Awful..... - Sales Marketing Specialist-Agent Staff State Farm Employee Review

1.0
13 Sept 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Decent office environment, other team members are enjoyable to work with. Relatively flexible about taking a day off when something comes up.

Cons

Get paid retail wages to deal with countless BS and idiot customers. Commissions are a joke, zero incentive to make sales. Constant pressure from an overbearing agent to achieve grandiose sales goals in a low-income county saturated with other SF agents. Mind numbing boredom. Necessary to complete continuing courses unpaid on my own time to maintain a license for a less than $10/hour job. Worst job I have ever had.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

(At the time) Fair pay and predictable bonus structure They were pretty good at covering travel expenses and paying them back quickly Diverse workforce & diversity initiatives Fun and funny coworkers Opportunities for growth Again, this was all four years ago and has likely changed

Cons

(At the time and now, according to other comments) Arrogant to a fault Total lack of innovation & willingness to innovate Odd attachment to the company's past (which prevents progress) High number of veterans (20+ years) who are determined to get that retirement money, and therefore, are resistant to change and technology Heavy reliance on command and control management style Poor decision-making that leads to losses of all kinds

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