You can polish a turd, but it's still a turd... - Inside Sales Account Manager/Inside Account Executive SHI International Employee Review

1.0
Jan 25, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you are single, you might hook up with a coworker at one of the company sponsored events (they have offsite events usually on W. 6th that involve free alcohol). This place is a meat market: they intentionally hire good looking ladies. "Sex sells" ?

Cons

1. Nonexistent training (Not one technical sales support or salesperson possesses even a Network+ certification). 2. Industry standards and best practices are not practiced or adhered to (only a matter of time until we hear about customer data being stolen or leaked from this company). 3. Agree with another review "Diligent effort is not rewarded": favoritism is clearly seen throughout promotions, assigning book of business, and what some employees are allowed to get away with. 4. Unreasonable expectations: 50 dials per day required in the Inside Account Executive position. 50 calls x 5 minutes per call (speak to secretary, leave voice-mail, annotate account in CRM) = 4.16 hours per day... on top of this you are then expected to create quotes, handle purchase orders, attend numerous pointless meetings. 5. People are promoted and demoted without rhyme or reason (Multiple managers have been promoted to director positions, and then demoted within 6 months. How does this help drive productivity?)

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5.0
Jul 12, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Manager is very hands-off and trusts you to get your work done as long as your metrics look good. Overall good work culture - good work/life balance. Low stress work which can be nice if you’re okay with, what’s for the most part, a fairly repetitive/uninspiring variety of work (I personally like this but realize it’s not for everyone). Very friendly co-workers. Plenty of chances to prove yourself & work your way up the ladder if that’s something you care about.

Cons

Heavy focus on questionable metrics, especially in this current era of measuring AI usage. Repetitive/uninspiring work that can start to feel boring if you’re wanting something more interesting

1.0
Jul 6, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work from home, paid for career development trainings/certifications, and depending on your role, flexible hours

Cons

-Management/Senior Leadership teams are very disorganized and often change processes several times throughout the year, without consulting the teams that would be impacted -Tools are extremely outdated -What mattered to senior leadership was the velocity of closing projects, vs quality of delivery -Extremely valid criticism was often ignored -Very difficult to get promoted -SHI loves automating everything they can, so a lot of times, work ends up feeling very tedious and repetitive -Day to day work very often includes tedious process approvals from management, slowing down pace of work with no real feedback given during the approval process -Met a lot of people who were great, but met far more who are toxic -Everything feels escalated even if the “issue” is manageable -EXTREMELY micromanaged

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