Vantaggi
-Can look decent on a resume, because it is a door-to-door sales job. If any future employer of yours was also a door-to-door salesman, they'll love that- there's something about getting your butt kicked every day that really brings people together. -If it's your first job in sales, the training is pretty good. The two-week training course is pretty intense and teaches you the basics of sales tactics. -Going door-to-door will humble you, and keep you out of your comfort zone constantly. -Exercise. You'll end up walking 12-20 thousand steps a day- keeps you active. -A lot of the people who work there (at least in the NJ office) are great people who are very funny. It sort of has a college fraternity vibe to it, which I liked. The people I was surrounded by all were trying their best to help me succeed in the role.
Svantaggi
-They lie to you about the role in the interview process. They make it seem like you'll be going door-to-door for a few weeks or months, then transition you into a sales role. While that is true for some, it's not for most. And they completely lied about that to me in the process. -They lie about the money you can make. I straight up asked my interviewer what the typical employee would make, he said no problem about 65k, if you're awful at the job, maybe 60k. This just was another straight-up lie. If you're bad at the job, you'll make 26k a year before they fire you. If you're a good employee who busts his tail day and night, you'll make about 45-50k. Some guys are great at it and do make the money you are promised. But to be great at it, you have to be a slimy salesperson who doesn't mind ruining people's days, or costing them thousands of dollars. I could go on and on about the negatives of this job. It is such a scam for homeowners, and for someone who considers themselves a good person with morals like myself, it feels awful setting these people up with a company like Power. Power will harass them nonstop with phone calls, selling their credit information to other marketing companies, and the overall high-pressure sales pitch done to homeowners is awful. Buy right this second after I'm in your kitchen pitching you for 5 hours, you'll save 10 grand. Wait a day, you are screwed. It's terrible. I'll try to end it here. If you take the job, you'll be walking door-to-door 6 days a week, you'll be driving usually like 45 minutes to an hour away, sometimes up to 2 hours away from your home. They don't pay for gas, and the base pay is only 26k. You'll have meetings at 9am or 10am most days, drive an hour away, pitch door-to-door from 1pm to about 7pm in any weather, then drive all the way back, and repeat Monday-Saturday. Take the job only if you desperately need a job and are looking for experience. That's it. Do not believe anything they tell you in the interview process, they lie to you, and hire anyone. Oh, you'll also get the cops called on you from time to time, because Power RARELY gets granted permits by the town they have you pitching in. My coworker literally had to go to court because of a soliciting ticket he got because power will send you knocking illegally. Stay away unless it is your last resort. Maybe COVID forces you here because they are always hiring, but I hope not for your sake. They also write their own employee reviews. Check out Yelp for a better idea of what you are setting up your homeowners before. It's terrible.