Wasn't what it should have been - AEP Sales Representative SelectQuote Employee Review

2.0
Jan 19, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Hourly employee, good crash course into sales by training staff, good time off structure, lots of free amenities, bonus system while training is very helpful I think there are a good number of people in mid-level management that genuinely care about their employees and the service provided by the company can be genuinely helpful if the agent isn't greedy.

Cons

While they are very ambitious, there's a total lack of actual direction taking place. Everything happened with a general feeling that things weren't well thought out. New plans were offered without any actual idea on how to pitch them well and systems for the plans were not ready at all. Lost some business in result and know of others that had. Decided to drop in a AWF system right before that didn't work well. You constantly had to fight it to get volume and really what good is a system that you have to clear the cache and restart everything over and over and over again? It's not. They felt understaffed for the prior AEP, so I think they knee jerked a bit too hard and overhired for AEP in 2018. There were an awful lot of agents just sitting around picking their noses for hours on end. Very stressful when you're being judged every single moment you're in the building, every single day. Hard to get the talk time to rack up the opportunities to generate the sales when the calls aren't flowing in. But alas, they passively hinted that you should hang around for 10-12 hours per day to wait for those phones to ring off the hook. If you struggle in a week of time, you could be knocked down into a garbage tier in terms of sales people hierarchy and once you're in you may never get out and be shown the door. Your day starts at 8 in the morning, when most retirees would rather you not call them till later in the day. The company insists you harass them anyhow, which makes them angry and they just hang up and block you. You will be told all sorts of wild tales during recruiting, but don't expect hardly any of them to actually come true. When I brought attention to issues I had, they insisted that it was actually my fault and I was definitely doing it all wrong and should have been doing the things I was already doing. After mentioning that I had been following those steps, I got a shrug of the shoulders and was told to just wait. I really wanted to like this job and make it work, but it just wasn't happening nor was it going to happen considering side jobs were bringing in higher income than SelectQuote. Also, according to core agents in the main building, compensation structuring changes quite frequently and it's never to the benefit of the agent. Insurance for families is ridiculously expensive and retirement investment options are probably the worst I've seen in my entire working life. By the time I had notified by a certain manager that they were moving in a different direction, I had already long moved on.

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SelectQuote Response
7y
Thank you for sharing your opinion. We regret that you did not have a positive work experience. Our sales environment is indeed a​ highly competitive and dynamic one, and we are always upfront about this. Although we ​do strive to prepare employees for this reality it may not be a fit for everyone. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.

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Cons

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Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We're thrilled to hear you've enjoyed working with such a supportive team and that you feel SelectQuote is committed to doing right by our associates. Creating a positive workplace where our people feel valued is a priority, and we're grateful for your recognition. Thank you for being part of the SelectQuote team, and we wish you continued success!
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Jun 29, 2026
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Pros

Work from home. This is NOT a remote position and you are expected to be wired with an ethernet connection. Them promoting these roles as remote is false advertisement

Cons

MULTIPLE open law suits, some that are highly concerning for the companies ability to remain operational in the near future. The activities covered in the open law suits are STILL happening, including steering and TCPA violations. You will talk to people who have been called by the company 5 or 6 times just that day and you WILL be cussed out for it. There is a constant threat of layoffs hanging over your head, seriously, they'll brag about record profits and 20 minutes later hold a meeting to talk about potential layoffs. THE GOALS ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING. Your managers will CONSTANTLY be changing, so do NOT expect any kind of stability with this company. The health insurance is wildly expensive if you have a family to cover. You are expected to mislead people. As others have said, SelectQuotes main leads come from TV, internet and social media ads promoting a multiple-thousand dollar food card. To low-income seniors. Who then have their souls crushed to find out there was never a food card. They have now also started hijacking callers to other insurance companies. Meaning you'll take a call and the person will say I called the number on the back of my insurance card, what do you mean I'm not calling my insurance?! Oh and when that person doesn't "opt-in" it counts against you. THE GOALS ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING. You will be paid minimum wage. Yes, you earn commissions and during AEP those can be multiple thousands of dollars a month (for 2-3 months) but the other 6-9 months of the year you are lucky to break $1000 commission and since they're paid as a bonus you lose 40% of that to tax. You are also not guaranteed to actually make the commissions you earn. If your QA score is .01% below their ever changing goal, your commissions are deducted. If the mail order pharmacy sign ups you completed didn't actually start their service for ANY reason, even the ones fully out of your control, your commissions are deducted. THE GOALS ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING. During AEP, you are required to work overtime and weekends. They'll tell you it will only be the occasional weekend, but I worked almost every one last year. I was working 7 days a week, with NO time off! You are given PTO, but they have limited how much PTO they'll grant per day, so you now have calendars with whole months blacked out, months in advance. And you cannot request based on future PTO, so if you don't already have the hours you can't request it and it will end up blacked out before you have the PTO balance available. Policies are not applied equally throughout the department, what is okay for one employee is not for the next. THE GOALS ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING. If you're internet goes out, it will count as an occurrence. If their systems go down or have issues and you are unable to complete calls, it will count as an occurrence. I am watching coworkers drop like flies after announcing in team chats they are burnt out, exhausted, tired of being/feeling abused. I have watched management promise those employees stability, support, training, etc and seen none of that followed through on. Management will tell you there "will be" opportunities to advance in the company, next year, but until then, nothing. No annual raises or COL adjustments in this role. You will take back to back to back calls, 8 hours a day, every day of the week. ACW expected to be below 2% TOTAL. You will lose your voice. You will have UTIs during AEP. You will also not be able to take time off to see a doctor for those things, even if you can afford the insurance. Most of your coworkers will also be, very obviously, using hard substances during the busy times and it makes for an extremely uncomfortable environment. You will very quickly notice that most people do not stay here longer than 1 year, just enough time to find another position! And the goals are constantly changing, with little or NO notice of those changes until you find out the hard way you're no longer meeting them. We were recently offered around $3000 to recruit new employees, I do not know of a single coworker that actually recruited anyone. It's that bad here that we are willingly passing up on large sums of money during a period where most of us cannot currently pay our bills to avoid bringing this nightmare to our friends and families.

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SelectQuote Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We recognize you've raised concerns about leadership consistency, communication, performance expectations, and the overall associate experience. We value feedback from our current associates and continuously evaluate our processes and programs to identify opportunities for improvement. We appreciate you sharing your perspective and your contributions as a member of the SelectQuote team.
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