College Pro Painters Reviews

Former Employee – worked at College Pro Painters full-time for less than a year

Pros – Management Experience. You will learn marketing, sales, recruiting, training. College pro is a full entrepreneurial experience. You will be supported by your general manager along the way.

Cons – No Profit the first year. It is almost impossible to produce enough sales to cover the overhead costs. It will also depend on the profitability of your operations.

Advice to Senior Management – Lower the overhead

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at College Pro Painters full-time for less than a year

Pros – Taught good work ethic, showed some decent small business skills

Cons – Lack of real supervision/help. Fees are quite outrageous

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at College Pro Painters full-time for more than a year

Pros – There is quite a bit of autonomy. For some, not the majority, it can be a decent opportunity to make money.

Cons – There are several individuals each year that do not do well. For them, this "opportunity" can be a disaster.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at College Pro Painters full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Gained real small business experience while in college.

Cons – Long hours and not the best reputation.

Advice to Senior Management – Screen the new franchisees very carefully. This is not a position that many college students are able to be successful at.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at College Pro Painters full-time for less than a year

Pros – good peers not much else can be said

Cons – no money, too much work

Advice to Senior Management – Your secretive and manipulative

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at College Pro Painters as an intern for more than a year

Pros – Learn real skills that you can apply anywhere in your life at anytime. (priority management, conflict resolution, leadership, management) Accomplishing the hardest challenge you'll ever do and it's all because of your own hard work and development.

Cons – Defiantly not for everyone. If YOU don't work you can struggle.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at College Pro Painters

Pros – The learning and the skill development is easily the most intense and valuable part of the job. You are given responsibilities at an incredibly young age that most people won't see until well into their career. The ability to make decisions, learn from all of you actions and have the support of other people around you to help solve problems when they occur is unparalleled. I learned a thousand times more running this business than college could have ever taught me and not just about business, about life and myself. Pushing the limits, experiencing extreme highs as well as extreme lows prepares you for just about anything you will encounter later in life.

Cons – You work your ass off. if you are not willing to put in more time than you have ever had to work don't look into the job it will be too much for you. You earn every penny you make in this business and you know it. The low points can be painful and it is incredibly difficult to understand that the experiences that you are going through may not be paying off in terms of money, instead they are paying off in skill and learning (which translates into money later in life), You will work more hours and have longer days than ever before.

Advice to Senior Management – Tell it like it is, it's real easy and awesome to talk about the good stuff, but the bad stuff is what people usually need to hear to truly learn. The hard conversations need to happen early and accountability is important.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at College Pro Painters

Pros – Build real skills in leadership, sales, marketing, and financial management.
You can make great money
It is Challenging work - most people get the most out of jobs when they are pushed and challenged.

Cons – It's not for everyone and it's not for the faint of heart
You have to like challenge. This can mean long days and early mornings.

Advice to Senior Management – Make sure you hire the right people!
Training and follow up are key.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at College Pro Painters full-time for more than a year

Pros – great mentors, hands on learning

Cons – very difficult, high risk opportunity

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at College Pro Painters full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – - Gives you a chance to run your own business without holding your hand, but still giving you support when you need it
- Weekly goal setting/review meetings with your General Manager allow you to stay on course with an extremely difficult job
- You honestly learn more from taking the leap to run your own business for one year than in four years of undergraduate study at a university
- Perfect first entrepreneurial venture for someone testing out running their own business

Cons – - The epitomy of the 80 - 20 rule: the top 20% of the franchisees have 80% of the financial success
- It is the exact same as running a small business: you only make as much money running a franchise as the profit of your personal business
- Not for someone who is scared of failure
- Work-life balance is non-existent, they phrase running your own business as "you get to choose your 80 hours" and it is very true in this case

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to support your General Managers. They are the most underpaid, underappreciated employees I have ever seen.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company