Pros
- There are some very nice people who work at Strobert, I met some great individuals, many who are no longer there anymore, a few still there - With the right leadership direction, the company has all the tools to be successful, unfortunately, due to the owner, I fear they have reached their plateau as he is not willing to trust any idea outside of his own
Kontras
- Absolutely 0 structure, no organization, which makes it very challenging for any employee to do their job, however, the owner thrives in this type of environment, as he is the one who creates this chao by refusing the get organized, and enjoys the chaos, as it allows him to point blame on others - The company is EXTREMELY unethical. They have in the past, and still are currently operating with an illegal compensation structure for their sales reps. Reps are 100% commission based, but they have thresholds, so if a rep finishes below 50% of quota (for some reps its 75%), they receive 0 dollars. For the ones with 50% threshold, they receive 1/2 their commission if they fall between 50-75% of quota. The issue here, is DE law states that workers must be paid minimal wages for work done, so the fact that reps are out there selling $100k plus months, but then not receiving a single dollar for their work, is completely illegal. The other part that makes this even worse is the fact that the quotas were not setup based around any data, or any strategic play, they were created by the owner, who just decided that $2 million is what he needs from every rep to get to the amount of money he wants, and that is how that is created. The owner and CFO set this model up together, and it gets very concerning, because a case could be made that they have it setup like this knowing reps wont hit monthly quotas, allowing them to bring home 100% of the profits and not have to pay anything out to the rep. - Sticking with the unethical theme: They blatanly and intentionally lied to me during the interview process, and on my offer package. They showed me a breakdown on my offer package of the numbers they did in 2024, as a way to justify the 2025 quota they were presenting me with as my goal. 50% of my pay structure was commission based, and I would start receiving commissions once I got the team within 75% of the 2025 quota. Well, about a month later, I had found a report that laid out total sales for each year, which is when I discovered that the numbers on my offer package were not aligned with the actual sales numbers. The numbers they told me they did in 2024, in reality, they did not even do half of that number. So they baited me to leave my current job and take this new one based off of falsified numbers, which the CFO admitted to them changing them on purpose (I have the documentation) - I was there 8 months, and have never seen so much turnover in my 20 years of working. - Both myself and our business development rep who focused on commercial jobs, were both fired right before we both were supposed to be getting paid healthy commission checks (a common pattern by the owner) - it is unfortunately just a very toxic atmosphere, and due to the owner, there is no job security, no culture, no structure