Benevolus Reviews

3.2

47% would recommend to a friend

(63 total reviews)

Dave Weisse

60% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Benevolus has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 63 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Benevolus employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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63 reviews
1.0
30 Sept 2014

Liars

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Pros

I have almost nothing positive to say. Unless you are an amazing salesperson, they will take advantage of you.

Cons

Take this as a warning to never trust sales, marketing, or consulting firms that don't have an established reputation. I was told I'd receive base pay plus commissions, but what they don't tell you is that you will only receive base pay if you make 6 sales in a week. Thus, you are working for free until you start making them money.

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Benevolus Response
8y
Oh boy, oh boy... How do we address such a terrible review? Well I suppose it should start with the question - how did you know that you'd receive a base pay draw if we didn't tell you? We are legally required to tell you. This is what we have agreed upon with our client. This is not something new and we do not want anyone to be working for free... As far as what the job REALLY is? It's sales. It's hard. It requires a certain stamina. If you lack work ethic, you will NOT be successful here. We do not want to waste our resources on people who will be worried about doing hard work. But i can tell you the grinders, the go-getters, the positive attitude people do extremely well here and this is why we have a vigorous interview process to find the right match. Do some people fool us and lie to US that they are willing to put the work in? Sure as heck they do! Some people just want to be hired to say that they were hired and then don't even realize what they got themselves into and in all honesty reviews like these happen only if they are that type of person — this says to me you did not listen during your job interview. This tells me you did not listen during your training. We have a training packet. There is no way that our pay structure was not explained to you. I really do hope you find a good match and I'm sorry we did not work out for you, but the good news is we can all learn form our failures. We wish you the best of luck the in future Anonymous!
1.0
22 Apr 2017
Recommend
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Pros

They'll sell to you a sales model that works for less than 1% of people that start there. You'll meet some great people that work there. You will honestly learn a lot about yourself and if you want to really pursue being a salesman.

Cons

There are many. As mentioned before, this is a door to door sales, 100% commission based company. You start in the morning called atmosphere, where you don't get paid, talk about law of averages and play 90s style games to get you hyped up before going to "the field." You'll remain in the field for approximately 6-7 hours on your own dime, which means commuting comes at your own expense. Then at the end of the day, you celebrate everyone's accomplishments. The day is unnecessarily long. If you have a family then this job is not for you. You'll never see them and when you finally get home, you're already getting ready for the next day. Professionalism and honesty does not exist at this company. Look up Junto Group before starting with Benevolus. They literally changed the name of their company to "start fresh," however the values within the company remain the same. Their business system is based on interviewing and hiring as many people as possible. Many people quit after a week or two, thus retention is poor, meaning the company is looking for as much free labor as possible.

1.0
5 Dec 2017

Not what they say it is.

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Pros

I learned some valuable business skills such as recruiting, sales, team management and public speaking. I met some fun people.

Cons

Where do I begin? I'll go with the bad first and then the ugly. The bad: It is very hard to make much money going door to door for Verizon in Philadelphia, keep in mind I did this for nearly two yeas. There are good leads that are in newer neighborhoods but management only gives those leads to those he favors. The ugly: Behind closed doors this company is not what they say it is. I gave a lot of time and effort to this company. I moved across country to help this company grow. Those that have families can be sure to not see them often, as anytime off is deemed a waste of time and a hindrance to your career. I worked Monday through Friday from 8:30-7:30; Saturday from 9-5:45. All of this on 100% commission. There is a favoritism that is detrimental to growth. I was a top leader who trained all new people and did many jobs and outlasted all who were there before me and was held back by a management team that had only their pockets in mind. They say it is merit based but this is simply not true. I earned much more than I was given here. By the way, a few of the reviews that are positive are really just reviews that were done by employees told to write them in order to give Benevolus a better look. If you want more reviews look up a company called Junto Group, the name was changed to Benevolus.

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