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3.0

49% would recommend to a friend

(16 total reviews)

Robert Vogt

70% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

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1.0
Feb 27, 2022

RUN!!!

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Pros

Work flexibility - this is the ONLY pro!

Cons

1. You will not make money with this company. 2. In the year I was with the company I saw at least 20 account executives come and go, I would be willing to bet this is the norm with the company, which is a red flag in itself. 3. You're required to be in a Zoom Friday Conference call that's redundant and a waste of an hour of your selling time, if you could actually sell this product. 4. In order for me to make a living, I had to work night's and weekends to make up for the major shortfall here. 5. You're deceived in the hiring process. This job is 100% commission based. They tell you there's potential to make up to $75,000. I was lucky to make $19,000 in my ten months of employment. They talk about bonuses; I rarely saw any AE make bonus. It's not attainable. 6. Management should really listen to the account executives and consider why there's such a rotating door. In my opinion they just don't care. Management mentions sales techniques from years ago in the weekly meetings that simply don't apply today.

3.0
May 17, 2018

Sales

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Pros

Pleasant corporate culture, home office and management very supportive.

Cons

Print advertising is a dying industry

1.0
Apr 20, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The only pro is that their is very little management supervision during the course of your day. As a matter of fact, once you finish the day and a half training they provide, you may never hear from a manager again. If you are a seasoned sales shark, have had success with door to door sales, maybe a quick sales artist, then there is a chance you could earn some cash here. Excellent support staff that makes up for management shortcomings.

Cons

Total cold calling. Antiquated approach to selling an antiquated medium. This is not a job I would recommend for a relationship sales professional. 50% travel, not the 25% that was mentioned during interview, and when you travel they put you up in 2 star motels (at best). Overall, it was hard for me to feel good about asking businesses to invest their advertising dollars in a product I didn't believe in.

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