event marketing specialist

outside sales representative

installer

director of event marketing

remodeler

Leaf Home

I applied for this position as an "Appointment Setter". That was on me for not researching the role well enough. They give you two weeks of training Mon-Fri, and as soon as my training was complete my name tag on my desk said "Inside Sales Representative" and not "Appointment Setter". The other employees that came along with me also were unaware we would be Sales Reps. I assumed I would be making appointments for people who actually are calling in ready to make one. That is incorrect; The Inside Sales Reps are there to take any incoming calls to the company (I was in Tundraland), and we had to direct calls to service, permitting, management, etc. Positions were promoted as "no cold calling" which is correct, but that is only because the customer put their info in online. Many customers were not expecting or did not want a call. As soon as a customer put their info in online, we were required to call up to 4 times a day, and leave a message every other call. Calling everyday would go until about 30 days or so, then you call less a day. We would constantly get screamed at by customers for calling too much, and we had to take many people off our calling list due to that. Also, we were not allowed to give pricing information over the phone, and many customers only wanted a ballpark, and they would become irate when we could not give that range. It's required to set up a 90 minute appointment with a designer to get that quote. I would make around 200 calls a day, and only talk to four people sometimes. They had unrealistic goals for appointments, and your numbers go down if an appointment doesn't sell or cancels for whatever reason. To be clear we worked out of Hudson Ohio, and only serviced Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Florida. Even if we made a quality appointment, it was still on us if it didn't sell. So if we sent a designer out for a perfectly fine job, but the customer no-showed for their appointment, or if the customer cancelled because of whatever reason, our numbers in the call center went down. I had to keep notes of every single interaction to make management realize our numbers weren't feasible (I was on night shift), and after showing them MY numbers, they lessened the night shift goals. Night shift was also calling to about 9-9:30pm and many people were irate because of us calling so late, and there is not one manager available in the evening for support. Management does not care about employee well being and even though half the team is work from home they denied WFH to multiple employees that tried to compromise to keep their jobs, and they refused all WFH except one person who started in office. Training might as well not have happened with us because everyone hired after my group got much more in depth training and when I brought up how my training didn't seem nearly as in depth as the newer people they claimed "they're still trying to figure out a good training regimen". Departments are passive aggressive also, whenever we needed help from customer care we would either get radio silence, or a sassy message stating we should have done "x" instead even though we would have never known that without asking. Lastly, a big reason I left was due to an active shooter training we were required to do. I did not appreciate how they described depression being a "warning sign of workplace violence" verbatim. It was stated in the training if someone is depressed they should be reported due to possibly becoming violent, and that made me feel unsafe with the company as well as being shocked that would actually be in a workplace training program. There was no enjoyable part of the job for me, and frankly it made my mental health worse being screamed at every day at least once on the phone. Many people would call in to complain about the commercial shows, the woman on the commercial, and we had many callers be racist, sexist, and homophobic to the employees calling. This is not me making assumptions, we seriously had quite a few callers that would be inappropriate towards us. 

If you enjoy a company that grows its business at its employees expense then THIS is the place for you..!! However if you are looking for real consistent employment which compensates you appropriately for your time, and provides reliable income then I highly suggest looking elsewhere..!! This job will cost you money to do for them, period; as they do not properly compensate you, and completely gyp you on expense reimbursement.

If you have multiple job offers, say (Walmart Door Greeter, Sign Twirler, or Leaf Filter Marketing Specialist) do the smart thing and take one of the first options and enjoy actually having consistent reliable employment where you are appropriately compensated for the expectations of your duties, and actually scheduled paid working hours as an "Hourly Employee" not expected to "Work for Free".

