During my interview, it felt like I was attending a sales pitch instead of a job interview. Nevertheless, they offered me the position and asked me to participate in the orientation. The office was a mess when I arrived, with boxes and waiting room chairs at the entrance . As I filled out my onboarding paperwork, I noticed that the company classified their employees as independent contractors, meaning the company isn’t liable for the employees, and the pay structure was vague, which is weird.
On my first day, the morning meeting was chaotic, with everyone dressed in suits giving the illusion of appearing professional, having different groups meetings in different areas of the office. I was taken aback when I found out that we would be leaving the office after about an hour and changing our office clothes shortly after the meeting and going to a place called "the field." During the 40-minute car ride, my leader asked me to download an app to share my location when we arrived at our destination and told me that was how they kept track of work hours, which seemed strange. When we got to “the field” which ended up being Target, I realized the job involved soliciting customers to sign up for AT&T phone plans for several hours. Each workday they had us driving to different Target locations each day even on Saturdays throughout the DMV area. During a customer sign-up for a phone plan, my leader took pictures of the customer's license with his phone, which made me uncomfortable. When I expressed my concern, he dismissed it by suggesting distracting the customer with small talk during that process. In addition, my leader also suggested to lie to customers about the phone plan promotion timeline in order to make a sale that day which made me uneasy. Finally, the company's failure to provide benefits and cover gas and mileage costs for all the driving we had to do made me realize this was not the right job for me. I'm glad I didn't stay in this MLM business for long, and I sympathize with those who fall for these schemes.
