Pros
Company culture is unmatched, the guys that you work with become family and any one of your co-workers would go out of their way to help you to be successful, even if it meant that they would have less opportunity to put money in their own pocket. Sales training is top-notch, the sales aptitude You're given all the tools you need to succeed, it just depends on how you choose to use them. Yes, power has the system down, and yes there's a script, but if you have no idea on how to tailor a script then you will not be successful. Compensation is lucrative if you can earn it, but not all do for various reasons; the main one would be "winging-it", you listen to your managers, commit to the proven system, and commit fully to the job/lifestyle then you will be financially free. You're able to actually grow as an individual if you actually give it your all. The values they claim to live by are not just talk, they are values demonstrated by all superiors and are contagious if you fully invest in this as a career. Can truly say you learn the traits needed for success. More beneficial, you learn ALOT about yourself as a person, in addition to a lot about how many different kinds of people there are out there. You learn how to connect with people, read and diagnose a situation quickly, become a great public speaker and to say the least grow thick skin. I cant say enough about the people that you work with. Everyone in the organization is looking out for you best interest, but also you genuinely want to look out for the best interest of your peers. For example, marketers are doing everything they can to get reps appointments, reps are doing everything they can to make sure the marketers get paid, and beyond that every person that you deal with in the process is looking out for you. Selfless environment where people go above and beyond for you. Got a question about something technical and it's midnight? You don't feel weird calling your project manager to get the specifics, you just woke up someone to get advice or a more specific answer, the pick up and are happy, actually excited to help/educate you? That doesn't happen anywhere. Special shout out to Chicago's TCI dept. DP is the the best of the best, always willing to go above and beyond to help a rep out and like everything else, if you utilize the resources available to you, you will be successful. You can speak with conviction because you know you work for a company that does things right, and is always looking to improve. If you can be mentally tough and disciplined, everything your told at your interview is attainable
Cons
Hours are crazy and you're on call basically 9am-7pm and you never know where you might be going, or where it is located for that matter. Very mentally tough, and the swings can be debilitating. Nothing is every for sure, but you can control it to a certain extent. Never know exactly what you will be making but it is in your control. Very hard to have a normal social life with this job, you don't work normal hours and can be working till 1am. Very hard on a relationship, better suited for single guys, unless you have been there for a while; the longer you're there the more you control your schedule and can actually have a normal life where you can spend time with your significant other/family. It is a mental battle everyday and difficult to separate work life from personal. Pay for your own gas initially(reimbursed on taxes). As much as there are people willing to help, much of the time when you need them ASAP they are working and can not help you; not always the case but happens because they are doing the same thing your doing