outside sales representative

field sales representative

brand ambassador

entry level sales representative

demand planner

Traeger Wood Pellet Grills

Pros: 
- Travel all over US to work 10 day Costco Roadshow events. 
- Company paid/provided travel all over the US. You earn the personal travel points/travel rewards. 
- Traeger is a cool product/company to sell for.
- Teammates are mostly good guys/girls and willing to help you along the way. 
- Typically operate on a 10 day on/10 day off schedule. When you’re off/home, there is no work except a few virtual Teams meetings. 
- Uncapped commission structure 
- Generous employee discount on Traeger grills and accessories 
- Adequate training and prescribed sales process. Generally if you follow the system they teach and work hard, you can succeed. 

Cons: 
- You will be on the road a lot. If you’re into this then it’s a very fun job, but be prepared to be away from home about 180-200 days out of the year. 
- 100% commission sales job in a one-call close environment. Very high pressure. Be advised there is no base salary or hourly wage to fall back on: if you do not sell grills you do not make money, simple as that. 
- Sink or swim environment; the Brand Ambassador program operates on an individual ranking system based on your attainment to hitting gross sales goals set for each roadshow. If your sales average on a stretch of your 5 most recent shows drops below a certain mark, you will be terminated. 
- Long work days. You will be in a booth in Costco for minimum 12 hours a day for 10 days in a row, no days off or weekends off. Minimal breaks allowed while you’re in your booth.
- Seasonality very much affects sales. Spring/summer are prime and you will make money usually regardless, but fall/winter can be tough. Learn to budget your money. 
- Pay infrequency. You are generally working 1 show per month which means 1  paycheck per month. Be prepared that if you have a bad show and for example only pull in a $1500 commission check, that is your income for the month unless you have another stream of income. 
- Minimal opportunity for advancement. There are nearly 100 reps on the team at any given time and only a handful of “Coaches”  (team leaders/managers), who are generally the top ranked salespeople. You can earn the opportunity to work special events and other venues that pay more money, but these are only available to top ranked reps. Rightfully so you must earn this opportunity, but be prepared to wait in line as there are many who are ahead of you waiting for their turn to work these special events. 
- Extremely high turnover for this role. 
- You’re on your own for the most part which is also a pro, but you won’t get to meet your fellow teammates other than on video calls and in your initial training. Can feel like you’re on a deserted island at times. 
- Benefits are minimal. Very expensive healthcare plans, no auxiliary benefits such as dental, vision, etc. for this role. 

Summary: 
Overall, this is a unique sales environment that is likely vastly different than anything you’ve ever done, but it is hard work. You’re standing in a Costco for 120+ hours over 10 days, on your feet all day, no sitting or hanging out. You must be engaging and pitching customers 100% of the time while you’re in your booth. If you’re shy or reserved, go do literally anything else - you will not succeed in this. You must have thick skin, you’re going to be told no 95% of the time, but that’s the nature of this. You’re not developing relationships or getting to know your customers, they rarely want to walk up and talk to you, you’re looked at a nuisance plain and simple and people will do anything they can to avoid you, so you have to get over that and treat it like it is, which is purely a numbers game. Pitch 100 people, get told no by 95, sell 5 grills, you had a decent day. Do that every day and you’ll make it. 

As a personal experience, it’s awesome. If you’re looking to travel the country for free and meet a lot of cool people in your travels, I highly recommend this job. If you’re looking to start a long-term career in a stable, sustainable industry and company with great benefits, this probably isn’t for you. Some people find their niche in this and make it a career, but that’s a small percentage, and hats off to those that do. 



My days at Traeger were a mixed bag of responsibilities depending on the task at hand.  Incoming and outgoing sales calls to the Traeger dealer base.  Overseeing the ordering and shipment of Traeger grills, accessories, and marketing materials for dealer support.  Coordinate cooking demonstrations, food preparation, and travel throughout Oregon and Washington territories.
I learned the importance of Brand recognition, and how to promote and protect the brand both from within and outside of the organization.
During my time with Traeger the organization had a flat structure, two supervisors then the owner, which made all decisions.  This structure mixed with the personalities in place often caused a bottleneck at the top and delayed both information and decisions pertaining to the dealer base.
I enjoyed most of my co-workers, Traeger was a fun product to sell and created a casual working environment.
The most difficult part of my job was overcoming the objections of our dealer base relating to Traeger selling grills online, thus becoming both supplier and competitor. 
By far, the most enjoyable part of my job at Traeger was traveling the territories and providing cooking(grilling) demonstrations at dealer locations which increased dealer grill sales and built stronger business relationships.

