Pros
Not many come to mind. If you don't mind direct marketing (sales), the day-to-day isn't bad. And since everyone's in roughly the same boat, I actually got along with a lot of my coworkers really well.
Cons
I've heard that this company may be out of business now, so this may be pointless. But if they aren't, this is a warning. I worked here for several months. From the interview on, I was lied to about several key aspects of the business. There were many I won't list, but the largest are listed below: - I was lied to about hours, even after asking specifically about average hours in the interview. Anything approaching 40 hours was a pipe dream, and usually it was closer to 20 a week than anything. At that point, it was a part-time job, but we'd only get our schedule a few days in advance, so it was impossible to make it work with a second job. - I was lied to about pay. They recite $500-800 a week like a mantra, but I never encountered anyone who even approached that amount on a regular basis. I was lucky if my paychecks were that much for every TWO weeks (most weren't). Technically it's possible, and a couple of my best paychecks were close to this amount. But especially considering the horrible hours, this promised amount is as close to a lie as possible without being illegal. - They lie about training and networking. There's plenty of both, but the training is barely applicable beyond this particular business. And the networking they encourage is all within the company, so that the only message you're hearing is the one they want you to hear. As someone who enjoys professional networking and ongoing learning, these things excited me until I learned the truth. Once you move into leadership (which includes no pay raise), you're asked to interview potential hires. Everything is scripted, so you have to tell the same lies to new recruits. It's one thing to say this to a younger kid fresh out of a local college and looking for a resume builder. But I knew people who moved from different cities or even states based on what was told to them. So it's an understatement to say that many employees have ethical concerns over their role with the company. I won't say the advancement potential is a lie. But it's misleading. The timeline for advancement they cover in the interview is certainly possible, but it includes a lot of factors outside your control. Given the ridiculous turnover rate at the company, building and maintaining a team that's capable of pushing you into a position that actually makes decent money is a crapshoot. In a technical sense, nothing they tell you is a complete lie. But that's why it's so dangerous. They're selling what's possible, not what's plausible or even remotely likely. If 100 employees came and went from Beyond Marketing, I'd be surprised if even 1 made it. So it's either that no employee had what it takes, or there's something seriously wrong with the business model. And in the meantime, it has undoubtedly helped dozens (hundreds?) of 20-somethings slide further into debt while giving them no real career advancement.
