Pros
Casual dress code, onsite gym, health and fitness programs and onsite personal trainer, laid back and fun office environment, most employees are nice
Cons
Your health benefits are terrible, and the premiums are high. Couple this with an extremely low base pay, and if you have anyone other than yourself on your plan, you will be taking home peanuts after this and taxes. This job is good for young people who have little to no outside work responsibilities. If you have a child in school/daycare, a spouse, family, etc, that require you to work "normal" hours, you will not succeed. Managers want you in your chair 12+ hours a day, but you'll only get paid for 8. You do get 20 days of PTO, but you if you take them, for any reason, it will be held against you. You will be expected to work late nights and Saturdays if you want to "succeed". The compensation plan is a joke, as is the warning cycle. The warning cycle exists to scare people, and at the end they will fire who they want to fire, and keep who they want to keep. There is zero communication within upper management and less, if possible, from management to reps. No one ever has any idea what was going on. The motto seems to be, "That's Angie's List", meaning the company would rather embrace poor communication and no structure instead of implementing changes that would help its employees and its growth. One of Angie's List core values is "Be frugal" which they exercise in choosing the worst buildings in the city. In every office I worked in there were mice and other rodents, insects, and no climate control. If it was cold outside it was cold inside, and vice versa. Unfortunately, the company has a very "fraternity" feel to it, meaning it promotes based on camaraderie and sales merit instead of management experience and potential. As a result, most managers have no clue how to lead and manage a team. Suffice to say, being a good sales rep DOES NOT mean you will be a good manager. Most managers spent their days shooting the breeze, taking tons of smoke breaks, and playing on the Internet. When they do decide to manage, prepare to be micromanaged to the extreme, with hour long "call blitzes" in which you are yelled at if you get out of your chair. The cold calling itself is tedious and exhausting, with most companies having been called for years. They either do not answer or hang up on you immediately. Management then wants you to use Google voice or purchase a "spoof" card to get the service provider to answer. These tactics are shady at best. The territory is extremely over-saturated, and you are expected to call repeatedly, in spite of the service provider showing no interest. If you are a recent college grad looking for a fun work environment and a starter job, and you have little to no responsibilities outside of work, you can do decently well here if you are willing to work for it, but it won't be easy. Otherwise, I recommend choosing another company to work for.
