Shady business practices(back dooring business is encouraged by mgt even when there’s multiple signs posted saying employees only), not paid mileage and you’re usually driving about 2,000-3,000 miles a month, must report to office in Morning and afternoon just so MGR can see your face & you socialize with co workers which means you must leave the field in the early afternoon to avoid traffic
To be back in time to socialize for an hour, you will spend several hours (8+ additional hrs) outside the typical hours you’re required to work since mgt doesn’t Want you working on cost analysis during the day since that’s “Sales time” , doing pricing Analysis that may or may not get you the deal, if UPS or freight messes up you may lose the deal and it’s out of you’re control, commission is usually paid on the third month from you closing deal, if your customer gets behind on payments then you don’t get paid commission so you’re also a bill collector, the commission percentage you make per shipment is so low it’s a joke since the market is saturated w freight reps so the Margin is already tight even with saving 3-5%, you’re competing with UPS and Unishipper reps for the same business and if you find a solid small pack deal UPS can deny you working it and just say “their rep is working it” when in reality they just pass that on as a lead to their rep and there’s nothing you can do even if the customer wants to ship with you.
So long story short- Great job for getting experience , the longer you stay the more stressful it is since you’re having to double what you bring on every year but working in the same territory essentially. Not to mention sales offices are getting bigger so more people to deal with when it comes to them taking deals behind
Your back, Yes pay gets better with time but with the amount of effort and hard word you put in you still are being underpaid by not receiving mileage checks and greater percentage on commission.
