Pros
- Predictable schedule - Predictable paychecks
Cons
- This is a telephone sales job. Doesn't matter what kind of toppings you throw on it or how you try to dress it up as a legitimate career move, its cold calling thousands of people that don't want to talk to you to try and sell them a service that they really don't need. - They train for 22 weeks on base salary which makes for a good holding spot while you continue to job search but I would not recommend putting any eggs in this basket as far as long-tenured employment is concerned. (They turn over about 80-90% of their employees over the given year) - The guys in the office (and I say guys because out of close to 100 employees on-site, there were 6 girls; three of which were recruiters) were a bit of a typecast and you will get a lot of the same personality every day. Not a bad thing if all you care about is gambling and sports, but I digress. - If you train on one of the major accounts in the office (which you probably will), you will not have time to "build you book of business" until you have already been thrown in the deep end. - Once done with training, you have 8 weeks to make x amount of dollars or you will be let go. A colleague of mine was let go the day after the 8 week mark with no warning whatsoever. - The only free parking option is over a half mile away from the building in a seedy parking lot next to the bike trail and railroad. The adverse will cost you anywhere from 8-12 dollars a day. - ABOVE ALL ELSE: stay in your sales role. Last it out as long as you possibly can. You may live in fear of losing your job every day but at least you can collect on unemployment when the day comes that they don't find you to be useful anymore. - If you express interest in any other position within the building, you will have to either get lucky with timing or kick rocks. If you're not directly generating revenue for them, they'll hit your wallet first by cutting your base pay, then they will place you directly on the chopping block. Why I left: I beat my sales goals during the 8 weeks of proving ground by a significant margin (over a thousand dollars in revenue over goal). Several weeks later I requested an interview for a Logistics Coordinator position (mid-level account support with no cold-calling). I was told I would be contacted and an interview would be set up. BEFORE I EVEN INTERVIEWED THEY STRIPPED ALL 50 OF MY PROSPECTS AND MY CUSTOMERS. I had spent my entire tenure "building my book of business" and with even the slightest inclination that I wanted to do something other than cold call, it was gone in less than one business day.