Vantaggi
Fairly flexible with time off Summertime is a pretty lax time, although it seems to be getting more time-consuming at this time also. Some good training/experience
Svantaggi
Be prepared to work many hours during the evening in busy seasons (most of the time) Many hours will be spent unnecessarily recording and updating customer records and keeping track in Seibel CRM of every little thing you do and you know about customers. The company is constantly introducing a wide variety of products that don't sell or aren't properly tested and therefore having to pull them back off the market. (hit and miss) There is a completely unrealistic expectation for digital sales. The economy has very negatively impacted this recently because profs don't think that students can afford it. Only about 2 out of 50 salespeople in Southern California got their full bonus last year (2010). I know for a fact it is a much higher percentage for competing publishers. (8 out of 10 in one district alone). The company belatedly tried to address that afterwards. However, more cuts are coming across the board in CA, so adjustments will have to be made.