Exciting, dynamic and hardworking enviorment - Sales Associate GSM Systems Employee Review

- International exposure/feeling connected to non-western world - Opportunity to travel to interesting places - Knowing that work done is saving operators in developing countries large amounts of money. Contributing to organic economic growth. Eliminating inefficiencies in the telecommunications world. I.e. work is meaningful and impacts entire countries. - Independence - Intelligent, ambitious colleagues - Competitive, fun working environment. NOT BORING. - Lack of bureaucracy at company (this is subjective--could be a con, but for me it is a pro)

- Work starts at 6 AM - Often stressful - If in sales, some days can be hugely frustrating, others can be hugely rewarding. A lot of up and down. Can be hard to reach people, barriers to entry, etc. Again, this lack of stability is subjective, for some could be a con, for others could be a pro. I personally like it -- makes things exciting.

There really aren't that many reasons to work for GSM Systems unless you are looking to be in a very aggressive sales environment with little to no help getting work done efficiently and effectively.

This company is run by brute force which makes sense since their founder and managing director is a rugby player. Not that being a rugby player is a bad thing, but you just can't manage a company the same way. This same guy does not care one bit about his employees, he treats people with such disrespect that you question who brought this person up, zero manners and zero compassion. To his defense, he was an amazing salesman. There is practically no vacation time here and a work/life balance is non existent. You start at 6AM and are allowed to leave at 4PM but it is frowned upon to leave at 4. They used to pay for gym memberships but took that away. They pay for your breakfast ($5) but took that away for a while when sales were down. The company claims to Ben pro team environment but yet they promote poaching of accounts. There are snakes and they will poach your deals and screw you over. If the "snake" is a top salesman, management will let it fly as they only care about money. The morale of the sales team is very low and will easily cloud your judgement and bring your morale down too. The sales team talks a lot of trash about the company and it seems like not one person is truly happy there. Hate to be so honest but this is all the reality at GSM Systems.