Not a good company. - Anonymous employee STL Executives Employee Review

Let me begin by stating that this company, and the positions offered by STL Executives, will suit some individuals. You may find that you enjoy a DOOR to DOOR sales position, with a 100% commissioned based salad, and 8am-9pm hours. Yes, I said 8am-9pm. The company states, as do the many responses written by the management team on Glassdoor, that the hours are 11-8pm. But that is not accurate. You are told to come in early and "practice the pitch". If you do not, management and other employees label you as lazy. I know this because I witnessed it. Additionally, the rule of thumb is "the last door you can knock on is 8pm" that doesn't mean you head home at 8pm. That means you get picked up at whichever suburban neighborhood they leave you at, more than likely Chesterfield area, at 8pm and then drive home to the building in the Central West End (CWE). Upon returning after your 30 minute drive, you are encouraged to play games and your trainer will break down your day. After that nonsense has subsided, then you may leave. Concluding your day @ 9pm. With that long intro over, the purpose of my review is give a true account of my experience at STL Executives. The company predicates itself on delivering misleading information during the candidate selection process. In other words, yes they do tell what you will be doing there during the interview, but they do it in a way that makes you believe you are doing something completely different. Moreover, they want to attract individuals, preferably college students who have been fed worrying statistics about how hard it is to get a job in your field of study, and feed them business-style vernacular that will lure them in and get them in the door. It is BECAUSE of this fact, that I believe I have an OBLIGATION to inform anyone who comes across this post of exactly what they road they are entering. Only then, with the truth at there disposal, can they decide if they want to pursue a career with STL Executives. Let me list what I believe are the most important aspects you should know about this company: 1.) As I have perviously stated, this is a door to door job. My first week was being dropped off in Chesterfield with a trainer and walking around a neighborhood knocking on doors. I was completely surprised when we slowly walked to his car, after being handed a list of addresses, and started driving for 30 minutes while he made me answer questions about the "pitch". 2.) The office culture is hypocritical. They push "professionalism" but very rarely do they back it up themselves. 3.) I had to go to court and plead guilty of a soliciting violation because my trainer did not have a permit in that area. As stated on someone else's response, STL Executives do pay your fines. But does that really matter? 4.) My door to door life began in Chesterfield, but quickly moved to an area where economic poverty was everywhere. A trailer park to be exact. A lady said it was illegal for me to be here and told me she called the police. This was a day AFTER I had just received my solicitation ticket. A few days later, in a new area, an employee said to me at 8:10pm that we needed to leave because the lady across the street has just called the police. 5.) Those "trips" they keep bragging about are trips to surrounding cities where you stay in a hotel and conduct the same routine as you do in St. Louis, door to door. 6.) If you have a car, you will drive everywhere. An employee asked me to take him to his house so he could pick up some things. He also told me, after making $0 that day and spending $45 on filling up my gas tank, that my attitude is poor. Seriously? 7.) I hope you like spending $15 a day on fast food because that's where you eat lunch. McDonalds, Subway, etc. At this point, I want to stop as I believe I have had said enough. But trust me, there is more to be said. As you can see from each comment posted on Glassdoor prior to mine, the company boss always has an explanation, or in my eyes an excuse, for each negative experience someone had and I'm sure he will have a response for me too. But that does not bother me, not if you hang around the company long enough and see the type of characters they are. I hope everyone reading this can see the emerging patterns being exposed throughout these reviews. If each negative comment states the same experiences over and over, and the rest of the comments are saying "OMG, Amazing Experience", red flags should be raised.