American Income Life Employee Reviews for Sales Representative

With the sole aim of protecting as many working families and kids as possible, everyday is another opportunity to help a family and progress in your career. You get the chance to retire home daily knowing that you have added value to someone's future.

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Sales Representative (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 17 July 2019

Not the best place to work. Multi Level marketing company with not too much good to say about.

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Insights into American Income Life

Based on 35 survey responses

What people like

Inclusive work environment
Time and location flexibility
Supportive environment

Areas for improvement

Ability to meet personal goals
General feeling of work happiness
Energizing work tasks

Constant learning and advancement of skills to become the best version of yourself.

Advisor / Sales Agent (Current Employee) - Burnaby, BC - 18 May 2019

A day in the office would begin with training classes for certain skills that need to be improved all the time. Training that is tailored to your needs and management support all new and rookie agents with whatever they need to become successful. Very supportive and fruitful environment for people to grow. Not a cut throat office where people are only there for themselves and out to beat each other. Most enjoyable part of the job is enrolling families in our benefits and the feeling knowing that this family is protected for life whenever anything happens to them. Hardest part of the job is the discipline and motivation you have to have for yourself to grow. No one is pushing and checking on you every hour to see what you've done. You need to be a workhorse when no one is watching you and when no one is breathing down your neck about how much work you need to do.

Pros

Office supplies/expenses paid for

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Amazing Experience.

Sales Representative (Current Employee) - London, ON - 24 April 2019

The definitive nature of American Income Life is the motivating culture that resides throughout the company that establishes a positive, energetic, driven framework for individual and company success. What is most enticing part about working with AIL is the endless career advancement. Your income and promotions is performance based. The harder you work, the more you earn, the further your career advances. They provide you with all the necessary tools, training and resources you need in order to succeed; all you need to do is put in the effort. The culture in the London office is a rare breed of family and professionalism. Everyone is very close, yet maintains focus and works well as a team.

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Productiver work activity

Sales agent (Former Employee) - London, ON - 27 March 2019

This was a term of co-op for me to experience cold calling and outside sales. This was an unpaid position which made my experience different from the rest. Non-the-less, it was a great learning curve for my overall work capability and stability within my relationships with co-workers.

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If you want opportunity over security

Sales agent (Current Employee) - Halifax Regional Municipality, NS - 1 November 2018

I have been working here a few months. I had a few friends who were enjoying their jobs and enjoying the work and making good money so I spoke to some of the managers and was hired. Its full commission and I am fine with that, I was looking for something that I could work hard and move ahead. I was sick of not advancing at my last place of work. If you do the work and follow the training you will succeed. Its perfect for me because I'm ambitious and want to make a lot of money, this for sure wouldn't be for everyone. The management are very good at what they do. The top salesman in the whole company works at the same location. The work culture is fun and progressive.

Pros

great training and management

Cons

Not for everyone, gotta be ready to work

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Great Company to Work For

Supervising Sales Agent/Manager (Current Employee) - London, ON - 9 May 2018

It's can be extremely long hours. Time commitment is great for single person with no little kids. They work with you to succeed. They give great advice. Hardest part of the job is losing evenings and weekends. Most enjoyable is the paycheque.

Pros

High Pay Potential

Cons

Long hours

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– 14 May 2018

Thank you for the positive review of the AIL opportunity. We enjoy hearing about our agents' successes and thank you for your hard work and sacrifice to make that happen.

Great job but too much driving

Agent (Sales) (Former Employee) - London, ON - 10 January 2018

This job include make calls, reach clients and deliever service to clients' home. It is a great job but too much driving included. Managers are nice and helpful.

Pros

Nice managers

Cons

Too much driving

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Excellent earning potential, but poor training.

Sales Agent (Current Employee) - Calgary, AB - 25 July 2017

If you are ambitious, naturally gifted in sales and willing to work very hard you can make a good living at this career. If you are not willing to take rejection on a daily basis, this is not the career for you.

Pros

excellent earning potential

Cons

long hours

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Weekly bonus. Annual qualification for expences paid convention.

sales representative (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 4 January 2016

Company provides leads for sales. Pays commission. Qualification for weekly bonuses on attaining targets. Qualification for Annual expences paid convention vacation

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Potential employees need to do their due diligence

Agency Director but effectively a Sales Agent (Former Employee) - Burlington, ON - 26 July 2015

The company has a good business model by helping to provide insurance coverage for blue collar workers. The product offerings are scoped for the issues which affect union workers. Kudos. However, a prospective employee needs to be wary of a few things. Promotional literature talks about good income (and it is) provided that you sell at a certain level. Reading the fine print, the projections are based on a 50% fee sharing contract. When you are taken on, the fine print of the employment contract says 40%. So, when you back out the rate difference and you pay for your own car, cell phone and the like, your gross income before taxes is closer to $ 40k when the printed material focuses on over $ 80k. While many are brought in as a typical sales agent, I was recruited at a higher level - branch manager. At contract time, I was in effect offered a standard entry level sales position with potential to work up to a branch manager. These two events raise the question of the company's internal ethics as opposed to the visible outside persona. I should note that the people treated me courteously.

Pros

Good people and good products

Cons

Misleading prospective compensation literaure and starting job titles

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Hustle!

SALES AGENT (Former Employee) - Windsor, ON - 7 July 2015

There are two booking days a week. I was given a lot of support and motivation from the management team. The week is as busy as you want it to be, but the busier you are, the more money you'll make.

Pros

Staff, training programs, support

Cons

Entirely commission, driving expenses, cancelled policies, charge backs

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The right kind of person can become wealthy with about 5-6 yrs of extremely hard work (and travel)but stats say only 15% of agents make the grade.

Sales Representative (Former Employee) - london,ont - 2 April 2015

-verrry busy/a lot bout sales/driven and intelligent/good people/all of it,but amt.of travel stands out./the money!

Pros

very well paid .- good people.

Cons

work 7 days a week or you will fall behind.-better put away for taxes-a tiny bit cultish.

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great opportunity to enjoy job and advance as high as you are willing to work to achieve

Sales and Service agent (Current Employee) - Burnaby, BC - 9 April 2013

You need to be a self starter with a passion to help people. Hours are typically nights and weekends which does match well with balancing family with work.