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I am young person who 3 years ago never would have guessed I would be making the money that I am making today. I am on pace this year "2019" to make over 120K ,and I truly believe that a person with the right mind set to learn ,practice ,and put in the effort to become better everyday can have the same success that I have had. Job can be very stressful ,but that is to be expected with the potential for income you have with Floors for living. The philosophy here is that you are a partner with the company you write ,and negotiate your own orders if you set the jobs you sell ,and the installers up for success you will share in that success ,but if you overlook things ,and do not pay attention ,or set up false expectations you will share in the failure. The company has grown a lot sense I have been here poor managers with negative attitudes have been replaced with encouraging uplifting people who want you to be successful. If you choose to be apart of the Floors for living team you must know your competition you must secret shop the surrounding stores ,so you can better understand who you are up against. I have shopped several stores the difference in pricing, quality ,professionalism, and flat out cleanliness is like night and day. The president of the company cares about his employees he does not have to ,but he offers a 401K that I have been contributing to for some time now ,and with the income ,and benefits I receive I can see my self eventually retiring at Floors for living. Lastly I average less than 40 hours a week give me time to spend with family.

The training is bare minimum and upper management does "try" but no follow through.

There is no base salary other than first month of training. $900 gross (pre-tax)
And store manager which is what i was promoted to out of necessity after my first month and that was only $100-$500 a month, but I never saw it..
No reimbursement for gas. You will havw to travel to customers homes and take measurements. Training for this is lacking. If you do come up short, it comes out of your pay. Understandable to some degree but without proper training. Ive seen it sink plenty of salesman's checks which really brings down their morale leading to desperate selling which doesnt work.
Comissions are low, and pay plan is difficult to understand and work.
Dont get paid on a sold job in full until it is installed. 5% from initial point of sale and the other 5% of total sale after installation. Sometimes this can be weeks/months out. Lets be honest your selling flooring. Its hit or miss and traffic can be non-existent multiple days of the week. The sign spinner would make more than majority of salesmen some weeks.

Benefits aren't bad if you have no dependents. Basically free for self.
Free life insurance policy (100k)

It is very laid back. If thats your style but with that in a sales position with a  commission only based pay plan. Sitting in the store with no traffic can be disheartening. 
 I did leave without notice after promises of change fell through. Somehow my check had roughly $700 taken and this chalked up to benefits which were usually only $200 at most for myself and children. 
Shady to say the least. 

A typical day at work was doing installer's schedule, balancing daily deposits, receiving new products, confirming with customer's next day floor installation, making sure all the material for the next day installation was received, trained salespersons with our system, new hire paperwork, accounts payable, etc.
I learned everything with the floor installation business and I love it!
My office manager its a great supervisor. She is a great teacher and person to be around. All the knowleadge I obtainted while working there was thanks to her.
Our office had great co-workers... We learned from each other and if we needed help we knew we will find it.
The harded part of the job was learning all the products for the floor installation. But thanks to my co-workers I learned what it was necessary for a floor installation.
The most enjoyed part of the job was the environment and helping the salespersons.

After working at Floors for Living the past 12.5 years, I can tell you who succeeds and who doesn't. Those who take the initiative, want to learn, want to get better, improve themselves, their life in general and want to have an avenue to earn as much as the work they put into it. Then FFL is the place to be. Those who sit back, don't learn the material, take the modules we've created or follow the system we outline generally don't succeed. We have an established method for selling floors, we constantly teach it and have several sources to reference, gain and learn the abilities needed to be successful here. Not everyone utilizes them. Those that do, crush it here! We have an extensive peer system, teams chat where anyone in the company can be reached and where any question can get answered. 

1-2 days of training. That’s it!! There is no follow up training as mentioned in the ad. I worked with no manager the whole time I was there. . Just 2 sales people running the store. They give you keys. Then you are on your own. If you like days sitting around and pricing the never ending price change in the store for weeks with no pay. Then go for it!!
I never worked in flooring before, but I came from a sales background. This place is horrible!! Don’t get conned into you will make 100k a year The turn around on employees is quite frequent. Pay is terrible for the amount of hours you put in.  Yes, it is all commission only, but with hardly any traffic you will starve. I do not recommend this job. 

Plan on sitting long hours alone, in a low volume store, and struggling to make $3-4K a month at best.

You will struggle to make your monthly expenses on a good month.

Lots will be expected of you and you will have to train and teach yourself.

Only work here if you have nothing and stay until you find something else.

Management culture is toxic at worst, incompetent and detached at best. Pay is low, expectations are high.

I can sell and still couldn't make ends meet. I gave it every opportunity but realized the promises made aren't legit. The reality is reflected in the critical reviews, unfortunately. 



If you want to stress over jobs to satisfy your customer just to get screwed over on the back end and get No commission. This is the job for you!!! Nepotism runs deep in the company. If you work here you will know what I’m talking about. One word “streeter” there is zero communication between sales and the installers. And if anything goes bad with installation it falls solely on the sales rep. You will rarely have a job go good without a installer not messing something up. And again it falls on the sales rep. The installers get paid regardless and anything they mess up gets taken out of your commission. Horrible company to work for from top to bottom. Steer clear of this place and don’t believe the job post lies. 

Trusting the process has been a great experience and has helped me grow. The district managers are always supportive and offer guidance when needed. Thanks to their help, I stay motivated and on track. I made my first sale in just three days, and now I’m on track to be one of the top sales reps with a management opportunity coming soon.

I really like the way this company sells because they’re honest with customers and offer a quality product with no hidden costs. While this may seem normal, it’s a nice change from other flooring companies that often try to scam people. The store manager genuinely wants you to succeed, and the company gives you what you need to work independently, but there’s always someone to help if you need it. The company chat is really helpful, and it’s clear that even the COO cares about their employees.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Working with customers helping them select flooring

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
It’s a commission only job and they have loopholes that allow them to cheat you out of your commission 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The environment is very dog eat dog.  I had several customers stolen from me by coworkers.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
You sit and do nothing until a customer comes in and it’s your “up”. Then you are expected to close the sale and not let the customer leave the store.

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