Shred-it International Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Shred-it International full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Freedom is great and they treat you with respect..

Cons – Service and Billing and owned by investment company...

Advice to Senior Management – They're fine...just know that they are controlled by an investment group....

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Shred-it International full-time

Pros – Working outside and on your own much of the time. Very good sales managers and district sales managers in my territory. The company is conscientious and does a very good job in the context of the document shredding industry. Very good team work among the sales staff, account management staff and the service managers and service people. On a moment to moment basis it was fairly fun, but you have to enjoy cold calling. For the most part you work 8:00-5:00- you won't be working 'till 7:00 a normal night.

Cons – When they are interested in hiring you they will quote a salary range for your position and then when you receive the actual offer it will be the exact bottom number in the range. (Advice- tell them "no" and you will usually get more money.) Car allowance is inadequate if you have a geographically large sales territory- you will not receive enough compensation for the miles you drive (but the company keeps on adding fuel surcharges to customers to cover Shred-it's costs.) Salary is adequate for the midwest or smaller cities but if you are married and have kids and live in a major city your spouse will need to work as well. Commission program is not very good. The bonus program is awful. Revolving door for sales people. The sales role was presented to me as hunter role but it's not- it's a farmer/catcher role principally and whether you meet your numbers or not really depends on your territory and whether you will receive enough call in inquiries. (Example: if your territory includes lots of large law firms you will be in a good position. ) The company changes sales strategy with the wind. 1)We always shred on site and our service is worth a premium. 2)A few months later- we will match any price. 3)We are now offering extensive offsite service. Higher service frequency increases revenue. 4)Lower frequency saves us money. Here is the minimum service price.... It never ended- constant often changes in sales guidelines, often completely contradicting the previous guidelines. Lastly, in the regional offices there is really no opportunity for career growth, no next position to aspire to. Competitors are often much less expensive and they do the same thing- they shred paper. (This isn't rocket science.)

Advice to Senior Management – Develop a better commission plan. Reward your salespeople. Pay a higher base salary and the revolving door my spin much slower. Develop long-term sales guideline which can be counted on by your salespeople.

Former Employee – worked at Shred-it International full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Very flexible schedule, Little to no turnover, Diverse co-workers from all walks of life
After work team building exercises on Monday's, Tuesday's, Thursday's and Fridays
Attractive - friendly well put together MGT at least in the Miami branch,Get the job done
mentality spread throughout - almost infectious

Cons – At the end of the day your not curing cancer, your selling a grey box that holds paper.
You must come to terms with that on day 1 or you will be in for a world of hurt

Occasional meetings about when they were going to hold meetings

Advice to Senior Management – Sales are more important than fake appointments, don't inquire how
the sales came to be - Just be glad they did!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Shred-it International full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – only good thing was working 4 days a week

Cons – trucks.. management..unorganized..exhausted at the end of the day..no time for breaks

Advice to Senior Management – get csm that know the area and did the job before

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

Former Employee – worked at Shred-it International full-time for more than a year

Pros – Easy sale, decent pay, gas allowance, good commissions paid fast. The Hicksville office when I was there was such a tight knit bunch of guys that I wish I were still there. Everyone had each others back, no one poached, no back stabbing

Cons – Being a small branch there was no room to advancement which for someone looking to advance i wouldn't recommend but if being in sales long term is what your looking for then definitely a stable place to be

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Shred-it International full-time

Pros – Quality benefits package, including 401k and education reimbursement. In principal, it is a good service with legitimate security benefits to the company's customer base.

Cons – Company is managed by holding investors, and every move is blatantly with the idea of packaging for a future sale. Key layers of management, corporate and branch support have been cut to save salary expense, meaning many employees are being asked to do more and get less in return. Attempts to integrate new technologies have fallen flat due to poor conversion and implementation. Ultimately, most employees are terribly dissatisfied with the recent direction of the company, and customer's are clearly seeing how little they are being valued through each transition.

Advice to Senior Management – No advice would matter...it's extremely transparent that the company doesn't seek long-term viability. They are only seeking the best way to package and unload the assets to a willing buyer in the next year or two.

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 Shred-it International full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Work outside, always very busy

Cons – Back injuries, almost to busy

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

Former Employee – worked at Shred-it International

Pros – Co-Workers were amazing. Most were always willing to help and go extra mile when needed.
Great chemistry within the team.

Cons – Poor Reporting led to very under-paid commissions.
Best way to de-motivate a sales person...don't pay for what they sell.

Revolving door of management ever since founder's accident.

Advice to Senior Management – Get some consistent leadership.
Multiple changes at CEO is bad for morale and customer impressions.

Current Employee – been working at Shred-it International

Pros – The team I am working with is great.

Cons – The compensation is not great. I wish they would give more or give the opportunity to earn more.

Advice to Senior Management – Be open to ideas. Do not let any sale go by-afterall a sale is better than no sale.

Former Employee – worked at Shred-it International

Pros – There is no pressure at the beginning.but they add it as time goes by.They tell you when you are hired you can make 50k however no one seems to be able to work there for over a year. They hire and fire sales people on a weekly basis.

Cons – Management lies about everything.The place is truely a revolving door.No one but no one makes 50k per year no matter what they tell you.Why do you need 1 sales manager for every 3 salesman?

Advice to Senior Management – Protect all sales territorries,the senior manager gives all the leads to his pets.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend