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Axle Executives Reviews

3.0

51% would recommend to a friend

(9 total reviews)
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Claire McCormick

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43% positive business outlook

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9 reviews
1.0
27 Mar 2019
Recommend
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Pros

- occasional group outings

Cons

- pay is 100% COMMISSION - NO BENEFITS at all - very HIGH TURNOVER - management is VERY BIASED and only care about hiring as many people as they can to progress their own opportunities = you're progression within the company all depends on how many people you can convince to work there - they up play to job to sound like a great opportunity when in reality you're just having to bust your butt nonstop to get a decent paycheck - you're working in Sams Club, Costco, and Walmart trying to convince people to buy the products - if you're working a shift and someone doesn't show up or they quit (happens all the time) be prepared to cover their shift - have to work long hours, sometimes 12hr shifts, on top of having to work every weekend - they say you get to run things like your own mini business but in reality they MICROMANAGE you the entire time - you have to drive all over the austin area, sometimes as far as 1 hour away and they BARELY COMPENSATE your gas

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Axle Executives Response
7y
Thank you for your feedback, however I do want to address a few things. To start our pay structure, in fact, is not 100% commission. Based off of your review, as a campaign manager you were in the second phase of the training, which can take up to eight weeks to achieve, if pay was something you were confused about, why did you not ask me about it? The moment someone is offered a position, they are given digital and physical documents of the pay structure, it's also broken down in the interview. Second, we do spend time with our employees that want to improve and ask questions and care because they ask to, but we don't have any bias to anyone that doesn't have the same mindset. We discuss that in our first round interview and our first orientation. We believe if someone asks for help, to give them our full undivided attention. I'm confused when you say "they up play to job to sound like", but I'm assuming you mean that we make the job sound better than what it is. However, we do require someone to do an in person interview on site at an event so they'll know exactly what the expectations are on a daily basis, so I'm concerned you didn't know what the job was. We do believe someone should work hard to get a 'decent' paycheck, but I believe any business would require someone to work hard to get paid, not just ours. Third, our job when training and learning sales is not to "convince" anyone to do anything, we're there to talk to people and get the public excited about a new product through direct marketing. If pushing and convincing was a tactic you used on site, then this definitely was not the right fit. We do believe in helping the team out and covering shifts if someone quits or can't come in, as I'm sure any business would, because that's how a business continues to run. If someone kept quitting before going to work with you at a shift (as you mentioned it happened all the time to you), I would recommend exploring that further on a personal end. Lastly, we trust our employees with a lot of responsibility very early on, if that trust is broken then we may start to micromanage, especially if the same mistake keeps happening. But we can definitely learn from that, so thank you for the feedback. Although this wasn't the right fit and there is some false information, we still wish you the best and hope you find a career that you're passionate about!
1.0
28 June 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Surprisingly good social media and online presence. They do a good job of making this business look legitimate.

Cons

I think that Axle Executives appeals and may even market to young, impressionable individuals who are attracted to being in a professional-appearing business. They definitely exploit that "Boss Babe" trend, especially in the interviews to make it seem like the company and the work is legit. Unfortunately, as soon as you get started you are plunged into a completely different reality than what is discussed in the interview process and displayed online. Most people make very little hourly, coming out to around $10/hr with negligible benefits. I heard of someone who was put up in disgusting hotel when working outside of the Austin-area and mileage reimbursed that a much lower than average rate. They will scrimp everywhere. So many red flags: - job postings are always open in abundance even though the company is quite small - turnover is obviously extremely high - business is structured on a system of "promotions" which is appealing if you are relatively new to the business world, but turns out to be a system of stringing people along. - commissions are not commiserate with the amount of time and effort that actually goes into selling a product. - Work/life balance is not encouraged and in fact on multiple times I heard upper manage encourage people to work in the evenings/night etc. This is basically a "marketing" pyramid scheme. People at the top benefit in a much greater way than most traditionally-hierarchical companies. It provides very little of substance to the companies that it promotes that the company couldn't do itself. All-in-all I think that Axle Executives is extremely misleading, manipulative and lacks integrity. While a select few may be able to battle their way to the top, the rest of the employees are forced to experience extremely low quality workplace culture.

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Axle Executives Response
6y
Thank you for your feedback, as it’s always appreciated. I want to start off this reply by apologizing. It’s very clear you’re upset and agitated about your experience here. That is not my intention if or when someone leaves my company, regardless how long they were here. I also apologize that you didn’t feel like you could say these accusatory things to my face, but instead wanted to do it in a malicious way online, anonymously. I guess it’s good that you didn’t think this was a good fit for you any longer, as I am not looking for team members to lash out and create incongruous slander of my company that I’ve worked so hard to create. However, I do feel the need to address a few things: I apologize that three rounds of interviews, including a shadow of an event, and an hour-long orientation was not enough transparency of the position. We are confident we make the “reality “ of the role very apparent. We also abide by the Texas mileage reimbursement rate, and you can look into it further here: https://companymileage.com/employee-mileage-reimbursement-law-basics/. It is not required by law for Texas employers to reimburse their employees, it’s merely an additional benefit offered. We apologize that our mileage reimbursement add-on was not enough for you. As for the hotels, we book travel through a reputable third party travel team to ensure our employees get the best stay, if they travel outside of the city. That’s not to say every hotel booked through our team is a five star Hilton experience, but we stay in open communication with each representative that does travel to ensure the hotel is comfortable and safe, the moment they get to a hotel. I also personally reach out to each team member and I can guarantee you that was not brought to my attention. I’d like to address the comment of stating that our “business is structured on a system of promotions, but turns out to be a system of stringing people along”. I’d appreciate if you’d email me an exact situation of something being “strung along” because this is news to me. Not only are we honest in the growth and challenges of the position but if we were stringing someone along, we wouldn’t currently have a regional manager that was promoted in less than nine months on our team. I’m sure you’ve heard in meetings, but it’s typically a 10 month – one year training, so I’d argue that point. I’ll look forward to that email. We do discuss nights and weekends in the interview process, as someone needs to be comfortable with that. We will not hire someone on if they are not comfortable with that schedule. We do encourage those to work weekends and evenings if they want to move through the training faster. Please refer to the nine month promotion statement. Next, I’d like to address your comment, “This is basically a "marketing" pyramid scheme. People at the top benefit in a much greater way than most traditionally-hierarchical companies. It provides very little of substance to the companies that it promotes that the company couldn't do itself.” We are in fact, not a pyramid scheme. Again, you can look into more details about what a pyramid scheme is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBGfHk91Vrk. I would suggest watching this before you harshly accuse a company of illegal work. Here are a few reasons why we are NOT a pyramid scheme: There is no buy in for our employees, nor does anyone make money off another person that is hired on our team. Our clients are big nationwide retailers, all Fortune 500 companies with a strict intolerance of illegal business within their stores. We do not ask for people to hold on to product and lug it to the stores daily. We do not hire people as contractors, but rather employees through the state. I’m surprised you used the word “scrimp” and “money-grubbing” when describing my business. Not only do we compensate for mileage as stated previously, but we pay above minimum wage when commissions aren’t met, we also give a cell phone allowance, add bonuses, pay for meal breaks and cover all training materials and travel and much more. All of which aren't required, but we do so to help compensate. I apologize this wasn’t understood, but instead focusing on buying donuts seems like a better attack. Finally and maybe the most important, you used my words against me. You’re falsely accusing me of being “a company with no values, integrity and awareness of positive work culture” when you know that’s what I speak of daily and how important that is. All of this aside, I genuinely hope you find happiness in your next career and when you try to give your next manager feedback it’s private and to their face. We wish you the best of luck in your future!
5.0
29 Apr 2019
Recommend
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Pros

growth, teamwork, excited culture, driven team, you set the pace for yourself. My favorite part would have to be the aspect of you get what you put in.

Cons

Honestly, I don't have any cons from working here.

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Axle Executives Response
7y
Thank you so much for your feedback. We appreciate having you as a team member and we're so happy you enjoy our culture and environment!
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