However if you do enjoy earning $600-$800 a month working 96-hrs a week, putting 1000’s of miles on your personal vehicle at your own expense, driving hundreds of “Unpaid Hours” transporting company equipment all over the country, being 180+ miles away from home every Fri-Sat-Sunday to earn 15-20 hrs. of paid scheduled work, cheap motels, spending all your income at Denny’s, bills piling up, never having a schedule, schedule always changing 3-days ahead of time, not working for 2-weeks at a time, being scheduled for 32-45 hrs. a month across 9 different days, oh and Performing Lots of Off the Clock duties (Uncompensated) and wasting hundreds of personal time hours on company endeavors that with any normal company would be considered “Compensated Work”. Then this is your place!

Basically in short Leaf Filter is another example of a Parasitic Corporation that preys upon its labor force in order to experience growth within its sector. They market BS to their employees as much if not more than they do their customer base. Just like their overpriced product; they sell you an underpaid position which “Sounds Good” but in reality is nothing but well “A Bag of D’s”. This company takes advantage of its workforce at the bottom and grows itself via a revolving door type model & position, taking advantage of the people in which it hires efforts & assets across the board within it’s labor force.

“TAKE THE WALMART DOOR GREETER JOB”, it’s the better option even at $8hr.!!!

You will not make any money with this company, but you will definitely spend a bunch of money, run your vehicle into the ground, waste a lot of time, and be very very poorly compensated... Hey but the company will grow and makes lots of money from you poor schmucks like myself who decided to fall for their "Job Sales Pitch"..!! 

Please, I work here and I am telling you flat out honestly, you definitely do not want too...!! You'll be broke, destitute and miserable with this job.

Plenty of companies pay very well and compensate you fairly for this type of "Marketing" position & have much better travel cost reimbursement and arrangements. Find one of those companies and avoid this rip-off scam company that wants to take advantage of everyone, especially its employees..!!

You should earn $40,000+ a Year PT (30 hrs a week) with ALL travel expenses paid for with this type position. There are plenty of examples of this out there, apply there...  Many companies offer real "Event Marketing" positions and treat the position accordingly "Professionally" just not at Leaf Filter, you're nothing but a shoe shine to them.

As here you'll work twice as much and maybe earn $12,000 for the year + incur a bunch of personal expenses that the company should be paying for, basically you'll loose money.. Its a Rip-Off job just like their products. RUN FAST & FAR.!!

DO NOT WORK HERE..!!!

I enjoyed my time with LeafFilter. It is a very fast growing company with pretty heavy work demands and little time for a personal life. My particular job was difficult due to being a single mother, but because my children were older, in college and high school, they were self sufficient. This allowed me to be able travel without much trouble. I spent weeks away from home sometimes only to be able to come home for a day or two  to regroup and leave again for anywhere from two to 12 days depending on the event schedule. Overall I would say that corporate employees were very happy and were constantly in a positive work environment. For the individual office teams, providing you all got along and were on the same page regarding expectations and needs, a working relationship could be fantastic. The hardest part of this job is the amount of work hours it consumed and not being able to go even one day without doing something work related without getting behind or being on top of what was going on company wide..The best part of the job was the fact that I was able to work from home. I did have an office and warehouse where all of my event displays were kept, but it was not necessary for me to be in the office on a regular basis other than a couple days a week for meetings and conference calls. Retaining marketers was also a bit of an issue since the company requires managers to always work events first and foremost before your marketing team. This caused many issues with being able to actually give your marketers work, which is why they have been hired in the first place. You must always have enough marketers to work all the events, but also have enough to fill in for unexpected occurrences. Many times marketers would quit because of lack of work hours given. In this type of work situation, you have to be able to be very flexible and be able to travel with very little notice. There are ways that this could be alleviated and maybe in the future they will reduce the amount of time managers have to spend working events and utilize them more to train and oversee the marketers on a regular basis by traveling to different events and not being locked into working an entire event every week. I believe this would relieve some stress on the marketing manager and allow for the marketers to be able to work more hours and in turn the marketing managers would be able to keep the marketers on track and motivated which in turn would work toward making the marketers better at their job overall.. I believe this would lead to more productive marketers and less stressed out managers. There are many other things I could say about LeafFilter, but all in all it was a great experience and I enjoyed the competitive nature of all of my fellow marketing managers. It always made me want to do better and be better at my job. The benefits were great and yearly Summit Awards were always a wonderful time!

