Where to begin?
-Start with the title of this post, expect lots of empty promises as a salesperson (payraise, stock options, promotion, special projects, etc).
-We always have to act like a "big-boy" company when talking w/ merchants and customers, however "We're a start-up" was always the response when inquiring about pay-raises, expenses, etc.
-The only thing that "evolves" is the price of the service, which you know only increases. The product hasn't changed in over a year, and it is becoming more stale by the day. In this industry it is mandatory to be ahead of the innovation curve.
-Where is the logic here? Customer A purchases a $500 catering order for their office; they earn 5 points. Customer B walks in next and purchases a can of soda-pop; they earn 5 points. Customer C follows and just needs to use the bathroom; they earn 5 points. #loyalty
-CEO would routinely send out extreme emails on a Friday afternoon declaring "Mandatory work weekend". Many employees were out of town on vacation during one of these summer weekends, and that resulted in documented warnings and "Performance Improvement Plans" (aka "PIPS") being delivered on Monday because they weren't working (think of these as a "Strike 2" before being fired).
-How many times can the "F Bomb" be dropped in a motivational speech or meeting? Google the mission statement or credo or whatever it is, every sentence has the f-word in it and the exec team LOVES that it does. Grow up, I thought swearing was cool when I was in elementary school.
-A hint for current and future employees... Would you like to be promoted? My advice: complain. Whiners consistently get what they want here.
-Your first 90 days are crucial as a new employee, because if you don't perform at a high-level right away you will be terminated. They going on hiring and firing binges within these first three months and they don't have to pay unemployment if you are let go within that time frame.
-A great majority of these positive reviews before me are not organic. Exec team sent out emails asking people to write positive reviews because they were preparing to go on one of their famous hiring binges (read above) the following month.
