If you haven't figured it out already. Yes, it is true, if you have woken up overwhelmed with anxiety from your current profession, a position with DS-Max might be the salvation you are looking for.
First, follow one of the plentiful ads that can found in just about any newspaper and practically flood any internet related job site. You know the ones that boast of expanding business opportunities, entry level, paid training, Fortune 500 Clients! What a dream come true, and what a great way to begin a career in Marketing.
Once your resume is sent, you can expect a call back soon so be ready to start! How can you be sure that you'll make the cut? Here's the secret. EVERYONE DOES! Excellent, so now get ready for your interview. Don't be shocked if you have much more experience, training, education, knowledge, intelligence, sales and or marketing experience then the individual handling the interview. They have Juice and you don't!
There will be much talk of the future, what path you will take and how you will, in 6-8 months be opening up your own office and making an easy six figure income. As long as you loose complete touch with reality, become a mindless drone, and have faith in the law of averages. But it will happen!
After the interviewer reassures you that he/she is making much more money then they will likely ever see, you will be offered a second interview. An entire day of observation to see what makes these cats tick and why there are so many damn people coming in and out of the shell of an office you are sitting in.
Up until now, you might still be excited at the wonderful opportunity that is at your fingertips. Everything is coming together just as you had hoped and now this great job! But wait, what exactly do these people do?
Oh, they left that part out in the initial interview so you can absorb it all first hand on your, and oh, about 10 others' "Day of O." You'll arrive at the office and wait a while for your escort to grab you on their way out. "To where?" you might ponder. "Another office? A meeting of some sort?" No, just the field, and be prepared, if you drove to the office, chances are, your driving out into the field. And to all those who might wonder what one does in the field, there is only one answer. YOU SELL! Or try to at least.
YOU SELL? Yes, you sell, and that is all. Sell what? Sell where? Depending on what situation you fell into or which ad you replied to, you could be doing anything from ringing residential doorbells to soliciting at gas stations, any one and anything that has money. Armed with Cracker Jack sales training and reinforced confidence (from chanting all morning before you got to the office) your escort (s) will show you the secrets to slingin' coupons, crappy merchandise, or possibly office supplies.
SOLICITATION at it's finest. Door to door sales. Some things I picked up from some of the finest DS-Max representatives:
1. Everyone else hates their job; that is why they are not friendly to annoying solicitation and not looking forward to door to door sales tactics.
2. You are lucky; you get to be outside, talk to lots and lots of people every day. Hopefully 100-200.:) So Smile.
3. When selling in a multi-level building, (which entails attempting to enter/sell to every single office on every single floor) the key is to hop floors. Hop floors? Yes, start on lets say, the top floor 36, then go to 2, then back to 35, then 3, etc. Sounds silly, what's the catch? Well, hopefully not you. The reasoning behind this tactic to evade security which will most likely be called, ON YOU!
Although there is lots of chanting, hooting, and bizarre rituals; and although many, most, or all of the devoted employees live together, probably in one room; and although most of these same individuals have no friends outside the organization and lack any respectable social or family life; it is not a cult.
DS-Max is simply a second or third rate for that matter, pyramid structured, door to door sales organization. Preying on the unemployed and ignorant, DS-Max relies on an incredibly high turnover to spew out a few believers that will eventually ruin their own lives to make others a few extra dollars. Most offices are terribly unorganized, under funded, and unprofessional in every aspect.
I could continue with countless stories of fresh 'Day of O' hopefuls, some who actually stayed the entire day, some who couldn't speak any English. Yes there are many tales to be shared, but my point has been made.
If it has not, then put your walking shoes on, clear your throat, and get ready to chant and bond with your new family. You have a lot of merch to move and a lot of NO's to hear. And don't mind those NO SOLICITATION signs, those aren't meant for you!
Jason
San Diego, California
U.S.A.
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