They act like they care..... but do not! Beware! - District Sales Manager Russell Cellular Employee Review

1.0
Jul 20, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

My coworkers, my regional who had enough and left before I and my employees.

Cons

As a DSM, I seen the good, bad and the UGLY! They pay 7:50 for reps and 8.50 for STORE MANAG ERS! It as a joke and only the desperate applied., We were expected to make miracles happen. TLR is a joke only to ensure they had your leads after the few months of your employment before they let you go. You had to cold call and do ALL of the advertising yourself. Before my departure, let go after running 2 districts, going above and beyond, always working late, giving it my 100% because I thought I was valued right after I received a raise and another store, was let go for BULL reasons that 3/4 of the DSM's dealt with, low numbers because of the companies lack of effort, time and money invested into their small locations. If it is a 2 rep store..... run away! You will not make any money and the only reason the doors are open is due to keeping their national account with Verizon. They will not have any loyalty to you, point blank period. Value, Opportunity, Teamwork...... not going to happen! Jeff Russell, your company is a joke. You let people go that truly care about your comany and for what? To get someone in that persons place that is running the district RIGHT INTO THE GROUND with no experience in the cellphone buisness at all. I hope you look ayt these reviews, because I don't see how you can sleep at night knowing that your company is so crappy that you don't have any good reviews on here, Your indirect account managers HATE dealing with your stores because of your lack of efforts. Verizon thinks of you as a joke. Oh and I just loved the way that every year you found new ways to lower the commission structure. NICE. .

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Russell Cellular Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We encourage you to reach out to the HR department at our corporate office in a professional manner regarding the concerns of your employment at Russell Cellular. Our goal has always been to grow and retain our employees, not “force them to do the work to get leads only to let them go.” We do truly value our employees and want to offer the best Employee Experience possible.

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