TIMAC AGRO International reviews

Upper management has very little understanding of the US Ag Market. They expected to have people love the products here like the European's (supposedly) do. They are learning very fast that folks are reluctant to try something very expensive that they have never heard of. And that the US is nothing like the European market! Very little US data; everything is by word of mouth or what happened in Europe. Claims are made that products will do certain things without studies ever being conducted. Trials have been set up with very few success stories. If the trial is positive, price negotiations are not flexible to where I can make the sale. Management thinks product is worth gold; farmers do not. Easily double or even triple the cost to comparable products with the same results. Especially at big corporations; volume discounts need to happen or they will never buy. No sales training. My on-board training consisted of learning about the chemical make-up of the products in French and then riding around with another technician and learning about things that would not apply in my region. No branding or advertising; the company feels like it is not worth the money. No one will know how to pronounce the company's name and will avoid you like the plague when you arrive at their farm. Field complaints are not taken seriously by management. When told of a problem to my manager (including pictures of the issue), his response was "It's not our product. They need to look at what else was occurring at that time." when the only change was our product. No distribution is established, forcing customers to order a pallet at a time. Very difficult to do for smaller acreages. Lots of internal issues at the home office in Reading, PA: Understaffed marketing department; it takes months to develop a new flyer or get mailings together. Nothing is proof read and is sloppy and unprofessional looking. Slack billing and HR department with inconsistent messages on how to handle situations. Everything is very secretive; salesmen are losing their jobs left and right because of management's unrealistic expectations. I hope to find another job fast before my position is also terminated. The longer I am here, the more I think I was hired because of who I know in the agriculture industry. They are trying to use me for personal gain, but do not provide worthy products, tools or resources to help close the sale or retain sales. Even when I get the trials going, the product does not prove itself at all. And the cost is outrageous for farmers in today's market; be prepared to be laughed at regularly if you ever work in sales for this company. I would not recommend my worst enemy to work for Timac Agro, USA. I regret leaving my old job and wish I would have read these reviews before committing. Stay away!