Southwestern Advantage Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Southwestern Advantage part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Learn and establish so many skills that you can use for any career path.
You can earn a good paycheck as well as a week long incentive trip to luxurious destination.
Surround yourself with other motivated, initiative-taking people.

Cons – Work long, stressful hours (70-80+).
Have to really be careful with your expenses (because you pay for them all).
No life over the summer except for work.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't recruit everyone that is willing to do the job.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Southwestern Advantage

Pros – Southwestern does not guarantee your success after college, but it cultivates it within the students that work with them through a challenging summer sales program. There is no better program for those looking for personal growth, tremendous financial gain, and an experience that will pay off in countless ways down the road.

Cons – Southwestern presents students with a very challenging oppurtunity through the means of direct selling. Consequently, through the challenge a lot of insecurities about one's self come out of the woodwork. It is natural for people to avoid their insecurites and be comfortable, in order to grow and achieve greatness requires working through frustrations.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Southwestern Advantage

Pros – Management is helpful, motivated, and positive. Really care about each student and helping others reach their goals.

Cons – Don't ever have a bigger picture, get told what is going to happen last minute.

Advice to Senior Management – Overall great management, really care about students. Need to train student managers better before the summer.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Southwestern Advantage

Pros – It was an ncredible experience and I learned alot about work and life

Cons – It was long hours and mentally tough

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Southwestern Advantage

Pros – - Southwestern's goal is to build character in young people. This experience exposes you to every success habit you need to succeed in any industry. On top of that, the inherent independence that comes with the job gives every student a real opportunity to ingrain those habits as a part of their life.
- unbelievable culture of positive people focused on helping each other grow. From the president and CEO all the way down to the student salespeople.
- one of the best undergraduate sales training in the nation (155 year old program)
- extremely hard work but because of that it is extremely rewarding if you stay committed
- great chance to make money to help off set rising college tuition
- from the top down, CEO and president included, all management sold as independent contractors when they were in college. Because of that the leadership is unbelievable.

Cons – - It's definitely not for everyone. You must have an entrepreneurial spirit and a strong desire to set yourself apart from your peers. If you don't work extremely hard and you aren't committed, this job is quite frankly, miserable. The harder you work the more fun and the more rewarding it is.
- No guarantees. But just like anything in life, you get what you put into it.

Advice to Senior Management – - keep it up.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Southwestern Advantage

Pros – awesome people, incentive trips, personal growth & challenge, resume building

Cons – long hours (80+/wk), travel during summer time

Advice to Senior Management – keep on investing in the kids you work with!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Southwestern Advantage

Pros – You really get to develop communication, sales, and interpersonal skills.

Cons – LONGGG hours and no personal time.

Advice to Senior Management – I really liked all the motivation and feedback on performance.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Southwestern Advantage

Pros – Personal Growth.
Understanding People
The most true form a leadership a person can learn
Learning how to run a buisness
Learning about the world of success
Networking in the most personal way possible
Learning how to have true influence
Becoming part of a community you will be effected by for the rest of your life
Gaining incredible life and business mentorship
Accelerating your life
Gaining gusto
Building character
Truly understanding the importance of your word
Finding incredibly successful like minded peers that you will have for the rest of your life

Cons – Work-Life Balance is doable but very difficult to make a career out of it.
The profits from recruiting are more personal growth than financial in the first few years, but you could not pay any school to learn what you do through learning how to recruit.
Chalenging if you do not get yourself mentally prepared.

Advice to Senior Management – You guys are some of the most inspirational people this world has to offer, and what you do is a great thing.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Southwestern Advantage

Pros – + You learn so much about yourself
+ You learn how to lead and motivate people
+Communication skills go over the roof
+ You travel to places you would have never traveled to
+ You meet amazing people

Cons – + If you don't watch your expenses and book count you can lose a lot of money and have a small check when you come home.

Advice to Senior Management – Great job leading groups. :) You are all amazing. I work with Ron. He's amazing!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Southwestern Advantage

Pros – You will never find better management who cares more about you than with this company.
It's a great resume booster.
Great sales training/experience.

Cons – The work schedule is very demanding.
You have to be willing to give up your entire summer to run your business.

Advice to Senior Management – Thanks for being such great mentors to me and all my peers. Management is a huge reason why many students choose to return to the business another year.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend