Now that you have read the pro's, please read carefully about the con's of working here. This is not anything against Goosehead, this was just my personal experience/ input. I highly encourage you to do your due diligence on this firm and dig deep with your corporate recruiter about this role. I learned my lesson from not doing it and that's my own fault. I am only posting this because I wish somebody would have written this for me to read before hand. That said, here are the con's fully laid out for you.
1. The compensation is a draw. Do not let a recruiter tell you that the 40k isn't, because it is. Here is how the comp is actually broken down: You do not make a base salary plus commission. You make your base salary OR you make commission.. it is the higher of the two, not one on top of the other. That said, if you get paid $1200 on your first or second paycheck, but you also did $1,000 in commission that month, you will not see the $1k commission. You will not see commission until you've hit your 10k or 20k milestones. Please keep that in mind, because if you are looking to make your $40k plus whatever you sale, it's not going to happen.
2. If you want a work-life balance, forget about working here. You either live, eat, breathe Goosehead or you have that balance but don't make any $ / see any results. Your hours are not 8-5, maybe not even 8-6. They will ask you to work weekends if the office is behind on goal. I have several friends who work across the different TX locations and who have quit because they were so mentally drained and burnt out. The recruiter might tell you "you get to make your own schedule, or it's up to you because what you put in is what you get out" and while to some extent that is true, it's also not. Maybe after 3 or 4 years you can do that, but please know for at least the first 2-3 years, you are most likely working long hours. This is not a relaxed role where you come in and take it easy.. so if that is also what you're looking for, don't work here.
3. If you're unsure of what the Account Executive position means - in short term, you are basically selling insurance policies. With all due respect, most of us did not go to a 4 year University, to sell property and casualty insurance to our friends and family. (Side note: if you do want to sell insurance, there are a lot of independent agencies that do not require a 4 year degree and you can do just as well). This is not an outside sales role for the first 12-15 months. All you will be doing is cold-calling, trying to get people to bundle their insurance or convince a loan officer / mortgage lender to give you their business. If you are not comfortable with those two things, I would not suggest taking the account executive role. The role was pitched to me as an outside sales role, where I would spend majority of my time out of the office building relationships and this couldn't be further from the truth, especially not in your first 6-12 months.
4. You're going to see some good reviews on here, which makes sense because these are people who are either playing into the political game (aka trying to get promoted), a manager, or somebody who's spent their whole life here. PLEASE reach out to any former employee on Linked In and ask them how their experience was, because a lot of people who have left... have never looked back. The turnover rate is extremely high and people will drop like flies, so do not be surprised if half of your training class is gone by month 6.
5. Hardly any diversity and I'll leave it at that.
