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"I love the excitement of being in technology. There is a constant learning curve and there's always change! Being an Account Executive allows me to work with many different people, both externally and internally, which I enjoy very much. I also am money driven, so sales is a great place for me to be!"
Posted 11 years ago in Mountain View, CA
Account Executive at LeaderPromos.com
in Columbus, OH

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"If you enjoy being managed by reports, than this is the job for you!"

What do you like about working at LeaderPromos.com?

"My coworkers are pretty cool and the industry is interesting."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be aware of the dog and pony show that they put on to try to make it seem like you have the ability to make a lot of money, because you won't."

What don't you like about working at LeaderPromos.com?

"Management is horrible. There's too much favoritism and not enough caring about the overall well being of the team."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be open to feedback, and pay your employees more. Get an HR department so people can actually complain about problems without management turning it around on you. And if you paid people more, they would be happier to deal with the constant poor decisions that are being made."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Account Executive at Farmers
in Seattle, WA

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"Very enjoyable, family, loved ones, and a lot of fun time."

What do you like about working at Farmers?

"The great training, the learning system in place, continous education, and the great experience in management to gain."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be motivated, demonstrate skills to fit the position, and show strength of a can-do kind of person."

What don't you like about working at Farmers?

"No time off because of the fear of not accomplishing quarterly required production goals including financial sanctions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Clear vision for accomplishing goals, great tools and mechanism for work-activities, promotion of strategic solutions to problem solving and their sustainability with open update possibility to cope with new things to ensure proper focus to reach goals for continuous growth."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Account Executive at Carabela Trading
in New York City, NY

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"Opportunity to shift and expand sales channels."

What do you like about working at Carabela Trading?

"The opportunity to expand into new sales channels both in domestic and overseas markets."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Fluency in Spanish is an asset. Preparation for sales presentations is the key to generating new business."

What don't you like about working at Carabela Trading?

"The office was too small. There was very little space to work in."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Modernize the office, embrace computer technology and consult with your salesmen before making investments."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Account Executive at Marcotex International
in Passaic, NJ

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"Establish new relationships in Latin America."

What do you like about working at Marcotex International?

"Meet, greet, work with clients in house and overseas that included business trips. The opportunity to practice my Spanish and develop a sales presentation. The opportunity to present, sell, close, book and conduct business overseas was very exciting for me."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Speak a foreign language such as Spanish, French or Arabic."

What don't you like about working at Marcotex International?

"To contend with trying to figure out how much product, styles, colors and depth of inventory I had to offer."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Enhance your computer technology and inventory control that would increase business and reduce overall labor costs."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Account Executive at TransFirst
in Cypress, CA

What do you like about working at TransFirst?

"Benifits, Money, training, vacations, incentives, your own pace, residuals, friendly."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you dont' have any money saved, this is not the right industry for you."

What don't you like about working at TransFirst?

"Charge higher rates, after telling the clients we would not raise rates. Adding unneccessary fees to clients bills."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more professional, it was run more of a mom and pop shop. The president and VP would talk down to agents and make them feel lower than dirt sometimes. I'm not surprised at all of the sexual harrassment cases they have."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 2 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Account Executive at Getty Images
in New York City, NY

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"Great individuals and excellent working environment."

What do you like about working at Getty Images?

"The best about the company is the culture and group of individuals worked with there."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It helps to be abreast current events as well as pop culture. Think quickly on your feet."

What don't you like about working at Getty Images?

"The work does become a bit repetitive and mundane with no mental stimulation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It's been sometime since I was last there, so I cannot offer suggestions on this."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Account Executive at Ty, Inc.
in Fort Worth, TX

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"Ty Beanie Babies was an awesome experience"

What do you like about working at Ty, Inc.?

"fun, outside sales, customer relationships, great income, enjoyed outside sales"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"be positieve, upbeat, and self motivated and very well organized"

What don't you like about working at Ty, Inc.?

