Better when Hitachi Owned - Account Executive Metabo HPT Employee Review

3.0
13 Mar 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Work/life balance is probably the best I’ve ever had for working in sales. If you can put up with all the nonsense, redundant reports, lack luster leadership and other general garbage then you might enjoy working here. 401k program is good. Decent car allowance and mileage reimbursement. Probably one of the better paying powertool companies.

Cons

Lots of negativity! Changes in commission structure caused half the sales team to quit. The new name is hurting our brand. Product managers really don’t have a pulse on what tools the market needs and could also be that management is slow walking everything. Lots of back orders! Our commercial program is a joke and needs a serious adjustment. Major holes in our product categories make it hard for customers to buy in. Then once they buy in we end up running them out of stock. Inventory ships slow. If a customer orders something first day of the month they won’t get until 15th-17th of the month then try and sell through for a reorder. Being owned by KKR has been hard, they nickel and dime everything, make our insurance worse/more expensive and cut our commissions. It probably cost far more to lose our sales guys then it saved on insurance and commission. Our company culture is one of CYA and deaf ears.

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5.0
29 Jan 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Working with great leadership that has vision and a drive toward growth. The employees are a wealth of knowledge about the company and industry which makes it easier to learn as a new employee.

Cons

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3.0
22 Nov 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Handful of hardworking people willing to teach you & help you grow

Cons

Not enough accountability within the management & executive level. You will spend entirely too much time & energy following up with management & executives on the same internal issues. It’s a never ending cycle that has a huge impact on productivity within an entire department. All you can do is continue to follow-up or bring it up in meetings to ensure your efforts are not lost. There are known bottlenecks across multiple departments where process improvements & metrics can be applied however no one will own their share of the work to implement improvements. Sales is the ONLY focus, to hell with the other driving forces that make a company successful. High volume of errors, high turn around time for corrective actions. You are rewarded with more pressure and more responsibility to assist in fixing issues outside of your department because other managers can’t be counted on to do their job.

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