Pros
Lots and lots of training. Several days a week for months in the office after two weeks full time online
Cons
-Dishonest sales techniques -literally trained to lie to get the sale -Cost of product is 3-4x what a good contractor charges for the same, so it’s nearly impossible to sell -I spent about $1000 month on gas, they don’t reimburse milage or gas -Even though it’s 100% commission based, they expect you in the office 2-3 days a week for meetings, half of which are on zoom anyhow- often you’re there for 3-4 hours -we were told to stay at a customers house for over 4 hours if that’s what it took to get the sale. Some reps would stay til 9-11 at night. You stay until they kick you out -you will be expected to work outside and create the design in your car. This is not a 90 minute visit as you’re told, it’s typically at least three hours per call. Rain or shine, in 105 degrees. They once had us out in 60 mph winds and sideways rain measuring. We asked if we could go back later and told no. -We were told we weren’t team players if we weren’t willing to sell at 0 % commission -Managers have favorites, and they get the good calls, new reps get impossible situations that have not been properly vetted at all -you are promised 2-3 leads a day. I was given 1-2 a week. I was promised business cards for months, so that I could at least go door knock, didn’t get them for 2 months. -they will have you shadowing for months if they don’t have actual leads for you. They will send you over 100 miles each direction to shadow during which time it’s impossible to make money but they want to keep you busy anyways -I started with multiple other ‘designers’ within 6 months we all quit. Only one ever made a sale I think. -outdated, you make your designs on graph paper, and then use markers to color it in. You do this at the customers house, in your car, while you run the car for at least 45 minutes so that you don’t cook . -the software they use isn’t updated to show new products etc, but if I asked the manager questions I was either told it’s not his job to ‘handhold ‘ (literally the answer didn’t exist on the site) or I was not answered at all the majority of the time. There are so many things wrong with the way this company treats their reps.