GlobalSpec Reviews

Pros

Flexible hours, good salaries, the best co-workers you can find and the benefits you get are very good. I recommend Globalspec as a company for acquiring experience,

Cons

The management is not aggressive or competitive. The company has been in business since 1996, but they can't figure out how to grow beyond the $40 - $50 millions per year. There are lots of promotions based on friendships.

Advice to Senior Management

Grow the company!! Globalspec's business model is based on the esistance of the Internet, but you do nnot take advantage of this. Grow the company!!

Pros

Good benefits, high commission rate and they have a great sales conference every year.

Cons

hard to sell unless you have talent.

Pros

Excellent Marketing Solution for Business to Business Lead Generation. Large Prospect database and plenty of room for growth as a company.

Cons

Little Training
Very little positive support
Compensation plan does NOT get you over $100K in 2 years (like they tell you in the interview process)
After 13 years no one knows who GlobalSpec is and there are only a few companies that provide Internet Marketing solutions for Industrial Businesses

Advice to Senior Management

No matter how many time the management reorganizes the Sales Force (and it happens about every 9-12 months) the reults are the same because the lack of competence from mid-level management stays the same. So much opportunity for this company if it were managed effectively.

Pros

They are a very professional company to work for. When you walk into the company's building it is clean and professional looking. It makes me proud to work there. All departments work great together and the departments support the sales group in every way possible. The company's products work and therefore very easy to stand behind and sell. I would suggest to anyone to work for this company if possible.

Cons

Sitting at a desk all day is different to me and can be uncomfortable at times.

Pros

Unique marketing resource
introduction into interactive media
vast prospect pool

Cons

Training is horrid
management is clueless
favoritism is so prevalent
sales are difficult to come by
poor marketing

Advice to Senior Management

The definition of crazy is to continually do the same things repeatedly and expect different results. This company continues to do the wrong things

Pros

they understand the employees have a life outside of work
its fun to work there
they listen to our needs

Cons

not enough communication between departments
most departments don't know what the other departments do or how they affect one another

Advice to Senior Management

A lot of things (at least in accounting) are still being done as if we are a small company, we need to re-evaluate

Pros

They care about their employees. The pay is decent and I am always treated professionally. Benefits are good, in fact they even offer tuition reimbursement to employees who are in school.

Cons

The departments are relatively small, so there are not a ton of room to move up in the company unless you move around in departments.

Pros

Excellent business model in the right hands. Client retention is above par and the people that work here, for the most part, are a great group.

Cons

The current leadership is not capable of growing this business beyond $50 Million when in fact it should be well over a $250 million media company by now. Horrible training and development practices have turned this model into a telemarketing boiler room and the prospect pool is well aware of this. Lower level management, for the most part, are merely metric driven with little ability to grow their teams professionally. Their guidance: Make more phone calls. The hiring process is stringent and once on board you are made to feel as though you know nothing by people who essentially know nothing

Advice to Senior Management

With the same people at the highest levels within the organization the company will continue to sputter along and make money for the investors. If the intent is to grow to a respectable level of influence within the markets served then the investors should bring in 'dot com leadership' .

Pros

flexible hours
casual environment
good idea exchange

Cons

not any opportunity for staff to move up

Advice to Senior Management

provide more challenging work to entry level staff
compensate and promote based on results

Pros

Great work life balance...management is very understanding and always available to help in any way. Great product with excellent results. Very high renewals and well perceived in the marketplace. Global territory, so you always have prospects to contact.

Cons

Great product, but hard to sell over the phone. Very long sales cycles on closing deals.

Advice to Senior Management

Very pleased with the current management in place.