Pitney Bowes reviews

(I have to say this only applies to my part of PBG1 - the education section) My supervisor is merely second rate when it comes to managing people in conflict, although this person does show excellent consideration of my needs. The career opportunities are nil in my area - there is really nowhere to go unless you want to become a full time manager/paper pusher. There is too much travel for my taste and family situation. We are currently pushed beyond the limits of our abilities to keep up - we will soon see if management responds to our needs for help. They have not been proactive in this, however. We have had to press to make the changes ourselves.

One of the major downsides of working at Pitney Bowes is the fact that the company will preach "how much opportunity there is out there", but in reality, their customers are not aware of all of the other company offerings. Meaning, most people know PB for the mail machine products. To make money at Pitney, you're asked to sell larger "systems solutions" now. When you go to visit a customer, they are thinking postage meter/mailing machine the entire time, not these other solutions that the company would like you to sell (folding inserting equipment, software, distribution solutions,etc) With respect to the direction the company has been going in... they teach to foster the sale. With times being the way they are right now, there isn't enough accounts in any of our pipelines to justify the quotas they set for the reps. Any given rep has at least 5 or more different quotas. Mailing, Mail Creation, Tabletop, Distribution Solutions, MVS, PDP, Envelopes, Ink & Toner, SS&G...arggghhhh! ENOUGH! It's madness. Yes, PB has so many offerings and "opportunities" to sell to customers, but they lack focus and the ability to market their products to the public. A public who still thinks the only product they offer is mail machines! PB needs to put out a tv commercial or something. What is their marketing department doing up there in Stamford?