Management was cruel, shady, and tricked you into a false sense of security - but only for a little while, and then you see their true colors. I always discourage people from even THINKING about applying to this place due to the terrible experience I had there. I wish I had never stepped foot into their building, because all it did was leave me with severe anxiety and a terrible bout of depression from feeling worthless by their actions and words. 

Without going into too much detail, I was in a very terrible position when hired in that was completely unfair to me and someone else and their expectations were not just high, but mostly unattainable with the way their bonus structure works. Weekly meetings only seemed to serve as a tool to belittle you as they attempt to mask it as "constructive criticism". Completely unprofessional in that regard.

Along with doing your job, you're also playing the part of manager during the evenings (only brought up after the interview process), and dealing with the issues of sales-people who could care less about how their actions (or lack thereof) affected our day-to-day and put unnecessary stress on everyone, especially my department. 

Training was a mess. Scripts were prioritized above all else, even though was reassured during orientation that the quality of the call was most important than remembering every single line in their particular order 100% of the time, as every client is different and I am not a robot. 

I spent so much time after work attempting to remember all of these scripts verbatim, learning their wide range of product and services (which they shamed you if you don't remember every last detail of their product while on a call and don't have 2 seconds to sift through paragraphs about bathrooms on the spot), and even doing heavy research on my part to be the best I could be in my position. But management did not care. Not one bit. In fact, nothing was good enough.

I worked for a short time, and there was hardly any room to breathe when it came to learning everything they were attempting to teach me (as that was a whole disorganized, anxiety-inducing mess) without feeling like any second my job would be ripped right out from beneath my feet. 

So much more could be said, but what it comes down to is that I do not recommend this company. At all. Unless you are a masochist, then by all means go for it.

Starting out, they hook you with the pay and a little info about the job. They gave me 3 date options at the beginning to start since I still had another job, But the catch was choosing either dates means you are stuck with that schedule. You are expected to work those days and cannot change them for the time you are with the company. The training process is a 2 week course in which they throw a whole book in your face and then throw you on the floor with no guidance. They have a strict 4 strike attendance policy for your first 60 days that you cannot miss any scheduled work days or else they terminate you. I tried to change my days but schedules are fully set till you leave the company. After 90 days, full benefits kick in. Attendance allowed missed goes to 12 before termination, and 401k with 10% company match. This company thrives on money, so that speaks for itself. I cannot stress enough, you are just a number to them. People that work here are snooty and think themselves to be better than their peers. There is a lot of no tolerance guidelines you have to follow. 
Pay is average, it’s pretty much a set hourly, plus bonuses which is not much. High turnover over rate, You aren’t guaranteed to make it to 90 days, per management. Just a lot of misleading information where they trap you then let you go over something small. I was fired due to having my cell phone on the floor. I was in jeopardy of losing my housing, which my manager knew, but did nothing. I have a service dog they neglected to let me bring. A lot of people come in sick and it spreads through the office. They feed you if you work on Wednesdays but, you have to work for it. Also most of the customer base is confused due to misleading information on the company website. If offered different approaches to change this you will either be ignored or terminated.

If you like stressful environments with terrible co-workers and terrible managers, with semi livable wages and high expectations for being a company that sells gutters, then look no further. You’ve hit the jack pot. HUGE red flag company. I do not recommend them to work for or buy from!

I didn’t realize the extent of how shady most home remodeling businesses were before taking a sales position with LeafFilter. Not to say that LeafFilter is the worst of the worst, but the sales tactics you’re taught and are expected to execute out in the field are laughable. I won’t get into the details, since I don’t want to expose the sales process. I respect the success the company has had, but my God. The tactics are about as cheesy and as deceitful as you can get. 

