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Total Merchant Concepts

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Devastating - Anonymous employee Total Merchant Concepts Employee Review

2.0
Dec 28, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great team members. Huge emphasis on integrity and thoughtfulness when dealing with customers. Employees are encouraged to go the extra mile for customers.

Cons

Although customers get a great experience, employees do not. The owner is verbally and emotionally abusive. She is constantly screaming at someone. Even if that someone is not you at that moment, the amount of tension in the office is palpable. Employees are cruelly reprimanded or mocked for the most ridiculous of reasons, many of them having nothing to do with job performance. The owner comes up with new "motivation" ideas on practically a monthly basis, forces everyone to jump through a bunch of hoops, and a few weeks later, forgets about the idea and moves on to the next thing. The owner's political and religious views come into play often, and no one dares to publicly disagree with her. She says things like "I would never let my child have a gay teacher" or "I don't want to hire this gay person, do I have to come up with another reason or can I just not hire him because of that"? She would force employees to come to mandatory meetings, thinking if she provided food, then it was ok not to pay employees to be there. Basically you have an owner that, deep down, has a very giving heart, but is so unbalanced that you never know what you are going to get.

Total Merchant Concepts Response
8y
This review is very offensive to me and nothing at all like our company culture. As a leader, tough decisions must be made with regard to employment in order to maintain the Integrity of an organization. It is unfortunate when people choose to add derogatory and inaccurate feedback.

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5.0
Dec 29, 2017
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Pros

I have been with TMC for over 16 years, and cannot imagine a better work environment! The owners encourage personal and professional growth for all of the staff members, helping each to pursue their passion in life. We have several goal setting, financial planning and personal growth opportunities throughout the year, and hold each other accountable so that we can celebrate our successes. The daily workload is manageable ~ particularly if you have a passion for small businesses and enjoy helping busy owners to rest easy knowing that there is a company of people committed to investing in our business communities.

Cons

The credit card processing industry itself has a fairly shady reputation; it can be challenging sometimes when prospective merchants have had negative experiences with other companies and assume that we are "just another company".

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5.0
Dec 28, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

As I reflect back on 2017 one of the biggest pros of being employed with Total Merchant Concepts is the opportunities for self-management and growth. There are consistent team meetings where we discuss the pros and cons of the industry and any new developments so that we can share this information with our merchants and be knowledgeable in our always changing industry. We have a team environment that is solid so that if we have someone out of the office business still runs smoothly and our merchants are top of mind and their processing needs are met. Our merchants are treated with the upmost respect and integrity as they are not a number to us but a part of our growing team.

Cons

The only cons to the industry as a whole is technology is consistently changing and it requires all hands on deck at all times to keep educated and to make changes as necessary to help our merchants' businesses grow. Change can be hard for some people so it is our position to help our merchants through these times with little stress and impact to their work environment.

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Total Merchant Concepts Response
8y
We will definitely keep up the growth opportunities- we all need them for sure! Thank you!!
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