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Terrible scam - Account Executive Cooper Concepts Employee Review

1.0
Jan 22, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It can be fun if you work with the right people

Cons

They say your travel expenses i.e. gas, food dry cleaning, is all reimbursed. It's not! Its just deductible on your taxes and you don't really get that money back even though they say you do. You have to bring people out to lunch. Mandatory on your own dime. Did I mention you don't get that money back? They take 15% percent out of your check They tell you its easy to get promoted. Its not. You have to convince 5 people to move across the country with you and they all individually have to make $500 a week for 2 weeks in a row. It doesn't stop there. They say you make 1000.00 as asst manager salary a week. but you don't actually see that money. it goes into 'savings' to open up your own company. but don't worry, you won't ever get to open up your own company because you will need people to come with you. and they never do. They lie to you saying it takes people only a few months to become a manager. its not true. lots of people switch campaigns so while the spend a year selling one thing, they switch to another 'company' selling something else and get promoted in a few months. Do they tell you they spent a year doing this somewhere else? no. they say they got promoted in a few months. you are told to lie to people sell things. or at least not tell the whole truth. you are told you are not good anything and you are a loser if you can't do this job. you spend 2 hours in the morning playing stupid games and hearing the same speech you've heard over and over again. unpaid. and unnecesarry waste of time. If you go to any of the conferences or other offices, you will hear the same speeches by the owners there as well. basically all this says is that they don't know how to run their company. they will just give you motivational speeches to make you want to do your job that day that they've heard before. They have to do this because they know you won't want to do your job. because honestly who wants to walk into business's and press them to buy something? or who wants to knock on peoples homes and try to sell something you don't believe in? You will get constant complaints even after your sale because you ultimately had to lie to them to get them to buy into whatever you are selling This job is for people who don't have other options in life. If you have an education, do not take this job. you are better than that!

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5.0
Feb 4, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very fun, energetic group of people to work with. Patient team, could tell they wanted to train me to do well and advance with them. Saw multiple people getting promoted with in company.

Cons

When they say work hard play hard, they mean WORK HARD. Now, that doesn't seem like a con for everyone because with that, it was fun and everyone got recognized for their results too.

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Cooper Concepts Response
10y
Dear Reviewer, I love the title that you labeled your review, as we feel that our Management Training Program is a complete set of building blocks for individuals to advance from entry level positions into management...WITH hard work like you mentioned! I think the team we have at Cooper Concepts are some of the THE hardest working I've ever had the pleasure of working with, yourself included. We believe that hard work always pays off and as the saying goes, "The first 40 hours of work are for survival. Everything after that is for success." Sincerely, Apryl Christensen
5.0
Oct 12, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

attending BBQ's, karaoke, professional sporting events, etc. The company is also involved with the community and philanthropy. Management and account managers are approachable and very supportive. There is great opportunity for advancement within the company. It's an entry level position so I was trained to know everything that I needed to be successful. I learn new skills and responsibilities on a weekly basis. Also, the structure is based off of no seniority so the timeline of an employee is not a determining factor for advancement, it's all merit based. Great position for anyone that feels they're competitive, hard working and outgoing, and looking for a change of pace.

Cons

It's important to set goals early on to give direction to your career path. You need to have short-term as well as long-term goals to maintain motivation in order to keep moving towards the end goal. Also it's very important to celebrate not only the big but small victories. You can't get anywhere if you don't know where you are going.

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Cooper Concepts Response
10y
Dear Reviewer, We really appreciate your kinds words and especially your advice to management to recognize not just the big promotions but also the smaller daily victories that occur as our team members are growing professionally in our Management Training Program! We are so glad that the extra curricular team bonding events and philanthropy events we coordinate weekly have made an impact on your time here at Cooper Concepts. Keep up your great work! Sincerely, CEO/Apryl Christensen
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