Red Ventures Reviews in Charlotte, NC

I have been working at Red Ventures full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great Insurance, Trips, Sales Prizes.....TV's etc

Cons – For starting Agents there are crazy hours (night hours) Open every day except thanksgiving and Christmas

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

I worked at Red Ventures full-time for more than a year

Pros – Trips instead of decent pay! Is that a pro?

Cons – Turnover of about 20%/month. Yes, that is per month, not year as you may have assumed. They talk about how they are always hiring, but you have to constantly hire to when 20% of your staff quits or gets fired each month. Makes interviewing about 50% of your job, even though it may not be in your "Marketing" job title.
They'll tell you again and again how great they are and how lucky you are to be there, like if they tell you enough, you and everyone else will believe it. They'll mask a 4:30 Friday meeting by providing beer. Really just a way to ensure no one skates out before 6:00 on a Friday.
Fun trip once a year if you're not a sales center employee. Too bad it's in place of decent compensation.
First bit of advice I got from a corp exec was to fire someone. This was the first day I started, and it set the stage for my perception of the company from there on out. Apparently they firmly believe in management through fear, and it comes from the top.
Sound like a a place you want to spend 1/2 of your waking life?

Advice to Senior Management – Show some respect for the fact that people count on a paycheck to provide for their families.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Red Ventures full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great facilities at Red Ventures. Tons of jobs always open for hire.

Cons – High turnover. Feels like there is a divide between corporate and Sales side of the company.

Advice to Senior Management – There is reason for high turnover. Just saying...

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Red Ventures full-time for less than a year

Pros – They will typically let you work as much as you want so in fact you're commission are "limitless"
Awesome onsite cafeteria, really cheap prices.
They do try to reward successful employees as much as possible. (ie gift cards, electronics, etc)

Cons – Mandatory overtime, meaning nine hours on the phone saying the same sales pitch over and over.
You will work nights and weekends, also expect to work almost every holiday.
You will notice the turnover from week one.

Advice to Senior Management – Take care of the employees that have good numbers. Seems like the only employees they retain are the one's that have some of the worst numbers in the center.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Red Ventures full-time for less than a year

Pros – Pays well, nice ammenities in workplace

Cons – High turnover, unfavorable corporate culture

Advice to Senior Management – Treat your employees in the call centere better

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

I worked at Red Ventures full-time for less than a year

Pros – The food and the staff at the cafe is incredible.Always superb. The work environment is clean. You are given lots of information when you are a new hire that leads you to believe that this compnay really cares and wants you there. If you just work hard they are behind you and will help you. That they have great benefits and are there to support you.

Cons – You find out you are merely a mosquito ready to be removed at anytime. If you do accept just know that at ANY time they can say bye. Regardless of hard work or ethics. After working at a Fortune 100 company and knowing what makes a company successful this is at the opposite end. The manipulation of the numbers is really scary. The turn-over rate is astronomical. That is why they are always hiring. They say "oh, not a good fit", no, there is a problem when you have that high of turn-over. They can have great benefits because no one really stays long enough to use them.

Advice to Senior Management – Ric Elias is great, I don't know if he really knows how those different units operate and what they do to get those numbers to impress him.

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

I worked at Red Ventures full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Although my career as a Master Sales Agent 3rd degree and four and a half years working with Red Ventures has come to an end (by personal choice), I will forever think fondly of Red Ventures. This review is unsolicited, and the reason I am writing it is to make sure all of my former coworkers know that I did not leave with a negative taste in my mouth. I owe this company the sales knowledge that I have. They have given me a wonderful gift in developing a talent that I never knew I had.

When I think of the pros for working for this company, the names of all of the great minds that make this company a success rapidly come to mind. The company has amazing talent, from the sales force all the way up to CEO's, which I commend for really making an effort to make sure that everyone has a wonderful experience working with the organization.

The following is based upon my experience with the INDIANLAND, SC center.

The pros for a salesperson with Red Ventures begin with training. I have worked on several businesses within Red Ventures and every trainer has been instrumental in my success. Product knowledge is thorough, salesmanship is down to a science, and the marriage of the two will give you everything you need for success if you apply yourself. This is easy to do when you combine what easily could be boring information with absolutely talented trainers that keep you engaged the entire time.

Once you hit the floor, you are armed with knowledge, and an overall great management team that care about your success with the organization. This is achieved by basing the management comp plan on agent performance, ensuring that you get the coaching and feedback necessary to succeed. If you are not coachable and take feedback poorly, DON'T WORK HERE. You will be wasting your time. I have seen so many people get fired for poor performance, that were given the same chance as myself, but refused to make the changes necessary to succeed. You must take personal responsibility for your performance with Red Ventures.

