I was "employed" by them for a week. Yes, they make it seem great, which was why I ignored by gut instinct and stuck with it for the first week. What they do not go into is the details... Yes there is a $1200 min. Guarantee the 1st 2 weeks as a trainee... If and only if you sell $5000 worth of merchandise within the 2 week period. Yes there is a 1500 min after that... What they don't tell you is that you still need to sell $5000 worth of merchandise to get that too.
And as a Trainee, youre supposed to get 9% commission on each sale, 18% commission after that and the percentage of the commission increases basedon the position you are in. If I remember correctly, the highest commission isabout 23% or 32%, or something along those lines. Do the mathif you sell $5000worth of merchandise, your commission is greater than the minimum, so thatsuseless. You do not get the $1200 or$1500 every 2 weeks if you do not sell that amount period.
The woman who trained us kept telling us thatthis was a guarantee and regardless of what we sold (we could sell everythingor sell $0), we were still going to get at least $1200 for the first 2 weeksand $1500 each 2 weeks after that. Well, think about it just a little morethefirst 2 weeks, they tell you that you have to do the sales pitch on your familyand friends and there is no obligation to buy anything since its just trainingthenyou get there. And they try try try try like there is no tomorrow to pressureyour family/friends to buy things.
Well like I said, I worked there for a week, got a ticket, since the only parking they have nearby is metered parking, drovearound endlessly, didnt see myboyfriend (who I live with) damn near the whole week cause they make it seemlike each presentation is going to be 45 minutesthats til you do itthen yourealize each one takes at the very least an hour and up. I made 4 sales2 for a$700 knife set, and 2 more for $150 vacuum Tupperware setummmyanever got anycommission on anythingall the money I used in gas, tolls, and that damn ticketare lost. They make you buy your training materials, business cards everything.
And another thing, they give a discount to 1st timebuyers (whenever its the first time you have been to a certain residence) thediscount is 25% off with 5 referrals and 50% on store merchandise with 8referralsheres what they neglect to tell you. That nifty little discountcomesout of the sales persons commission. Themanagers (trainers, whatever you call them), they pay $40 for each traineesince the turn around rate is so high, they cant afford to pay for all thematerials they lose (they give you the water purification book and the air purificationbook for free you have to pay for everything else).
Its a huge pyramidscheme with the higher ups making all the money and the people at the bottomjust barely making it by, if that. I knew someone who worked there for 6 monthsatthe meetings, he was all yay for caricothen one day, he was my trainer, so hewas in my car. That day, he proceeded to tell me most of the info I haveprovided you herethen told me that he is in danger of getting evicted and hiscar is going to get reposedhe cant afford to make his car insurance paymentswhich was why he asked me to be the driver that day. That was no less than 2hours after I saw him at a training meeting where they said he earned over$3000 that weekend. IF HE EARNED $3000 THAT WEEKEND, THEN HOW WAS HE IN DANGER OF BEING THROWN OUT OF HIS APARTMENT??? ITS ALL A LIE!!! STAY AWAY UNLESS YOU HAVE MONEY AND TIMETO BURN!!!
I feel very stupid for having been tricked by these people, but I hope that what has happened to me, or to that guy does not happen to anyone else, so my advice is - stay as far away as humanly possible!!!
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