Yellowbook devolving into meat-grinder? - New Media Specialist Hibu Employee Review

4.0
Nov 14, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

They have a very solid and professional initial sales training. Somewhat flexible hours. Strong compensation plan for new business revenue. Surprisingly very talented and diverse sales backgrounds throughout the office.

Cons

It has become the stereotypical "meat-grinder" of a job. Yellowbook has been a fantastic place to work over the years, with the emphasis on "has been". The lack of foresight in realizing how quickly the market was changing from a print-internet emphasis was stunning, especially in a major media market like metro Washington DC. The substandard training for internet advertising combined with the lack of requisite tools (ie, laptops) has greatly contributed to the demise of morale.

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5.0
May 11, 2026
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Pros

Incredible upside and earning potential! If you consider yourself a top performer, you will earn the money you deserve here.

Cons

It's a hard job. Lot's of rejection and grinding. Can be difficult and somewhat isolating being alone in a territory.

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We appreciate your feedback and agree that our earning potential is an incredible upside at Hibu! Wishing you and your team success!
2.0
May 29, 2026
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Pros

autonomy, product is seemingly good

Cons

Overall a terrible sales org, commission structure is nonsense and very low percent of reps are on the high tier, including reps that are top performers being on the mid or low tier commission. You are responsible for prospecting, closing, and account management so job gets harder the longer you are there. Force you into long meetings so the VP can show everyone Christopher Voss masterclass videos that are irrelevant. Sales contests where the reward is literally 5 dollars. Training is completely disconnected from how the job actually is, even down to the tech stack they teach you. Sales planning does nothing and does not provide any new leads or any sales tools that work. They do not even have a list of discovery questions to provide you. No one uses any of their provided tech stack you just have to figure out your own processes with no support. Very low base salary which they will lower if you get put on PIP. Extremely unstructured PIP program with no concrete numbers or explanation for how to get off of PIP. Extreme favoritism at the managerial level.

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