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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 UPS
in Birmingham, AL

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Good company, with very good name recognition."

What do you like about working at UPS?

"They have a great name in the marketplace, with multiple services to sell."

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

"You must be qualified for the position and prepared for the interview."

What don't you like about working at UPS?

"The computer system/software is cumbersome and difficult to use (written by engineers)."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have individual sales personnel selling specific products, instead of selling multiple products/applications."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Account Executive at GENESIS COMMERCIAL CAPITAL
in Irvine, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"It was a finance company that sometimes was unethical to win business."

What do you like about working at GENESIS COMMERCIAL CAPITAL?

"The compensation model was very lucrative and it allowed for autonomy."

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

"I would ask what a typical sales and the sales cycle looks like."

What don't you like about working at GENESIS COMMERCIAL CAPITAL?

"The culture was bad and management often encouraged unethical behavior to close business"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Proper training needs to be had at the beginning of a sales person's career."

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

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"excellent"

What do you like about working at BERTL?

"the people make the company work. Many differnt types on the phone."

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

"do your homework on what the company and the position does."

What don't you like about working at BERTL?

"inside all day. I need to get out in front of more people."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To look to improve specials for the existing customers to appease them."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Account Executive at RealTech International
in Malvern, PA

What do you like about working at RealTech International?

"Excellent products, along with great co-workers, to offer potential customers."

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

"The company's financial situation at this time is poor, so I would recommend interviewing elsewhere."

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

"Company discontinued product that I was hired to sell with no notice."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Top management is located in Germany, so I do not have the opportunity to discuss anything."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Account Executive at AT&T
in Overland Park, KS

What do you like about working at AT&T?

"Working with my external and internal customers and seeing my external customers achieve their goal with the advertising plan I laid out by using print and internet yellow pages."

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

"Achieve your benchmarks and make objectives and be prepared for marketing plan changes all the time."

What don't you like about working at AT&T?

"From the District Manager and above not having any outside sales experience and telling the sales crew how to sell this product."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I wouldn't have come in and laid off half the sales force, artists, customer, credit and support clerks. I wouldn't have listened to a company that said to do that. I would have looked at my management team first."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Account Executive at AT&T
in Overland Park, KS

What do you like about working at AT&T?

"I liked the other account executives and our support staff and some managers."

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

"Make sure you hit your benchmarks and get your assignment done on time."

What don't you like about working at AT&T?

"Upper management not having any outside sales experience, including the vice-president. Never got our assignments when promised, no support for the internal customer."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would figure out a way to keep my account executives and support staff happy, positive. I wouldn't come in and lay off at least half the people, and make sure the general manager and vice-president had plenty of outsides sales experience."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Account Executive at AT&T
in Overland Park, KS

What do you like about working at AT&T?

"The employees, Meeting and helping customers achieve their advertising goals with the use of print and internet media."

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

"Be prepared to work hard . Get your revenue done by the benchmarks."

What don't you like about working at AT&T?

"No support from general manager or vice president, sales managers kept looking over the shoulder waiting to get fired. Putting people in positions that shouldn't be in those positions. General manager felt threatened by me because I was chief steward, so he would try to find issues with me instead of helping myself and everybody else find a solution. Had no idea what my job entailed."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"If I was CEO I would have put a district manager and vice president that had outside selling experience in our office, a district manager that was not afraid to speak up when we didn't get our assignments when promised and one that supported the internal customer."

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

What do you like about working at CoxReps?

"I was sought after to continue my national long form sales experience with the lead company in the industry"

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

"Must be positive, have strong sales experience and drive to succeed"

What don't you like about working at CoxReps?

"The timing this position came to me was not perfect, unfortunately that became the ultimate reason the fit was not right"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Utilize better initiative to better train staff on new industry products"

Person You Work For 5 / 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 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Account Executive at Mongoose Atlantic
in New York City, NY

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"It was a great experience that I would never go back to."

What do you like about working at Mongoose Atlantic?

"The people I got to work with made it a feel good environment. We had a young staff so it was fun to bounce ideas of one another to get better results."

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

"Remember this is an entry level job so don't plan on any promotions."

What don't you like about working at Mongoose Atlantic?

"No real growth within the company. As well as the expectations are way out of reach on different levels."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The management does everything they can which isn't very much."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Account Executive at Traders Investment Exchange
in Chicago, IL

What do you like about working at Traders Investment Exchange?

"flexible in work hours and days laid back in management style"

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

"would focus on what the comapny has planned to increase access to lead base"

What don't you like about working at Traders Investment Exchange?

"lack of resources such as quality leads and up to date technology"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"increase resources better leads and state of art technology and software"

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

What do you like about working at Aflac?

"I like flexible work hours. I get to choose my own hours."

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

"Be honest. Ask about the rate of turnover. Ask how many hours people work each week."

What don't you like about working at Aflac?

"Compensation is commission only. People are expected to work on weekends."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would reconsider how people are compensated. I would also look into how paperwork gets lost."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Account Executive at Ambassador Media Group
in New York City, NY

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"First job and worked with some great managers and taugh me alot about sales"

What do you like about working at Ambassador Media Group?

"Partnered and developed business-to-business advertising space on print yellow pages and search engine optimization with multiple independent businesses"

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

"2012 is a little late to get into the yellowpages industry"

What don't you like about working at Ambassador Media Group?

"No one uses the Yellowpages and everyone is moving to the internet."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More one on ones with the reps and training needs to be updated"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Account Executive at Harte-Hanks
in Mission Viejo, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"This company is in decline and needs total retrenchment."

What do you like about working at Harte-Hanks?

"I like the work from home autonomy and I very much like my coworkers and lower to mid level management. The people are terrific and the teamwork is gratifying."

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

"Don't the future is not bright for the company or its employees. This company needs total retrenchment and only knows how to do more of the same which gets them more of the same, diminishing success."

What don't you like about working at Harte-Hanks?

"The company is not progressive and its vision very myopic and reactive. It will not invest in its self or its employees in a meaningful way hence its constant spiral downward."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to the people in the trenches. Value the people that work for you. Invest in marketing yourself and your products. Offer support to your sales staff and allow them to be a financial partner in therI own success. Create incetives not threats."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Account Executive at AT&T
in Hoffman Estates, IL

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Great experience, great income and good potential for growth."

What do you like about working at AT&T?

"AT&T was nice, professional environment. I was able to grow my career skills and was not limited to my position, but was rather encouraged to grow and succeed."

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

"Be honest. AT&T checks everything that is submitted, so trying to exaggerate or falsify any information will backfire."

What don't you like about working at AT&T?

"Sometimes it was a little difficult to get some staff members to step out of their comfort zones and do something that had not been done before."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Encourage creativity and open thinking when it comes to any position."

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

What do you like about working at ScreenTek?

"Small parts of big success. I obviously like to work in there."

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

"Be positive, this company likes to give opportunity for everyone who is diligent."

What don't you like about working at ScreenTek?

"Need some challenge for my career, I want to try myself in another company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They should raise the product variety, and be steady for long term vision."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
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