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Express Employment Professionals

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Tough Sales Job, good starting block, but don't get stuck - Outside Sales Representative Express Employment Professionals Employee Review

2.0
Aug 5, 2021
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Pros

Express Seattle had good benefits, it was a relatively easy job, it's pretty autonomous, and it CAN BE great pay if you're a grinder and deal with rejection well. It's a tough job, for every 50 losses, you might get 1 win. But if you stick with it and can be successful in this role, any sales position for the rest of your career will be a cakewalk.

Cons

The owner says that he is hands on and will mentor you, but you'll be lucky to see him, or interact with him more than once a week. It's essentially door to door sales, and there are essentially no opportunities to move up, or be promoted unless your branch owner wants to make you a general manager, or a co-owner. It's also hard to sell a product you don't believe in, and it's hard to believe in it when you're telling clientsthat an employee who gets paid $16/hr will cost $30/hr. Or if they want to direct hire an employee outright, they'll have to pay 20% of their salary to Express. They're also unrealistic on some "KPIs". I was given "door pull" goals and had to go to 50+ businesses/week prospecting. Often I was told to go to high end skyrise towers and go door to door "until you get kicked out by security".

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5.0
Mar 21, 2026
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Pros

Express hosts the best leadership conference hands down!

Cons

I wish it lasted longer!

3.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

The owner, Jessica, is fantastic as is the sales manager, Kirby. It can be a fun environment and putting people in a position to succeed is always rewarding.

Cons

Employees are not held to any sort of reasonable professional standard. Where it directly impacted this role at the time was that at least 25 hours every week were spent essentially begging employees to turn in time cards rather than doing anything productive. Standards seemed pretty inconsistent at times. The company felt a little aimless. There were several conflicting plans for the future. My understanding is that in the six months after my separation, they more or less replaced the entire staff for various reasons. Maybe they got it figured out now.

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