Just didn't live up to the promises - Sales Representative WillScot Employee Review

1.0
26 Apr 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Within each branch is a very tight family atmosphere, and people work to help each other out. I received a lot of help from reps in other cities and even in my short time there, solid business relationships were formed. Everyone does work hard to get the job done and to make it as successful as possible for those around them

Cons

The people who ran the company, to be frank, don't know the first thing about business management. How they got as big as they did is beyond me. The training you receive is scarce. Spelling mistakes are rampant and the whole sales training is as gimmicky as it gets. The product is no better than anything else out there, but the price was always higher. They promised the moon but delivered on nothing. Inflated the wages and expected earnings during the interview process. Not very customer focused at all, it was all about the bottom line with little regard for maintaining good client relations. Just overall poor management. There were mass lay-offs two months after I was hired. . . and that included my position. An absolute waste having turned down other high profile jobs based on the opportunity that I was led to believe existed here.

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