This "executive sales" position requires making hundreds of daily phone calls to contractors and business owners to sell them on a lead generation program. Needless to say, most business owners are very busy and do not have time or patients to listen to another cold call solicitation. HA has hundreds of sales reps who are calling on the exact same list, over and over and over, to the point that a lot of the business owners are not happy when they answer the phone and hear the name Home Advisor. This position is definitely entry level sales and for someone who does not mind the robot mentality and making extensive and exhaustive daily cold calls. Also, for those who are not able to accomplish a minimum number of weekly sales, you will be placed into warning or disciplinary cycles that seem to challenge a lot of the sales reps due to unrealistic company goals....based upon their poor lead generation system....complete COLD CALLING. The pay and commission structure is extremely limited, especially for six figure earning, seasoned sales pros. During my tenure, the feedback I received from several of my colleagues, the average yearly earnings fall around $50-$60 K yearly. Extremely loud, invasive music is played ALL DAY long, which can be extremely distracting, combined with the typically BOILER ROOM sales office. For obvious reasons, the overall environment creates a very HIGH TURNOVER RATE.
