Pros
I spent a little over 3 years at Trellis and I had a very good experience. Contrary to some previous posts about PTO, I’ve never worked at a place that allowed me to take the amount of PTO that Trellis allowed. As long as proper notice was given, it was always granted. Another thing I liked about Trellis is that they embrace remote work. If you take a position at Trellis, you’ll never have to worry about back to office mandates or having to commute to work. I’ve had a few jobs in my life but Trellis was the first that paid for my health insurance and I didn’t have to pay a penny for it during my time there. While no sales job is perfect, you have access to an infinite amount of inbound leads where there is some intent. It really beats working at the local Allstate office and being asked to harass local people in the community to buy insurance. I sat in my sweatpants at home and had the opportunity to make pretty good money. Lastly, this was the first time in my career working in the fintech/startup space that the stock options that I earned actually paid out for me with Gen acquiring them. I’d imagine a lot more resources and growth opportunities will become available over time now that Trellis is part of a 12 billion dollar global company such as Gen.
Cons
I wouldn’t call it a con but it can get really busy and chaotic but that’s better than things being slow without any business coming in. I’d say your job would be as safe as it’s ever been with how busy things are.