. Yearly annual raise is 3% which is nothing. The only significant raise you can get is if you get promoted to a more senior role. Also the traveling becomes brutal when you are gone for 10 or more days at a time for these shows.

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