Weed Man Reviews

Low Starting Pay Questionable payroll department - The way commission works can be confusing if you’re trying to figure out what you’re being paid and if you’re being paid correctly. There’s no way to see exactly what commission you’ve earned without either keeping track and doing the math yourself (which is almost impossible) or going to a manager to have them pull up your commission report each bi-weekly paycheck. Some managers will give you attitude for questioning whether you’re being paid correctly and there are times they will pay you incorrectly (less than what you’ve earned) or straight up pay you half your paycheck then you have to wait days to be paid in full. For such a low paying tedious job (with most employees living paycheck to paycheck) not being paid in full on time is unacceptable. Repetitive and mentally exhausting Rude Customers/Pushy Sales Tactics- It’s a remote phone sales job which means you have to call as many people as possible in a day to pitch them sometimes calling the same person up to 6 or 7 times in total (within the span of a few weeks). Obviously you will have to deal with people who don’t want these frequent daily calls and it can bring you down if you’re not used to speaking to angry and annoyed potential customers. You are told to only accept a “no” after a customer has said no 5 TIMES which feels extremely uncomfortable and you will be inadvertently shamed in daily zoom meetings for giving up after someone expresses continuously they are not interested and you accept it. You are encouraged to pitch up to the point that the perspective customer literally hangs up in your face because you’re not taking no for an answer. Can feel demoralizing to do this and to act so desperate for business when Weed Man actually does have a great product and doesn’t need to do be so pushy.

You will spend your days calling the same few hundred people four or five times each only to be told no every time unless you start in the beginning of the season...where else can 16 salespeople not make 25 sales in 6.5 hours..? The management will spend time lecturing about how technique needs to be improved even if the only calls you actually hear a prospects voice on are their answering machines. When you actually make contact you will hear either "I have told you to stop calling. Take me off your list" or " not interested" in both cases followed by a click. Why? The leads are prospects that are contacted five years ago and at least once a day every lawn season since. In fact, if they receive only one call a day they are lucky. This company's sales strategy is centered around pestering their customers until they buy to shut us up. The leads you will have will be people who refuse to do business with Weed Man not because the products aren't superior (because they actually really are) but rather because they actually HATE you.