Pros
The training. It’s intense and the learning curve was amazing. I learned a lot about how to deal with people and using sales techniques to make them believe in what I was selling. This job has hardened me as an individual and changed me in ways that are almost irreversible, it’s given me the ability to not take things at face value and review the world and it’s people with more cynicism. The people here will charm you in...they’ll use brainwashing techniques to make you believe in the dream they are selling...manipulate you and use you...and make you okay with all of that. I met some interesting people and fervently hope they succeed in this industry. Quite frankly, I wasn’t willing to turn into a psychopath and forget the really important things in life like my personal relationships and family to make it. It really was a learning experience like no other...and within a week I was different, for better or for worse.
Cons
It takes a certain kind of person to succeed in this company and industry in general and I can see them trying to mold me into that. It was subtle so I hadn’t noticed it myself...but other people in my life did. I’m not indifferent to people’s pain or life and I didn’t want to be. I’m glad I got out in time before they could do this and change me into an unfeeling sales robot that’s capable of expressing human things like empathy without actually having to feel it. (Hallmark traits of a psychopath btw). You do this by the way so you can move on quickly and be more efficient so there is reason for it but it’s not for everyone and I beg anyone who’s vulnerable to being manipulated to turn around quickly (I’m talking about young people or people who didn’t have a lot of life experience to understand this kind of thing could happen to them). I also didn’t appreciate being pitched the dream...when the realisation hit me that I was just a part their sales tactic it infuriated me to the core. I felt betrayed and unable to trust anything they said to me anymore. Guys who are hearing this. Look at all the red flags of this company, they’re obscureness, constant recruiting, high employee turnover, inability to be upfront about anything, too good to be true kind of deal. It’s all there. So run far and fast away. And if that’s not enough to sway you...imagine working 60-70 hour weeks and making a loss because of all the travel costs and subsistence costs you have to pay. Honestly I came out of there after a week more broke than before and I don’t trust that they’ll pay me any of the commission that I earned so again....be aware and wary. Peace.
