Pros
Disclaimer I left Iqpc on my own accord and was not let go. My evaluation is impartial and very honest. I hope this is not misrepresented as vindictive, as that is not the case. This is merely a warning. If management likes you as a person, they will be more lenient. Instead of firing you in 2 months they will give you 3. They do promote relatively fast, only because the turn around is so high. Even if you are promoted all the way up, you are still making peanuts compared to industry standards. Eg: Reps make 37,500 base. Managers make 5,000 more etc. To add insult to injury they also charge 13% from the gross. Sort of a house tax for you to work there in sales. Total Joke.
Cons
Poor products. No ethics, sales people will constantly lie to attempt to close deals on unsuspecting small or middle market companies. Horrible reputation ( Bait and Switch) Bottom of the barrel employees. Poor experience, lack of education. Essentially what IQPC/ IDGA are companies that parasite off of hot macro topics. It could be military related, technology, oil/gas etc. The people that are involved from the top to the bottom have no subject matter expertise, as to them that is unnecessary. The problem with that is delegates see no value in their events. To be fair, not all events are horrible. They have 1 or 2 marquee events that are already hounded by 1 or 2 account executives. To summarize my experience, "Management" will mislead you like they mislead their clients to get you into the door. Long story short, after working at 2 fortune 500's and 1 disruptive technology company, this company is incompetent at best. Therefore to be profitable they must lie. If you cannot do the job, then you must lie to the client and find new ones. Thus the revolving door. This job is good for 2 types of people. 1. People who have poor education or from poor backgrounds. The best they will do is this company and by misleading people they can make a decent salary (60,000) 2. Fresh out of college kid who comes from a third tier college or is hard pressed for money. 37,500 is starting for them. Technology companies like Yodle, Reach Local, etc. pay 40,000. Even then those companies are considered junk. Based on my experience here, it is a third tier company for people who are not highly educated or have the connections to move to more lucrative positions and companies.
