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Firoz Lalji
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Pros
"Little micro-management, uncapped commissions, work/life balance is great" (in 26 reviews)
"401K, vendor fairs, and free food at the end of the quarters" (in 35 reviews)
Cons
"Disillusioned upper management who believe there are no problems" (in 33 reviews)
"Very low pay, CEO doesn't care about you and only wants money" (in 19 reviews)
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"Great place!"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Zones full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Love the people I work with, love every day
Cons
Communication, small cubes, can be loud
Zones 2019-02-14 12:56 PST![Zones Logo]()
"Great place to work"
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I have been working at Zones full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Team selling spirit that is contagious
Cons
Still figuring out its comp plan
Advice to Management
Invest in your workers
Zones 2019-02-17 10:00 PST![Zones Logo]()
"Re-seller & IT Solution Provider"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Zones full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Great people, team-oriented environments, beautiful offices, & excellent pay.
Cons
It's not always easy being a remote employee.
Advice to Management
Keep supporting the field as you have and the company will continue to grow as a very successful solution provider.
Zones 2019-02-14 02:48 PST![Zones Logo]()
"It was the best of time, it was the worst of times"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Zones full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
great place to gain tech sales skill set, peers, customers, excellent resources, strong company vision.
Cons
constant account shuffling, yearly compensation structure changes, middle management is to bogged down.
Advice to Management
hang in there.
Zones 2019-02-13 19:40 PSTHelpful (3)
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"2 star reviews are spot on. Read them carefully."
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Zones full-time
Pros
You'll be exposed to lots of different tech manufacturers and products, as well as the problems their solutions solve. Learn, network, and move to another company after a year or two of experience. "Zones University", as Portland employees call it. Unless you are absolutely horrible at the job, you'll have job security as they can't afford to fire people due to very high turnover. You'll get paid the same (just base salary) if you sell 100K a year in margin, or 500K a year in margin, so take it easy because even 100K a year in margin is hard to hit. The Account Manager job involves constant engagement with support staff and OEM sales people, if you're looking to improve your teaming and communication skills, this is for you.
Cons
Read carefully. Where do I start? As an entry-level Account Manager in SMB or Healthcare, you'll make a 50K base salary. Starting February 2019, you will most likely NOT make commission, as the bar to make any extra commissions is set way too high. Careful - recruiters will tell you otherwise. If you'll lucky, you'll make a few hundred extra in a year in "spiffs", money paid by OEM's for selling specific products. In SMB, you'll get tiny accounts to call on after training. In Healthcare, you'll be cold-calling for days on end, until someone quits and you get their "buying accounts". This could be good, you can pretend to cold call, do very little, not care, and you'll still get some accounts in the end. You'll spend a lot of time creating "tickets" in CRM in order to engage support staff to do their work. The CRM (Dynamics) is slow, unresponsive. It's a top-down management system, and you'll spend 25%-50% of your day on administrative tasks or various meetings or training, which will hinder you from actually selling. No sales = no margin = no commissions. Due to latest compensation plan changes, there are reps that have taken a significant compensation hit. Morale is low, people are really upset. Turnover is high, and at least 50% of the reps are on the lookout for new jobs. Many have left recently, in both Portland and Auburn offices.
Advice to Management
Doesn't matter - they don't care. Don't go rogue and give advice to management. Ok here's one: stop pressing your managers to post anonymous positive reviews of this company to counter the negative ones.
Zones 2019-02-10 10:11 PST![Zones Logo]()
"Love my Job! Thank you Zones for an awesome career!"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Zones full-time (More than a year)
Pros
No job is perfect, but I look forward to every new adventure. I enjoy my team, the growth and look forward to the challenges ahead in 2019!
Cons
None that are not out of this world
Zones 2019-01-26 14:49 PST![Zones Logo]()
"Nice place to work"
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Pros
great people and nice environment
Cons
not so great pay. the increases never seem to meet up with the economy which is supposed to be great right now.
Zones 2019-01-24 17:11 PST![Zones Logo]()
"Worst Company Ever"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Zones full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Co workers were nice
Easy commuteCons
Taught me nothing in training
Their computer sales system was outdated
Managers don't care. They only wanted to see the number of dials you made (mine left 3 months after me).
Morale for employees was poor leading to massive turnovers
Pure churn and burn mentality
Never explained their commission structureAdvice to Management
Your company is garbage and your employees are disgusted how you treat them. Better to close down the Chicago office then revamp.
Zones 2019-02-21 07:53 PST![Zones Logo]()
"God Awful!!!"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Zones full-time
Pros
Some really good people, most looking to leave
Cons
Sales Management, unfortunately looking to stay. Pay plan constantly changing and not for the better.
Advice to Management
Sell
Zones 2019-02-18 07:10 PST![Zones Logo]()
"Brand Champ"
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Pros
Yoga every Tuesday and Thursday
Cons
Organizational change happens too frequently
Zones 2019-01-11 17:00 PST
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