Really not your franchise - Area Director Stroll Employee Review

1.0
Jul 7, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You have the ability to create a work schedule that works for you.

Cons

This is not your franchise. You are lead to believe that it is and that you can choose what you’d like your income to be but they ultimately require you to get to a certain amount monthly or they will take your publication from you. Either shutting it down altogether or choosing to have corporate try to run it. Problem with either is you have done all of the work ramping your magazine up and then if you don’t have the income they require, all of your contracts and income is taken from you. If the franchise belonged to you, you should be able to make how much or little you choose as long as you are able to cover your costs to produce the magazine and pay your ‘franchise’ fee.

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Stroll Response
4y
Hi there. We appreciate your thoughts, but will have to respectfully disagree with many of your points. The Area Director role is indeed a franchise opportunity to not only own your book of business, but your income potential. Your paycheck directly reflects the work you put in, and we make it clear from the first interview that it takes a lot of drive and self-discipline to succeed. That’s why our most successful Area Directors earn what they do, while others find they’re not cut out for the role. And like most well-established franchise operations, we have minimum quality and production standards in place to ensure our national reputation is being upheld. When a franchise is no longer remaining in good standing, we come alongside the Area Director for extra help and coaching. If that isn’t enough to help the publication business succeed, we ultimately have to take action. As you know, each AD has multiple leaders they can turn to for support, and we encourage them to reach out and share more specific feedback so we can address any issues at hand. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.

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Stroll Response
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This is such helpful insight for anyone considering our Area Director opportunity. Thank you for sharing!
3.0
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Pros

Good Experience in journalism, and get your foot into the door.

Cons

Special treatment for other co-workers.

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Stroll Response
2mo
We appreciate you sharing your candid experience. It's great to hear you garnered some helpful experience in journalism by working with us. Unfortunately we aren't able to create a robust response with so little information, but we certainly hope that you were able to discuss your perception of "special treatment for others" with your manager or HR in order to make them aware of the situation. If you do still work at N2, we strongly encourage you to bring up your concerns so they can be addressed. Thanks!
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