Management upset that you arent selling more violins as Nero burns Rome
Pros
More than 10 years of working for this company i've seen great changes...mostly all for the worst. But i've made some great friends, had great laughs, and got to enjoy every musical instrument you could imagine. This company at least paid my bills - while I have been a multi-million dollar salesperson and paid all the management salaries/bonuses and made sure the lights stayed on.
Cons
There isn't really a "good" place to start. Once upon a time this company actually had a code of ethics. Morals. Standards. Slowly but surely it all blistered away and turned into a wasteland of management crushing salespeople's morale to make sales. Overmanagement. Mismanagement. Lack of communication, and most importantly; changing sales metrics to make it near impossible to make a living. For years if you sold well, you could make decent money. Now you have to sell an absolutely ASTRONOMICAL amount to make decent money. Working for GC isn't worth it. It's insulting, and this company know it. To add insult to injury, the store managers have been instructed to cut salespeople hours in order to make you sell less. Really smart - it's about like thinking you can cut your legs off to meet your weight loss goals.