Onwards... LeafFilter sales reps will be driving anywhere from an hour to 3-4 hours a day, depending on how many appts you’re running. You’ll put an absurd amount of miles on your car. If you’re leasing your vehicle, this isn’t for you. If you like driving, maybe you’ll like it. Who knows. But facts are facts. You’ll drive... a lot. 

One thing I absolutely hated about this position was not knowing your schedule for the next day until after 9pm each evening. Impossible to make plans, have a social life, or a family life when you have about 12 hours notice to know if you can make your kids baseball game. You’ll work every Saturday, most nights, and like I said, won’t know your schedule until the night before.  If you’re a single 22 year old guy, totally different story than a married 50 year old with 4 kids. 

The appointments... a good deal of them are garbage. So, you’ll drive 30, 45, 60 minutes to your appointment, only to find out that the guy at the home show basically almost bribed them to accept an appointment. Or the rep at home office said they would have a “no obligation quote” from a rep who wouldn’t be more than 5 minutes at the house. Yes, I ran into this constantly. A good sales rep can overcome a lot and also build a lot of value, but you can’t do much when the person says, “Oh, they told me you would be 5 minutes... I have my sons football game in 10 minutes.” 

I did make money at LeafFilter. Don’t get me wrong. I was on pace to earn over $50K if I stayed there a year. Not the best. Not the worst. But factor in the miles on the car, the unbalanced work/life balance, the shady sales tactics they encouraged, and the often suspect appointments, I determined it wasn’t for me. I don’t think any true sales professional who has morals would enjoy this position.

I worked with this company under their tiger bath division. You would work a lot of hours but you would have a lot of downtime. It would be a great place to work if it wasn't for the very very poor management. 

When they initially hire you they tell you training is 3 weeks... not only did my training get cut back by a week, the second week we had 3 of our 5 days as "study/question" days... They threw us into the field NOT fully trained and expected us to excel. Not only did I fail at first but so did the girl I started with.

Then after training myself and figuring out how to do everything, I sold more than anyone on my team in December. January came around and I had a rough first week, as did everyone else. However, since I did not hit the "benchmark" numbers they wanted me to hit through the month and a half I was in the field they put me back into training (which was very much needed).

After sitting in training for 3 hours they pulled me aside and told me that I didn't know enough from my original training and they didn't think it was a well fit.

After I was let go, the rest of my team was still having a rough time.. they were threatened that they wouldn't get leads if they weren't selling and brought in to be "tested" on their knowledge of the script. The very same script they said I didn't know enough of. The girl I started with obviously failed the test and was put back into training. However, they continued her training as they should have with me.

After 3 days of being treated like a robot, she decided to quit. When she quit she was told by the Sales Director that she "used him". She is now having to fight them for the money she is supposed to be paid that they have yet to pay her on.

DO NOT work here unless you are willing to memorize a huge script, feel like a robot, and present that script to customers who aren't 100% interested in what you are showing them. They focus on a one call close for many obvious reasons, however, some people just don't know how much things cost and are wanting an estimate to figure out if it's something they even want to do. If you do not close those people, it becomes your fault and you didn't do something right.

They view the numbers more than you and your situation. They promise to give you a territory that is within 30 miles of your house, however, they will send you wherever they please.

I came here after wasting over a decade of my best years at a dead-end job where I was yelled at for doing something wrong at *least* once a day.  I could count the compliments from my boss for my work on one hand... and that's spanning all my years there. I can't begin to describe what years of putting up with that does to the psyche; my confidence in my abilities were completely destroyed. By the end I felt I'd be lucky to get a minimum-wage job meant for high-schoolers to pick up some extra gas money.

