Pros
Coworkers were great, middle management (sales managers) were terrific. Product being sold is actually very good and easy to stand behind.
Cons
This job used to be an amazing opportunity. Good marketing for the product being sold, free weekly lunches, bonuses, polls,, opportunity to make 100k+. The lunches still existed when I left in August, but the rest has long passed. Upper management seemed to want to turn legitimate salespeople into call center workers. Upper management (L***en) constantly told us how “cushy” of a job we have, and then continually pushed to make the duties more difficult. The sales team broke multiple company records in 22’, were congratulated with a dinner, and then seemingly punished for it every week moving forward. Would have “sales meetings” every now and again, but those were more about shaming individuals in front of everybody rather than having any constructive conversations. Told by the owner numerous times that he values his workers, and that promotions will come from within the company, but the longest tenured salesperson there (5 years) didn’t seem to ever have such an opportunity. You will fight with the shipping department to save your deals, you will have to give up any deal at the mere mention of a retailer, and you will be made to feel like s**t when the company blocking your opportunities blames you for it. Greedy senior management insists on charging corporate fees instead of just increasing the price of the product, then expects the salesperson to claim it as their own fee for helping the customer. You will be called out if you don’t suck every single penny that you can from prospects/customers.