Barbara
Cleveland,#2UPDATE Employee
Sun, October 23, 2005
I BELIEVE I KNOW WHO YOU ARE. AND NO, I DONT THINK YOU WERE TOO HONEST FOR THE INSURANCE BUSINESS. I JUST THINK YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A 9-5 JOB AND NO INSURANCE COMPANY IS GOING TO GIVE YOU THAT. IF YOU ARE WHO I THINK YOU ARE, OUR MANAGER SAID YOU HAD GREAT SALES SAAVY. IT'S JUST TOO BAD YOU WEREN'T WILLING TO PUT IN THE TIME. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 6 YEARS AND MY LIFE AND INCOME ARE FANTASTIC! I JUST THINK YOU NEED TO FIND ANOTHER SALES POSITION PERIOD (NOT IN INSURANCE). WE DON'T LIE. AT LEAST I CAN TELL YOU FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I DON'T. AND I'M A TOP PRODUCER. I JUST WORK HARD. AND TRUST ME, ANY OTHER INSURANCE COMPANY, YOU MIGHT AS WELL BE WORKING OUT OF A PHONE BOOK. THE RESPONSE FROM OUR UNION MEMBERS IS SOOO OVERWHELMING THAT IT SOMETIMES TAKES AWHILE TO GET TO EVERYONE AND PEOPLE FORGET. BUT I'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM. THEY MOST ALWAYS REMEMBER ONCE THEY SEE THEIR OWN HANDWRITING ON THE CARD. AS FOR YOUR NO SHOWS- THAT HAD TO BE SOMETHING YOU WERE SAYING ON THE PHONE. I DON'T GET VERY MANY. IF I DO, IT'S A REALLY GOOD REASON. LIKE AN EMERGENCY. SORRY IT DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR YOU. BUT DON'T JUST PIN IT ALL ON OUR COMPANY. THIS JUST ISN'T THE RIGHT BUSINESS FOR YOU. 9-5 INSURANCE JOBS ARE PRETTY MUCH EXTINCT.
Jean
Gibsonburg,#3UPDATE EX-employee responds
Mon, October 17, 2005
I spent about a month at AIL. You started at 9:30 am for training, if you were lucky you might be home by 11:00. So many were no shows, seen recently (previous week), or had no idea why you were there. One Saturday I drove 2 hrs away for appts where the people had been laid off for more than two years. Every week the sales numbers would go on the board. All but one or two were failing. All signs to get out. But the part I couldn't really accept was the way they talked about the prospects. Everything was scripted. My God, I accidentally said the word "insurance" in front of the prospect. My manager gave me such an evil look and I heard about it later. I guess I'm just too honest to make it in the insurance biz.
Jean
Gibsonburg,#4UPDATE EX-employee responds
Mon, October 17, 2005
I spent about a month at AIL. You started at 9:30 am for training, if you were lucky you might be home by 11:00. So many were no shows, seen recently (previous week), or had no idea why you were there. One Saturday I drove 2 hrs away for appts where the people had been laid off for more than two years. Every week the sales numbers would go on the board. All but one or two were failing. All signs to get out. But the part I couldn't really accept was the way they talked about the prospects. Everything was scripted. My God, I accidentally said the word "insurance" in front of the prospect. My manager gave me such an evil look and I heard about it later. I guess I'm just too honest to make it in the insurance biz.