Pros
IQPC basically hires anyone with a Bachelor/Master degree. That's all it takes to get in, can be from any background. They train you to operate exactly what you are supposed to deliver, nothing more nothing less, and they wont expect more or less from you either. With such training, any new recruit is expected to be 'up to the task' in less than a week to sometimes 2-3 months. Daily schedule is routinely the same and very strict: if you enjoy working with minimum intellectual efforts and make sure you go home every day at 5:30PM then it's a great place to be!
Cons
Its a simple business model, with very limited competition worldwide. The problem is that its business model revolves entirely on its so called Event Producer people, whom are responsible for producing new conferences that the rest of the company markets and sells afterwards. As a sales person, you are basically dependent on that Producer to deliver a conference content that will be 'worth' to your sponsors/delegates. Sadly, you don't choose which conference you sell, the team Director chooses for you. Miracles don't exist, if a conference is badly produced, a sales person wont be able to sell it. The salary is minimum (27,000 EUROS yearly) and almost entirely based on commission (5%~7% of contracts you close), which even for the best won't go higher than 60k EUROS yearly. The company management will promise you can make over 100k during interviews though! In a nutshell, I felt like working at a factory, like back in the 1960s. So-called employees are just pieces of a chess board: deliver and you'll keep progressing, miss-out on your KPIs and you are OUT. Simple. If you want a company that treats its employees well and invests in them for the long-term, then thats definitely not the place to go! I could go on for hours and hours discussing about the terrible experience I had working for IQPC. This company is for people who have nothing left in their life, who are desperate and available for anything to survive with the minimum.
