🚨HOMEOWNERS AND CONTRACTORS BEWARE🚨 - Sales Representative Southern Elite Contracting Employee Review

Don’t be fooled by the high review count and rating! They actively have employees and vendors leave reviews. I would like to share my experience with Southern Elite Contracting. I have significant concerns and I believe it's important to bring these issues to the attention of potential clients and contractors. The company takes a 22.5% deduction from the total job amount, which includes a 7.5% mitigation lead cost and a 15% allocation for profit and overhead. After these deductions, the remaining amount is divided into three categories: 20% is allocated for materials, 40% for labor, and 40% for profit. This structure significantly impacts the overall distribution of funds within each project. EXAMPLE: For a typical $20,000 job, the company takes a 22.5% deduction from the top, totaling $4,500. This amount includes a mitigation lead cost of 7.5%, which is $1,500, and an initial allocation of 15% for profit and overhead, amounting to $3,000. After these deductions, only $15,500 remains for the actual project, and this amount is then divided into three categories: 20% allocated for materials, 40% for labor, and 40% for profit. As a Sales Representative for Southern Elite Contracting, it is multifaceted. You are expected to act as a project manager, serving as the primary liaison between clients and the team. Your responsibilities include: - Visiting client sites for assessments - Accurately measuring and estimating labor and material costs - Creating comprehensive project supplements - Negotiating with insurance adjusters to advocate for our clients' benefits - Scheduling vendors for property work - Ensuring project success from start to finish The commission for sales representatives is derived solely from the 40% allocated for profit, starting at 30% of that amount. In other words, for a $20,000 job… $6200 is allocated for the profit portion thus meaning the sales rep position makes $1,860. This means that the effective compensation for sales reps is approximately 1.8% more than what the mitigation team earns for the lead cost. That comes to 9.3% of the revenue. Furthermore, the commission does not come from the total revenue generated, which leads to confusion regarding potential earnings. I brought these concerns to quality control, and I was informed that I was justified in my views. The quality control representative elaborated that he would not have accepted a sales rep position at Southern Elite Contracting due to the pay structure for that role. As an independent contractor, I frequently felt more like an employee, and the profit margins left me with inadequate funds to cover my own overhead expenses. With this company is doing with insurance funds is unacceptable and it drastically limits the actual amount for the homeowner. I don’t think it’s justifiable for them to be taking over 50% to over 60% of the entire claim.