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Little Respect For Work Life Balance - Area Manager Premium Retail Services Employee Review

2.0
Jun 11, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

discounted wireless plans through Verizon (and I think AT&T)

Cons

Absolutely no respect for work/life balance. You are expected to be in store around 45 hours per week, which is fine. But then I had mandatory one-hour calls each of my two days off, was expected to work on staffing during off days, was expected to be diligently responsive in group chat during off days, and constantly be calling reps on off days. Their excuse was simply “you’re salaried”. Yes, being on salary means occasionally more than 40 hrs per week may be required and that may mean occasional work on off days…. But I was already in store 45 hrs per week and was basically glued to my phone when I actually had a day off. At one point they implemented mandatory 6 day in store work weeks if you didn’t meet certain weekly metrics. Hopefully this has been shut down, but they take advantage of salaried employees (and the salary is only around $50k, nothing special). Also, the sales reps are MASSIVELY underpaid for the job they are expected to perform and the sales acumen they are expected to display, which makes hiring and maintaining a team near impossible.

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Premium Retail Services Response
1y
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We’re sorry to hear you felt a lack of work-life balance during your time with Premium. That’s never the experience we want for our team. We’re continuously evaluating how to better support both our managers and reps, including how we manage expectations around time off and communication. If you're open to sharing more, we’d appreciate the opportunity to learn from your experience, please reach out to us at feedback@premiumretail.com. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors.

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Cons

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