Cut throat environment with horrible pay. - Senior Area Sales Executive Pitney Bowes Employee Review

1.0
Nov 29, 2010
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Pros

Pitney Bowes was a great place to work when I first started (about 8 years ago). I was in charge of my own schedule, had great vacation time and great health benefits. The health benefits continued to be top notch up to this very day.

Cons

At PB you are literally just a number. You can be a star player one month then bottom of the barrel the next month and they will make you feel like crap. Management has their favorites and will only help them out. If they don't like you they will put you on a performance letter until you either quit or get fired. It is extremely cut throat. Everyone is out for themselves, including Upper Management. They use scare tactics like performance letters and daily meetings (In person AND over the phone) and will constantly ask you for a forecast. I was once asked to forecast my monthly number every 2 hours until the end of the month. They will also punish you if you are below your numbers. For example, you have to go back to the office at 4 PM even if your territory is 2 hours away. It never made sense to me. You are responsible for 50 face to face visits per week (national requirement) but only give you $0.12 per mile. Upper Management wants Solution Sale Professional's but they aren't going to get anyone good with a base salary of 35K. I was above my goals one year and only made 40k. You can't expect a professional sales rep to make that. Especially with the weekly requirements which are 50 face to face visits, stop in's, 15 set appointments, 5 full field days, telemarketing in your car in between appointments only.

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