inside sales representative

staff accountant

warehouse technician

system programmer

receiving clerk

Reading for Education

A positive aspect of this company is that many of the people that work here are very sweet and encouraging.  However, you will be warned almost right away that there is a lot of drama.  The people that are doing the warning also happen to be the ones causing a lot of the drama.  

When you begin your training, you will receive most of your materials with poor grammar and misspellings.  Consider this an accurate reflection of the work culture.  This position is in telemarketing.    Everything is done off of a call list and everything is completed with paperwork.  There is no dialer and the only thing you will use your computer for is email.  I believe this is a reflection of the older people who run the company as this is probably the same way they've been doing things for thirty years.  They also expect you to constantly call the same people off of the call lists repeatedly.  Being as though these call sheets are elementary schools, it can certainly cause some issues with people feeling harassed.  This company's way of doing business gets their employees chewed out and isn't the best way of getting sales.

The issues that result in the one-star review are the way that management manipulates and speaks to their employees.  They will get in your face and scream at you if they do not like the way you handled a phone call.  They will constantly change their expectations and act flabbergasted that you seemed unaware.  They will look you in the eye and lie.  I watched them tell a room full of people that they would not give up on them.  People were told they would have over a year to worry about maintaining sales goals. They then turned around and fired several of them for not meeting sales goals less than three months after they were hired.  This business promotes itself as Christian-centered. They put scriptures on your desk daily, have weekly prayer meetings and give impromptu sermons.  However, most are just playing church.  They are dishonest, disrespectful and nasty to others.  I have never worked in such a negative work environment and I strongly encourage you not to work here.

This job is terrible. The management sits around and talks about employees, even in front of other employees. Holler at you when they did  not you  train in  the first place. They have a high turn over on employees. (should have known then) They create a extremely hestile work  environment.They have bible study on Wednesday during lunch hour(great I thought) then in less than one hour they are sitting back talking about employees playing with God.  Cheat you out of sales. So  unprofessional then one manager sits back and makes personal  calls all day about being broke and needing extentions on light bill. A sad bunch of human beings. Within one day of workng here you will see what I'm saying.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Coworkers, meet goal Friday off.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Meeting goals, if you're on a call and your Mgr chimes in, in your ear, hard to hear two people at same time. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Watch your back! For a Christian employer, they don't behave as such. Commission calculations are a mystery, good luck.  What they and do are two different things.  Be on guard. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Expected to make 100+ calls per day to get one sale. Same scpheal over and over. 
Fundraiser program encourages participants to shop at SchoolStore.com. Where they are over charged for cheap items.  RFE owns this "store".

- A typical day at work, i begin to get the batches as the apex openers sort mail, then i will run calculator tape on the order forms, and then enter in the check orders from the order forms. I will continue to do this until all work is completed.
-What i have learned is to work in a fast pace environment and my typing skills have improved
- I Enjoy my co workers they are great to work with we work well as a team.
- The hardest part of my job is working so hard for a period of time and then receiving layoff notice for summer.
-The most enjoyable part of my job is that it is christian oriented.

Great co-workers.  Office/Cubical style seating. Mac computers. I am off when schools are out for all of the observed holidays. That also means I do not work during summer break.  That has been a challenge for me for the 7 years I have worked there.  This was my first job at the age of 18, and I currently still work there.  

I am responsible for calling schools all over the U.S and setting up school fundraisers.  I speak to Principals, Bookkeepers, PTA, etc. daily. 

I also travel with the company to the annual NAESP Conventions.

Reading For Education is an excellent company to work for. It is fast paced during the busy months, and the days pass by quickly. I love my job of pulling customer orders, and don't mind helping out my co-workers when needed.  I feel like there is room for improvement in the area of manager communication, though. I really don't feel like there is an open door to communicate and acceptance of ideas for improvement. There are too many seasonal lay-offs and not much room for advancement.

proof read school material, and help in other departments, this was a seasonal job but listed as full time laid off every summer and during winter break. moved to Florida in 2012 to look for work here because we love this area.
I have learned to proof read as fast as others and help out where ever needed.
management was good.
got along very well with co-workers
hardest part of job I really cannot think of any part that was hard.
the most enjoyable part, woking as a team and getting the job done.

I loved working here. It's not the most fulfilling job but the people that work there are super nice. Never had to worry about not having enough vacation days for holidays, they're built in so the vacation days are cushion for emergencies. There are also opportunities to accrue additional paid vacation time that was very helpful. The first 90 days are hard to get past, but once you do it's smooth sailing and extreme job stability.

The environment as far as the people you work with is amazing. I have never worked with such a great group of women. I have learned to be more persistent in my goals. The hardest part of my job is rejection. You call schools all day and you may end up talking to twenty people and the rest  either won't let you through or are too busy to talk. 

I am not a sales person.... But I tried. My manager said I would've been great had I just stuck it out but I couldn't handle the sales position :( I genuinely loved the people and the environment was great when I was there. Strict security. Timely breaks. They allowed a Bible study during lunch break. They are privately owned and Christian based. My boss wasn't a believer but she'd been there for 20+ 
 years

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