Heavy workload - Manager VWR International Employee Review

Wonderful place to work and meet new people

nothing bad can be said

Simple and geographically small territory sizes. Coworkers were enjoyable to work with, even across many departments. Opportunities for self development and networking were abundant. Benefits were decent, and includes a lot of mental and physical health support.

Management expectations of conduct contradicted my previous sales training in similar roles. Having had a variety of sales trainings, VWR seems to be a backwards outlier- pushing older style sales tactics that millennial and gen z customers would find distasteful. I felt that the majority of my job was not selling despite being hired as a sales rep, as I spent the bulk of each day constantly apologizing for being unable to deliver critical goods. This was a the lowest total compensation sales job I've held for the level of skill required for this role. I didn't realize I took such a significant pay cut when entering this role, probably because the hiring manager "sold" the potential of the position to me well. I nearly tripled my total compensation while working less hours by leaving for a similar role. I had odd, intrusive, or unprofessional questions asked by management. There seems to be an ever present "witch hunt" for unproductive employees. I was often asked why I didn't respond to something after hours, which did the opposite of motivate me to work harder. Other companies I've worked for or currently work for seem to have much more respect for my time and were thankful or rewarding of extra effort, so I reward those employers in turn with my extra effort after hours. The food and accommodations at the sales meetings were atrocious.