Hi! I was at a meeting last night in Toronto for Primerica. A person approached me out of the blue on the weekend at a shopping mall, and asked me if I was interested in a possible career with Citibank. I thought it sounded interesting (although a little suspicious) but I showed up to this building in an industrial area of town, where I saw a beat-up sign saying "Primerica".
I went in anyways, curious... At the meeting there were about 40 people - most of them in suits wearing little red umbrella pins. They were all raving before the meeting about how great their business was. When the meeting started, it was just like being in an AMWAY meeting - everyone was chanting, clapping, the speaker was saying that people who have jobs are losers, and that being an entreprenuer was the only way to go. Then they talked a lot about Citibank and Citigroup, but didn't get much into what they do.
The person who invited me pulled me aside after, and told me that if I wanted to be part of the biggest company in the world, I had to pay a $199 registration fee, and give him a list of 100 of my friends and family so he could "train" me.
I told him I wasn't interested, and he got very hostile with me, and told me that I would regret this, and that my kids would hate me because I was denying them a dream life and unlimited income.
I didn't have the heart to tell the poor guy I probably made more money than all of the people in his office combined.
Anyways, if you are approached by someone under the guise of Citigroup or Citibank, or Primerica - save yourself the time. It's just another MLM pyramid-style recruiting scheme.
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