Unfortunate - Sales Executive Contentive Employee Review

CEO. The leadership team. Office in the middle of nowhere with sweeping views of the A40 and Grenfell. Technology provided is really bad with slow support. You're expected to use you own mobile for company use. They expect you to use an app on your phone for company calls. It never works so you will foot the bill. Surprised they don't ask you to pay a share of the electricity and water also. You're expected to bankroll expenses and wait weeks for reimbursement whilst senior members of the staff have the luxury of company cards. If you can't afford to pay for company expenses, you need to beg for use of company card. They make an art of trying to demotivate you. Middle managers and their bosses spend time in endless meetings about how they can create more processes to stop you selling. Condescending and boring sales training. Rate cards that have no basis in reality, which is normal in media, however they will get angry when you generate money that hasn't ripped off your clients. Delusional sales targets. Under resourced teams. Owners don't have a clue. Questionable sales practices. Manipulation of sales revenue to suit senior managers and make them look good to the board. Priority given to creating a corporate image and culture over individual brands. Commission plans not the best around and they keep on reducing your earning potential with each new FD. Salary dependent on relationship with leadership team. Paranoid management constantly surveying staff. Flexible working often only available to those with depression or stress related illnesses. Consistent revolving door of over paid consultants or temporary contract staff. Very political management team with open revolt against CEO. Laughable sales materials. You are expected to be on the phone all the time whilst some on your team will openly manipulate their call times. Good staff leaving all the time. Really high turnover. No investment in training or career development.