Pacesetter Story: Life At Pacesetter
Ima Myself
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Life At Pacesetter
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In May of 2001 I went to an interview in Philadephia, PA for a sales
rep job. The man who interviewed me Paul Rado, was impressed by
ability to "think on my feet" and I was on my way to Richmond, VA for
training a few weeks later.
I was one of 3 men who were going to be part of the newly formed Media
based, Philadephia office. One quit before the first day, I shrugged
this off and dove head first into the job. My commute was over an hour
just to the office but the general manager Paul Rado was more then
willing to extend me extra time to get in every morning.
The first week I was there, my sales partner who was to be the new
manager and I out sold the entire Richmond Office. I was one of the
top rookie sales reps and starting to feel that at 21 I may have found
a great job. Reality soon set it.
The manager to be was replaced by someone who was not an ethical
salesperson and I started to get the feeling that the company wasn't
everything they had made themself out to be. I sold an Eleven Thousand
dollar floor to someone, they made enough money to afford it but I
knew they could get it cheaper. The first inklings of doubt creeped
into my mind around this sale...At first things were great, the floor
was measured and the customer didn't mind the price(I wouldn't either
if I was a lawyer making 500k a year) but the bliss didn't last. The
floor's installation was delayed and I felt like my reputation was
being hurt by the company.
The months wore on and I started to get leads where people were in a
lesser position. I could not sell to these people. Not because I
couldn't have sold them rather, I began to realize how horrible
PaceSetter really was. Around this time the other sales rep was fired
for lying about his background and the fact that he wasn't the kind of
person you'd want representing your company. So it was now the sales
manager and myself.
My sales were suffering due to the fact that I wouldn't sell when the
people couldn't afford products that were good but were so overpriced
it was a joke. The PaceSetter Corp. tried to stamp out this flicker of
ethics by forcing me off of Salary Plus Comm, program and on to
straight Comm...
This worked for a week, I then realized I could no longer do the job.
I quit on a Saturday, the company owed me almost a thousand dollars in
commission. However, the sales manager who had claimed, "Tried to help
me" and "Was my friend" reported that he had fired me. The reason? We
sold some deals together and by saying he fired me he pocketed the
commissions owed to me.
The point? The PaceSetter Corporation is terrible, they not only back
out of promises they make to customers, they also hire unethical
people that hurt their employees and former employees, but most of all
they only care about money. It is a disgusting company, allow me to
lay out the things I was taught.
"Stay in a house for at least 1-3hours"
"Make people feel bad about their house so they'll want to show you by
buying and improving it. The actual phrase they teach is, Your home is
woefully inadequete and in dire need of immediate attention. Sound
Familar?"
"Get in the house no matter what."
I feel that I lost a year of my life to this company, but more then
that I fear meeting anyone I sold to for fear that PaceSetter didn't
live up to the promises I was lead to believe would be kept. I
honestly believed that The PaceSetter Corporation meant what they
said, I was naive. Don't be, they will say or do anything to sell you.
DO NOT LET THESE PEOPLE INTO YOUR HOUSE They are either corrupt or
believe what they have been told as I did.
Thank you GoodBye
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