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3.0
Jun 28, 2012
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Awesome people and very upbeat and nice. Can't complain about the company culture of the employees. They have to be upbeat about the job considering what the job really is.... Second round interview is shadowing an Account Executive which includes a day in the field knocking on doors then they "explain" the path to management. So you do know what you are getting into before accepting the job (with the exception of the pay) They are a very tight group and hang out after work and such so they like to have fun and all levels of the company hang out i.e. management with hang out with account executives. NO employee dating! Very focused on getting the sales with no distractions.

Cons

I was told that it was paid training but when I asked what the pay was they gave me the run around. It IS DOOR TO DOOR SALES. Given leads of locations that qualify for the U-VERSE tv and internet hook up. Day starts at 11 am and ends at 8pm and then 9am to 2pm Saturday. (not that bad) 100% commission even though they say it's paid training...the paid part comes from the "account executive" when and if they make a sale....Spent an entire day made one sale commission came to $100 dollars of that 15% went to the new employees for shadowing the account executive. They say the promotion process takes two to four weeks after you start selling yet everyone I talked to had been working for close to a year before they saw their first promotion. I could go on but you see my point....they are very nice people to cover up how vague the position is until you agree to the position

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5.0
Jun 27, 2013
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Pros

I love the team environment here at Blue. Reaching the next step of advancement is all about hitting your goals. Put in the effort and you can get where you want to go. Here you can get the experience you need especially as a new college grad. I love the work events we have like our office nights. It allows you to get to know your co-workers and have fun at work.

Cons

Sometimes I work a little later to hit my goals, but I know if I work on my time management, I can hit my goals in even less than my scheduled hours.

2.0
Feb 14, 2013
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Pros

It was a cool enviornment and challenging. I worked there for 8 months and was promoted in just 13 days to be a leader. It simple, hit your sales goal and you will go to leadership. In leadership you will learn to teach and coach others.

Cons

They make you believe it is much more then what it really is. They call it a "management training program" but in reality you spend 3 hours in meetings in the morning getting brainwashed with the same sales techniques. They call it "being replicable" I call it brainwashing to make us all the same. They tell you about how much money you can make in such a short time. I was the top sales guy there many weeks and never made over $400 a week (usually 60+ hours). Actually, I made more than $400 a week but had to split my commission with the people I trained. They did nothing but watch most of the time. The other 7 hours a day are spent knocking on doors selling ATT Uverse. It is true cold calling. Builds thick skin because you get yelled at a bunch. This would be a great job if you like working long hours, not getting paid much, not seeing your family/significant other, and being the 2% who become an office manager and make 70-80k by putting people through the aforementioned.

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