Standard Sales Associate, Summer. Good life lessons, a different kind of job. - Sales Representative OPEG Employee Review

2.0
21 May 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Does Knocking on doors in PG county, MD trying to sell families Verizon in the hot summer heat sound attractive? Then this is the job for you. If you are successful at it then you will earn pretty good coin here. The people in the office are usually willing to help new employees. *you do build valuable character skills doing this job. good exercise...

Cons

-You have no idea what the job is until you get there. (This is a door to door job selling television cable) - Long hours, M-S, 12:30 to 8:30,9 typically. -rejection is daily, failure is daily, frustration is daily -typically exhausted after work because of the walking. Some employees almost jog from house to house -Any job sucks but this one I would say more than others. They say you can move up and get your own office but in reality even if you sold more cable than anyone else it would still take at least 2 years and that is not for sure. You could always be stuck selling cable. Offers no office experience. People look down at door to door salesman especially future employers. (My boss now hates it)

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5.0
29 Oct 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Great People, Great Environment, Loved coming to work every day

Cons

I had trouble working part time....It is a position that needs full time commitment

2.0
16 Oct 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Emily and chris are great people to work with...young, vibrant, interesting individuals who have worked hard to get to their positions. They consistently remain professional whether you're at the office or out at "team night ". The "account representatives" aka "door to door salesmans" are very welcoming and willing to teach you until you become a "leader".

Cons

They fool you by saying the administrative assistant position is filled and to cokme in for another position. If you're desperate, you'll take it like i did. You start off as a trainee where you learn a system and a bunch of theories.Honestly, once you become a "leader", they treat you like second class citizens. Their ways of motivating you consist of a "paid day off" or a chance to attend some conference. Majority of your day is spent playing childish games until you head out in the rain, sleet or snow to sell Verizon. There's no guarantee that you will sign someone up everyday ...even though they tell you during the interview that you will make $500-800 a week. I barely made $100-200. You never get to go out with the people you are closest to...so it defeats the purpose of wanting to mingle. They claim to give you great entry level service but this isnt the job for people who are used to getting paid for the amount of hard work and time they devote to this.

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