Always traveling/wearing too many hats/no commissions
Pros
The products are amazing. Milwaukee is growing like wild fire because their engineers are developing the best products out there. Great training. Great people.
Cons
As a Territory Rep (which you're actually an Account Manager) you are traveling non stop. Don't listen when they say you get 1 week a month in your home territory or 1 office day a week. Prepare to live out of a suitcase for your time there. Long work hours because you're a one-man-show. That means you're not just selling and reporting your sales. You're doing all the advertising, marketing, and you are the customer service, and you're doing it all late at night and in a different hotel room every night. The work load is ridiculous so you're better off not even paying rent for an apartment because you'll only sleep in your bed a handful of times each month. Archaic ordering methods don't make your life any easier or less time consuming. Zero commissions on sales. Lack of incentives won't drive a sales team. Being told "You should be lucky you're selling Milwaukee tools." doesn't help pay any student loans.