Worst place to work.. only commission based no basic - Salesman The AA Employee Review

1.0
7 Nov 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Can’t think of any tbh

Cons

When you’re recruited as policy salesman they treat you special by paying a 2 night hotel stay in their training centre near Loughborough. After the class room- style training you come back to your place discovering a big parcel waiting for you with your uniform, hi vis, makeshift table and umbrella that you need to take long everyday when you go out at some retail park and supermarkets trying to sell breakdown covers. Not to forget you also get a company mobile. Enough to make you feel important right? Well wait,.. when you’re out trying to sell brakedown covers standing on your feet for over 6-7 hours you realise it’s not piece of cake as they make you believe during the training. You litterly have to beg shoppers to buy from you because you’re not paid hourly and there’s NO BASIC PAY at all, you only take home a commission you earned from every policy you managed to sell. That’s not all, at the end of the month you need to keep a track of how many policies you’ve sold and how much commission they owe you because they have a stinky habit of making UNFAIR DEDUCTION from the pennies you make. Seriously guys you’re better off doing a news round than selling brakedown covers for commission at the AA.

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