Think twice - Sales LR Paris Employee Review

1.0
5 June 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A few of the associates are really hardworking and a pleasure to work with.

Cons

Very uncomfortable environment where all employees are in one open space and the design team and others talk loud so one cannot hear clients on the phone. Upper management has no clue about sales and building a true sales force. After day one they expect 10 appointments per week and dollars the day before yesterday. No positive synergy, most of the employees philosophy is to burn out others candles with the illusion that theirs will burn brighter. Time wasted on weekly (at least two) meetings were most employees walk away discouraged. The D.C. office management team plays the bully card and simply know nothing about building and running a business. A good sales person will arrange many meetings with potential clients, unfortunately, only a few will purchase. Pricing is way too high and most large companies are now going factory direct.

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LR Paris Response
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We are sorry you were unhappy working with us. This isn't the feedback we are use to hearing. We strive to ensure our sales team is trained and that our compensation program is fair. We are a family run business and the family is extremely passionate about creating custom corporate gifting and caring for our employees. We thank our employees for all they do to make the company a growing leader in the corporate gifting industry. We have recently added HR staff to the team to encourage an open-door policy. Never the less we will be considering your feedback for how we can improve.

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