What are pay increases like at Renewal by Andersen?

- Overtime is allowed up to 8 hours - Coworkers are nice - bonuses

There’s so many cons at this job. Everyone in different departments are related in some way, so good luck having anyone take accountability for anything. Also, everyone is white. Anyone who is a person of color doesn’t really have a leadership role. Leadership of my department was really annoying. I was bullied by one senior and micromanaged by the other senior. You do the work of every single other department because they’re ALL RELATED and throw the work on our department. Good luck getting a raise for the extra work they make you do!

Your coworkers were nice. I enjoyed going there daily.

Overworked with no support. They offered pay raise but did not get it for a month and a half. But I left before I received it because I was offered another job for more money. There are people that do very little work there and most people won’t come and help if you need it. And it isn’t fun when you find out that they are being paid more to an you.

- products are good - certain positions provided with work truck

- never managements fault - always fighting for your job - friends get promoted over hard workers - customer is never right - poor attention to employee details (pto requests, bonus payouts) - over paid management, underpaid employees - managers retaliate against employees looking for pay raises, promotions - very high medical - poor workplace moral - sketchy business practices - constant layoffs monthly for a small company - bonuses aren’t tracked/ go missing without any review

Pay is good … until it’s not

Abusive management along with a useless HR department . Stagnant pay with no chance of a raise . Terrible insurance $1000 a month for bad insurance for a family of 3

Consistent work. Overtime available. Supportive management. Good work-life balance if you need it.

Was frequently asked to work overtime and expected to meet metrics that were primarily out recruiter control in order to earn performance-based bonuses. Compensation grossly mismatched qualifications. Opportunities to advance did not include pay increases, just more responsibility and hours. Heard sexual comments at work and reports of sexual harassment at off-site work events. Frequently heard political and racial comments in the office.

By far the best team oriented work experience I've ever had. Other companies say they're like a family. My whole team actually feels like family. Semi-liveable base pay. No competition for sales, Bonuses paid base on free quotes (set appointments that demo). Normal work schedule starts later in the day depending on time of year (ex. Spring/Summer 11am-7pm). No starting at 7am exhausted. Usually don't deal with rush-hour traffic to and from work. Fantastic light excercise (walking up to 10 miles/day)

Not a lot of work-life balance. Work starts at 11, but to see real success, make "cold calls" from home starting at 7am and during any downtime throughout the day/weekend. (Phone numbers and names generated by proxys like Angie's list, etc). Processes for setting appointments change way too often to build a routine which translates to a decline in efficiency and professionalism at the door. Not a job for those who are easily offended or can't take potential verbal aggression from homeowners when knocking. Proximity department and In Home Sales department DO NOT see eye to eye. We are specifically trained and paid bonuses to get a sales person in the door (doesn't matter if homeowner buys) but Sales people want/need quality set appointments to produce sales and hit quota. (Ex. I set an app for a new homeowner for an energy efficiency test to see IF any windows are inefficient without seeing damage/issues with a window but they have drafts from somewhere. Salesperson arrives, sees nothing wrong, doesn't give a quote, inputs app as a "No Demo" and my numbers decline.) BIGGEST CONCERN: Boss makes promises to promote within 1 year if quota is consistently hit. 1 year later, consistency looks good, proven track record achieved, Boss says "good job, reach this new, higher quota for 6 more months and you'll be promoted". 6 months later, higher quota consistently hit. "OK just 6 more months to go". All the while, $1 raise, no extra bonuses. Management absolutely lies about promoting from within, because it is unattainable for anyone with any kind of life outside of work. Have kids? Forget this job. Have friends? You won't see them for months on end. Need sleep? Why sleep when you could be making calls. (Exaggerating only a little)

If youre lucky and suck up you can make decent money.

Sales managers in altoona is very incompetent and lazy. They like to belittle you in front of everyone and if he doesn't like you you won't be given many appointments and the appointments you do get will be low income households that aren't interested but were lied to to set up the appointment. They promise things all the time and never follow through. If he does like you you'll be working from 7am to 11 pm Monday through Friday and also expected to work sat and sunday no work life balance. Also they lowered the pay and wont tell you so everyone makes more money than you with no chance of a raise. Left this review on another site and they lied through their teeth in the response so just a heads.

