Always traveling/wearing too many hats/no commissions - Territory Representative Milwaukee Tool Employee Review

3.0
22 Jan 2016
Recommend
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Pros

The products are amazing. Milwaukee is growing like wild fire because their engineers are developing the best products out there. Great training. Great people.

Cons

As a Territory Rep (which you're actually an Account Manager) you are traveling non stop. Don't listen when they say you get 1 week a month in your home territory or 1 office day a week. Prepare to live out of a suitcase for your time there. Long work hours because you're a one-man-show. That means you're not just selling and reporting your sales. You're doing all the advertising, marketing, and you are the customer service, and you're doing it all late at night and in a different hotel room every night. The work load is ridiculous so you're better off not even paying rent for an apartment because you'll only sleep in your bed a handful of times each month. Archaic ordering methods don't make your life any easier or less time consuming. Zero commissions on sales. Lack of incentives won't drive a sales team. Being told "You should be lucky you're selling Milwaukee tools." doesn't help pay any student loans.

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Cons

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4.0
11 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great company perks, free food, trade shows, golf etc. Lots of travel, can be fun but also not when it’s 6 weeks in a row

Cons

Super cut throat personalities from a group of people. People that bark the loudest but do the least. Instead of a raise, they will give you free tickets to an event. Lots of travel

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