Starpower Reviews

2.7

23% would recommend to a friend

(24 total reviews)

David Pidgeon

14% approve of CEO

30% positive business outlook

Starpower has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 24 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Starpower employee rating is 24% below average for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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24 reviews
2.0
23 Sept 2014

Unfortunate

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Allowed me to grow in my expertise levels and systems knowledge. Met some great networking contacts and referral business.

Cons

Not enough room here for all of the negatives. CROOKS! Ever heard of the Pidgeon Furniture family. Same folks different front

2.0
17 Jan 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very possible to make a lot of money here. You are properly rewarded based on your sales, unlike most places.

Cons

The training is horrendous. Virtually no effort to teach you anything. Your best bet to learn is to shadow someone, which isn’t bad, but considering my previous job went out of their way to let me know what there is to know, this method is typically unfulfilling and comes with a lot of pressure. At starpower, there are a million and one things to know, and I’ve only been exposed to 100 of them. And I’m not referring to sales techniques. I’m referring to annoying details and random yet PIVOTAL factoids that will bombard you on nearly every transaction, interaction, and walkthrough. All it takes is one missed piece of information as simple as a wrong button or a missing cable and a smooth sailing sale and installation can suddenly become a nightmare. I’m willing to accept my faults, but so many of my faults were from simply not knowing what I was doing was wrong. I once literally had to change a mount for a 65” TV because the mount I originally put on the order wasn’t big enough... even though the mount said it can do TV’s up to 65.” I wish I was kidding, even an installer agreed how misleading that is. You are your own boss here which starts out nice until you realize how much help you’ll need, but I since I was hired, I’m constantly thrown out of the nest before I learned to fly. I was told I have a long time to get to speed, but that hasn’t been true. I’ve addressed my issues multiple times to the higher ups and every time, nothing came of it, which was the worst part. Their success seems more important than my success.

1.0
10 Aug 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Nice large showroom off the North Dallas Tollway that is integrated with Home Theater.

Cons

Ownership at this company has no idea how to treat employees at all. No doubt the underlying philosophy for years has been to treat the staff very subpar for they can go no where else to work. Well that philosophy has been killing them on turnover as they cannot keep any staff at their grand showroom, and it appears the shine as pretty much worn off after a years time. I honestly believe the CEO has no idea how to interact and manage people at all from the sales team to the management staff. This company will never be a destination for accomplished sales staff for the pay and benefits are very subpar. No paid time off and very poor health insurance options, and don't get me started on the salary and commission scale. Compared to companies such as Capital Appliance, Keva Kitchen and Bath, and Morrison's they are very much outclassed which is a shame when you consider the image they are always trying to portray. Also it will be interesting to see how this company reacts to the new and formidable competition coming to town in the Pirch and Nebraska Furniture Mart. Without a strong and experienced sales staff in the North store it will be an ongoing struggle. Good with all that.

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