The next pro is that Red Ventures wants every agent to feel that they are being rewarded for performance. There are daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly prizes that range from gift cards to cruises, and everything imaginable in between. Agents are often polled to see exactly what prizes would motivate them the most. Commissions are fair. There is a Master Sales Bonus that comes monthly if you perform well and remain with the company for more than a year. The majority of promotions are internal, allowing a transition into corporate if you have a great track record and a matched skill set.

The facility is absolutely amazing. A cafe that serves up a wide variety of meals at an affordable price point ($4 for main course and a side, for everything!). A basketball court, putting green, gym, outdoor terrace, make the amenities of the Charlotte unmatched by the majority of companies. There are housekeepers daily cleaning the restrooms and cleaning the break areas, making it a clean environment. There is an endless supply of Keurig K-cups to keep you energized all day long for free. It is a workplace that you really can be proud to go to work each day.

Cons – The schedule can be unaccommodating at times. Although workforce attempts to work with you, the schedule is based on business needs. This is something anyone that works for this company should really think through before taking a position. They will let you know this in the interview. Let them know your schedule constraints prior to being hired.

Monotony was the ultimate deciding factor in my departure. Four and a half years of back to back calls gets really old. This is the nature of the beast though, and as I looked at it as a con towards in the end, it was this kind of volume that made me succeed in the beginning. If you can't handle a repetitive sale, this may not be the job for you. One plus is that if you do get tired of a sale, there are other businesses you can switch to.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep working close with sales agents to make the job better. Create a program that after 3 or 4 years, you can work 100% from home, if something like this were available, I probably would have stayed.

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

I have been working at Red Ventures

Pros – You can make somewhat decent money if your selling the right product. Benefits are BCBS so that's good. The cafeteria is nice and good discounts. Easy to get the job if your desperate that why there are so many recent graduates who work here

Cons – They are really inflexible with all employees. They ask for OT but never give PTO when needed. The management are a bunch of kids that just managed to kiss the right butts. It's a High School hierarchy. They basically don't care at all about the sales force. Chew em up and spit them out. The compensation scale has gone down drastically in last 12 months while the qualifiers have gone up. They only get high employee ratings because the make your take the survey online from your desk and everyone knows they have the ability to figure out who's bad mouthing them Fear of losing your job is the only motivation the sales force has. I've seen 9 out of the original members of my team leave most by firing in the yr. I've been here. Cant wait till I can tell them to shove it.

Advice to Senior Management – The managers are mostly 25 and younger and just do whatever the higher ups tell them. I haven't encountered a decent manager since I've been here. Hire some people that can actually help the people who are stuggling get better so the turnover wont be so high.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Red Ventures

Pros – Red Ventures is constantly pushing the envelope and innovating what we do. I feel lucky everyday to work with such intelligent and driven individuals. It's very fast paced and decisions are made really quickly, which is refreshing, when some other companies move very slow. Our facilities are absolutely amazing! We have a workout gym, full basketball court, bistro on site, and a really unique design of the building. We have weekly meetings on Friday with beer where we talk about updates from the week and introduce new employees. I like that we do things like this to help make a large company feel small. My friends that don't work at RV always tell me that I work in a dream world. They can't imagine having the work environment that I have. I really like working here and enjoy the people I work with!

Cons – RV is a very performance based and fast paced company. Employees are pushed to not settle for average and are held to very high standards. This type of environment may not be right for everyone and I think this is why there are some negative reviews on here. The company won't allow employees to not work hard and innovate their particular job functions. I find this exciting, but if you can't handle pressure, it may not be right for you.

Advice to Senior Management – I think your doing a good job. I like the open communication we use in the company and I know I'm in good hands with all those Harvard grads!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Red Ventures

Pros – Casual dress
Good benefits
Some great co-workers and managers

Cons – No doubt or argument here: sales people and even sales managers are looked down upon
No matter how good your performance and insight, any ideas you have are not taken seriously because "you are just a salesperson or just a sales manager"
Turnover is INSANELY high
Quality assurance is firing loads of people for mundane, bias interpretation of intent on calls-skewed rules
They choose to "lay people off" that have seniority, yet continue to hire new employees (and then lower the pay for the new group)
Pay changes about once per month, you can never plan anything in your life, (including tax withholding's) because of the dramatic and frequent pay changes
EXTREMELY stressful environment

Advice to Senior Management – Salespeople are people that have families and needs just as you do, and you should treat them with RESPECT AND EQUALITY; especially as compared to your corporate employees.

Just because you have hundreds of people showing up at job fairs should not mean that your current employees are any less important or less valuable. Treat people how you would like to be treated because it is the right thing to do. Stand up for family values and follow your conscious.

You can't "fake" raising company morale with just words. There needs to be action behind what you say you follow. Don't follow other corrupt companies that are just "making a quick buck" off the bad economy by screwing workers because they can. I still believe that RedVentures can be better than that and be a leader by doing the RIGHT thing.

You have an opportunity to lead the community and country by example- Let's hope the example is a good one. The devil in what's going on now is in the details.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend