What needs to be understood about this company is that its business model is overwhelmingly dependent on door-to-door soliciting. So essentially any job title advertised with terms such as 'marketing' or 'development representative' means that you will be knocking on doors all day regardless of weather for 5-6 hours. There are really no alternative entry-level positions other than sales. The 11-7 hours may sound interesting at first, but you usually won't finish until 8 and home by 8:30-9 or later depending on commute.
Training consists mainly of learning scripts and some product knowledge. You get to shadow some mentors 'in the field' for up to a week thereafter and then you're on your own. The main goal of the job was to talk unsuspecting homeowners into getting free estimates on their windows/siding/roofing ASAP. I personally found some of the scripted tactics aggressive and they came fully complete with rebuttals to almost any objection that the homeowner could throw at you. After a few days (even hours) the nature of the job seemed very unethical and pressurized. You essentially force the homeowner to believe that getting their home remodeled should be their #1 priority regardless of what they say. Plus, the 'free-estimate' usually is not done by a technician but some sales rep who will spend hours giving an extensive presentation to try to make a sale then and there, as he (and it almost always will be a 'he') is making a commission-based living. You also have to use your own phone to call the call center which is time-consuming and usually irritates the potential client as they are inundated with questions.
Professionalism is almost non-existent here and there really aren't any transferable career skills that you can learn here that can't be picked up at any minimum wage job. Unless you get into 'management' which will most likely still involve door-to-door pitching while driving a van and/or mentoring new recruits. There is a lot of comradery here, but it feels more like some sort of frat with a bunch of young white males wishing they were still in college and haven't yet grown up. Most lack an ounce of professionalism and I suspect are employed here due to a lack of alternative options. Some of the discussion topics in the vans were ridiculously immature to the point where I felt embarrassed to even be in the same vehicle as some of them. Seriously, I remember looking at crude pictures when I was 14, and it's not something that I have a strong desire to do anymore. I was probably more professional than almost everyone there. I am not trying to sound snobbish; if you are a recent grad and looking for a career you will most likely be more intelligent than at least half of the people here.
The turnover rate is very high as people quickly see that they start out as, and often stay as cannon fodder solicitors and that there are usually little real meaningful career opportunities. It would be very plausible to suspect that the company operates on very short term labor (literally less than two or even one month) as hiring is always ongoing, to 'market' the business. Many reviews on this site are at best over-hyped and at worst complete lies. The decent pay potential is really what keeps people hanging on to the job (if you can make the numbers for commission). I sometimes felt uncomfortable on the job as if I was trying to take advantage of people and was repeatedly told to look at people as $$$ instead of people. Being harassed by police was irritating as well, especially as you don't get permits straight away. Putting other factors aside, you either start to feel uneasy at being 'that guy nobody wants to see on your porch' or you totally desensitize yourself to it and look at the job purely for personal gain. If you can do the latter, you may well be very successful here.
