I applied for a job with this company when a newspaper ad claimed I could make $14-18 an hour. The ad also said there would be two weeks of paid training. I called the number and was set up for an interview the following Monday.
The receptionist was very kind, but the office was playing this really loud, aggressive music that seemed inappropriate. During my interview the boss told me that I would be making presentations to local business owners and trying to convince them to carry the company's line of women's beauty products. I liked the concept and was told to come back the next day for a day of observation.
The next day I was paired with a sales girl who broke into office buildings, bothered women while they were working and managed to get the both of us thrown out of a deli and a home depot in a two hour period. Who gets thrown out of a home depot?!? There were no presenations, unless you consider selling salon packages on the street to be presenations.
I was uneasy about the whole thing, but I agreed to try it for one day - this was a mistake on my part because I should have cut my losses and went home. The next day I was dropped off to make sales. The majority of businessowners told me to go away, not because I was a salesperson, but because someone had sold them the spa packages as recently as the day before! How is someone supposed to make money in a commission-only job when all of the businesses in his territory have been covered?
I lost $40 in the three days that I traveled to and from this company. It's completely bogus - their sales girls are either part of the scam and making money from it or are being used as cheap labor without knowing it.
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