Failing Company and Failing Brands (Very outdated service - Sales Director EnsembleIQ Employee Review

1.0
7 Apr 2020
Recommend
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Pros

-Travel to new places and meet new people -WFH Flexibility

Cons

-Reviews are incentivized with Amazon Gift cards. Don’t believe “Amazing/Great/Fantastic” place to work reviews. -Company does not match 401k -Management is pushed over by Chief Innovation Officer who has zero experience in a sales capacity. -It is a series of trade magazines that provide old information. Most of their brands are failing including (CGT, Path to Purchase Institute (IQ), Convenience Store News, etc). Brands have gone through identity crisis's and have lost lots of clients. -Path to Purchase Institute has less than 300 members and has less than 20,000 readers. Website has 2000 views per month. Very poor rates of interest. -Sales tactics are to farm as much from current clients as possible, no new business in years. Lots of turnover. -Hire and fire at will. It is a revolving door. Company is unable to support more than 2 sales people at a time per brand as there is negative growth. Member team and Sales team are in constant competition with each other for same dollars. Revenue goals are unattainable without driving new business from new clients. -Decisions are made by Finance and Human Resources. Path to Purchase Institute is an does not have a leadership team. -Events team, production managers, and editors are pawns. Everyone is afraid of being let go if they say something that makes sense. Best route to take in order to have any form of longevity is to stay quiet. -No consistency. Beware when interviewing! I would hesitate to take a position that provides no job security or opportunity for growth.

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5.0
22 Feb 2024
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Pros

Work from home, volunteer days, work/life balance

Cons

There may be limited opportunities to move up depending on your position.

3.0
25 Jan 2026
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Pros

- Nice colleagues -Work from home - Strong support teams (marketing/digital ops)

Cons

Some of the brands are doing poorly and rather than look at what needs to be done to upgrade them, management blames the sales teams. The events are stale, yet they are expected to outperform year after year with the same tired concepts. Upper Management micromanages and there are so many spreadsheets and reports to fill out (many of them duplicating the same information) it is counterproductive. Salespeople are not valued and are thought of as replaceable. You can have years of high performance and have a bad few quarters and you will be replaced. There is no loyalty whatsoever.

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