I am a former employee of MJ Promotions, a branch off of Granton Marketing, in Cincinnati. I was only there for three months, but that was long enough to see some of the deceptions in the business.
To begin with, they sell every new employee with the idea of financial independence. This is true for the select few that complete the program, but what about the ones who don't? They often are left with little money, and a sour tatse in their mouths.
Also - they automtically group people into two categories: those who work and make it, or those who don't work hard and don't make it. Nothing could be further from the truth. I worked with one individual who worked as hard as I've ever seen anyone work in my life.
He did everything that was asked of him, and then some. If our goal was to talk to 100 people in a day, he often talked to 120. He attended every meeting, did all of the breakfasts and dinners with the top leaders, and kept a remarkable attitude.
Yet, each day, he was hard pressed to sell more than 4-5 certificates, meaning he was making only around $250 a week. He was a distributor when I entered the company, and a distributor when I left the company three months later. Thriugh various contacts, I've learned that he is still a distributor, going on his 7th month in the company.
The owners keep him, and others like him around, knowing they will never get promoted to management, just to profit off of them. This may be similar to other jobs where managment makes money off of employees, but other jobs don't routinely tell you that you will one day run your own company just to keep you motivated.
Anothe rproblem of mine, and the ultimate reason I left, was that each day you are expected to fail 90% of the time. If you talk to 100 people, 90 of them were supposed to tell us no. I am hard pressed to think of another field where you are supposed ot fail 90% of the time.
In short, I'm not here to discourage people from joining. The company and training program can work, and I have seen it work. But not everyone will get through it, and you have to know yourself before diving into this.
I did meet great people in the office, and I learned a lot about hard work and positive attitudes. But I would advise anyone who is wishing to join a company like this to look at what you value in life, and then make decisions. Is it worth sacrificng your time and effort for the slim chance you may make it to management? For me, it wasnt.
I now work in a job where I work only 40-45 hours per week, and I don't dread going into work each morning. Maybe I won't be buying a yacht anytime soon, but the trade-off for being personally satisfied is weel-worth it.
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