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Argenta Field Solutions Reviews

4.1

96% would recommend to a friend

(27 total reviews)

Douglas Mitchell

88% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

Argenta Field Solutions has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 27 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Argenta Field Solutions employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).

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27 reviews
1.0
19 Nov 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are no pros to working for Douglas Mitchell unless you are one of his personal friends

Cons

This company hires on anyone that walks in off the streets regardless of criminal records and drug test results then sends them out to people's houses to push sales. They train their team members to be overly pushy and to not leave until a sale is made. The owner and CEO is a hothead who you can regularly hear getting into arguments with his upper management or degrading and making fun of other employees. The environment is all about image and looking professional but none of the employees or the contracted sales team acts professional in any way. NOTE: every review on this board was created under the command of Douglas Mitchell with the threat that if you had a Con about his company that you should not be working there

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Argenta Field Solutions Response
10y
Unfortunately, we had to terminate one of our longtime employees and this review is a result of that. However, we'd still like to address the criticism. We cannot hire anyone with a felony, theft related charges, or a failed drug test. There are exceptions for individuals who have had their convictions deferred depending on the length of time since their case. These exceptions are decided on a case by case basis and are not a given by any means. We use a sales philosophy called information based selling; we show a customer how we can genuinely improve their lifestyle with our product. The days of hard-nosed, pushy sales are over. Today’s consumers have a wealth of knowledge at their fingertips 24 hours a day so they’re too smart and too well informed for that, nor is it part of our mantra. The CEO Doug Mitchell is passionate about this company and the people in it, that's why it's lasted 5 years when most sales companies crumble with in the first two. We wouldn't say it's all about looking professional; we wear jeans on Fridays ;-). We do encourage employee reviews as does every company. We also encourage cons when they’re constructive to learn where we can grow. We have some of the best talent in the industry so the idea that we would threaten our employees or contractors is self-destructive. We do appreciate the feedback and opportunity to respond.
1.0
1 July 2016

Got a better offer leaving today

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good job to make some short term income while you are waiting on a real job offer

Cons

Just look at how defensive and emotional (they call it passionate) the responses to poor reviews are. It seems as if these are just justifications and defenses to reviews that tell the truth

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Argenta Field Solutions Response
9y
Thank you for your review. You are correct when you imply this is not a real job. It is absolutely an agreement to go into business together with high standards on both ends. This often results in those that aren't a good fit for this business unhappy with the results which is understandable.
1.0
9 Mar 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You get to drive your own vehicle all around town trying to make sales and paying for your own gas on commission sales.

Cons

First off, I have extensive sales experience.Argenta is a VERY misleading job to start with and will not say the exact job duties on the job postings.You basically drive to a neighborhood and walk around all day knocking on doors and trying to sell services Argenta offers.There is a good reason why they are always hiring.It's because there is a very high turnover rate and they just recruit more people that are unaware of the way the company operates.

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Argenta Field Solutions Response
10y
We appreciate the feedback but are not even sure this reviewer partnered with us as we do not have a regional director in Corpus Christi. We advertise commission only from the ads we place and explain explicitly the job description and details in the opportunity meeting so that it is not misleading. The concept of paying less on commission and giving salespersons a base is noble but cannot be sustained in this business. It does not work in D2D because too many reps take advantage and just collect a check which results in sales companies like ours losing money. We encourage our reps to think of the opportunity as their own business and if they put the work in they will be successful. Which brings us to the last response, we operate on commission only because it enables our reps to make as much as they want while enabling the company to operate on very little sales since there is no expense without a sale. It's a very successful model that has kept us a top 5 vendor of 2500 vendors for 3 years and the only Vendor in South Texas to last for 5+ years.
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