Pros
culture, but that ain't paying my bills Thick skin, going door to door is intense and I will forever be grateful for the tough person I am for it If I could take the culture with me to another job I would, but the bs that comes with it just isn't worth it.
Cons
-Fresh out of college? Turn away NOW. They will leach onto you, show you this great video where people look so happy to work at Power (sent it to my parents to try and convince them this wasn't a scam job), and you'll be told how AWESOME compensation is... . ha. - when you ask about door-to-door/sam's club they will make sure it sounds temporary, but while I was here they mislead people who were decent or better at those jobs and consistently told them to "hold on", "you're almost there" and a year or two later they are STILL in those positions. GREAT JOB MANAGEMENT. - I was even told that I would be taking a "tour" of some sort to pick out which job I wanted. I wanted sales. I was constantly told to just trust the process.... over and over again... - The only people they hire for sales are if you're 24 and older and have some past job experience. You will go door to door for however many months; they told my ex coworker they were going to go door to door or sam's for 90 days- they were in it for 5 months... - Sales: to my knowledge, you do not get gas/car compensation until you make $1mil for the company. YES, $1million. $0 given for wear and tear, gas, tolls, etc. until then; You are also told you get a bonus paid out to you of about $5K once you are done with your "90 days" of training; To my knowledge, that isn't given in a full lump sum and is very misleading (shocker) -If you are hired for sales, congratulations. I hope you make it. Good luck- it's a mix of rewarding, frustrating pile of repetition. However, if you make it, they have a banquet to honor you and stroke your ego among the other large, coke head egos there. - Marketing: door to door, "sorry to bother you", pushing for free estimates, I was in neighborhoods where people already hated power or where people were there before, no money; there were times we were left without a bathroom where we would pee in some woods, alley ways, neighborhoods- they even did that to a girl who worked with us - you will go door to door in the winter, it is awful, hardly anyone will bonus, a giant group of us made our base of $26k, so yes, $900 every two weeks.... lovely - hours in the vans, driving around, bottles full of pee, no lunch break on your own- you are required to eat in the car or grab something at walgreens then back to the van - Sams club, you are next to the direct Tv, telling people "oh hey we are just asking members today..." to convince them to get a free estimate on their crap windows (: wear some supportive shoes or your back will be messed up.. - Bonus structure: You might be told "Oh you'll make $200 EVERY appointment" FALSE. You have to have 4 of your appointments either sell or go "out" meaning a sales rep was able to get through their 3-hour presentation, you get a bonus for 4, 6, or 8 appointments made in a day, a certain amount starting around $100 for about 20 appointments made; there were a few instances I got 3 estimates one week and 1 the next (which was still difficult to do) and I wasn't able to get a bonus. - there were times I had appointments set out in places like Indiana, and mysteriously all of them would go cancelled because of "schedule conflicts" when these people are in Indiana with nothing else to do. Power's management WOULD cancel appointments because they wouldn't have enough sales reps or time and put the blame on you.... - Lastly, it was brought to my attention that ex employees were being harassed about a previous glassdoor review, being asked to take it down and being questioned when managers should be okay with a bad review here or there. BE AWARE OF FAKE REVIEWS MANAGEMENT WRITES. They were upset because they had 4 souls turn down Power because of the review. How sad): - Managers: constant lying, again they use the "it's just on the horizon" approach where you feel like you're almost there and a year passes and you are then told "another year" to get what you want after putting in literal blood, sweat and tears. - If you are being talked to by a current power employee, PLEASE know they are itching to make a $1000 referral bonus off of you and will also lie to you in order to get that once you stay 90 days, same with the managers too; to make up for the sausage fest Power is they even offered a larger bonus if a woman was hired....