Pros
No boss, no 9 to 5 in an office setting
Cons
Ok so here is the deal with this company. During the interview process they throw out some big numbers on what you'll be expected to earn with them, it draws you in because who doesn't want to make big bucks right!? They teach you a very basic idea of the industry and commercial roofing. The company chases roofing insurance claims, even in areas where there isn't much storm damage. You will be out going business to business, just walking in blind (aka door knocking) asking the owner if you can inspect their roof for damage. They want you to door knock (aka solicit) at least 20 doors a day. Most of the time you're going to get push back from the owner or manager, refusing to let you inspect their roof, or it will be a building that you have no clue who the owner is or how to get in touch with them. Obviously you are coached to try and overcome these measures. All while you drive around town burning up your own gas, and your own money. The company doesn't have a lead system generator at all, they rely on their minions to drive around all over in order to land deals on the spot. So you better have at least 6 - 8 months of savings in your bank account in order to survive while your try and land a deal. if you do land a deal, which is hard unless you storm chase, then the company will pay you really good commission. Instead of investing their money into marketing and buying leads, they just pay you higher commission. Which is great sounding, but when you have no leads coming in and you're door knocking your butt off, your mindset will change and would rather get leads for less the commission. So to recap, no leads/ no salary / no fuel cards / no income what so ever unless you make a deal / and you need to have money saved up in order to pay your bills while you try and get this off the ground. this company experiences very very high turnover rate with their sales people because of all this. They churn and burn through sales people more than any company i know, and it's because of their business model. This is a very very hard company to be successful in, unless you have your own money to invest into marketing or you're already connected in the industry and hold very lucrative relationships already in the commercial large loss sector.
