photographer

regional sales manager

market manager

territory manager

outside sales representative

Dominion Enterprises

When I joined DE, it was and remains a sales organization. At the time, it was the parent to several companies, TV stations and newspapers. Companies like Trader Publishing and The Weather Channel. As such, it demands a lot from its people - even those who are not in sales. My interview process included applying for a job at two DE businesses. During that interview process, I was chastised for applying to 2 businesses. The logic was that I would play the 2 off of each other in case I was offered a job at both companies. That should have been my first red flag. During the same interview process, I countered an offer they made and the hiring manager yelled at me angrily over the phone, "Well, good luck with THAT!" and hung up on me. Needless to say, I declined the job. When I left the company over 10 years later, the guy who hung up on me still worked there. I ended up accepting a job in another division. 

To say it was a rocky beginning would be like calling a tsunami a dripping faucet. My boss was a tyrant. Thankfully, he was fired or resigned after I was there for 4 years. And a new leader took over the reigns. After that, the ride remained a lot less bumpy for the most part.

Not all of my experiences were bad at DE. They had average benefits. Unlimited sick time. Reasonable paternity leave. They are a good corporate citizen, doing a lot for the city of Norfolk and the other cities in Hampton Roads. They were huge contributors to the United Way and did a lot of community service.

Pros – It was a great job, very stressful, but if you are strong enough to tolerate the constant transitions, management changes and lack of support, a decent job.

Cons – I was fired after 7+ years for a harmless prank, having never received a verbal or written warning, in clear violation of their stated 3-strikes policy. I was top sales revenue rep for 3 years in a row of my tenure, yet Dominion denied my unemployment benefits, denied payment of 82 unused vacation hours and had my medical benefits immediately cut off. Although I was terminated, another co-worker who had made extremely crude remarks to me for over 6 months, who had been written up for sexual harassment previously, is still employed at Dominion.

Everyone is afraid for his/her job, and there has been an active policy of terminating employees and also sought to eliminate anyone on disability because they are "sucking the life out of the company."

Watch your back -- no one will stand up for injustice of terminated employees. People are promoted based on being a white male who spends an hour at the gym and another 30-45 minutes eating lunch. Coworkers who can't even get to work on time are promoted to management positions -- what a joke.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop promoting unqualified people to management positions. The Employment Guide is a sinking ship, desperate and in constant flux -- get involved in what is really going on and the people who made EG a success.

Overall, Dominion Enterprises is improving and innovating at an amazing rate when you consider who thrifty and budget-conscience the culture has been. Due to how many subsidiaries the company has, to rate DE would be unfair as each one operates as its own entity.

One of their particular subsidiaries is either one of their biggest revenue earners or possibly the biggest revenue earner. They have been close to being profitable as a subsidiary many times. Considering the high turnover rates in some of their smaller departments, the amount of resources used for on-boarding, background checks, salaries, vacations, and miscellaneous, they are constantly plagued with perpetuating new hires. 

DE has been improving its company culture after a poor review from a former employee and it's evident in that the company slowly moving away from its conservative views to a semi-liberal view. This is not saying that the individuals themselves have transitioned, but the overall company culture has been now made aware that they are moving to a more liberal company.

Overall, my time at this department provided some technical work but not nearly as much as I have been accustomed in previous experiences. With that being said, I neither have bad or good feelings toward DE as a whole.

A lot of great people and a fun environment to work in if you consistently make your monthly sales goals. Great paid leave and benefits package. They offer numerous perks with a decent ability to move to other departments and/or advance.

While I was employed, there was a lot of turnaround, and at the same time, too many people who should have left or fired were allowed to stay longer than they should have been able to. At times, the sales goals were not reasonable with the products and territory we were given.

Management, listen to your sales staff more since they are the ones in the trenches and have a better understanding of what is going on with the team and with clients/products.

Depends on which division you work with. The encountered job experience witnessed little communication between the various departments, within the departments, and absolutely lacks team players and/or big picture focus.

