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Credit Manager Trainee - Credit Manager Trainee Consolidated Electrical Distributors Employee Review

3.0
16 Apr 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Good culture and great co workers. My manager was fun and helped me grow and develop. independent and free thinking culture. Car allowance and phone allowance were nice perks. Travel for meetings and dinner with upper management makes you feel important.

Cons

Salary is about $15,000 below market rate. When you get promoted to Credit Manager you have to relocate. It takes time to get paid what you are worth through the profit sharing philosophy. Base pay does not increase. Some older employees are slow and not able to adapt to change.

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Consolidated Electrical Distributors Response
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Thank you very much for taking the time to send us your feedback. The Profit Sharing model that CED utilizes is something we take great pride in. Profit Sharing is a dynamic mechanism that enables CED to reward every eligible employees for their performance, regardless of tenure. As you mentioned, many of our employees have been with us for a long time, and lots of them attribute their loyalty to the feeling of independence and empowerment that Profit Sharing provides. It is especially inspiring to hear our most talented managers talk about the impact that Profit Sharing has had in their personal lives. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not make employment decisions based on age or any other protected characteristic. We do recognize that our 2-3 year training program is a significant commitment for any candidate and we admit that management trainees will not achieve their full compensation potential until their training is complete, once and they have begun to demonstrate their skills as a manager running a Profit Center or Credit Office. However, our investment of time and coaching in each Management Trainee is an enormous value in and of itself. Many find themselves fortunate to have had their management skills carefully cultivated by our company’s time tested training program. We we will take your feedback into consideration. We wish you the best of luck in your career, and we hope that the Credit Management skills that you gained through CED’s training program will serve you well in all your future endeavors.

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