Pros
- Great relationship with my team and others across the company, made lifelong friends while there, great training ground to learn sales from first contact to business closure. - I really like the customers that I worked with. A couple are good friends and stay in contact with. - Our sales team had some real talent and all have gone on to bigger and better.
Cons
- Small company, big problems. All the problems are at the top. - Lots of promises made, not many kept. Those that made a lot of money off the acquisition openly discussed new purchases almost everyday, ranging from little tech toys to a Golden Tee arcade for the new house. Huge lack of awareness the top of how their behavior affected the rest of the company, who didn't benefit very much from the acquisition but whose work led to it. - Sales, prior to most of our team being hired, had quite the reputation in the industry. The problem was that that reputation was one of making a lot of promises that the company couldn't keep and leaving a bad taste in the mouths of a lot prospective customers across the country. Our team had to fight an uphill battle and rebuild relationships over a 2 year span. Also, our team ultimately learned that whenever our team relayed ideas or comments through our "appropriate channel", they never actually made it to the appropriate people for review even though we were told otherwise. Lots of promises made, none were kept, and topics were avoided that our team desired to discuss. Roles were switched heading into the acquisition and an Enterprise Sales position was created, which was an absolute sham and led to accounts being cherry picked away from our team. - We were all looking forward to working with the new parent's company's leadership team. We weren't given the opportunity the work with them, however, and learn from the seasoned professionals that they are. As you can imagine, its a big red flag to the parent' company's leadership team when the majority of the sales team moves on within a matter of months. - There is turmoil in other areas as well.