TruGreen Area Manager Interview Questions & Reviews

Interviewed May 2011 (took 3 weeks)

This was quite an extensive proccess. First I did a phone interview with someone from hr, then the hr manager, then the Branch Manager. All along the way i had to go over and over my resume and experience of course. Finally after a few weeks of emails and phone interviews i was given an interview with the branch manager. He was totally unprepared for the interview. He didnt review my resume prior to the meeting and I could tell that he was intimidated by my experience and resume. After rehashing my entire work history in detail and explaining all my (MANAGEMENT and SALES) experience he told me that he would like me to start as a supervisor at half the pay because i lacked experience. (In my previous job i doubled almost 80% of all contracts values in upsells and increased profit to the company as a whole by nearly 30%...( and we are talking millions here not thousands of dollars.......... my commision for sales almost doubled my salary last year........ i guess thats what you call a lack of experience!) I managed about 50 employees and 4 supervisors, dealt with clients and did it all in about 45hrs a week.

I really feel as though the Branch Manager was totally incompitent! Its no wonder the company has such poor reviews. When you have these types of people in the key positions do you really think that they are going to be making the appropriate decisions when it comes to Sales, Service, or employee management? If you are thinking about applying for this company beware!!!!! Though dealing with servicemaster was easy and profesional. At the Branch level This company is useless.