Vantaggi
Base Pay of $700/week. Paid weekly
Svantaggi
Grab your popcorn and Soda for this review folks M-I-C-R-O-M-A-N-A-G-E-D on every thing you do. I've worked in sales for over 15 years. I have NEVER seen so much micromanagement in my entire life. NEVER! Management is completely anal about controlling every minute that you are "on the clock" The last week I was there I had decided to start documenting exactly what time I got there and what time I left by snapping a picture of my monitor screen to prove where I was. They have no time clock as a "salesman" so if a manager accuses you of leaving early or coming in late it happened because he said it. It is pretty damn childish to accuse your staff of things when you yourself don't even know the truth. Sure enough the day I had enough I was accused of coming in at 7:34AM (4 minutes late) and I argued that I was in fact early (7:20AM) but in the conference room doing what he had told me to do first thing that morning from the evening before. You will be treated as if you are a unruly teenager, always having to defend your position, account for where you were and what you were doing. I'm in my 40's and have never quit a job without having something else lined out. This was my first time doing so. It was that bad. The training that they talk so highly about is completely backwards. The first thing you will do is "ride on the route" seeing what the deliver guys do, which is the last thing of the entire uniform,mats, rugs, towels, etc... process. They then work backwards to the beginning to show you how the garments are cleaned. The NHSE book that they give you to fill out is also useless. You spend so much time filling in questions that are in no way tied to anything they do. Here is the real kicker...... This company deals in comfort mats and in the training it talks about how back problems from standing account for 31% of all work comp claims and how hours and hours of lost time do to standing long hours on concrete attribute to those problems..... Guess what, they do not have a single mat in the plant for any of the ladies that stand 8 hours a day folding, pressing, hanging clothes in one spot all day. NONE! This company does NOT practice what they preach at all. Things to question when being hired: They tell you that you are getting $700/week (could be different in other locations) PLUS $160/week in car allowance. Nope not really. They make it sound as you automatically get that amount but it is all based on mileage driven. That wasn't represented that way at all. Here again is a real kicker.... If you drive more miles than the $160 covers; they will NOT pay you any more. Ask questions about the dress code: When hired I was told to wear a tie on Mondays. I didn't wear a tie on a Tuesday and got chewed out about it. I asked for clarification on the dress code and his reply was do we need to get HR involved? I mentioned that the others do not wear ties during the week and it was brought up that "When you sell $134 a week you can too" Translation there is that not everyone is treated the same. Recommendation: ask as many questions as possible, notate it, and clarify if there is any doubts at all. You will need that documentation to defend yourself. Speaking of documentation...... I have got picture after picture and video as well of them NOT doing what they preach. If there were any way to attach vids and pics I would prove every little thing I am typing. would click "record" on my phone anytime in went into the managers office and lay my phone on his desk to catch the lies. Speaking of lies...... They make up things like "A customer called and complained about...." to make you do something. Instead of being a man and just saying "this is how it is" deal with it they take the coward route and blame it on something they know can't be proven. I know I am sounding like a raving lunatic, but I left another good paying job to take this nightmare of a job. If you like having the micromanagement to get through your day, you will flourish here. One thing I do know is that they have a HUGE turnover rate at the sales position. In the last four years they had a 80 person turnover in a six person sales department. They continuously take applications and interview people because they know that they can't keep QUALITY sales persons the way they manage. Unifirst was featured on "Undercover Boss" Take notice that not a single sales person was on the show and that's for good reason. All their sales people are constantly looking for something else while employed there.
