PHMG reviews

3.3

54% would recommend to a friend

(830 total reviews)
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Jason Daye

55% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

PHMG has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 830 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PHMG employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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830 reviews
1.0
Jun 15, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A couple of the people that I met, but very few! Pay was great when I actually was doing the job that I got hired for.

Cons

1. The companies upper management is very biased to their British employees over their American employees. 2. They encourage you to lie to potential clients to get a sale. 3. The SVP of Sales and Marketing says to get all sales by "hook or by crook". 4. The Managing Director/CEO is highly unprofessional and rude. I have witnessed him throw an entire lobster at an employee's head and the manager of the restaurant for no reason at all. 5. They use their BDM's as their personal transportation when they are in America, and if you say no, then they wont give you appointments as punishment. 6. They force us to have the other employees on ride along with us. This normally wouldn't be a bad thing, but one of them (trainer) has zero true sales experience in the credible world (Used car salesman mentality), and he ruins the meetings more often than not. Also, his breath is by far the worst thing I have ever smelt in my entire life. My wife actually makes me get undressed in the garage before I am allowed to come in the house after he has been in my car with me, and I have to spend $120 to get the inside detailed. 7. They NEVER pay you what you are owed, and when you ask them about it, they tell you that the money was sent, and that we need to learn how to access our bank accounts correctly. 8. They say that you will have 3-5 "Pre-Qualified" meetings per day, but over 90% of the meetings that you go to will not know that you are coming, and when you don't sell them, they blame it all on you and they will call you a terrible salesman. 9. Management loves pointing fingers, and does not take responsibility for any of their own shortcomings. 10. The way they determine if you are a good salesman is based off of a "Phantom Number". What I mean by this is that if you had 25 "pre-qualified" and "confirmed" appointments in one week that you actually went to, and you were only physically able to conduct/see 5 of them (Closing deals on 4 of them), then instead of them saying that you closed 4 of 5 appointments (80%), they will say that you only closed 4 out of 25 appointments (16%)..... even if the decision maker had no idea that you were coming there in the first place, or they were not there when you showed up. This is massive because they only give appointments to you if you have an average sale per appointment of $50+. This means if those 4 of 5 sales were each $200 ($800), then you would consider your average sale per appointment to be $160 (well over their expected $50). But they translate this as you only closing 4 out of 20, which would give you an average sale per appointment $32. They will then say that you need training, and that you have to schedule your own appointments until you get your number above $50 per appointment. I could keep going, but I need to get back to work before they call me and actually YELL at me for not closing deals. I had 4 "confirmed" appointments scheduled today, and so far, zero out of 3 were even there. And YES, that drops my Average sale per appointment number even more. Don't worry about me though, I have been offered a new position with a credible company, so I will be out of here in a couple days. Do yourself a favor and don't let them lie to you and convince you to leave your job for them. If you do, you will say in a very short amount of time the following..... "I wish I would have listen to him!!"

1.0
Aug 14, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It all sounds great from the “ Inside Recruiter” till they have you. They make the interview process feel hard thinking you’re going to work for the best. It’s all a show. All these positive reviews are all influenced by the company with perks. They def know how to party hard! The British way! Ever hear of Euro trash. But that’s common for a company that the average age worker is in his 20s

Cons

This company is a Joke. They l will find anyway to hold back your money and brag how much the CEO and managers make. The management lives off your hard work and ride you like a slave. They waste tons of money of to make them look like they’re the best. If you have a family get ready to spend over 1,200 for the ins plan. What kind of company keeps asking you to donate for them to look good. Last but not least take a look at how many people leave within the first 2 years. Pretty sad for a company who claims to have 20 years going. If you take without coming to work here think again unless it’s a very short future plan. They made a friend spend her own money to travel to meet and never even called back. JOKE but don’t worry they will send another positive review to make up for the bad reviews

1.0
Dec 13, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You will feel comfortable in face to face meetings for the rest of your life.

Cons

every single positive review on this site about them was more than likely done by upper management to try and cover up the truth of who they are. They are master manipulators and the place is all smoke and mirrors. They destroy good sales peoples lives by making false promises and then pulling you out of your previous much better work situation by promising unrealistic bonuses. You can literally close a deal a day but because of a holiday you still could not reach their unrealistic targets and make no money. they do not scale targets according to specific work days per month. In manchester, where the company is founded, they prefer their employees to not be very educated so that upper management can further brain wash and exhibit power over them because the employee unfortunately have no better options for employment. If you like open dialogue or for your opinion to be heard and valued then this is not the place for you. If you don't want to grow as a professional , enjoy being in a constant state of paranoia, and want to question your self worth on a day to day basis this is the place for you. For young people coming out of college I can't think of a worse place to begin your career. A company is supposed to make you feel safe, work with you on utilizing your strengths, and help you to reach your fullest potential. This place does the exact opposite. If i had a son or daughter that i raised and they ended up working here i'd be very disappointed in myself as a parent. They are not good at audio branding, the "deal on the day" mentality is pushed because their product is faulty, and most every one of their clients hates their service that they were conned into buying into the first place. They have tricky one sided contracts and are way worse than any car salesman you'd ever work with. If you enjoy ripping off good businesses in your neighborhood then by all means this is your place. If you want to make a difference in the world, and believe in making financial gains through strategy and use of your talents, avoid this place like the plague. oh yea I would toss on a doctors mask so you don't get struck in the face with one employees vomit smelling breath. business model is good if it was done correctly.

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