Cbeyond – “Heavy door-to-door cold calling work day”

Pros

They do start you with a pretty strong sales training class that lasts about 6 weeks where they teach you about their products and sales techniques used in door-to-door sales. They don't just throw you out there to make a sale.

Cons

You have to visit 50 businesses per day at the minimum. It is achievable but if for any reason you come up even a couple short you are scrutinized for lack of effort. Door-to-door cold calling is also very degrading to a certain extent. You are treated like an unexpected guest all day every day which is very unpleasant. Very high turnover. Sales managers don't really care about you, just the number of sales you bring in every month.

Advice to Senior Management

Teach sales managers to be more supportive and less degrading in nature. Teach them to help improve their teams by leading by example rather then by degrading their sales associates.