Like Michelle, I was looking for a management positon and these people also help destroy my credit. The low pay checks were hardly enough to live on.
I had to eat the cost of lost product and gas.
TaylorMade also sent 6 sales representative and a ton of products to Springfield Illinois for a sales road trip for six days. There were two people per car including the bulky products. There was hardly any room left for luggage. We got to the hotel (room for 3 or four people) and all six girls had to stay in one room with $20,000 worth of products. The girls made so much noise rearranging furniture at 11pm at night we were kicked out and had to stay somewhere else. The conditions were always cramped and smelly. Our team leader tried to scam me into giving my car to another sales rep for the day since she did not drive.
After going to our sales event the girls insisted on pitching T-shirts and other products in bars. The goal was to sell the T-shirt off of our backs. I did not want to participate so I was ridiculed for not wanting to make "our goals".
Our days were extremely long. We would hit the events at 9:00 am and leave at 7pm. There was preferential treatment. The favorite sales reps were sent to events were they were guaranteed to get rid of their products while I would be stuck at places where I could barely sell a $10 T-Shirt. Some of the girls were racist and never warmed to me. They remarked how bad my hair smelled and complained when I used certain hair care products. They were also upset that I wanted to talk on my cellphone outside of the room and they would become vicious when I expressed an desire to go shopping or dine elsewhere.
At the end of day 5 I had a major falling out with the team leader and decided to quit and drive home. TaylorMade was supposed to reimburse us gas money for the trip which never happened. None of the managers and owners, except for my trainer, even inquired about the situation.
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