Here, all leaders are 100% committed to motivate us with clear goals, incentives, and bonuses. The workplace culture is astoundingly positive and upbeat; both leaders and co-workers are incredibly fast to give compliments and pick you up if you're having a bad day. The expression "Tundra-Fam" isn't very much of a stretch; we're from all different walks of life, but we all care very much about each other's well-being. I've been here less than a year, but many employees that have left for their own reasons have come back, every single one of them saying that they were never happier than when they were working here. Many of our managers are indeed young as other reviewers said, but they show remarkable maturity and responsibility, and under their leadership we've been consistently shattering our own records. Their attitudes may be casual, but they've proven themselves more than capable and fully deserving of their positions. 
I finally feel useful, and towards bigger causes than just collecting a paycheck - we have multiple charity projects going at any given point in time and always have some sort of sweepstakes going for free home projects. Our CEO is possibly the most benevolent, upbeat, and motivational person I've ever met. He sometimes meets with all of us as a group and gives us solid selling tips and iterates how important we are in the grand scheme of the company. Meetings are never dull; the goals and expectations of the company are firm, but the overall attitude is casual and never stifling.

Tl;dr - I'd follow this company to the moon.

I’ll start by talking through the positives.
1) Leaf Home is the top Home Improvement company in the nation. For this reason, they can offer extensive benefits packages and great salaries. 
2) Networking at this company is very easy to do, as they have thousands of employees. It is difficult to get through a week without meeting someone new at Leaf Home.
3) Mid-Management in the Marketing department is supportive. They will hear you out, though you should expect to be challenged along the way. 

Now for the negatives:
1) There are many “good” people in mid-management that are always looking out for you. Then there are others that will do everything in their power to replace you. Do not expect to be working with the same team in 6 months. Do not even expect to have the same CEO in 12. 

2) This company has gone through a multitude of management changes. CEO positions have been handed off left and right, which is abnormal for a company of this size. Additionally, you’ll never see someone from the executive team take on the role aside from playing interim CEO. It’s disappointing that such a large brand can’t offer stability. 

3) If you work for this company, expect layoffs to happen once a year. They might be “hushed” but be aware that when one person gets let go there are plenty of others. Don’t expect Tenure, Work Ethic, or FMLA/health problems to save you. This company has laid off anyone from people undergoing cancer treatments to those just approaching retirement. There’s yet to be anyone retire from Leaf. 

The dynamic Leaf Home builds is concerning. They lock you in with a great salary and benefits, but give no job security. There are many people here that refuse to invest in nicer homes or cars in fear that they will lost them with the next round of employee wage budget cuts (layoffs). It puts a bad taste in your mouth as you continuously run in place and get no where further in your personal life.

The job has you attending various shows, setting up a booth, and producing leads. You talk to people the entire day and try to get them interested in the product.This is NOT door-to-door and they do not train you to be pushy and rude like some companies with similar jobs. The company gives you little to draw a prospect in so you have to rely on the display and people skills. This does help develop useful skills and can be difficult when your not even supposed to hand a brochure unless you get there name and number first. My manager was the nicest guy in the world and will do anything to help you out. After a few weeks training you work by completely yourself. So if you like working in teams and around co-workers do not apply. The gutter system is the best on the market so this does help make the job a little easier. The worst part about the job is you have to travel a ton and sometimes you get minimal compensation for travel. Yes, they pay for gas and hotels. The hotel will be very cheap and they will not pay you windshield time or mileage on your vehicle. I rarely stayed at a hotel though but still the compensation was not worth the time it takes to drive up and drive back. You will only work weekends too. There is no work during the week except sometimes you get a friday show. My final complaint is they put you on a 1099 misc. tax form. Meaning they do not take taxes out of your check, which is nice until you have to pay your taxes. Basically you are not considered a Leaf Filter employee but a contractor. This is a great job if you are a student or need some extra money just be careful on what shows you accept marketing at because if the drive is more than 90 minutes you may feel under-paid. My manager really took care of me and is very reasonable if you cant work every weekend. Also the hourly wage is pretty reasonable. 

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