Management is a roll of the dice. Most managers are worrying about hitting pay bonuses, and are not really concerned about a quality work environment for their employees. I worked out of the Ft. Myers, FL branch, so I can't speak for any other location. Certainly each person's job will vary depending on the local management, the quality of which you will not be able to ascertain until you begin working. There was intense pressure to sell (not uncommon in sales) but little help coming from the back office in terms of lead generation. Because termite season is just that--seasonal--you will experience feast or famine scenarios. When the termites are swarming, the calls will come in, when they stop, so do the leads. In S.W. Florida, the pest control market is thoroughly saturated, so it's not as though there is a lot of growth occurring. If you're going to generate a sale creatively, you're going to have to take it from another company, and that is no easy task. Salespeople do not get company vehicles at Terminix. Nor do you get compensated for fuel. At the time of my employment, you would get a "salary" in advance of commissions of about $1,600 per month. You would have to outsell that in order to make more money, and if you can't manage it within a few months, you will be out of a job.
That being said, I was averaging about $3-$4k per month after about 3 months of working for Terminix. I was going after larger projects for larger commissions, but had them scalped by "Regional Sales Guys". I eventually resigned after management failed to make good on a bonus for sales that I had earned.
