YellowBook Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Work environment and management was not the leadership that was expected."

What don't you like about working at YellowBook?

"they have preferred people that they treat better than others.no technology, and often encourage the sales staff to lie and cheat the customer"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Learn To not be so biased to the men and to men of color, do not give a black or latino man the ghettos because of their color for a territory and please promote more than one black or latino person in a city"

"Internal turmoil within the company makes it very difficult to thrive"

What do you like about working at YellowBook?

"It's like running your own business. You are fairly autonomous."

What don't you like about working at YellowBook?

"The company is in internal turmoil. Communication is poor, and procedures for the same tasks change without prior notice. Back office is making too many mistakes, and turnaround time on Internet products is too long. Products are being rolled out just to make up for lost revenue, and it's confusing reps and customers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Need a full review of internal procedures and processes. Stability needs to be given to the products before new ones are rolled out."

"Great Experience"

What do you like about working at YellowBook?

"Get to help businesses grow and meet financial goals through advertising"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"You will learn a lot and can be very successful if your willing to work hard"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep it up, your doing great"

"Intense interview with the Regional Sales Director"

What do you like about working at YellowBook?

"Well Know Directory and the National Marketing of the Directory is and has been Branded Well."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepare for a long interview"

What don't you like about working at YellowBook?

"Too many meeting also and quarterly review in person that has to be given in fornt of Regional Sales Director outlining the goals for the coming quarter."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stop having Cocktails Meetings as incenives after work on Fridays."

"This about sums it up."

What do you like about working at YellowBook?

"Going out and talking to the business owners. Helping them grow."

What don't you like about working at YellowBook?

"Job security"

"good company"

What do you like about working at YellowBook?

"freedom when you preform and reach sales goals. Fun work place."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"good place to work for entry level or expirience sales people"

What don't you like about working at YellowBook?

"cap on earning"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"work hard earn allot- no cap"

"proactive and saavy"

What do you like about working at YellowBook?

"freedom like having own business"

What don't you like about working at YellowBook?

"paycuts and layoff"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"You are in survival mode which is fine but dont cut off the hand that feeds you"

What do you like about working at YellowBook?

"Compensation plan"

What don't you like about working at YellowBook?

"Travel to different territories"

What do you like about working at YellowBook?

"outside sales freedom to run my own business"

What don't you like about working at YellowBook?

"turnover of sales people"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"dont turn over your sales people so fast"

"It is fair and honest."

What do you like about working at YellowBook?

"Having an opportunity to growth within the advertisement industry. Extremely challenging but very rewarding. You are able to make a very good living."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Yellow Book is a very strong company with good opportunity to make a profound living. Im sure at this time after restructuring and cut-backs they would have a lot to offer."

What don't you like about working at YellowBook?

"During the last two year of my employment, Yellow Book was making many M&As and there were many challenges."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"When acquiring other companies, make sure that your employees that helped build and put your company in a position to M&As are truly looked after, as if they are your family!"

"As honest as it gets"

What do you like about working at YellowBook?

"I pretty much made my own schedule and was free to do my own business as I wanted. Life was great ."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Beware of companies that churn 75% of their sales force in the first 90 days. There is a reason for it. Talk with the current employees first."

What don't you like about working at YellowBook?

"Hypocritical management was got caught with their pants down way too many times. Nepotism is a very bad thing but was rampant at this company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"You had a great business model and worked. Then you tried to fool Wall Street and found out that this is impossible to do. You can't put a bandaid on a severed artery. It will not work."

What do you like about working at YellowBook?

"Winning the President's Club in 2008 but the program was cancelled in 2009 due to recession."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Only if you REALLY need the $"

What don't you like about working at YellowBook?

"They micro-mange you and supervise by threats.They dangle a promotion in front of you to perform better. For example-I was up for promotion for over a year. FFVery high turnover due to mis-mangement and sales qoutas assigned."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire mangers who do not show bias towards reps and mange by intimidation."

"Yellow Book is a great place to work."

What do you like about working at YellowBook?

"Projects and type of projects"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Try and reduce the travel."