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Essential Engine

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CEO was fired - what's really going on behind the scenes there? - Anonymous employee Essential Engine Employee Review

1.0
20 Apr 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The daily work tasks are incredibly easy and most of the people there are genuinely great to work with.

Cons

You are expected to work over 40 hours a week with no offered compensation. It's one shade away from a pyramid scheme. The products are a scam. You can be considered a "late add winner" well after the period for taking research forms closes if you want to purchase additional items. No refund policy after 3 days of purchase. All in all, make sure you do your research before a company calls you and says "congratulations!"

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Essential Engine Response
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Thank you for taking time to make a review. Since 2015, we have addressed issues with senior management and have a much deeper bench of management talent. There are many reasons why an employee may leave on their own, or be asked to leave a company. This happens from entry level positions, all the way to the CEO of an organization. We respect the privacy of all of our employees so we can't respond to the reviewer’s specific comments about individuals or titles. We can say that we live by 5 core values - Trustworthy, Agile, Team Player, Dedicated, and Client Focused. We adhere to all overtime rules - if you are a non-exempt employee (hourly) then you are paid overtime for all hours worked over 40 in a given week. This is the law and we absolutely follow it. We also admit that we failed you as an employee, as you did not understand the research process that is used to identify award winners. This communication process is something that has definitely been fixed and all employees now have a much better understanding of our research process. We are sorry we failed you in this regard and wish you the best in your future endeavors.

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CEO approval
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Pros

* Fantastic support and continuous training form the Management Team * Managing and growing your book of business * Getting to work with same clients every year and building relationships *Fun team atmosphere and a great group of people to work with. *No cold calling and lead hunting on your own. Appointments are set for you.

Cons

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3 Sept 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work from home and take advantage of missed appointments (don't worry they're sales calls) that are "disguised as your client winning an award" If you like the lack of management - I guess that's a plus too-

Cons

Where to start- They will only give you clients that have heard this sales pitch / video you make them watch every year for the last 10+ years. Even the top sales people around won't stand a chance when they are just waiting to hang up the moment you try to open into a sales pitch. 5 months of working there, not a single one on one. They actually told us to listen to our own calls after hours (salary, not hourly) and they expected us to have those ready for them (but of course they never followed up on that because they lacked doing one on ones) Your appointment didn't answer? No free time for you. They expect you to cold call from a list in between your calls so don't expect to have free time to enjoy working from home. (The moment I realized this I never once made these cold calls because I was specifically hired as an inbound appointments) - It only took them 5 MONTHS for them to realize I wasn't even doing that lmao (again shows how amazing mgmt is) All of the extra benefits they mentioned in their job postings are all bs. No 401k, no gym membership reimbursement, it's just a bunch of bs, (there's a reason they are now called Essential Engine instead of 5 star because everyone already caught on to their nonsense.

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