ReachLocal Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Great company, awsome products, limited advancement opportunity"

What do you like about working at ReachLocal?

"ReachLocal offers great products that work and you are able to prove the value to the client due to the technology and detailed tracking"

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

"This job is not for everyone - you must be a hunter and work hard every day"

What don't you like about working at ReachLocal?

"There is limited opportunity for advancement at the local level"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to and understand what your reps are telling you in regards to customer feedback"

"Let's be real now..."

What do you like about working at ReachLocal?

"You get paid a decent amount with little or no experience. If you were hired at a real company, you wouldn't nearly make as much as the idiots at RL pay. But there's a reason behind that. They break out the process of the business, so you learn only ONE thing, so you're pretty much screwed if you try to leave. Smart thinking you genius bastards!"

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

"Yea, for chicks...they really dig cute ones. Really depends on who the hiring manager is as well."

What don't you like about working at ReachLocal?

"Where do I beginEither sleep your way to the top (cough cough: customer support, then manage CP, then corporate apartment with car and then traveling international, all with no experience and less than 2 years)Be the lucky guy who just happens to be in the right place at the right time.Have a hiring manager be your friend, that'll get you a manager position right off the bat.Have attended/graduated from the same school of a hiring manager - apparently this works too."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Most of these managers have not a clue how to manage. First job as a 'manager' and the ego gets boosted. Let's get real, you wouldn't survive in a real job out in the real world. You'd be chewed up and spit out, that's why you stick to RL."

"Cutting edge company with great growth potential."

What do you like about working at ReachLocal?

"This is a pure, outside sales job in an industry that is in it's infancy. ReachLocal provides every tool and resource possible in order to make each Internet Marketing Consultant (IMC) successful. From day one this company has been 110% honest and up-front with each IMC. This job is very hard and there is no easy way to become successful in this industry. They tell you this in the interview, boot camp, and every day you are on your job. What I love about ReachLocal is that I own my business. The sky is the limit and every step of the way ReachLocal is pushing me to be better and more successful."

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

"STUDY, STUDY, STUDY. Know the business inside and out before your interview. You have to be willing to eat, breath and sleep both ReachLocal and the Industry to be successful at this job. If you come to the interview resting on your past experience or education then you will be faced with a very steep and slippery slope to climb to the level of expertise where ReachLocal wants you to be. So you may as well start early by being a student of the industry before your interview."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"My management team is amazing, and one of the best in the company. I wouldn't change anything."

"ReachLocal Rocks. Just know the only place you'll find success before work is in the dictionary."

What do you like about working at ReachLocal?

"I'd never heard of ReachLocal when recruiting contacted me. Unsure, I discussed the opportunity with a business mentor of mine. Thankfully (a business owner herself) she explained to me the need for RL's services and the value of a consultant working side by side with her to develop online marketing strategies . I accepted a position with ReachLocal on my birthday. Having been a part of the team now for nearly two years, I consider this job one of the best gifts Ive ever received.There is nothing better than representing a company that is client (and employee) centric. ReachLocals success comes from a combination of unreal technology powering products/services in demand and people who care selling them. Unlike my previous sales job, ReachLocal offers a work environment that is mature, supportive and fun. Offices are filled with dynamic consultants whose passion is contagious. The opportunities for advancement are endless. It is specifically because of the environment and opportunity that its been an easy decision for me to reject other companies recruiting efforts. Even with an initial promise of more pay, there is no way I would gamble with the job satisfaction I currently have. One more thing I want to share is that I have a young family. They are my top priority. Babies in the house mean I am always busy and get very little sleep. Did I mention I get very little sleep My point is - I still wake up every morning enthused and ready to get to work. Being a part of ReachLocal never feels like a chore. I learn something new every day, I am an asset to my clients and I work with the most amazing group of talented professionals. I'm thankful to consider myself a part of something really great."

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

"One thing to consider if interviewing with ReachLocal is, at heart, we are a sales organization. Having top notch technology, innovative product solutions and industry clout does not eliminate the need for hard work. If you love sales like I do, get excited about selling something that matters but recognize that the backbone of what is required here for success is universal to all sales professions."

What don't you like about working at ReachLocal?

"Even with all of the ReachLocal greatness there are real challenges. As an IMC, you can be pulled in a lot of different directions. Holding yourself accountable to the demands of your clients and the expectations of the company means feeling spread thin at times. The best way to combat this is to stay prepared and organized."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"One thing I would like to see is consistent, concise in-office (real time) training around our product suite. I would also suggest to managers that they implement better in-office strategies for grooming new IMCs once they arrive to local offices from boot camp. Its my opinion that the transition between learning what we do and communicating it effectively needs more coaching. Everyone benefits when IMCs are representing our value, products and expectations correctly to advertisers."

"If they come a calling head for the hills! If you take the job get ready to work long days"

What do you like about working at ReachLocal?

"The people and the core products. The base pay is reasonable. The laptop bags rock."

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

"If you are not a cold calling machine you may want to avoid ReachLocal. Tell them you love to hunt."

What don't you like about working at ReachLocal?

"The compensation package is weak until you get your book of business over 50K. The amount of cold calls to appointments is awful. Management has you pushing too many products to prospects. If you like grinding out cold phone calls everyday all day this is the place for you."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They need to advertise more so potential prospects know that RL is not six guys in a boiler room in India.The training for new IMC's is weak. Do not treat the new hires as just a number. Come up with a better marketing plan than Bang Out More Phone Calls!"

"Great Place, particularly when expanding from start up to large corporation"

What do you like about working at ReachLocal?

"Entrepreneurial Environment, Ability to expand and mange growth of a large international group"

What don't you like about working at ReachLocal?

"Need to expand skill set and grow in other areas of expertise"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus on people growth alongside company growth"