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kununu Prüfprozess
3 Mitarbeiter:innen haben diesen Arbeitgeber mit durchschnittlich 3,4 Punkten auf einer Skala von 1 bis 5 bewertet.
2 Mitarbeiter:innen haben den Arbeitgeber in ihren Bewertungen weiterempfohlen.
Wenn der Rubel rollt ist die Atmosphäre selbstverständlich sehr gut und das Management weiß das Team weiter zu motivieren. In tiefen Monaten allerdings lässt die nicht zielführende Kritik des Managements zu Wünschen übrig.
Global gesehen sehr gut, Corporate Identity ist vorhanden. Durch Trainingseinheiten in Washington und Kick-Offs unterstützt.
Die Position bietet mehr Freiheitsoptionen. Berücksichtigt man allerdings die amerikanische Unternehmensführung, ist es grundsätzlich i.O. Rücksicht auf die private Situation wird genommen. Home-Office ist offiziell nicht erlaubt. Urlaubsanträge werden ohne Nachfragen genehmigt.
Karrieremöglichkeiten sind begrenzt, da der Standort in Frankfurt verhältnismäßig recht klein ist. Technische Weiterbildungen gibt es wöchentlich und wären eigentlich mit einem Stern mehr zu bewerten.
Kommissionsmodell ist im Vergleich zu den branchenspezfiischen Mitbewerbern sehr gut (keine Wenn-Dann-Gleichungen zur Berechnung)
Innerhalb des Standortes in Frankfurt sehr gut.
Zwischen den EU-Offices sieht das anders aus.
Agieren manchmal in Ihren Handlungen intransparent. Individuell gesetzte Ziele sind zT nicht realistisch.
Großraumbüro - either you like or hate it.
Der Arbeitsplatz ist gut ausgesattet (Firmenhandy, -Laptop, etc).
Verbesserungswürdig.
Zuweilen ein sehr launisches Managerverhalten!
Globaler Fokus, Reiseschwerpunkt kann selbst gewählt und gesetzt werden.
Very interesting job with almost the whole world to look for business. If you do reasonably well, they'll let you do your job and it's all up to you. Good commission. You have to be smart and very disciplined to succeed.
The newcomers have difficult times finding large enough accounts to work on in Cogent's niche market which is already extremely well covered with Cogent reps. The seniority is a major factor in terms of top performers. The micromanagement has become less but still exists because you by design need to rotate a very large account base in order to be successful.
Make more office room for sales reps. Improve sales training further.
The HQ in USA radiates confidence and stability. The other sales reps in Frankfurt are nice.
The employees are in general proud of the company because of its success story that goes on and on – slowly but surely. The image outside varies but is improving every month.
This job could easily be done from a home office but it's not allowed, the office hours are strict. Apart from the office hours, everyone is free to do whatever they want. The top management says it's a 8-hour-per-day job. However there are much less vacation days than in average German companies.
The main method to advance is to make a higher percentage which should become easier the longer you stay while you may never beat the most senior reps. It is possible to advance to management by merits but there are not many positions to advance to.
The base salary combined with a total lack of other benefits puts the base package on the very low end of international telecommunication companies. The OTE is handsome if you make the quota – which is extremely difficult if not impossible for newcomers.
The company supports net neutrality which is great and does not resort to suspicious sales methods. The company does not waste money on company cars which are unnecessary for this kind of an office-based job.
The colleagues in sales supporting roles are very nice to work with. Other Frankfurt sales reps are nice and helpful too although in the end it's an individual job and there's no teamwork within the sales team. The competition for the best accounts sometimes creates nasty clashes with other sales teams.
No issue but on the other hand not many old people would apply for this sales job and the headhunters also look for younger people.
There are all kinds of bosses, many proactive ones with clear goals to help their subordinates to be successful and some lazy reactive ones who shy away from difficult or important stuff. Fortunately the C-level belongs the first category. The latter is just something you have to work around somehow.
Stingy top management means we work in an overcrowded open-plan office with a high noise level and no noise-cancelling headset. At least the computers and phones are just fine.
The CEO does regular phone Q&A's with news regarding the whole company. The support received in technical questions is excellent. Unfortunately the communication in sales-related matters is lacking in the most important topics and wastes time on less relevant things.
No gender discrimination here. It's a US company and they are careful if any such issues would pop up. About 50% of all sales reps are women anyway. There are also some female top managers.
This is a very individual job and one where you really need to seize the initiative yourself. Cogent is a TOP3 provider in their own niche and the fact you can sell on five continents for competitive pricing makes this an excellent place for adventurous minds.