Unsustainable growth - taking from employees to prop up stocks - Avis employé Sales Representative Fastenal

1,0
29 janv. 2014
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Avantages

Good first job to put something on your resume. Good part time job for high school or college students. It's not a career type company, but it's a good starter company while you look for something else.

Inconvénients

-Unsustainable growth through outrageous sales goals YTD and MTD. It's a growth bubble similar to the housing market crisis. -Extremely high turnover due to increasingly fast moving trend towards over micro-managing, employee intimidation, and regular decreases in commission rates with the expectation of more sales output. Constantly training/ promoting new incompetent employees because of unsatisfied turnover. -Completely focused on stock price rather than employee satisfaction. -Bad business model of taking from employees (the sales force core of business growth) to keep the stock prices elevated to show positive growth to investors.

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5,0
9 juin 2026
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Avantages

Management is good Hours are negotiable Time off is available Opportunities to move up always available

Inconvénients

No commissions for part time

3,0
27 juin 2026
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Avantages

Lots of responsibility. Decentralized company, which can work in your favor.

Inconvénients

Pay is low based on competitors. Politics, lots of it. Cost-centers everywhere. Everyone has to make money off the branches: the hub, NA, regions, support, etc. Being a GM is probably one of the hardest jobs. Your job on the lean team is to support NA and the branch. It is hard to fully support both at the same time. It is a balancing act that frequently is blamed on you. Frequently, your coworkers just want to put their name on your work and create problems because of their egos.

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