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District Manager at Dell
in Winston-Salem, NC

What do you like about working at Dell?

"I liked the independent nature of my job and traveling to the many locations that needed warranty repair done."

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

"For a starter/intermediate position, you should do well. It is a good steeping stone position that will get your hands on into the realm of hardware break/fix."

What don't you like about working at Dell?

"Payroll was being constantly late. Upper management did not work well with the people in the field"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"My suggestion would be that they talk to the people in the field more to better grasp what they needed to do the job."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
District Manager at Waste Management
in Stockton, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Centralized control at the corporate level. Limited ability to effect change."

What do you like about working at Waste Management?

"The waste industry gets into your blood: you like it or you don`t. You get to meet the most incredible people on a daily basis."

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

"If going for a management position, understand that regardless of what you are told, an 11 hour day is the norm."

What don't you like about working at Waste Management?

"Focus on doing more with less, to the point that expectations/demands from corporate are unrealistic in the least and fantasy at the most."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Treat people as people, not cogs in the machine. Understand that motivation by fear is not the best solution."

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

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"The opportunities for advancement are limited in NY."

What do you like about working at ADP?

"The people and the managers are great and easy to get along with. The products are best in class solutions."

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

"Be able to answer several different questions at one time while switching rapidly back and forth between questions."

What don't you like about working at ADP?

"The opportunities for advancement are very limited. There are many people who are institutions, and those people get all the opportunities."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Spread your time out evenly through your teams. Don't concentrate on any one or two people."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
District Manager at Pacific Energy
in San Francisco, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Hungry for success, micro-managed to a fault."

What do you like about working at Pacific Energy?

"The perceived degree of autonomy I had in building a new store, and building a new market."

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

"The benefits of working for a small company comes at a cost in other areas. They are good people at heart though, and the owner is great."

What don't you like about working at Pacific Energy?

"The micro management and aggressive personality of my direct supervisor. His insecurity caused a serious rift between us."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Do not stand in the way of success you charged someone with achieving."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
District Manager at Sodexo
in Denver, CO

What do you like about working at Sodexo?

"Stong multi-national company with fantastic support systems. Excelent benefits and social responsibility"

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

"Talk of social responsibility as well as how you can specifically help the company"

What don't you like about working at Sodexo?

"Company is so large that sometimes regognition of work is non-exsistant"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Better communication with the DM's from the VP's and Presidents. Need a closer relationship to better understand goals"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
District Manager at LG Electronics
in Aliso Viejo, CA

What do you like about working at LG Electronics?

"The products were made well and it was an easy sell to the buyers."

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

"You will do most of your training by yourself. Not a lot of communication or direction at this company so you need to be on your feet always"

What don't you like about working at LG Electronics?

"Communication was lacking between sales force and upper management. Lots of delays with products"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More communication is needed at this company in order to be successful"

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
District Manager at ADP
in Williamsville, NY

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"It has been and continues to be a pleasure working for ADP."

What do you like about working at ADP?

"I like the people I work with, and for. Also, the compensation is fair."

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

"Stay confident in what you are there for, and sell yourself."

What don't you like about working at ADP?

"I dislike the interest level I have for what I sell."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stay on employees a bit more in relation to tasks at hand."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
District Manager at Zales
in Denver, CO

What do you like about working at Zales?

"Developing the people under me. Seeing them grow in sales ability."

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

"Don't have any tips. This company is practically out of business now."

What don't you like about working at Zales?

"Theft. I managed jewelry stores and there was a lot of theft in the malls."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep stocks to a minimum to deter theft. Often there was too much merchandise in the cases and it was easy to break into them."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
District Manager at Walmart
in Bentonville, AR

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Good ride while it lasted"

What do you like about working at Walmart?

"The associates make the job easier to tolerate and you want to do a better job for them."

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

"know the job compentancy and build a sequence of events"

What don't you like about working at Walmart?

"No loyalty to the employees. breings no loyalty to the company"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Go back to the way Sam ran the business when he was alive"

Person You Work For 1 / 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 1 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
District Manager at Primerica
in Cartersville, GA

What do you like about working at Primerica?

"We only improve the financial future of our clients. If our services don't improve their situation we don't do business."

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

"Have a true passion and desire to build your own business and work with people to build leaders."

What don't you like about working at Primerica?

"Full commission and an inability to influence our Senior Vice President. Also negative people who don't want to improve their situations."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus more on building relationships and truly understanding our clients, their situations and their solutions. Don't just sell products."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
District Manager at Royal Canin
in Los Angeles, CA

What do you like about working at Royal Canin?

"Flexible schedule, Sales, Quality of product, Building relationship with accounts"

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

"must be flexible to travel and must have passion for pet nutrition."

What don't you like about working at Royal Canin?

"lack of opportunity for growth, too much traveling not enough compensation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management is good just hope less turnover from upper management."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
District Manager at Wendy's
in Cincinnati, OH
Person You Work For 4.4 / 5 People You Work With 4.9 / 5 Work Setting 4.2 / 5
Support You Get 4.3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.6 / 5
Company Culture 4.3 / 5 Way You Work 4.1 / 5
District Manager at General Motors
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3.1 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4.8 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
District Manager at Emerson Electric Company

What do you like about working at Emerson Electric Company?

"Interesting customer base across a diverse customer base, industries."

What don't you like about working at Emerson Electric Company?

"Very political company internally."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3.8 / 5
Support You Get 3.2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2.7 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.1 / 5
Company Culture 2.9 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
District Manager at U.S. Jesco International
Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4.9 / 5 Work Setting 3.1 / 5
Support You Get 2.1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1.1 / 5
Company Culture 1.1 / 5 Way You Work 4.9 / 5
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