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      Red Bay Reviews

      2.6

      50% would recommend to a friend

      (30 total reviews)

      Rebecca Blatz

      46% approve of CEO

      41% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.3

      Culture and values

      3.3

      Work/Life balance

      3.1

      Senior management

      2.9

      Career opportunities

      2.7

      Compensation and benefits

      Red Bay has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 30 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Red Bay employee rating is 30% below average for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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      30 reviews
      1.0
      26 Jul 2014

      Not a marketing job, all SALES

      Account specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      To give the company some credit, it does have a fantastic culture. Everyone is super nice and generous. At the beginning of every work day, we would all meet in the conference room to play games and get to know one another. At the end of the day, we met again and congratulated those who did well in sales. There is a good work/life balance.

      Cons

      This job is 100% sales. There are only a few jobs at this company that are not sales. They give you a couple DAYS of training following around one of their top salesmen. Obviously, they are the top salesmen for a reason. You get to see a few sales made and you think you can do it. Then they give you a territory and you're off on your own. When I was working there, they were selling for Quill. This is what my day looked like: met at the office at 8 am to play games and talk. Leave at 8:30-9 and drive to your territory. Your territory could be anywhere from 5 minutes away to over an hour. They do NOT compensate you on gas. You spend however long you can (you have to be back at the office by 4:30 or something) trying to sell people paper and printers and other office supplies that they don't want shoved in their faces at their place of employment. People are mean to you. Many people who have been at the company only make a few sales a week. This can be anything that quill sells - they could sell a couple hundred dollar printer or they could sell some $5 coffee. You make a small percentage commission and the rest goes to your office director and Quill. The worst part: they advertise this as marketing positions and tell you on day one how in so much time you'll be making $x amount and running your own office but the TRUTH is - that is just not the case. There are NOT marketing jobs (unless you consider selling paper as doing marketing for Quill but I don't since the job is almost 100% commission based, no matter what they say or how they respond to this posting if they do) and the company's turn over rate is EXTREMELY high.

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      Red Bay Response
      11y
      Thank you for your feedback. We thrive to create an atmosphere that is fun yet professional work environment, allows employee growth and opportunity, and provide a strong work/life balance with standard business hours. We have some different positions that we are hiring for in the company. Majority are sales consultants with advancement opportunities to management, directors, and partnership roles. The areas we cover can vary. The individual can choose if they want to travel farther. There are different gas incentives such as gas cards, a bonus structure, and a tax write off. We are not looking for a long-term sales representative in our company. Like most customer service/people helping people types of businesses, we deal with different types of customers from the good, bad and ugly. The sales consultants have options of a base plus commission option or a straight commission which is negotiable with the hiring director. Marketing does involve sales. There are other positions available when the candidate does complete the first role in the company. We have a 2nd interview that allows candidates to see what a typical day entails to avoid turnover because we want to be as straight forward as possible. Again we appreciate the response.
      1.0
      22 Dec 2014

      Stay away !!! Job is a joke!!! 100% commision outside business to business sales job.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      The manager is nice thats about it.

      Cons

      Don't look at all the 5 star reviews. They are all made by the company's HR department. The 1 star reviews are the reality of the company. If you like to work for free and drive around in your own car not getting reimbursed for gas, selling office supplies this is the job for you. This company will hire anyone that wants to work for free. They have 10 interviews per day. They hire new people daily and people quit daily. They will sell you a dream that one day you will own your office. They want everyone to work as long as possible and get you hyped up with the dream. They will tell you things that this person is promoted and that person is promoted so you will stay even longer. Don't get fooled and get a real job.

      1.0
      24 Jan 2015

      very misleading company

      Account executive
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Very nice coworkers, fun environment, and a lot of motivation. Can't wait to file all the miles I drove for this company on my tax return.

      Cons

      Very misleading. My first impression was that I would be handling accounts (executive/account management) for clients in territories. Did not know I would be going door to door and selling products out of a magazine and finding my own accounts. Was told that if you were a hard worker, you would exceed in the company. However, I saw many employees in the company work there butt off and do well one week. Then have a terrible week. I was definitely given the impression that if you put in time at the company, you will excel. However, no matter how much mentoring I did do, it did not improve my skill as a salesman. If you do not do well, you are given the option to either go on a road trip or be terminated. Out of town trips consisted of going to locations that have not seen a salesman in 6 months. The out of town trips consist of you paying for gas and food. They do provide you a motel room, but if you are in a group of three, one of you is either sleeping next to a coworker or on the ground. The trips were to say the least, unprofessional. During my short time at this company, I saw more than 6 individuals quit/fired. The company revolves greatly on whether or not you can give people the impulse to buy right on the spot. I have read the other reviews and every time I read them, reviewers say that it is completely comission base. Which is somewhat true. If you meet a quote which is very difficult to meet, then you can make a very low "base pay" + commission. Basically, you will only get paid with commission, so if your not selling, be prepared to eat up your savings. Gas was a huge expense when it came to this job. Most workers would drive to territories at least an hour away. You could be putting 80-100 miles a day on your car just doing sales. Not even including getting to the office in the morning and going back to the office at the end of the day so you can cheer those who got sales and then have pep talks with team managers. Overall experience was terrible. Did not think that I would have had such a bad experience because I was less to believe that the company did ny have a high turnover. Only until I saw coworkers coming and going did I see how easy the company will hire you and the. Before you know it, spit you right back out. Unfortunately I was too gullible and fresh out of college with high hopes of success at this company.

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