Shred-it International Reviews

Pros

Family atmosphere. Good pay and benefits

Cons

No systems for customers or billng

Advice to Senior Management

Find strong leaders at the top and reduce turnover

Pros

Great team of coworkers
Flexibility
Decent benefits

Cons

Micro management
Misleading promises regarding earnings potential
50+ percent turnover
Lack of management support
Impossible sales goals
Treat employees like children

Advice to Senior Management

Consistent communication of reasonable objectives and a greater push toward teamwork would make this a much more pleasant place to work.

Pros

comraderie
some benefits (paid holidays, vacation, sick)
meet and greet customers
some good coworkers
minimal incentives or compensations
day shift
being outdoors

Cons

mismanagement (csm, rsm, etc.)
poor equipment (outdated trucks)
no loyalty
no teamwork
miscommunication
negative feedbacks from management towards employees
procedures are not followed
not consistant with other shred-it branches
little employee appreciation (incentives or compensations)
all about the revenue
no chance for advancement
customer info not up to date bec. administration does not correct them or dragging

Advice to Senior Management

Your employees, especially the CSR's, are the ones that communicate with the customers on a daily basis. CSR's are the common bond that your customers relate to Shred-it. A great CSR is only as good as you treat them. CSR's should be treated fairly and respectfully as they would to you. Remember, no one wants to create a union.

Pros

They wine and dine you in the first Month or so of empolyment. Also has a very good compensation plan great way to earn lots of money.

Cons

Goals are extremely tough to reach. When you are not the only shredding company in the area it is difficult to compete with companies who can undercut you. It is remarkably difficult to sell a value, rather than a service or product.

Advice to Senior Management

Needs to evolve with the market. Need to look for new services or products to add onto current company. Maintain stability at the management positions.

Pros

Concept is great
Pay is compedative

Cons

Discrimination
Chaos
Treated unfairly by Senior Management

Advice to Senior Management

Understand that people is your most valuable asset

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.

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.

Pros

Good potential for international travel, typically good people to work with. A vast network of corporate branch and franchise locations offers a wide cross section of experiences.

Cons

Too much travel, phony smiles, lack of honesty. The Senior management in this company fool themselves into thinking that smiling is being nice. They are two different things. Quite often, employees are under review without even knowing it.

Advice to Senior Management

Adopt a tough and true direction, stop lying, and spend more time looking at abilities of Sr. Mgmt instead of how they look on paper.

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.