There are some very talented people working here but they are clearly undervalued. Management only speaks to favorites, does not communicate professionally, never offers critique to staff, lacks enthusiasm pertaining to job or team focus, ignores values, but in consideration the person is the head of the department and holds the title of Director, I chose to show respect, although no respect or communication in return, only humiliation. 

When the director performed a layoff, there was a fair compensation but no notice, just a smirk that your out now and pack up quickly, nothing you did, just don't need you and your title anymore, not to mention no offers of support for future reference.

The hardest thing about the job is dealing with the weather, because you are outside in it all day, every day.  People working here for over ten years as a rep have never received a raise. All you will ever get for a job well done is a "way to go!" What you earn varies depending on the dealer you service, and what kind of a deal the sales rep makes with them. You are on straight commission, and one dealer could be paying $10 for twelve photos and another could be paying $14 for nine photos. Then, if the dealer decides to complain about anything, your manager will swoop in and cut their prices or add more photos to the photo count. So you end up losing money. If you take a sick day, the managers want you to make it up on Saturday. If you have a paid holiday during the week, the managers want you to make it up on Saturday. There are no advancement opportunities. The turnover rate is extremely high. Rather than trying to keep the good employees, they treat you like you are easily replaceable.

I have found Dominion Enterprises to be a very welcoming company with obvious appreciation for employees. I am on a productive Agile development team with dedicated and skilled teammates. There are many opportunities to learn and we get a training budget. There have been several themed parties/competitions (tailgate party themed competition between floors, March Madness, May 4th/Star Wars party with various contests, etc.). We recently had a United Way kick-off lunch and participated in the United Way Day of Caring. There are volunteer opportunities posted throughout the year.

The worst thing about the job is parking, and it's not that bad unless the weather is bad. Spaces are limited in the building so DE offers employees parking in a nearby garage or a pass for public transportation.

It does seem like some of the businesses in the DE umbrella are more pleasant environments than others. Trader Online and Commercial Web Services have been good in my experience.

Dominion is a very typical corporate environment with strong culture and values.  It is very casual and comfortable. The benefits are comparable to any other company.  There are many "revolving door" type positions in sales and customer service, but there is a lot of opportunity to get promoted and work your way up to other more permanent spots if you apply yourself and stay focused on that goal.  My only complaint is that I don't agree with some of the benefit policies. For example, you start with very limited vacation time (10 days for the year). All of my family lives far away, so I have to travel to see them for the holidays.  The company does not automatically grant any days surrounding those holidays off (for example, the Friday after Thanksgiving or Christmas Eve), so employees like me have to give up what few days they have to travel, and never get to take an actual break/vacation.  Other than small things like that, it's a great and easy place to work.

Be aware if you’re interested in the “vehicle photographer” position as an actual photographer, it isn’t really photography. The job description for the role is very misleading. The system they use is android tablet based, anyone can do it. This job is a really great fit though for someone who already has prior experience in the dealership industry or is very comfortable driving multiple cars. My background is photography based, I have no dealership experience and they took me on. I was EXTREMELY disappointed when I found out my actual job was not at all what I thought I was signing myself up for, and didn’t match the job description or what is stated in the online training for the job. They had me backing up dealership cars into tight spaces on my first day. Had I known I had to operate dealership vehicles I wouldn’t have taken the position. 

A typical day at work will be. I will come in and rearrange my desk and cubicle from the previous day. Sign into my computer and check my email and see if i have any meetings for that day, along with any callbacks to clients, executives, or businesses. Get my work order and then sign into automatic dialer system to take calls for conferences. I learned that the job is very detailed and precised, along with being very challenging and overwhelming at times. Management was well trained and very hands on at all times. My co-workers were very friendly and easy to get along with as well as very helpful at times during tender there. the hardest part of the job was the six week training process and probation period. the most enjoyable part of the job was working with all different types of ethnic groups, business, and geographic areas of the world, With different time zones.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Photographer 113 salaries reported	$17.63 per hour
Regional sales manager 1 salary reported	$55,000 per year
Market manager 15 salaries reported	$46,767 per year
Territory manager 1 salary reported	$51,000 per year
Outside sales representative 14 salaries reported	$17.36 per hour

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