Vantaggi
Brand recognition. Lots of autonomy throughout each day to perform duties. Owner is friendly with a good attitude. They do make an effort throughout the year to provide light-hearted gatherings, ie: company sponsored lunches, bowling (in a good economy), etc. Not the worst place in the world but with many limitations.
Svantaggi
Management top heavy, CRM, Leadership, Big-Bros is "mother" Pella. 3 years ago this local distributor had 100 employees w/7 managers. Today there are 30 employees with 6 Sales managers are ego hungry; one loves to take on every task possible related to spreadsheets & CRM but is clueless in terms of sales leadership therefore ineffective. Management has no idea the daily task involved and time req'd to complete daily tasks o/s of selling. CRM management easily becomes an overwhelming time suck of non-revenue generating tasks- all in the name of tracking by mother Pella (the corporate arm of this franchise type business model). Mother Pella has become so process oriented - one size fits all geographic areas, consequently taking their eye off the ball - customer focus. It's a sales oriented organization but the focus has become CRM, the ultimate form of job security for managers.