I wanted to write this not to bash, but to inform people looking to get into sales at BentoBox. I really enjoyed the job at first, I felt like it was a company really trying to provide honest solutions for people. My experience changed pretty drastically when the curtain started to roll back. Like some of the other reviews here, there was no direction from sales leadership, and our game plan changed what seemed to be weekly. There seemed to be a holier than thou attitude about the product from leadership, which was absolutely not the case out in the field. The product was overpriced, and had hardly any relevant updates that would actually benefit customers. On top of that, if customers were to sign up, most of the time would never launch (which you get dinged for as a rep) because onboarding dropped the ball time and time again. The quota was completely unattainable, and they used “other” data to make it seem like things are going great. It astounded me that leadership never addressed the glaring problems, which was onboarding, and the overall product (price, capabilities, etc.), but rather chalked it up to people not making enough calls. Times are changing in the space that BentoBox works in, and they are not making any adjustments to meet that, which make the product almost impossible to sell. It got to a point where I didn’t feel good about what I was selling, especially when leadership is pushing up-selling products that people don’t need so our numbers look a little better. Overall, I have never in my professional career been so stressed, and lost in a job as I was here. It’s a shame because there are a lot of good employees at the company who are willing to do whatever to help, but everybody has a limit. Take this review as you will, I’d encourage anyone to make the best decision for themselves whether that is Bento or not, but wanted to give some insight to my experience and hopefully help the next person making this decision.
