Accord Group Reviews

Pros

-While you do have metrics to hit just like anywhere else, you still control your own schedule so you can work around what you need to. -It does require a lot of work during warmer months of the year, that being said if you work when you need to then you also get about 3 months of being 90% off and the other 10% is only sending paperwork that you can do from the comfort of your house. -You can make large amounts of money here and still have 3 months mostly off, have not found anywhere else you can do that. -Great people, the company wants to see you do well and will let you set your own reasonable goal, if you only want to make 60K a year then that is what they will manage you to, if you want to make 130K a year then they will manage you to that expectation.

Cons

- Door Knocking, most do not like it, but it is a necessary part of the job, this is how you help people. - Delayed paycheck, when the company gets paid you get paid but sometimes this process can last a couple of months until the final check comes through.

Pros

Coworkers are nice and one of the few good things about working here is the people you’ll meet

Cons

High pressure to sell and self generate leads via door knocking and reaching out to family and friends for potential sales. This is part of the job of course just was not very enjoyable, people yell at you when they answer the door. Flip you off etc.

Pros

Allot of freedom with this job. Chances to meet new people daily and help allot of them move on from a life changing event.

Cons

Pay, job scope accuracy. Allot of travel time as well.

Pros

You make your own schedule!

Cons

This review has been a long time coming…now that I have been removed from the experience for over a year now, I think I have gotten over the experience enough to write about it. First things first, from what I was told there have been a lot of changes since I left but I can only review my personal experience. With that said… Dustin Doll is the CEO. I have had minimal but meaningful interactions with him. This isn’t a con because he seemed so passionate and optimistic about the company that it made me hopeful. One of the core values that he emphasizes in his company is integrity and one of my most appalling realizations was that his managers/direct reports and some of my peers were totally lacking in integrity. That was my greatest disappointment. If you have integrity this is not the place for you. At all. You will actually be made to feel out of place if you have any integrity. If you are looking for a job with even a modicum of professionalism and civility, this is not the place for you. I was horrified at how unprofessional everything was. From the processes in general-training, sales, day of build activities, to communication, and general office culture. Don’t expect deadlines to be honored. Don’t expect things to be done in a timely fashion. Don’t expect management to hold themselves accountable for their mistakes. With this job, you get paid when your customer pays you. It was not at all unusual to have a simple problem repair go unattended for MONTHS therefore delaying your pay. Management always had an excuse of why they didn’t or couldn’t dispatch anyone to resolve the repair. It was embarrassing in terms of how it makes you look to your customers. You won’t have access to basic needs to run your business-like printing paper. Printing paper would be locked up to prevent people from “stealing”. Super toxic office culture with certain employees spreading their toxicity-temper tantrums, outbursts, yelling and berating other project managers and office members, throwing things at people were tolerated. It made for general unease in the office and felt unsafe at times. Horrifically sexist comments made during team meetings referring to women in very offensive terms, to racist jokes in work text messages…this is not the place to be a minority and/or a woman. I was given the feedback that while my concerns are valid, it upsets others as that is just the way things are. Disgusting. If you are looking to make money, I almost lost my shirt doing this job. I made less than $20k my first year and I did the company minimum of $400k in sales. There are some who make a lot of money but there is a high probability that you won’t even make enough to pay your cell phone bill each month. Be wary. Again, that was back in 2019. Hopefully this has changed and the company has made adjustments to their pay structure. I can’t say that management was incompetent but they were just unresponsive and didn’t seem concerned with actually managing. I have never experienced such a lack of support from management. As a new person who had no knowledge of roofs aside from being able to identify one, it was a super steep learning curve in which I lost a lot of potential revenue because I didn’t know what I was doing and thought I had support that wasn’t there. Example-I made $19 commission on a roof. I had no idea why I made so little and was totally perplexed. I spoke to my manager and he merely said, “that was an expensive project.” Why??? What made this project expensive? What could I have done differently to make more than $19? I had a build one weekend and needed a last minute purchase from Loews and since I was broke, I needed the company card. My manager had his phone turned off as weekends were “family time”. One of my peers called me and gave me the same feedback that everyone always had: Don’t ask him for any help. You can’t rely on him at all. I learned that the hard way. Numerous times. There are many other examples but this was just mind blowing as it is an expectation that we work weekends, so I had to show you how far the hypocrisy goes. The favoritism was just egregious. Meritocracy was overruled by nepotism and it set a really bad precedent to us newbies and the more seasoned employees who weren’t company favorites. I did two houses on a cul de sac and I was the only project manager working in this small community only to find out that the neighbor called the number on the sign in one of my customer’s yard and the lead was given to another project manager. I was confused when the homeowner approached me asking why no one showed up as I didn’t even know he called the office. It was unprofessional and embarrassing. When I left and had an interview for my next job they very conveniently asked me, “When was the last time you were in a challenging work environment?” Thank you, Accord Group for helping me nail that interview.