Do not touch with a 10 foot pole - Business Development Executive Priority1 Employee Review

1.0
13 July 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

All employees are great people, including management.

Cons

- You will receive absolutely ZERO training! - Day 6 of working at Priority1 there was a mass blowout between current Employees and Management (Yes looking back this should have been a bigger red flag, but as the new guy I just sat there awkwardly through the two hour battle). From this battle there were promises of direct training with management to help build each team members book of business. Followed by a weekly review of current customers you were working with as well as additional help. There were also additional promises made to strengthen the team that fell through even just days after. And regards to the promises of direct training and follow-ups, this lasted just 1 week and returned to “normal” behind a closed door. - For the first 3 weeks Priority1 could not even provide a phone or computer and I just sat there. Even after this waiting period the laptop I received did not even have a functional keyboard. After 3 months of a submitted “IT Ticket” no effort was put forth by management to even get it fixed. - Make a wrong phone call you will get sued. That is even if the lead sourced is even a good contact number. Which 99% of will not be a valid number or a person even in the industry anymore. - Productivity is the biggest priority over the safety and health of their employees. Priority1 handled and is handling Covid-19 horribly! Even after a positive test in the office everyone returned 10 days later. - Do not even bother with collecting commissions. You can work to try and hit a number to only find you were nowhere close due to not even being trained on the company’s own internal systems. - The value of employees to management is lower than ZERO. Internal employees felt the need to go out of pocket to celebrate other departments successes after hitting a company record high month. - Due to Priority1 being many of the current employees first “Real” job. They do not realize 90% of this is not normal or either choose to just sit back and wait till another brutal day is over. It pains me to leave such a negative review on Priority1 as everyone truly is a great person, but if you are needing to make a large career move personally I advise to continue your search.

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Pros

Training is very extensive and the pay is great

Cons

None, i just started and im enjoying it

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Priority1 Response
3d
Thank you for the great review and welcome to the Priority1 family! We're so glad the training and compensation have been a strong start to your journey with us. We can't wait to see everything you accomplish — the best is ahead!
5.0
26 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Great benefits - Great people - Tons of opportunity for QUICK advancement (supervisor, manager, director, etc) - Aggressive and residual commission structure - Great training programs throughout your tenure at the company - Recession proof industry & company (privately held since 1995 and never done layoffs) - An incredible product, top of the line in the industry - The Knoxville office specifically is making a lot of strides in the right direction

Cons

Not necessarily cons, but important to know because this job is not for everyone. - It is a grind. You have to be willing to hear "I'm not interested" and not let it impact your next call. - You can't let it crush your spirit if you are "slow" to close your first deal. The big money is made in year 2, 3, 4, etc. You have to be willing to hustle for the first 2 years or so to build up a solid book. After that, you'll still be selling on the phones but you'll work a lot off of referrals and upsells. - Fragmented industry: there are a lot of competitors out there who offer completely different services than us. We are a top tier service/reliability based transportation brokerage and consultant. Sometimes the leads we call are used to lower level service than what we provide so you have to be able to show them that we are different than the people who burned them in the past. The hardest part will be getting the meeting set - once they see what we have to offer it is a no brainer

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Priority1 Response
3d
Thank you so much for this incredible review and for your five-plus years with Priority1! We love the way you framed it — high effort, high reward really does say it all. You've captured the Priority1 opportunity better than we ever could, and the growth you've shown from rep to Director of Sales in Knoxville is exactly the kind of story we love to see. We're proud to have ambitious, driven people like you on the team and we can't wait to see what's ahead.
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