Tribe inc. Aka Get Worldwide inc. Is a multi-level marketing "company" (or pyramid scheme) that is praying on those struggling to find work in this difficult economy. The job is such a rip-off that I am honestly not sure how they are legally in business. They will contact just about anyone with a resume on many of the popular sites including CareerBuilder, Monster, and many Ohio-specific job sites. They false advertise as well, saying they are looking for "Sports-minded" people for "Office Expansion" and what not. The only thing they are looking to expand is their wallet at your expense. When you "interview" with them they will have you drive to their office on Transportation Blvd. Where they basically tell you nothing about the job. They avoid any details whatsoever and invite you back for "training.
The entire process is a joke. If you don't figure out that its a scam and you actually return the next day they will pair you up with someone experienced and you shadow them for a day. This is where it gets ridiculous that they don't tell you what's going on. They send you with someone to sell DirecTV in Best Buys and Sams Clubs throughout OH. They don't tell you jack about the job, but have you watch and try to learn how to master the techniques of getting people to sign up. If you decide you dont want to take the job (which you should reasonably figure out in about 10 minutes) you are still stuck with them the entire day because they only take 1 car.
I am not writing this report because I'm a disgruntled slacker who wasn't willing to work hard or put forth effort. I'm writing this to warn you that they will indeed rip you off; DO NOT TAKE THIS JOB! They tell you a whole bunch of lies and unrealistic garbage about how easy it is to make so much money. But in reality they aren't telling you that every time someone cancels a sign-up, or can't get signal because of trees, or just isn't willing to sign up for a 2 year contract with a $3000 base price on an impulse buy in Sams Club then you DON'T GET PAID. They say that you get paid either commission for your sign-ups (again people who are willing to impulse buy a $3000 product with a 2 year contract... It is VERY difficult to get 1 a day) or minimum wage, whichever is greater. However, what they neglect to tell you is that they basically pay you what they feel like paying you regardless of performance. I worked there for almost 2 months and got paid a total of just under $700. When you take into consideration the time I wasted, and the travel, and gas, and miles I put on my car, I probably barely broke even and spent a month and a half of my life standing in retail stores and talking to the assholes at Tribe.
They pay you minimum wage to work 10 hours a day. They have you write only the hours you are in the store on your time card. So they pay you minimum wage for 40 hours a week when you are working 60. They encourage you to not take breaks to eat or even use the rest room so that you don't miss any customers who you can harass about buying DirecTV. Sounds fun doesnt it?
Let me explain in more detail the day-to-day specifics: You arrive at the office for a "training" session where Adam b*ches that no one is making him enough money. Then he explains why its all your fault and has nothing to do with the fact that people might not want to sign up for DirecTV. After about an hour of complete BS, he assigns everyone stores and people scramble for rides. When I say scramble for rides, I mean multiple people just jump into your car without asking permission or giving you gas money. They say you get $5 for giving someone a ride (I never got it once and I drove about 15 times). Almost every day someone would tell me... Tell... Not ask... That they were riding with me which then makes me responsible for driving them to their store (often up to 40 minutes away) and then back to the office after work. Meeting at the office every night is an even bigger waste of time than the rest of it, which is difficult to imagine. They have you come back and then they do NOTHING other than stand around and try to figure out how much money you made them and how they can get more. Unless its challenge nightwhere you might get pied in the face for not getting sales and thusly not getting paid. Sweet.
Adam Robinette is one of the biggest liars and scam-artists you will ever meet. He will avoid explaining the pay process to you, how they randomly change you from minimum wage to straight commission if you arent getting any sales which means you dont get paid at all. He also neglects to mention that they will take back any money they feel like from the little they actually did pay you saying its a draw on commission. I had days where I literally made his company over $600 myself and thats all they paid me for the 120 hours I put in. Dont waste your life with Tribe. Get a minimum wage job thats legitimate and gives you a guaranteed paycheck because with Adam youre lucky if you get a paycheck at all, and it certainly wont be what you actually made.
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