Red Edge Inside Sales - Survival instructions! - Anonymous employee Vodafone Employee Review

As per other authentic reviews this place is to be avoided except to use as stepping stone to your real career choice. Red Edge is run by a megalomaniac who carries with them the bruised ego of a 5 year old. As a sales person you will be 3 steps removed from this individual and working with Team Leaders who care about you, although they could do with more experience. If you are in any other role that comes into contact with the megalomaniac, beware. When attending meeting’s, you will be spoken at for most of the meeting, nod and smile, take notes as you will likely be quizzed on minor points weeks later. At the end of the meeting when you are given your allotted minute out of the hour, regurgitate what you have been told to show you are a good obedient listener, add a very small piece of your own to demonstrate initiative, ensure it doesn’t change any of the instructions given though. As you will have been hired as an expert in your field, you will probably have sound experience to share that will improve Red Edge, DO NOT share your opinion with the megalomaniac. This is seen as a threat to the child ego and will be met with resistance and consequences. If you are on the sales teams copy whatever your colleagues are doing. You will receive very little relevant training to your role so this is your best choice. Depending on the team you are assigned to you may be lucky/unlucky, depends on your perspective. Some teams rely entirely on outside help to meet their targets and can cruise along just doing admin work for their customers. Other teams need to work at their sales and persuade customers to sign up for products. The average tenure at Vodafone is low and Red Edge as a part of Vodafone is lower, why?