Bell South From Protection One

["Sonicduck" <jones1019@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I recently resigned from Bell South from Protection One.  The name,
itself, even sounds like confusion.  My background has been in sales,
and I was hired as a sales consultant for this company.  I worked in
the Pompano, or Coconut Creek branch.  Some of the more startling
issues they had, and caused me to leave are hardly ever discussed in
public.

My #1 issue is not getting paid for agreements signed and delivered to
the office.  I was hired in August, and have sold security systems
before.  I was a resi resale rep, and small business rep in the West
Palm Beach Office for ADT, so I do have something to compare my
experiences to.

Bell South (from Protection One) requires a tremendous amount of
paperwork from you and the prospect/customer.  Just like with any
company, it must be filled out correctly and without major mistakes.  I
am pretty good with paperwork, considering my experience at ADT, and
for many years as a terminal manager-dispatcher with several major
trucking companies.

Hell South, from Protection One (my new nickname for them) had nearly
20 sales turned in by me, and either flew them back at me, or
procrastinated to the point that now, after Hurricane Wilma flew
through here, there are probably at least 5 that will most likely
cancel.

Hell South, from Protection One has it in their sales hiring
prospectus, that they will pay you even after you leave, for any jobs
installed UP TO 30 DAYS after you leave.  Most of mine will probably
get done, since they now have had 2 extra months to get them installed.
 My feelings are that Protection One has "built in" to their business
model, the FACTOR that xxxx amount of sales people will quit before the
4 months that it takes to get your weekly paycheck into their butt
dragging pipeline, so that you get a decent weekly check.  I averaged
$250.00 or less a week since August, and I figure they owe me nearly 2k
right now.  It would have been more but they "choked" me out of some
tangible sales by dragging.

I think their plan figures that if they install after these salespeople
quit, and they get installed after 30 days from the termination date,
then Hell South will make $$$$ extra money by not paying those
commissions.  I seriously think it's built into their model.  They are
THAT cheap.  I highly recommend everyone to stay away from working for
them, and that includes installers.