Vantaggi
Decent pay, good work hours (if you're in the right market)
Svantaggi
Where to begin....I worked on the service provider side with advertising, so this is all related to that side....the monthly goals are set up for someone to fail from the start, when certain things that are out of your control and have nothing to do with you, affect your paycheck, but the company just won't do anything about it. The company has their own agenda....all about the money. They are trying to sell based on a dream, since the product itself for service pros, just doesn't work, selling thousands and thousands of dollars in advertising, that has zero return on their investment, but again, the negative impact is thrown onto the individual, and the company takes all liability off themselves. It's no secret that Angie's List has been in trouble, but yet the company continues to act like everything is gold, and just does not admit that they there are problems. For companies that spend thousands a year, and they still provide a product that yields no return for most. They train with the idea of actually selling on belief vs selling on results. Almost every conversation with the pros is negative in tone, no results, no return...this is a daily constant, so if you enjoy getting yelled and cursed at for 8 hours a day, and not being able to do anything about it, then this is a perfect job for you. Their selling process has certain points where you just have to lie to sell it, the company knows it, and they're ok with it, in fact, they push it. The managers put very high stress, and threatening career behaviors into driving results, and when that doesn't work, they lean on the belief that it's all the individuals fault, and take no blame on their own. The upper management within this department is awful; doesn't listen to feedback, doesn't show care or concern for the individuals, and doesn't seem to understand what we actually do, day to day. Leaders placed processes into place, that actually hindered our department from being successful (many is proprietary so I can't explain them), and continues to lay off great people because of it. Needless to say, I wouldn't recommend them to anyone!! It's a sinking ship, and I'm glad I'm not going to be on board when that happens.
