Good learning experience for youngsters, but far from a long term career - Recruiter Technipower Employee Review

2.0
Nov 7, 2013
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Pros

The owner & management are genuinely good people personally. Its a good place to learn how to do old school style recruiting and its fundamentals. Titles are thrown out rather easily, so its a good place to build a nice title on a resume before leaving.

Cons

The biggest problem is an identity issue. Do you like high sales numbers, or are you just happy as long as everything is done by the books, regardless of sales numbers? Sales positions either have a decent base or a decent commission. TPI has neither... It does make sense to start off low and make someone prove themselves, but this is not the case. A meager starting base/commission is never improved upon once you do prove yourself. Their version of reward is to make someone a "Branch Manager", which results in a very small pay increase. Thats the ceiling, theres no going higher than that. This creates a system where the ones who are rewarded are the types who are just hungry for a title or status, instead of money and production. Thinking "outside the box" is viewed as an assault on their "old school" ways, and its clear by the advancement of those who follow the system exactly as told (AKA brown nosing). Other than that, as someone else mentioned, its obvious that the owner really likes to hear himself talk. You will certainly hear plenty of stories about how they were slaying business up and down in the 80's when there was maybe one or two other competitors. You will also hear how "phones got us to this point", while completely ignoring the small invention of the internet, social media, and emails.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Family environment, good people, a lot of community events. Great place to get your feet wet in sales or recruiting without a ton of pressure really as long as u show up and try. But not a good place for longevity as there isn't much of a path for growth as a company or leaders to take them to the next level.

Cons

Lack of organization leadership is hindering growth. No real plan, no real metrics to shoot for, no real structure for success. It's all about how u fit in to their religion or if you get cozy with a couple tenured members then you are golden. Otherwise you won't get training or skills for success, basically a random luck of the draw on making calls and hoping to have opportunities. You can be demoted multiple times, quit, and then be brought back at a higher level of u know certain people in the company. Or u can be highly talented, not involved in their religious aspects as a company and u probably will be pushed out the door. Upper management doesn't take feedback well unfortunately.

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