- You are a glorified telemarketer calling the same recycled leads that have been in the system for years in hopes that the day you call them will be the day they magically decide to sign up
- In training they literally try to explain to you why you're "not" a telemarketer even though you are
- The base salary is a literal joke
- HomeAdvisor is one of the only sales organizations I can think of where you are responsible for every single step of the sales practice
- Making sales became harder and harder as the company is way too focused on hiring new reps, thus spreading genuine good leads thinner, versus retaining top talent
- As a result, only way to be truly successful is if you put in tons of time off the clock to prospect your own accounts
- Deceptive management
- The sales practices entail you essentially lying to and avoiding telling the contractors you speak with the full details
- The job is mentally draining beyond belief and I legitimately dreaded waking up for work every single day
- The only way to truly be successful is by A: Sipping the HomeAdvisor Kool-Aid or B: Being okay with committing unethical sales practices
- Even if it is a contractor’s last $100 they have you are still supposed to push them to make a sale
- Totally mislead in the interview process that making large amounts of $$$ was easily obtainable
- Little to no resources in place to ensure that employees are doing okay mentally, as this is a job that takes a huge tole on you
- Little to no opportunity for professional development, which is also another thing they mislead you on in the interview process
- Calling close to 300 contractors on a daily basis in hopes 4-5 of them will actually want to have a conversation with you
