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Over 4 years here and still going strong - Southwest District Manager Guide Book Publishing Employee Review

5.0
Oct 10, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I started out as an Account Executive with GBP, and I'm now a District Manager. The company treats you like an adult and gives you all the tools that you need to do your job properly. They also do their job by offering a very competitive benefits package that pays for 70% of your health insurance, performance bonuses, and a great 401K plan with a dollar for dollar match. Like any other sales position, your base income relies on your ability to go out and get it done. If you are searching this site to determine if this job is for you, my suggestion would be to schedule an interview and talk with the District Manager (there are only 4 of us) about the position. If you still have questions or concerns, ask the DM if he/she would consider letting you speak with one or two of our current Account Executives. I promise you we won't say no. Go strait to the source and find out for yourself and you'll see what a great support staff GBP has.

Cons

GBP spent the better part of the last 5-7 years putting resources toward building a better product for our AE's to sell, and did an outstanding job of that. However, the extreme focus on the product meant that other things like office technology and web design went by the wayside. There have been major strides in this area recently and things are moving quickly...as they usually do when GBP goes all in on something. I can't wait to see where we are as a company 12-24 months from now.

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Pros

Work independently without supervision unless needed.

Cons

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Pros

work from home is only pro

Cons

Soooo many...here we go ! 1 - We are W-2 employees, but paid commission only - they do offer a very small draw (not enough to eat) 2 - You are told there is NO micro-managing, but it is MAJOR micro-managing!!! Sales Reps MUST be on a live Zoom call inside a breakout room ALL day. Management can jump into your room at any time to monitor your work. They justify it saying it's in case we have any questions...but, seriously the job is so easy, there are never questions and if you do have, there are phone numbers to call for that. They just want to monitor you. During training they tell you it will be for week 1 only, then insist it is week 2-3 only for new reps...NOT true. Every rep MUST be on every day or you will be reprimanded. 3 - We MUST also send in a Daily end-of-day numbers reports to monitor our calls made. 4 - ALL sales turn into house accounts and they renew the ads in-house themselves, so we cannot have an opportunity to renew our commissions. We get left-over accounts that they cannot reach and by the time they renew or sell in-house, the territory is saturated. 5 - The top sales reps brag how they make a lot of money, but I have figured our their system...they receive top assignments, renewal priorities and make $ off reps they train through salary, among other things. 6 - Also, they work in the stone ages. They are ALL paper and send us a box full of paperwork that have hand-written notes from office personnel & previous reps. Not very professional. 7 - They require us to take credit card payments verbally over the phone which is practically unheard of these days. Most customers do not trust giving out their credit card information to a random, unknown sales rep claiming to be from some company, especially these days! Their whole system is flawed for new reps to come in and make decent money. I suffer every day and that's why I am currently looking for something else. I just want to secure something before quitting.

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