Good luck - Senior Vice President of Global Sales GSM Systems Employee Review

2.0
May 15, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There really aren't that many reasons to work for GSM Systems unless you are looking to be in a very aggressive sales environment with little to no help getting work done efficiently and effectively.

Cons

This company is run by brute force which makes sense since their founder and managing director is a rugby player. Not that being a rugby player is a bad thing, but you just can't manage a company the same way. This same guy does not care one bit about his employees, he treats people with such disrespect that you question who brought this person up, zero manners and zero compassion. To his defense, he was an amazing salesman. There is practically no vacation time here and a work/life balance is non existent. You start at 6AM and are allowed to leave at 4PM but it is frowned upon to leave at 4. They used to pay for gym memberships but took that away. They pay for your breakfast ($5) but took that away for a while when sales were down. The company claims to Ben pro team environment but yet they promote poaching of accounts. There are snakes and they will poach your deals and screw you over. If the "snake" is a top salesman, management will let it fly as they only care about money. The morale of the sales team is very low and will easily cloud your judgement and bring your morale down too. The sales team talks a lot of trash about the company and it seems like not one person is truly happy there. Hate to be so honest but this is all the reality at GSM Systems.

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5.0
Feb 7, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Interesting company with a great social mission. Commission structure is a great incentive to stay focused and keep working hard. Great team; everyone wants to win.

Cons

6:30am start time can really be difficult to juggle if you don't live close by.

4.0
Aug 3, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity to travel, use your languages and interact with people from many cultures. A true eye opener for smart people who are looking for a challenge, may be tough for entry level associates who have not been exposed to an international business setting. While there is new competition in the traditional infrastructure space where the company got started 10 years ago, its service contract operations in emerging markets gives it a much more resilient future than any competitor in the equipment space. Other reviews saying the company has a limited future must have come from a disgruntled person who didn't make the cut, and who was not aware of the full scope of the current and future growth path.

Cons

Management in ny has gone through a transition in the last year so there was a shaky patch while the new team settled in. As mentioned above there is margin pressure in the core equipment business due to new competition. Now that a majority if the business is services management needs to step up efforts in training the whole team in services sales. Hours are early and can be tough if you like late nights.

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GSM Systems Response
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Dear Sales Associate. Thank you for your comments. As you correctly pointed out changes in the landscape in which we operate has affected our business. We view this as an opportunity to strengthen our approach to our core business and as always we value employee feedback such as yours.
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