Aptive Environmental reviews about "commission"

We work hard not a con for the right people

The protective equipment we wear can be stuffy.

-Big company, you have to produce big results to advance in position -You are expected to work very hard -As a sales rep, no health insurance benefits

Micromanagement is at an all time high at all levels of the company. Terrible management training. Unrealistic production quotas, which will affect your bonuses. A joke of a base salary in the Bay Area which they dangle the bonus carrot but make it hard to attain. Service professional are expected to service 20 stops a day. Anyone who has done pest control will know it’s not manageable. Terrible service standard, not enough time between stops to perform services correctly. Not enough equipment, terrible budget issues. Ordering new things for your area is a nightmare. Group of college kids come and do a terrible job at selling and setting expectations, and are a mess to work with. Constantly lying about services, destroying long last relationships with property managers where we house them and did I say they like to lie?

The metrics upon which bonuses are based conflict when it comes to efficiency and customer satisfaction. You get 16-20 houses a day and get 20 minutes to do each one whether it’s a track home or a full on farm. (Some routes are just farms..) You will be expected to show up and close bad faith deals where the customer is uninformed and even misinformed and told a price that they could never actually get and your left to clean up the situation for no extra pay. That’s was an everyday thing for me.

not gareenteed pay, travel, and can be expensive

High rejection Sacrifice summer time

Because this job is commission based, it is not for lazy people. You eat what you kill in this job so you have to be willing to put in the effort in the hours to gain new skills and become the best version of yourself. If you’re not willing to do that, this isn’t the place for you.

Demanding of time and can be hard with family if not organized If the right reps are not hired, it can be a hard experience for them