Vantaggi
Got to work with some amazing industry leaders, salon owners, and stylists. Flexibility in scheduling. Traveling and networking while seeing the latest trends and products.
Svantaggi
Huge disconnect between the reps who call on salons and the people in the office who make the decisions and purchases. The buyers have made some very bad decisions and its the reps who are blamed for an item's failure. The company cannibalizes itself. The stores, outside reps, and inside reps are all competing against each other for sales from the same customers. Lower and mid-level managers usually have no salon experience and lack basic management skills....especially in California. The concept of being a leader escapes them....they are micromanagers.