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Wisconsin Events reviews

2.4

46% would recommend to a friend

(23 total reviews)

37% positive business outlook

Wisconsin Events has an employee rating of 2.4 out of 5 stars, based on 23 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Wisconsin Events employee rating is 35% below average for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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23 reviews
1.0
May 10, 2019

Pyramid Scam

Recommend
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Pros

Sales Training with the team was beneficial.

Cons

Long Hours, Dishonest Behavior (for instance they never specifically told me the pay was commission based), Mandatory team meetings were unpaid hours, VAST turnover (new people every week coming and going)

1.0
Aug 1, 2017

Felt like a scam

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There weren't pros to this job. I was out of there after two weeks

Cons

First, the daily meetings were very unproductive and almost felt like a brainwashing session on how to spin this job into something good. Second, the meetings were only an hour long so if you lived far away you were only at the office for an hour. It wasn't worth it. Third, we were GIVEN mentors..in my experiences, mentors were supposed to be people you looked up to and trusted, people that you chose. At Wisconsin Events it was a forced relationship that felt so uncomfortable and awkward.

1.0
Apr 10, 2017

Deceitful Company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It was fun to be out in the public vs. sitting at a desk job, and I liked setting up the table and running it myself. The morning meetings were informational (however I don't understand the point of business/marketing lessons when it's a job, not a class) and practicing sales pitches was pretty fun. Putting yourself out there while doing direct sales at the store is helpful in getting out of your comfort zone.

Cons

You stand at a booth at Sam's Club to sell products, that's essentially all it is. And you practice your sales pitches while in the office. But it was super weird - they would make you come in the morning for an hour long meeting even if they didn't schedule you at Sam's Club during the day, so I spent more on gas to get there for that hour on those days. And anyone who said anything about that would be told that they must not be motivated enough. I'm not a fan of any company that makes you drive all the way to work for one hour. The manager would give us "lessons" about how much she spends on running the business like the building lease, etc and then end up with over 100,000 and say that was what she made, as a way to motivate and keep people there because "one day" you could get to that point. Not sure if that number was a lie or not, but it really did not seem to add up. When I talked to the manager about how I can't live on what I was making there (little to no base pay so i think I usually only made about $7/hour) she tried to convince me that one day I could make a lot there if I keep working at my sales. They try to make it seem like you can succeed at the company when in reality it just seemed fishy. Advice to recent grads - hold out for a job that is worthy of your talents. You don't need to start at a place like this, you can find a real job - one that will respect you as a person and as an employee.

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