Each RBA franchise is ran differently. I work for RBANW which home office is in Portland, Oregon. They service part of Washington, most of Oregon, and San Diego. I work under Operations which involves installing, ordering, measuring, service, warranty, etc. Installing is a great place to start, make some money, learn a TON about the process, and get into shape all at the same time. Is it hard on your body? You bet it is, but what construction job isn’t. I made about $70k my first year in 2020, but some make less if you are lazy and don’t put in the hours and don’t hustle. If you are in Portland, you can get well into 6 figures installing. I was remote so things are less convenient when installing and you don’t have warehouse people loading and unloading your truck everyday. Expect long hours installing and you are paid by piecework although sometimes you will get paid by your hourly wage which is determined by your skill level and experience. Some veteran installers have reported their pay has been changed around in their piecework to appear like they are getting a raise, but at the end of each year, their pay remains the same as year’s past which is interesting. If this is the case, I don’t think it’s intentional. Installing is a highly respected position and they make the magic actually happen. They are the ones who manifest the majority of the promises made previously and are looked at like superhero’s to most when they execute. I was proud to be an installer/superhero and took a lot of pride in my work. Early years of covid were extremely frustrating and challenging with the company and factory because of how overloaded everyone was and how little qualified work force was there to support it. 2023 & 2024 have been great. I have never worked for a company who takes care of their employees like the RBANW in Portland does. I’m always reminded by my wife who has a much different job and gets treated like a flaming bag of dog s*** by her leaders which gets me so fired up just thinking about it (as my watch buzzes at me to calm TF down). She may one day apply here when she gets too fed up. There have been others who have transferred to different RBA franchises and things are much much different over there- meaning the grass is not greener. In fact, the grass is sometimes is non-existent. Most that I have talked to miss RBANW a lot. One example I was made aware of in another RBA is management cares less, installs are lower quality, and this particular person got burnt out due to their work load after 6 months which is about 10-12 hour days and gets paid about 1/3 less than what they did previously at RBANW while doing the same work.. just a LOT more of it and it was not installing. I feel so bad for that particular person. I have a new company vehicle, company gas and credit card, and managers who care about me and listen to my struggles and are actually eager to help me. I can go on and on about stories regarding how they have taken care of me above and beyond throughout my time here. I have a lot of better things to do that don’t involve writing a review for my employer, but I feel obligated to due to how they improved my life over the past few years. No company is perfect, but it really does seem like this company is from my prospective. Maybe I’m just lucky. I’m convinced RBA NW is the best RBA franchise to work for in the nation due to the owner and president being very involved and generous. Sales is a little different from what I hear…

I really don’t have anything negative to say about the operations side of this business, but I’ve observed sales reps voicing their unhappy opinions about their side of things. This seems consistent throughout other franchises as well so I’m not sure things will change soon. It’s all second hand information so I’d rather not try to convey as I question the accuracy. What I do know is that if you are in sales, you are expected to close the deal on the first appointment which is a lot of pressure BUT they get compensated for it. If you make around $150k or less, you should expect to lose your job due to poor performance but not after additional training takes place. These windows are very expensive and they need very talented sales people to sell them otherwise people like me can’t get paid. For that, I’m very grateful for the sales team and what they do. They do not get a company vehicle, company gas or credit card, but can probably afford to buy all that and then some with the commissions they are paid. This may not be a Con depending on how you read it.

There were no probs to having this job.

Was the team lead canvasser for Tulsa division did everything our supposed "director" was suppose to besides pay everybody. I literally did his salary job everyday every week for $15 an hour, the same pay as all the other canvassers. I made the maps I kept up with everybody through the day, took them where they needed to go, drove the vehicles, made sure they had water for these hot days everyday, did regular training with them every morning to prepare them for the day. I literally did his entire job except pay us. Most bull company I have ever worked for.

There definitely is a high earning ceiling, at the location I was at we were on a 10% commission rate and with some job sizes exceeding 100k there is some serious ability to make good money. The training is paid as well, its nothing to write home about but as far as paid training goes its decent. The scheduling can be nice if you have the ability to work Sundays, if you do not (ie religious obligations) then its a little less forgiving.

The pay structure is awful. They do a split payment system where you get half of your check up front (usually about 3 weeks after you sell the job) and the other half after the install is complete and its processed (can be 15-20 weeks after you sell the job). They also have a policy where if the job does not get approved through their primary lender (happens frequently) then you dont get anything up front and you get it all after the installation (after they deduct fees). All of this to say that if you do not have MINIMUM 5-6 months worth of expenses saved up, or your income is not required to sustain and pay your bills, you might want to hold off. This company also floods the floor like crazy and with it being residential construction there is a serious dip in leadflow and quality of leads going into the cold months. Would recommend starting training at the beginning of the year so you can hit the field in the spring. The driving will suck. Thats a part of the gig thats just the industry but you can and you will have 2 hour drives to get to appointments. And if you happen to get that on an evening appointment you probably wont be home till 11-12.