UniFirst Reviews

Pros

I actually left UniFirst after a little less than 2 years. Most of the reps on the team I started with had left and I felt it was my turn. The grass was not greener. Was welcomed back and have been loving it ever since.

Potential to make six figures if you work hard and take advantage of commission multipliers. Very nice Presidents Club trip for top performers. Almost total and complete freedom to dictate your schedule (we are required to be in the office 1.5 days a week). One of the fastest growing locations within the company. Base salary, unlimited commissions, laptop, gas and cellphone allowance. Good training program and support from management. Opportunity for base salary pay raises and promotions your first year (major promotions into management typically require relocation). Not for everyone, but I truly love the job and the people I work with and for. CEO is as down to earth and humble as you can get. Regional Sales Manager is hands-on, energetic and helpful. Branch Manager is sales friendly (former U1st Sales Rep and Sales Manager) and a great motivator and mentor. Sales Manager is a former P-Club rep who knows the job. 2 Sales Reps, Sales Manager and Branch Manager all qualified for P-Club in 2017. Great sales culture!

Advice to Management

Give your sales people the tools to help them succeed. New CRM is not user friendly, please work on improving and add iPhone functionality!

Pros

- The best part of this job was always the team environment. The people I worked with were great. It was a competitive atmosphere but at the end of the day the senior reps always tried to help out the newer reps. Sales can be stressful but the team and my manager did a great job of mitigating stress especially when we were in the office.

- My manager was outstanding. Not only did she care about my professional development and helping me hit my "ramp ups" but she took a genuine interest in me as a person. All too often the sales world can look at you like a work horse, but my manager was the opposite of this. She cared about me as an individual which, in turn, allowed me to feel valued as an employee which translated into better work ethics and drive.

- UniFirst and specifically Indianapolis, UniFirst (location 082) fully supports military employees. As a memeber of the national guard, my drill weekends and training sometimes affected my work week. Unlike previous jobs I have had, where I felt anxiety about having to miss work and having to catch up after drill, my manager at UniFirst was understanding and patient.

- I can't reiterate enough how great the "team" feeling was that we had at UnIFirst. When they say it feels like a work family it's totally true.

Pros

Solid support systems, management is very helpful and hands on from a local level even up to a regional level. There is a lot of room for advancement within the company - they do almost always promote from within. Upon your first week of starting they lay out career paths that you can take and hitting ramp up bonuses by week 26 can put a nice piece of change in your pocket!! Everybody receives a protected territory by zipcode and a database that goes along with it that holds information from previous reps in the territory.

Advice to Management

Currently training focuses a lot of video conferences that are not very engaging and quite frankly not very informative. I think training would be much more beneficial if it were to be more hands on with role playing incorporated in. I also think that there should be more information on product knowledge and a foundation of how this industry works incorporated into training.

Pros

Family atmosphere, from local plants/branches all the way up to the corporate level
Great training program
Management very helpful and want to see you grow within the company
Can make good money with commission structure
Good benefits package/401K match
Challenging yet rewarding job

Advice to Management

Keep up the great work with listening to the needs of your employees, explaining the sales process, and helping employees grow within the company

Pros

Great culture and atmosphere. For someone looking to start a sales career, or have had some sales positions but never received the training you need, start here. I had two previous sales jobs with minimal training. In the first 5 weeks here I learned more than the two previous jobs combined. My Sales Manager is very helpful and seems to really care about my development.

Advice to Management

More field time with my manager. I learn so much when we ride together. It's great!

Pros

You are capable of success or failure solely based off your own effort and execution. UniFirst will provide all the training and tools, but can not provide the grit.

Advice to Management

Continue to coach and lead your team with an understanding of your team’s challenges.

Pros

Great managers, good pay, weekends off, good benefits, great company

Pros

Family culture
Lot of IT processes are relatively new
Overall nice company to work for

Advice to Management

Keep the good work going

Pros

Great culture
Room to grow
Consistent company growth
Challenging
Great incentives
Full benefits
Team atmosphere
Family culture
Advanced classes for personal growth
Team mentors
Great 401k plan
Everyone no matter what their position is, is always willing to help you make that sale!

Pros

Salary, benefits. Mon-Fri, family atmosphere.