Pros
Awesome company. Really take care of their employees and customers like I’ve never seen before from a large organization. Employees are nice, willing to contribute, and support. There’s lots of opportunities to advance or make lateral moves to different departments with 18 months or 3 years experience in non-sales/sales positions, respectively. Top of the market products, R&D is excellent, innovative products, always looking to improve. 3 weeks vacation starting year one!! Vehicle and technology allowance are within industry standards, but they’re looking into changing this. Very little to no micromanagement!!! This is a plus given that we often work weekends for trade shows.
Cons
They tend to move territories around for sales positions more than most would like; this can cause confusion for some customers. It is also bad when one rep closes a big account and another (brand new) rep gets paid the commission on it. This has happened multiple times and the management doesn’t accommodate at all. Pay isn’t top of the line for the amount of work performed. Sales positions pay differently andbase pays aren’t equal or don’t really line up with cost of living or experience. Base pay is too low and random. Commission structure is ok if you’re closing the deals each month as you get paid commission 6-8 weeks later when items ship, not when they book. Travel expenses are on your own credit card and reimbursed weekly if your manager approves in a timely fashion (by the due date). This doesn’t always happen so many people sit on expenses for weeks on end. Figure you’ll make about $20-30k less than what they tell you, after commissions are paid.