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BrightStar Wireless Reviews

2.7

38% would recommend to a friend

(101 total reviews)

Bart Bess & Jafus (Jay) Palmer

48% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

BrightStar Wireless has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 101 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The BrightStar Wireless employee rating is 24% below average for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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101 reviews
1.0
26 Mar 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The only positive about this job is the sales experience. If you can sell Sprint, you can sell a napkin.

Cons

Where do I begin? - First off, this company is flat-out dishonest. They forced me to sign a new commission structure that was complete wack. The commission structure included if our store fell in between different types of ties than the company would take away our commission up to 60%. That is ridiculous! -Speaking of losing money, the company would take 10% of my money if our store didn't hit quota. As an example, the store that I worked in was only producing 100 contracts a month. They would punish us if we didn't hit 45 new activations per rep. That is nearly impossible when our store 30 new activations per month. They would also take away 10% of my money if we were not at 1 phone to 1 accessory. - After looking closer at my time, I was extremely dissatisfied with my job while working there. My Store Manager was a two face liar. He promised me a lot of things that he never followed up on. As an example, he promised me a pay raise after 6 months of working there. That never happened. - Upper management is joke! They deceitfully told us to put insurance on customer's phones without their own knowledge and as the customer was signing their contracts, they did this just to boost up their own numbers and to cheat the customer out of their hard earned money. - In regards of upper management, they also have these in store promos going on to only affect the upper management. As an example, they said that they would send all the managers on a cruise, if they earned it. What about those reps that work hard as well? Don't they deserve something, except for $7.50 an hour? - Chargebacks are complete joke! I understand that it is the wireless industry but it is not my fault that the customer hates Sprint and leaves them because their service is a joke! -Upper management, learn how to listen to your reps. They are essential to your success, compliment them when they do well. I never got any sort of compliment for being their lead sales rep for a year.

2.0
9 Feb 2018

Sales rep

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good work environment, nice coworkers, working with technology

Cons

I have lost my commission twice, I was promised as a new hire I wouldn't lose my commission my first month and received zero, they have awful communication skills, and will do anything to skip out on paying you, they also ask you to drive120 moles a day for two weeks, no mileage paid, they ALSO expect you to go to constant meetings that are seemingly useless and eat up your personal time. Do not work here unless you don't mind bouncing around alot.

1.0
16 Jan 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I cannot think of any pros because the way they do their business it’s very false and shady. The only pro that I can think of Would be that they do their annual summit in Utah which is nice but that doesn’t justify the other injustice that they’ve committed you continue to do so right now.

Cons

The company has build its reputation solely on screwing its employees over and over again. The Better Business Bureau should definitely take a look into this company because many of its former employees have complained of not being paid for work hours or not receiving their commission when they earned it with their blood sweat and tears. Brightstar will find any excuse not to pay its employees their commission even when the commission is solely based on sales. The company is based out of Utah has a deep routing in the religious believes which I find a little bit hypocritical on their behalf because they don’t care about their employees. I work for over one year with bright star and there were several months where I went without getting any rest and on top of that they would refuse to pay my commission at times, he got to the point that I had to go to the emergency room because I was working too much I was at the point of exhaustion. Bright star will use you and abuse you until you are not any use for them anymore they will dismiss you without thinking about it twice. I wouldn’t days without interest or seen my family in loyalty to this company and after one year they told me that I cannot longer work for them because I was “late “, what is the coincidence that the month before my commission was 100% guaranteed to be paid in full. HR will deduct hours without telling Employees, even if it was a worked hour they will still deduct it, claiming that it needs to be taken out for lunch or break. As far as I’m concerned that’s call slavery because if someone is working for you you have to pay them regardless or not whether they took a break. I have collected several signatures and will be filing an order with an attorney to have Brightstar be put under investigation. They have to understand that they cannot continue doing what they’re doing to their employees can get away with that.

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