Pros
- Nice location (downtown Bethesda, garage covered parking, metro accessible and plenty of restaurants/deli's nearby) - Free monthly parking pass or metro card - Very easily to get hired as long as you're willing to accept a low base pay. It's a big reason why they only target recent college graduates. - Up to $105 gym reimbursement every quarter - Casual dress code - XMas party every year - 8 to 9 federal holiday's every year - As an employee, you can earn a referral fee for bringing in a new hire. But the new hire has to be employed for at least 90 days.
Cons
- Very low salary. Base pay for a sales reps is 35k plus commission but the commission comp plan is dreadfully low. - There are no annual pay raises/bonuses since 2012 - No 401k match - There are mass lay-offs throughout the year. The turnover rate is ridiculously high. I have personally seen hundreds of people come and go. In 2018, Seneca One closed their FL office and fired everybody in that office. Also in 2018, the company fired almost all of the executive team and the majority of the sales team. I repeat... ALMOST ALL of the executive team (including the COO, CMO, CFO, CRO and 2 VP of Sales) and did not replace them. The company also fired the majority of the executive team in 2015. Please be aware. Don't say I didn't warn you. And don't be surprised if it's somebody you got to know really well or even yourself. - Major financial cutbacks. The company has pretty much stopped all direct-mail marketing because of the high costs. Executives had to get a pay reduction in-order to remain with the company or risk termination. They are limiting the about of travel a sales rep can make to clients. If a rep does travel, they have a very strict policy on how much they can spend. They even stopped serving donuts and bagels on Monday's. - The company has blocked or limited our access to the internet. No more social media, sports, shopping, youtube, weather, etc. - The company cut off access from a lot of co-workers to remote-in and work directly from home. Apparently, they want you in the office or don't come in at all. There's only a handful of people in the office who has the ability to work from home. - Sales reps are no longer able to price their own deals. Only the sales manager has that capability. That's unfortunate because if a rep has a client on the phone, they will not have the immediate ability to see how much they can offer the client. - There are limited company get-togethers, happy hours and corporate events. At the peak of Seneca One many, many years ago, there were monthly company events. - There is a vending machine in the kitchen but the drinks are not cold, bags of chips always get stuck and the machine does not accept dollar bills. - Cost of insurance (health/dental/vision) rises every year. - You cannot advance your career at Seneca One. The CEO will bring on an outsider rather than promote within. If there is an in-house promotion, it's only with a new flashy job title and absolutely no pay raise associated with it.