High pressure - selling a product that is difficult to sell - most of the time more expensive than ICBC products. Yet there's high pressure from all sides to meet targets. There are numerous metrics you will be measured on including the seconds you spend on the phone with your client. You are treated more as a sales advisor than an insurance advisor. There will be days that you may not sell anything - that's just the nature of the business yet you will begin to hear from your supervisor - a supervisor who hasn't come close to achieving your sales numbers. Initially when you are hired they give you a break but as the months go by that will all change. You will be pulled into an office and placed on a performance plan. One by one the most experienced and talented producers were terminated from this company. When you are interviewing for a position ask how many staff have left over the past 2 years. Note this down because it will be something to reflect on later. If you are eventually hired ask colleagues how many have left or forced to leave over the past 2 years then compare their answer to the answer your interviewer gave. There's no loyalty to you. Everything is window dressing with this company. You need to always smile or you will be brought in to explain yourself. Employer surveys are to be completed at your assigned computer at the assigned time - a computer that is monitored. Lastly, BC is moving towards a no-fault insurance system - this will make life impossible. I'm personally predicting that Belairdirect will pull out of BC just based purely on my observations during my time there.
