Misleading and Unprofessional - Anonymous Employee Breakaway Marketing Employee Review
- 1.0Jun 16, 2014Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee
Pros
Sales experience, you'll be selling DirecTV subscriptions in Costco stores
Cons
From the outset, you are misled. Initially they offer a payment structure of 10/hr + 150 per DirecTV subscription that is sold as commissionable pay. The night before I began working I was informed that there is a minimum commission level that must be met in order to receive any commissions. For example, if your minimum commission level is set at 450, you must sell at least 4 subscriptions to receive any money from commissions (from what I gathered 400+ seemed to be what most employees' commission levels were). In addition, you don't receive a commission unless DirecTV is installed at the residence. Considering that DirecTV cannot be installed in apartments, heavily wooded areas and any residence in which the Line of Sight is blocked (occurs 20% of the time), I'd say that around 40% of your sales are not going to be completed installs. Management acted very unprofessional. Managers went behind employees' backs and bad mouthed them in a very demeaning way. Overall, I'd recommend staying away. All of these red flags occurred within my first day of employment, so I can only imagine what else is being hidden. However if you're interested, make sure to ask a ton of questions before accepting so you know exactly what you're getting into.
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Breakaway Marketing Response9yDear Sir/Madam Breakaway Marking thanks you for you time and hard work you have given us. If there was any miscommunication on how the pay structure works we do apologize. Our pay structure is very fair and reasonable, and we are always willing to discuss payment options so that everyone is very pleased. At Breakaway Marketing, we hold ourselves to the highest levels of professionalism. We do not talk behind our team members backs, but at the same time we do take these matters very seriously and will look into this subject. We value your opinion, and we thank you for it. If there is anything else you wish to talk about, please come by the office or feel free to give us a call. We wish you the best of luck your future career. The Breakaway Marketing Team
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