Pros
fast paced environment with young, interesting co-workers. I've been with the company for nearly 9 years and it's always been a fun fast paced environment with minimal micro-management. One of the company's philosophies was "Work hard and Play hard" and we certainly did. The Holiday party became one of, if not the biggest party of its kind in the Chicagoland area but with our recent buy out and new ownership, that was the first thing new management nixed. This was a sign of more changes to come and none of the changes thus far have benefited the employees which is something we never had to worry about when our founder Michael Krasny was at the helm.
Cons
unfair advancement practices. As a Sales professional, of coarse you're expected to hunt for your own business but as time goes on, you'll see peers handed accounts solely on favortism. It's truly an environment where the chosen few are handed riches. The typical example is John and I are neck and neck at 80% of goal and shipping $500K per month. Our team-mate Sally gets promoted and her account base is redistributed amongst our team of 20 other sales reps. John receives 2 of her top 20 accounts which adds another $60K per month to his sales production and I might not see a single account. The account redistribution process has always been a mystery and always perceived as being unfair by the masses.