Please read this prior to “taking the leap”
Pros
If you have ZERO work experience, you will learn what you don’t want to do with your life.
Cons
I have waited too long to write this, but I needed time away from there to be honest and not just go on a rant of hatred. First, you will be lied to. With promises of making “real” money, fast promotions, run your own office blah blah blah. Is it possible, sure.... but to get to that level you will either cheat, lie or steal your way into that position. Your base pay will be something around $500 a week, and to earn commissions you have to sell a level beyond that to start earning. Believe it or not, it is not as easy as you might think because (hold for something they did not explain in the interview process) You get to be the annoying people inside a Costco, Sams club or Menards selling whatever product they assign you to. This will be either direct-tv, cell phones, security systems or energy solutions. You might be thinking to yourself, hey that’s not so bad, plenty of foot traffic...no, just no. These people do not want to be bothered, they do not care what you are trying to sell, they just want to buy their items and leave. Beyond the retail environment you will also be expected to drive to the office in the morning, where they have Gordon Gheko like sales meetings and “trainings”. It is laughable. After your finish with these, you get to drive to your assigned store and put in a 8-12 hour work shift. NO JOKE, I easily worked 70 hours per week, because I was considered a top performer. If by some chance from God you get past this level, you get to join leadership with on boarding new minions, and lying. If you are good enough to succeed here, you might get to branch off and start your own location. And then hire a team of minions to start the entire process over again. Sure if you keep doing this and eventually open a large number of locations you will make very easy money. But it is all a very cleverly disguised pyramid scheme. They will say it is not, but they are lying to themselves. I am proud to say that I caught on fairly quick to it, maybe a little too long to admit. But I was able to use this time to get a large number of employees to leave, which was fun to watch management scramble to fill spots quickly. Eventually I happily left one day, and have laughed at the calls that I am turning down a chance of a lifetime...please. Unless you are looking for anything to go onto your resume, run, run fast and run far.
