Bazza R.

Where do I begin? If you want a place to work that makes clients happy, then run for the hills. The culture that is bestowed upon you is a complete brainwashing environment. There are many layers of management that a) are not competent, b) apply a lot of pressure daily, c) will lie to you every step of the way only to make sure they hit their numbers, d) most new people will be stuck with the worst of the worst internal partners, which makes your job nearly impossible, e) as close to used car sales as you can get, f) a very bad product that the company charges a monthly subscription and tries to hide from clients that they are not doing anything worth of value to the websites, g) you will find unpaid commission checks only to find out you have to fight for the money owed, etc...

Bottom line, folks, if you want to be a part of a "Boiler Room" philosophy, then have at it. Your clients will hate you because what management claims to provide to the clients seems to fail almost every time. In your interview, ask this question, "How many website accounts have been left over the last two years, and how much turnover is there?". A ton is the answer. The reason for it is they don't do any quality SEO, provide horrible service, and the billing to clients is like a maze.

I warn all people who think this is a good career. It is where you can get stuck, and before you know it, you have given up your life to be at a dead-end type of job. They make you read from a script in training to trick the clients. I know this and wouldn't adhere to such scams. It is a sick culture. Most managers are only there to defend their job and constantly demand daily Sales Force input and things like, "how much did you sell today?", etc... The reason for the SalesForce is that they know you will not be there long and want as much data input so they can make money with other companies under the TR umbrella.

After you left and made some money, guess what? You may think other companies will look at you with some class. Well, it is quite the opposite. They look at you as the bottom of barrel sales people because that is how they train you. Companies have caught on as they should. You have made a deal with the devil (FindLaw), and recruiters know it. You are not this well-rounded salesperson they claim to have made you into, but you are a con artist and don't even know it.

Advice to Management

'Clean house' and stop the old way of managing. You have the resources to create a great product, but corporate greed has taken over. Take care of clients and quit training sales reps to scam their clients. You all know your SEO is putrid, and the billing system is a scam.