Do Not Work Here - Recensione dipendente - Sales Executive presso Personal Group

1,0
3 gen 2018
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Their aren't many but I guess the people you meet is a positive.

Svantaggi

If you enjoy the following then please apply: Being away from your friends and family every night of the week. Being tracked everywhere you go (even in your own time) by the car, phone and iPad they give you. Being sent to care homes to beg minimum wage employees to buy a health insurance product they will never use and won't pay out anyway. Being sent to bus and train stations to do the same be told you F off (and worse) by drivers and conductors every 5 minutes. Being paid less than minimum wage when you work out the hours you have to work (15-20 hours per day) If you don't you will have you manager telling you that you will be sacked. Being expected to work a full day Friday and then drive 3-7 hours home. Being expected to drive to your location on a Sunday which could be anywhere between 3-7 hours away. Staying in the most disgusting hotels every night. Going to conferences and events where you surrounded by brainwashed fellow employees that enjoy scamming people. Taught to pressure sell. Told by successful employees to missell to customers when you’re not being recorded. They will try and lure you in with all the money you can earn and all the trips you can go on etc....... its a load of rubbish. FREE STUFF … DON'T BE FOOLED!!!!!!!!!!! FREE CAR... TRACKED 24/7 FREE PHONE... TRACKED 24/7 FREE IPAD.... TRACKED 24/7 they give their favourites the best accounts (distribution) that make money, and that get you into the position to get the cars and trips. They will try and claim they don't but if you were stupid enough to take this job then you will see the same people going on every trip and making all the money. The other 90% are just sent to awful accounts in the back ends of Scotland and Wales to beg people to buy insurance. GO FIND A CAREER WHERE LONG TERM YOU WILL EARN SO MUCH MORE AND THEN YOU CAN BUY ALL THE CARS YOU WANT AND GO ON ALL THE HOLIDAYS YOU WANT. This isn't a career and its not even a job... its slave labour. I worked this job a year as I was desperate for money and it was the worst year of my life. I was lured in like everybody else, and blinded by the potential earnings, cars and holidays and please learn from BIG mistake. even if only one person doesn't take this job from my post then I will be more than satisfied knowing I have saved one person from the hell I went through.

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Risposta di Personal Group
8y
Thank you for your feedback, we appreciate that this role isn’t for everyone and I’m sorry to hear you didn’t enjoy the role for the year you worked for us. You are right the role is hard work, there is a lot of travelling and our Employee Engagement Executives do spend a lot of time away from home. We are really clear about this during the recruitment process but we will look at how we can further clarify these points. Our priority is always staff safety, and it is proven that educating people on their driving behaviour improves their safety. Since introducing the car software system our average driving percentage is 94%, an excellent score which we believe we have achieved through drivers getting feedback on their driving habits. At no point is the system used to track employees, only to monitor driving habits. You talk about pressure selling – This is a serious accusation and something we take very seriously. As well as having a field based monitoring team and an audio recording system - activated when you are presenting to customers - to monitor sales activity, we have various quality standards centred around the customer experience. We monitor these standards very closely and conduct regular training to ensure our sales team are equipped to achieve the standards set. We are regulated by the FCA and the PRA and conduct regular training to ensure we always maintain the high standards required by the relevant regulatory authorities. We do have a Whistleblowing policy should you feel the need to raise concerns about how we operate. The Employee Engagement Executive role can be difficult, and the lifestyle has highs and lows, so it isn’t right for everyone. For those that do enjoy the role it offers a great career path and people from within this team have been promoted into other roles such as sales management, business development, account management and various operational positions within Personal Group. We’re really proud of our culture at Personal Group and our employee engagement scores, which have us in the upper quartile compared to other companies, show that our team feel the same. We hope you find a role that is more suited to your working ethos and wish you luck for the future.

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5,0
5 nov 2020
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Balance Life-Work managing and scheduling tasks

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Time Management to do the relevant tasks

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Risposta di Personal Group
5y
Thank you for posting this review. We must admit that we don't believe we have hired someone from America but are very pleased you are happy with your employment with company of same name.
3,0
5 mag 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Very supportive of any personal challenges outside of work. Flexible working options are extensive. Colleagues want to help each other and band together to tackle issues outside of management interference. Big book of existing insurance policyholders funds a relatively relaxed approach to winning new business. Existing insurance products are well received by customer/policyholders

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Very disconnected and old fashioned board Senior leaders don't work together and some are distant from the workforce Quite cliquey Poor product development (platform) has led to a lot of client dissatisfaction The insurance sales model is old fashioned and sometimes attracts criticisim from clients. Hugely siloed which is driven from the very top Some people love working there and others hate it - it's very marmite

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