You attend a 11 hours per day training for 3 days in Salt Lake City (headquarters) and at that time you will know if you go to a training show that week or following week.  There are definitely favorites as much as they teach you to be out of your comfort zone and pitching everyone, some locations are better than others. Everyone starts out at Costco with 10+ hours of standing and encouraging you to not take breaks as you may miss a sale. The training manager they give you is an entitled and glorified Brand Ambassador who did well but is awful with managing a new team.  There is so much turnover. They mention "mental fortitude" often but almost feels like a cult. If you don't sell your Costco show, you will make minimum wage for 12 days away and 8 days off before you go to the next show. If you don't make goals after 5 shows, you will be fired. Most of the people I started with are not here anymore.  

They say 10 days on 10 off but really there is 2 days of travel and set up (Unpaid) so it is like 12 on 8 off. Usually always travel far from home and stay in a decent hotel sometimes not so decent. You can get airline miles and hotel points And rental car points if you sign up for them. Work ten hour days sometimes longer depending on show and they very strongly encourage you to not take breaks or a lunch . You repeat the same script over all day long and have to stand on concrete floor all day. You have a goal every show that is usually pretty reasonable sometimes the goal is not attainable, depending on how much you sell determines what percentage of your sales you will profit. The product is great but does have issues because it's made in China. You basically manage yourself and have to figure stuff out on your own. You have a team with a coach and assistant coach and they are pretty much useless

You can make good money here if you're good at politics. If you just want to come in, do your work and leave you will not do very well here. When hired you're told that your schedule is based on performance, when in fact its more based on who you're friends with and how often you use their social media chat. I've seen great rep's leave, and mediocre reps get the best shows because they share a beer with the boss. 

I'd love to see them put there money where their mouth is, a lot more rep's would stay if that were the case, but on average I see 3-5 reps leave per month (out of about 130). 

By the way, whomever reviewed the company and stated their least favorite thing was cold calling probably never worked here. There is no cold calling. One of the best parts about the job is qualified people walk by us every minute.

The management was always wanting more production, when we always produced more than their other pellet mills.Unfornately they really never thanked you for busting your tail for them.They also took away a bonus program, because they claimed that they had to be more competitive.It was a company that was to top heavy.To many chiefs and not enough Indians to put it in layman terms.It could have been a better place to work if they didn't give things and later take them away.I don't believe they value experience employees because they basically cap your earnings.I found out that they will replace anyone and no job security.The management is their biggest akillies heel.

Above all, this company cares about its employees. I have been with the company for 2.5 years and have never felt more appreciated and challenged in the same environment. Coming from a grass roots sales background, it's hard to find a company that isn't trying to get over on sales reps in some way. Since I have been here, commissions and expectations have never changed, I have had the opportunity to grow within the ranks, and I have truly grown in my profession. We undoubtedly have a product that is second to none and a religious customer following that takes the threat of competition out of the picture for the sales reps. WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR? I am extremely pleased overall and am excited to see how this company develops in the next few years.

Growing pains are tough but the CEO of this company sure knows how to handle growth and make a company explode This is an excellent company with an incredible product. However the work was overwhelming and stressful and often no directionor assistance was given by management. It was an unorganized mess with lots of preferential treatment, and very little communication. I would have loved to make a career with this company but it just didn't work out.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Promoting a product that I absolutely love.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Set up and tear down of booths on Costco Location, as well as reaching monetary goals set in a volatile economy.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Good team environment. 
Good Culture
Managers need some help in their bully like approach

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Standing for 12 hours in a Costco trying to pull people in to show them how it works.

Great team environment where everyone will help you but you will get honest feedback. If you don’t put everything into this job you’ll have an average income. If you put everything into this, you’ll become wealthy. It’s all about continuing your growth here and putting in the work that you need to make yourself a better person. 

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