Zoom Media Reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(70 total reviews)

Francois De Gaspe Beaubien

81% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Zoom Media has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 70 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Zoom Media employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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70 reviews
2.0
13 Apr 2016

Listen Very Carefully

Recommend
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Pros

Company is aggressive in its marketing stance in health clubs and gyms throughout the US and Canada. Their sales people are supporting this company and its sister company, ClubCom. The job entails lots of phone time. As a salesman, you are expected to be on the phone from morning until early afternoon, cold calling. Then, in the afternoon, make your sales calls. Straight commission. As one other reviewer said, company has no skin in the game and they have nothing invested in your success. If they did, expenses would be shared with the company, you wouldn't have to beg for a "trade" for hotel rooms, and you would be paid on sales, not "paid in full" receivables. You will also need to collect your own accounts, which may be standard in some industries.

Cons

There will be no one who listens to you. Your market is you, and you alone. You will find no hard, accurate market statistics to lean on. Only those statistics published by IHRSA are used, and most of them are, naturally, pumped up radically from what the health clubs will actually tell you about your business. The executive management in the company will offer nice incentive trips, but will "cheap" you on them, refusing to pay baggage fees for airline flights, etc. Management fails to demonstrate that this is not a fly by night outfit to most consumers/customers. The company's Pittsburgh office, which is the head office for the sales force, has about 50 employees, but most people you deal with in small town America think you are backed up by one person answering the phone. Takes a lot of talking to them to dissuade them from this. Doesn't help that a few of their salespeople sell advertising the way they used to sell used cars. READ the other reviews. As someone else said, it takes a long time to write a negative review, so do NOT discount it as sour grapes. I've, so far, met 10 "former" salespeople from Zoom Media Connect, and they all say the same thing.

4.0
7 Dec 2015

Great Commission Sales

Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

Great sales support. Advertising product is unique and targeted. Trip incentives are amazing way to go to exotic places.

Cons

No salary safety net. Receivables are paid only on full collection. Market shifts are driven by local economic conditions. Must cover all expenses out of your pocket. Company has no skin in the game.

2.0
4 Sept 2015

Great Company-Misleading when it comes to Training

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You can work from home, no micromanagement, excellent low cost product to sell on behalf of the local and small business owner.

Cons

Straight commission, no base salary, they give you little media based information. Being in advertising most of my career this is a numbers driven business. Most companies live by Nielson. Zoom has minimum knowledge of this concept. They read the percentages and call also think it's valid. Not the case when you live in a market that's heavy Nielson rated. They (ad agencies, business owners that are savvy) want to know what makes this particular demographic someone they should market to. When posed with a question that's heavy media related. I was personally told by my supervisor that particular business owner was "not a great fit" you don't say that you find ways to earn that business relationship. At the end of day there are no business relationships to obtain only money to be taken.

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