The pay is bad. Like really bad. They hire you young and ready to work so you don’t have anything to compare it to. There will be many red flags in your interview (which you will probably ignore because everyone is pretending to be nice to you.) Your manager will have ZERO management experience followed by no formal training. They’ll keep your eye on the prize by telling you that “they are grooming you to be manager.” Ridiculous and strict work hours. 8:30am to 5:30pm doesn’t seem bad until you get looks for leaving at 5:30pm because they expect you to stay late….everyday! They give “homework” to do on weeknights and weekends. If you like being told when to use your phone, the bathroom and take lunch this will be perfect for you! If you like needing to get your emails (every one) proof read before sending to a client then this will be a good fit for you too. They’ll say its because “you’re new and they are helping you learn” but I’m still getting my emails checked and re-written for me.
Along with the pay being bad the benefits are worse. 10 PTO days to start and no sick days so if you do get sick you’re expected to use one of of your vacation days. But don’t worry, the next year you’ll get 20 vacations days so you should be so grateful. Everyone comes in the office sick and coughing and then they want you to do 40 high fives with each other whenever someone makes a sale. You’ll know I made a sale because I get to ring a small bell or a big bell and EVERYONE gets up from their seat, walks over and listens to me talk for 5 minutes about the deal I just closed. The other day I was up there screaming so people can hear me because they blast music from 8:45am until close. This isn’t your tranquil spa music this is blasting as loud as possible to create energy when really it just creates angry clients because they can hear profanity in the back ground.
I remember reading Glassdoor reviews before accepting the job offer last year. I thought “oh its just an upset employee who wasn’t the favorite…I’m sure its fine.” It is not fine. Its actually the opposite of fine. Do yourself a favor and avoid at all costs. And yes there are many offices around the US so maybe I’m not talking about “your office” but this culture runs deep and from what I’ve seen its everywhere.
You’ve been warned.
