Pros
The company does a decent job at trying to make the fun., and It can be fun if it is your first or second job out of college. As a sales rep, you get an opportunity to learn on the job and you're thrown into variety technology situations. Commission plan can be solid, but you have to luck into meeting or exceeding your goals.
Cons
SHI is basically two companies. The enterprise team and corporate team. Corp is the red headed step child, but has the most growth and it's where I worked. The company struggles processing simple orders, and processes don't work well. District and Inside managers stretched too thin or have a limited amount of industry and company knowledge. They are know as Software, Hardware, Integration, but really it's only a viable software reseller, because the strategy to sell hardware is completely broken. There is a lack of knowledge, support, and processes to do it effectively and consistently. Upper management fires too many employees (EVEN THE ONES WHO'VE EXCEEDED THEIR GOALS) and there is little to no viable explanations for the outings. Several of the top people based on numbers are beginning to exit. Based on what managers have explained, the plan of the Corp Division hiring strategy is to over hire for every market to ensure that every district / region exceeds their goals. This is great for the company, but for a new or existing employee, you're basically getting less opportunity to make real money. It sets up new reps to call on customer bases that have little to no quality prospects, and the customers lists are basically accounts that have been evaluated and tossed aside due to lack of opportunity. Management also has created internal teams that are suppose to increase sales, but they take accounts and commissions away from every rep. Reps or direct managers have little to no control over avoiding these tactics.