"popularity of Beanie Babies unfortunately dropped which made income drop"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"design and come up with more innovative product and adverise more"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Account Executive at WorldPay
in Dallas, TX

What do you like about working at WorldPay?

"The freedom to grow as an individual and succeed with pride."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be confident. If its meant to happen, it will just do the best you can."

What don't you like about working at WorldPay?

"the comission that was paid by the previous company depended on customers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"retain employees by offering the environment that you yourself would enjoy working in."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Account Executive at Weyerhaeuser
in Woodland Hills, CA

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"Fun job!"

What do you like about working at Weyerhaeuser?

"It was fast paced and challenging while offering a great enviornment."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"They are out of business in CA I believe and not sure if they exist anywhere else."

What don't you like about working at Weyerhaeuser?

"Nothing, the company was very progressive and encouraged education and team work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management could be less separatist in providing opportunities for a multi-cultural world."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Account Executive at InterCall
in Chicago, IL

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"Great first job, but it is time to move on."

What do you like about working at InterCall?

"I like the people at my level that I work with. It is a young company for the most part and I have made some really good friends here. It is a good first job and I feel I have learned a lot. It is simply time to move on."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It is a basic interview. Be yourself and think your answers through before answering."

What don't you like about working at InterCall?

"The commission structure is not clear. The opportunity for advancement is also not defined and I feel like I could be in my current role for a significant period of time without a promotion. Politics within the company are highly obvious."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hold an open forum so the people doing the hard work day in and day out can tell you what they think needs to change and what InterCall is doing right."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Account Executive at Copy Doctor
in Brea, CA

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"It's a good company to establish and hone your sales experience."

What do you like about working at Copy Doctor?

"There's really great support from management. Training is provided to catch you up to speed with the industry."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"New to the industry Hone your selling skills and be ready to move after 6 months. It's a tanking industry. I've been here for roughly half a year and most new hires don't make it after a month. My associate, 20 year experience in the industry, and I are the only two remaining sales rep. They just hired a new guy, but he's such a joke. Lolz. If I was the manager, I would've fired him after the 2nd week."

What don't you like about working at Copy Doctor?

"Company is too small. I can't sell to national accounts and can't compete on a national level. IT can't do things correctly when installing customer's copier system."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I don't really think management can do much since this problem is rising on a national level across the whole nation. I would like more donuts though. Increase commission rate to 30%. hehe :)"

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Account Executive at Muzak Holdings
in Elmhurst, IL

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"My experience at Muzak was shortlived and disappointing."

What do you like about working at Muzak Holdings?

"I liked the independence I had as an outside sales rep."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared to spin your wheels until you figure out how to do your job."

What don't you like about working at Muzak Holdings?

"I did not like the lack of teamwork and the difficulty in getting answers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get organized and do not display favoritism toward a select few employees."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 2 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Account Executive at CitiFinancial
in Woodland, CA

What do you like about working at CitiFinancial?

"The diversity of employees and customers is what I enjoyed about the company."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure that whomever is interviewing for this company, please be sales driven and able to work with many types of people."

What don't you like about working at CitiFinancial?

"What I enjoyed the least about the company was that it was too sales driven."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management has done their part in providing proper training, excellent customer service skills, and able to show that work is enjoyable while keeping their professionalism."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Account Executive at Windstream Communications
in Rogers, AR

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Appreciative of the relationships built with new/ existing customers & employees"

What do you like about working at Windstream Communications?

"Ability to work changing environment that fit my skill set"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Work closely with all departments to learn the needed knowledge to succeed"

What don't you like about working at Windstream Communications?

"Little information was given to employees on new services and services"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Improve cooperation and communication between departments to minimize service issues"

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Account Executive at TSYS
in Dallas, TX

What do you like about working at TSYS?

"Always something new going on; different challenges every day. Keeps the job interesting."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ask them about their training and their sales support. Ask the last time they changed their comp plan."

What don't you like about working at TSYS?

"They have a good product and a good marketing plan. Nobody else does what they do."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get good sales support for outside sales people so they can do their job more effectively. Figure out how to do better training."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
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