Lucrative but cut throat - Sales Manager Vivint Employee Review

Our sales reps provide the very best in home security solutions for families and property all while developing skills they will need for a successful professional life in any industry. The ability to communicate effectively is by far the most powerful tool in the world. "Words are spells that’s why they call it spelling." -Bruce Lee The very best way to learn the skill is to have as many conversations with as many people as possible. The more difficult the conversion the better. Our sales reps talk to more people in one summer than some people talk to in thier entire life! It is impossible to not become an above average communicator doing this job. The longer you do it the better you get. 16 years of traditional education got me to a skill level earning a c- in college public speaking. Working door to door at Vivint is what ultimately trained my communication skills to a professional level for me to be effective in the workforce. The development of my communication skills selling door to door has been the most valuable experience of my life.

Like most things worth doing in life a sales job at VIVINT is hard. At the same time we can successfully train anyone to be successful at VIVINT and anyone can do it as long as they are willing to work hard, have a good attitude, and be trainable.

- Great 401k match. - Generous end-of-year bonus for salaried roles. - Safety-conscious leadership. - Affordable health coverage (though UHC is so-so) - Allow working from home if roads are too icy/snowy to drive safely - Generally accepting to gay/lesbian employees in corporate roles (less so in door-to-door sales roles) - Most (but not all) corporate roles have good work-life balance

- Corporate employees are expected to be in office 4 days a week. - Upper management doesn't seem to care if their door-to-door sales managers are sexist or homophobic. - Will default everything to your legal name, even if you provide a chosen name. If you file requests with the right people they'll let you use your chosen name on your badge and in Teams, but not your company email address or most other company systems. - Utah leadership is mostly straight men. Women and queer folks rarely get promoted to higher management roles (though that might partly be by choice) - Customers frequently complain about deceptive tactics by salespeople, but are very rarely allowed to escape from long contracts.