Don't Take This Sales Job - Strategic Partnerships SteelHouse Employee Review

1.0
31 Jul 2018
Recommend
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Pros

This place has a fun college vibe so if you're looking to keep the college days going with lots of alcohol then it's for you.

Cons

If you're looking to get into sales this is a horrible place to start. They bait you with the "MBA of Sales" and then give you two weeks of programmatic 101 and throw you into the boiler room. You'll be chasing touch points and sending cold emails until you're sick to death of it. The sales leadership will pigeonhole you into selling basic offerings and not even allowing you to push the whole breadth of capabilities. If your clients site doesn't have enough traffic they won't even let you sell them anything. They're also not a real tech company. They white label the Trade Desk so clients are really just paying extra to use that DSP. Turnover rates on the sales team are insane and all the top salesmen left after they got sued for fraudulent campaign activity.

SteelHouse Response
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First, SteelHouse is a technology company that offers marketers a sophisticated advertising management platform, which leverages our relationships with many partners including The Trade Desk and Facebook. We are not a media reseller or agency. By using our technology marketers are able to manage and optimize large-scale multi-channel campaigns that drive measurable results. Second, sales is not for everyone, but every successful salesperson remembers the learning curve and hard work of their early days. Selling an ad solution to informed marketers requires a working knowledge of digital advertising as well as knowledge of the SteelHouse offering. Our ninety-day ramping program combines industry and product education with a progressive mentor program. More than 90% of our reps graduate the program and start generating sales against their own accounts within their very first month selling. To some of your other inaccuracies: - The SteelHouse platform is built for brands with appreciable traffic and an interest in getting the most from multi-channel campaigns. Brands that don’t meet our basic criteria are excluded from the sales process to better serve the needs of our perspective clients and save time. - Unlike other departments, every effective sales team is guided by sales performance. SteelHouse is no different. While we do naturally churn underperformers, we’re proud of our exceptional retention rate and still count many of our earliest team members as current team members. Lastly, to your, “Pros,” I can only offer that SteelHouse in a large part owes its success to its culture. We are a team of devoted professionals that enjoy a positive environment, which balances hard work with style and fun. I am truly sorry that you had a bad experience here, but I felt the need to set the record straight. Wishing you the best of luck in your next endeavor. - SteelHouse

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5.0
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Pros

Personally, I am loving life at Steelhouse! SDRs are compensated well for their efforts here, and I feel like the company is doing everything it can to support this team and push for their success. (ex. hiring and supporting a GREAT sales enablement team, looking into software to help us perform, etc) The people here are warm and welcoming, management is very supportive and engaged, and even the execs take time to chat and check-in. The compensation and benefits package is also great, and I feel like I'm being rewarded fairly for the work I'm putting in. Sales is not always fun! Trying to hit quota can be stressful! But what makes the job bearable are the people around you, the tools you're given, and the rewards you earn for success -- Steelhouse has exceeded my expectations on all three.

Cons

- I'd really love if we were offered a 401K match!

1.0
16 Mar 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Pay was ok health insurance was good.

Cons

Was looking for a closer shop to home and found steel house indy fab/install division. Met with the president for breakfast and was told how much we were like a family here at steel house. He went on to say how the profit sharing and bonuses were going to be so great. Right from the gate was treated very poorly talked to like I was a paid slave. Never saw any bonus or profit sharing. The Forman had no business being a Forman. His experience level was less than anyone else working in the shop. He would whistle and expect you to come running like a dog. I’ve been in this industry for 20 years and have never been treated so poorly!

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