Scam! Run away quickly! - Small Business Sales Representative ADT Employee Review

1.0
Jan 24, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people you work with are nice. Most managers are good people.

Cons

They trick you into getting the job by a sales pitch, they promise you 50k base and that 15 percent of reps make over 80k a year. Actually, reps with any experience make 30k a year and have second jobs that pay hourly. They stay with ADT because of the insurance. They promise you 3 company leads a week, give it to you for the first 2 months then pull them all away and say find your own leads and tell you to work a lead list you have to beg for which is normally 100 percent worthless. They micromanage every part of your day and then make you feel worthless by having conference calls to talk about your horrible day in front of co-workers. The pay is a joke, it is costing me money, wear and tear on my car and I feel like I have been scammed. Also, they hire as many reps as they can so they can make their numbers and don't care about individual numbers.

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Cons

Obviously, we all want more money, especially given the prices of everything, it's always nice to make more money, but I've checked the compensation and benefits in similar positions outside of ADT and I feel ADT is paying a fair wage and when I factor in the benefits package, they are above average in overall compensation.

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