I would choose a better work environment over the money
Pros
Excellent pay for work involved. Really fun product to sell. Home riders are awesome and after awhile I had not only met amazing people but made a lot of friends. They have meetings and include the whole company. I appreciated that. They don't mention it but offer reimbursement for training or certifications that you pay for outside of work. That was one thing I was most grateful for while working there. The first manager I had was very flexible and accommodating with hours.
Cons
My experience was very similar to the review entitled "cons outweigh the pros." When you are interviewing be really intentional about asking character and value questions of your immediate manager. During my time at Peloton, I met other managers and employees of different showrooms who seemed to have a more positive and encouraging experience than I did. Having said that during my time at Peloton I saw 2 people get fired. Both in a very similar way. Both top performers. I don't know if the manager felt threatened or just didn't jive with their personality or what. The manager would all the sudden start pointing out little things they did wrong that everyone in the showroom did and then start writing them up. I started taking pictures of how I did things so that way if my manager ever aimed at me I had proof. They do this so they don't have to pay as much unemployment when they fire you. The weird part is everyone knows what is going on but there's no way to do anything about it because conversations happen behind closed doors so if you are mistreated no one is there to defend you. I don't know how it was in other showrooms but it was like someone would be mistreated by a manager, everyone would know and just let that person barry themselves trying to figure out what to do. It was crazy to see it happen. HR was no help at all either. No exit interview. I don't know how all the inter-workings are supposed to work but I'm pretty sure that kind of stuff isn't ok. At the end of my time there I was getting bored. They started taking more and more control over what sales pros could do with their pipelines and offered little sales training. They talked about wanting to be the best sales organization in the world and then sent one of the execs around to the showroom and I kid you not, I heard him say, "I don't really have any sales experience but they (other leadership) said that was a good thing." How is that encouraging to a sales pro? After that, I realized they really think for the most part these bikes sell themselves and that I'm really just being babysat. How can you be creative and "fail fast," when everything is dictated and controlled? Also, felt like managers were pretty fear driven to hit goals. Everytime an exec would stop by they were always so chill, even when they pitched occasionally. I felt more relaxed having them there. I remember thinking why does it have to be so intense when my manager and district manager are around?
