GDS Group reviews

The company has no direction and this is evident in switching tactics, training, management, commission structure every six months. By the way, this is not an exaggeration. The CEO has 20-something year olds who are extremely articulate but have no business skills whatsoever who help drive the company's strategy; or lack thereof. The organization has lost its talent pool and continues to each month. Within a year's time the company has opened and closed two of their international satellite offices and globally has lost 70%+ of it's management, sales and senior sales team. It's a shame.

The lack of structure and integrity prevents the company from reaching goals and maintaining a happy and productive workforce. There is little to know account ownership. Sales persons are often calling the same leads. The customer management system may as well be non-existent. The "training program" is poorly planed (I'm being very kind here). Most definitely the most unprofessional, immature and negative workplace experience I have ever had. "Off color " remarks and behavior are not only tolerated but egged on. Interoffice "relation"ships are overly abundant and constantly cause problems in the office. And if you should have the audacity to rebuff a coworkers advances be prepared to endure open ridicule and insults(from the individual and his cohorts). Also be prepared to stoop to their level to defend yourself. Fabricating information (aka lying) to obtain potential client's personal cell phone numbers is common(daily) practice. Practically every deal closed begins with this not so innocent corruption of one's value system. Once one becomes accustomed to being rewarded for doing something so blatantly wrong, it's almost understandable that this dishonesty and disregard for what is right spreads to other areas. Sales persons are told what to say to the prospect...word for word, in real time as the target is on the line. This might be a tool that would be useful in a training atmosphere. However it is almost always used. It serves to keep sales persons dependent and insecure. Most of the sales persons don't really know how to execute a sales call on their own successfully(again these "mimics" are charged with training new hires). Hmmmm. There is definitely a "stroke the golden goose" mentality i.e. those who are bringing in deals have carte blanche to run amok, no matter how repugnant and clearly wrong their behavior is. So if you are new. Watch. Your. Back. You'll be the only one doing so. Most others will be sharpening their knives