Vantaggi
Good training and support. Excellent for learning the industry and honing skills. Sales incentives are nice and unlimited earning potential is there (kind of).
Svantaggi
Limited market which leads to limited opportunity in certain areas (look for turnover). High end value oriented which means your prices are higher than everyone. This is not a good scenario when businesses are not flourishing do to economic pressure. Corporate attitude is a bit greedy towards the customer - will max out debits to get more premium on loyal accounts regardless of any claims history (I saw 30% - 75% increases at times on accounts with zero claims). The health insurance is absolutely horrible in some areas. Basically self insured with a card that says you have coverage (not in all states). The expense reimbursement program is a sham. They take money from your regular pay and force you to fill out reimbursement forms to get it back. If you don't have enough expenses then you LOSE your money! It forces people to LIE on their forms so then can get their own money back. It benefits the corporation so they do it anyway. TONS of pressure to sell life and disability insurance. It became the primary focus for most of the year and was very stressful.