High turnover of all local positions. Most people have been in position less than a year. 7 managers in 7 years
Haven't received an annual performance review in years
Regional and national management are oblivious to how to do the job.
Company did a mass title demotion from managers (ASM) to specialists (ASDS)
Commission only
Continue to hire unqualified Home Depot management that have no manufacturing or sales experience
Creating new local management positions to micro manage sales reps
Increasing the quantity of weekend hours required
Take away high performing accounts that you built therefore decreasing your commissions
Dependant on understaffed Home Depot to generate sales leads
Most expensive product on the market
Installers are third party and not always dependable
Manufacturing plant employees tend to be low skill and put out subpar product
Low quality new hire program, so it's probably going to take you 6 months to figure out the position
Make you create fake facebook accounts to sell online
Weekly conference calls that provide no new information and add no value
No cold calls, but once you have a customers information they want you to keep calling for up to 2 years
Clearly plans to decrease future sales force through more automation. Wouldn't be surprised to see an offshore call center created