Be ready for disapointment - Anonymous employee Pointman Employee Review

1.0
Mar 18, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

On the surface they seem like a warm inviting family, welcoming you to join an awesome team full of amazing people, and a good hearted atmosphere. They always seem to have a job opening.

Cons

It's a completely toxic work environment, full of empty promises all the time. It's an extremely two faced work environment. You will never know what to expect on a given day. There are long meetings, expectations of working well over 8 hours a day, changing business models and plans. Employees seem to be let go like its nothing including management. The company will consume you and your free time. Communication is always lacking, you never know whats going on. Uses slack for almost all communication so information is constantly lost.

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Pointman Response
7y
We are sorry to hear that you were disappointed in us. We'd love to hear from you directly so we can help improve your experience. Rapid change in a young company happens and its difficult to keep everyone in the loop. We are striving to do better with communication and want to hear the good, the bad and ugly from our employees so we can keep adjusting positively and ensure everyone feels valued. Please reach out to your direct manager, Deb, Dave or Steve - we want to do better and we want to hear from you.

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I left a stable, great paying job, to follow a leader I truly believed in, who I'm sure based much of his promises on the promises of the CEO. Almost all of which were false. I was given an OTE of $120k and told that an average sale was $13k, so that made sense. Well had I known that there were NO SALES when that statement was made.... I would not have left my established career for someone's pipe dream. I wish I could say that I took anything out of the 7 months I worked there that added to my career, but all it did was set me back a year. There was no training, there was no good product to sell, and there is zero regard for the reckless way the company was run. Also, to address the claim from a previous review that someone was hired who was drunk and broke in to a small business. That is absolutely accurate and he was arrested in Florida and can be easily seen on the public web. The usual covering up from HR can't hide that with all of the legal nonsense that was thrown out there to respond to the claim.

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Pointman Response
6y
We’re sorry to hear that your experience with us was not a positive one. I had the pleasure of attending nearly every sales position interview last year and I felt that we were very transparent that we were launching a new product that we had yet to see thrive in the market. In fact, a number of candidates declined our offers of employment because they were not willing to take the risk that we had presented to them. Everyone at Pointman was crushed that our product did not find its fit in the market last year and we’re incredibly grateful to everyone who took the journey with us, no matter how brief. We did our utmost to help transition those affected by the reduction, offering free resume review, professional introductions, and recommendations along with a very generous severance package. We believe in Pointman and will work hard to reach the success we know we can achieve and we will continue to do this with honesty, transparency, and respect. Regarding the former employee you mentioned, Pointman feels very strongly that the legal history of any past, present, or future employee has no bearing on any other employee’s ability to perform their job duties and will never be discussed openly unless there is a tangible threat to the safety or welfare of others. We sincerely wish you all the best in the future!
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