Pros
- It’s a job that pays more than your average entry-level job with better-than-average perks (fancy, well-lit offices, free drinks and snacks, happy hours, team events, etc) - For those who didn’t know what they wanted to do out of college, it provides a way for them to dip their toes in the corporate world, work with their peers (typically the same age) in more prestigious business professions (private equity, strategy consulting, corporates, etc) - Provides essential sales skills (cold calling, pitch forming, some autonomy in how you allot your time, negotiating, eventually account management, etc) without as high stakes as a sales job (doesn’t have the same sort of commission structure, better base salary, etc) - Helps train decent soft skills as well (speaking, time management, eventually people management, etc)
Cons
- Pay is insultingly low (~$70k base?] for how hard they make you work; mandatory 50-hour minimums that will very likely get higher than that given the circumstances of the job - Work is extremely stressful to say the least; must work with difficult clients, experts, and even managers and colleagues who all place challenging and often present unreasonable demands and curveballs around the clock (including hours outside of work) - Very inflexible way of working; the in-office days are not negotiable except in extreme circumstances - Set-up of office workspaces is infuriating; they had open-air offices with long tables; given we’re pushed to be on the phone as often as possible, people would often need to speak over each other to even hear or communicate during their calls; during COVID were still forced to come into office despite multiple outbreaks in the office every few weeks - Culture of putting “wins” and high performers on full blast does not necessarily improve the morale of more average performers; this can even hamper morale and create perception of “favorites” within the organization - While good performance is rewarded, management has limited willingness to confront high-performers who mistreat others; I was bullied and openly demeaned by one such high-performer who was not even a manager yet, but management was not willing to intervene and instead forced me to "deal with it" myself
