3.0
44% would recommend to a friend
Joseph Nolan
55% approve of CEO
37% positive business outlook
Pros
None, unless you like bothering people in Wal-mart for 8 hours.
Cons
Terrible business model, it is basically a pyramid scheme-style MLM setup. Requires that you stand inside of Wal-mart for 8 hours a day and bother people that are trying to shop.
Pros
Al places have a mixture of pros and cons, and 512 Solutions is no exception. This place leans toward more negativity. My bias is that i realized i would never succeed in this business because of the flawwed business plan, lack of transparency, my dispassion to stand in Wal-Mart selling a crappy product, and I'm not Intellectually slow. No, i didnt make it because i could not buy into the hype from about day 7. PROS - very positive energy. People want to succeed, lead, and think they want more than the average person here. -Morning motivational meetings are fresh and exciting. -Alot of competitions to keep the energy and sales up -Great mentorship program, if you don't know anything about leadership, business, and have an entrepreneur mindset already. -Learn alot about yourself and people because you are selling. - Instant friends and very fun team nights on a weekly basis. -1 percent of the peoole succeed in this and its great money if you do. -MLM company, some people know them as a pyramid scheme This is good. because this model is all over the place and you know what to expect because people don't like surprises. -people encourage, help, and try to inspire you to get back up when you fall down.
Cons
They sell you on the vision and being an entrepreneur. And this is not a real idea of an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs dont have bosses and people in higher positions of them that can control you. But Companies do. What this is...you are an employee trying to become a manager. -If you dont see yourself as a monkey, and if you cant bark like a monkey, and most importantly, you dont think like one--you will not make it here. One day you will discover how the foundation here is built on a thorn of lies. -No true base pay. Its money that they steal from Joesph to pay Peter. In other words, its exactly like a credit card. You get money n advance and then they make you pay it back. The only positive. sode is there is no interest. Tons of people had balances they owed. -You stay in a Wal-Mart for 5-7 hours a day. And assuming you're not the top 2 salers and wil get paid around the base pay, plus well over. 50 hours work week you get paid less then Wal-Mart employees. But at least 512 has a vision to take your mind off the truth. -its a "Cult" mind set. - Peoole here, even the manager, has no idea what it truly means to be an entrepreneur. And there.leadership tactics are very juvenile.
Pros
-Pay is better than McDonalds, if you are a good salesman -Offers minimal, contribution (you pay) healthcare after 3 months -Training is sufficient, depending on who is training you. -Better than cold calling or door to door sales
Cons
-You will be selling DirecTV in Walmart, all day everyday. -Will literally hire anyone who can pass a background check. If you make it to your second interview you will be hired. These are salesmen they are trying to sell you on the second interview at chick-fil-a (which they will not pay for, if you are such a good catch why are they not bothering to invest $5 in you by the second interview). Look for basic sales techniques during your interview i.e. indifference, taking control, not being salesy, etc. This is what you can expect to be taught to sell. -If you cannot close your first sale by the end of day 5 prepared to be let go. -Work week is Thursday thru Monday 11am-9pm (you will be encouraged to get in at 10am and stay as late as 11pm to make a sale). Say goodbye to your nights and weekends. -No holidays (Walmart is busiest then), vacation days, personal days, sick days (unpaid and require a doctors note), etc -Required to come into the office everyday before heading out to "the field" (i.e. walmart), to hear sales techniques, practice pitch and motivational from 11am to 12:30pm. Flat out waste of time, which you are not paid for. -You will begin to notice everyone who gets "promoted" receives no pay increase, only additional time consuming tedious responsibilities. -Commission only payment. Base pay is consider supplemental and must be repaid -Claims that Account Mangers make around 30k a year. This is a flat out lie. Account managers make 15-20k. -You will use your own personal vehicle a LOT and will not be reimbursed. Some locations are over an hour away (Temple, Lagrange, Marble Falls, etc) -Makes you go on BS business trips to Waco, San Antonio and Dallas. Where YOU PAY for gas, food, hotel (better be prepared to share a bed) or local managers couch. -Encouraged to mislead, not lie, to make sales. -Everyone likes to talk about the big picture and expansion, when the reality of the situation is 95% of reps don't make it a year with the company and only a fraction of a percent make it to branch manager, ownership. Ask about turnover rates. Remember good companies invest in good people, bad companies leach the life out their employees and view employees as expendable commodities. -Even if you make it to branch manager (i.e. ownership) more offices close within 2 years than stay open. -Claims owner make a fortune in sales and overrides. If you believe this boy do I have some prime waterfront real estate to sell you. -No realistic career path -Cult like environment, everyone in the office drinks the coolaid
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