Pros
Occasional Free food Casual Dress Code Leave early most Fridays End of each month usually end up with 1-2 days off if you hit goal early (Frequently happens) December when you hit annual goal you get the rest of the year off (Usually 2-weeks) Amazing work life balance
Cons
Huge pyramid scheme. The commission is set up for SOCOM managers best friends and their wives to pocket all of the commission while crumbs are spread to the hard working sales floor. In 18 months with GovSpend my manager and VP never had a single one-on-one conversation with me about performance, metrics, improvement, coaching, etc. Brokers are given free ranch to take advantage of their mini teams - Brokers will not participate in a deal yet demand and take 33-50% of the available commission. Quite absurd... Management just does not care if you are not 'in'. If you are not in the political circle you will never make over $60k here - Guaranteed. They will lie to you hardcore about earnings. - PTO Accrues slowly (only 10 days per year) and management will sarcastically / subtly give you a hard time about using it. I was told 'Some managers have not taken vacations in 4 years'. No 401k match No subsidized insurance No professional development