Polar..Listen to your heart...Great Great Company who is falling apart...... - Account Manager Polar Electro Employee Review

1.0
29 Aug 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Loved working for them. Lots of Travel and Sales Expectations. Great perk is you get to Travel to New York and work with some of the best in the fitness industry.

Cons

Very High Turnover with Great employees. These guys expect you to build your business pipline and when you finally do they let you go and see how long till that territory goes to be in the red. No matter what you do in Sales with Quotas in your Territory they are never satisfied. Don't expect to work long with the company they sell to Amazon and HRM USA much cheaper that you can sell to your clients. Also, no media presence for marketing.

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Polar Electro Response
8y
Thanks for the candid review. All valid points based on what I hear was the operating style in years gone by. Since your 2012 review, the company has gone through tremendous change and I assure you the environment, today, is nothing like what you describe from days gone by. Sorry you had to endure what sounds like a rough period. Situation is very different today.

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CEO approval
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
18 Oct 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good work/life balance. many good people

Cons

lack of leadership & strategic direction inferior product and not fast enough to innovate poor management afraid to rock the boat. a few really negative people and managers too non confrontational to let them go. created this atmosphere that was really bad. sales team: in the field was really passionate about product. but no support. nat sales, some good some bad. marketing team: all of the talented ones leave for bigger things. ALL OF THEM.. leaving only people who don't understand fitness markets. went through multiple restructures from bad to worse. Happens every 4 years without fail. In my time: 1st: "leadership" left entire control to a bipolar tirant woman in HR. had her fist in everything and made everyone in the company miserable. 2nd: "leadership" would sell their soul for a buck. which resulted in really poor product placement and manufactured growth with zero sustainability. extreme poor decision making, good old boys football coach mentality. very low intelligence. this all the result of a few really bad people in parent company making decisions on future of a US office.

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Polar Electro Response
8y
Thanks for the candid feedback. I wasn't at Polar during the period you mention. Certainly can assure you that the dynamic has changed dramatically. Much more responsible commercial decisions etc.
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