Pros
- Autonomy is the only pro I can think of
Cons
-Long hours 55+ weeks -No overtime pay whatsoever -Terrible compensation unless your in the top 10% of the company (highly dependent on your office location) -Unrealistic, and unreachable goals set by corporate, unless, again, you are in a very lucrative market - Tradesmen has terrible pricing, pretty much sharking all of their customers. Have fun trying to sell a carpenter to a foreman for $34/hour. They laugh in your face. -They are roughly 50% more expensive per hour than the competition (not exaggerating) for the exact same service. Very tough sell. - When you do get an order, the office can rarely fill them, You are still pushed to get more orders every single day no matter what. - You are told to push how our guys are more productive which is a joke. They are the same exact people other temp agencies use. -I was consistently the top rep on the office. I did over 1.5 million in revenue over 18 months and rarely ever made a commission off of any of it. -Was never even trained in 18 months because training is "only for the top salesmen" - Was let go because my sales weren't increasing enough, even though I had a plethora of orders we couldn't fill, that was still somehow my fault. - Typical turn and burn operation, everyone in my office has been fired since I got canned except for one sales rep. - There are many more cons to the job itself, even if the company wasn't a pain to work for. Contractors are not a pleasant group to sell too. Especially when you're pricing is astronomically higher than the competition.