Door-to-Door Marketing Scam - Anonymous employee South Employee Review

1.0
4 Jan 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Everyone was really nice there

Cons

100% commission, all hype and mind games, no support after initial training period, long hours, you have to use your own vehicle, not fully transparent on product so i felt like i was selling a scam and couldn't actually help my customers when they had issues.

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South Response
9y
Hello Reviewer! Thank you for taking the time to write a review and share your experience. It saddens us that you consider this a marketing scam, especially since you worked on behalf of AT&T. We're certain you don't think AT&T, T Mobile, ect. is operating a scam, right? We take our work very seriously, as well as the improper use of that term. Uber has people use their own cars? So does Door Dash...Grub Hub... people who work directly for AT&T as account managers use their own car to travel around town, as do real estate agents. We have won numberous awards from our clients in the last 6 years on the quality of our sales, low turn over and very low customer escalations. Our quality puts us in the top 1% in the country. Sorry for the bad taste. Best of luck!

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5.0
22 July 2020
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Pros

Hannah is almost as awesome as the opportunity. The work environment is great, promotions are merit based, and I feel like apart of Hannah's family.

Cons

Not for the person who wants to slack at work.

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South Response
5y
Reviewer, Thanks for this great feedback! We appreciate you sharing your experience last July. We love knowing that our people enjoy coming to work! Sincerely, South Inc Management Team
2.0
6 Nov 2019
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Pros

Start time was 11ish which was nice, but then again that means you're knocking on personal homes after dark in the middle of nowhere sometimes.

Cons

Where to begin, from day one you are told that if you "put in the work, you will be successful" but that is forced down your throat by managers who make a percentage of every sale you make, and then the managers that hired them make a percentage off that and so on and so on. Basically you're a door to door sales man/woman who goes to supposed "interested" homes to offer them AT&T/DirectTV service (I think this has changed now, but that's what it was when I was there"basically you visit 40-60 homes in a shift with that hope you find that one person who doesn't slam the door in your face, tell you to screw yourself, or get the cops called on you (which happens probably once a month). These homes have no idea who you are, SOUTH does not provide you with anything to wear that identifies you with AT&T only an IPAD so people never think its legit. They expect you to go on these "business trips" but you aren't supplied with per diem or gas money so you're coming out of pocket for basically the entire trip. Oh and driving from home to home in your territory you are not reimbursed for gas either. Just stay away, if you're even considering this. The turnover rate is incredibly high, my time there probably 6-10 people would come and go within a week or so

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South Response
6y
Hello! Very confused by this review- our hours are 8 AM- 5 PM, so if you worked at a company that starts at 11 and knocks on residental homes then you have the wrong company. We only handle business accounts from 8-5 Monday-Friday. Thanks again
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