This is an honest reflection so fewer young people are suckered into wasting their time - Anonymous employee Talem+Plum Employee Review

Thank you for your feedback. I'm not sure what gives you the impression that we are a scam. Insurance companies are also not scams. Maybe the compensation structure of an insurance company or even our company is not a good fit for you, but your lack of appreciation for the compensation structure of entire industries, does not make any of them scams. I'm also not sure what searching "Primerica" would have anything to do with our company, considering they are also an entirely different business model. Again, although you may not appreciate the business model of a certain company, does not make it a scam. It also doesn't make it the same as another. We are NOT an MLM business model, not that there is anything wrong with that business model either. I'm sure you all know many people that enjoy making extra money participating in an MLM company and post about it on facebook. Good for them. Thank you for your recognition of BluMarc, which was a separate company in NJ, in which we did work with different clients. We are very proud of the company we created in NJ. In fact, we were recognized as a Top Company To Work For in NJ by NJBIZ, multiple years in a year. It is a testament to our success there, that we were not only able to expand to Chicago with many of our employees (who clearly enjoyed working with us enough to move) and create a new company in Chicago (representing an amazing client with an even bigger job of expansion to fill), but we were also able to promote someone from within our organization, through our management training program, to take over that market and operate for our clients there. They operate under their own business in the NJ market and are thriving as we expected. We as a company represent very large clients that have their own "tangible" products and services. We are not internally building a brand for a particular product we are selling. It is not our business to build our brand. It is our business to focus on our client's brand, market share, and products and we do a great job at it. Our name is irrelevant as a service provider to our clients. We also continue to grow with our clients via word or mouth and have more than we can handle with their current demands. This is an amazing problem to have. It is not one that necessitates that we advertise or keep a company name in a particular market if we expand. I understand that you may not understand this, as much as you didn't understand why making a connection between our company and an insurance company or an MLM didn't make sense. We are also not a franchise, nor do we have a "parent company," so we didn't open a new State Farm branch for example. We simply expanded and started an entirely new company to fill a client's demand, while in the process of providing opportunity. (that negates that future point you mention of our opportunity for advancement being a fraud). All people that actually work within our company for any length of time more than a week know and meet multiple people who started working in an entry level position with us, just like the one we are hiring for now, and have since moved on to oversee a market for one of our clients. We don't do "group information sessions" here. I'm totally confused as to what you are referring to. Daily meetings among our team? I'm pretty sure most companies do that?! Yes we do give daily recognition, where we do applaud a job well done, lol. We like it and if you don't want daily recognition....this is definitely not for you. Again, to give you knowledge about business... You are throwing out terms that you must not have actually looked up. Pyramid Schemes are an illegal business model. Just because you may not have felt that our business model was a match for you, does not give your statement any validity. I'm pretty sure our clients have done their own research on the credibility of the companies they have represent them, with the deep pockets they have for legal and branding. Almost all of our employees have four year degrees or higher. Some of them have also come from Ivy League schools and were in medical school prior. We teach tangible skills that school only teaches theoretically. An intelligent individual recognizes the value in obtaining skills like sales, management, hr, training, developing, etc. and how that will help them in their career anywhere. Also, although we do not discriminate based on age, it probably makes sense we attract individuals who are around the average age of people beginning their career. (most people start their career in entry level position after college, unless they are making a career change). Unlike other companies, we internally promote. We do not hire outside managers. Even those individuals who may be older and are making that career change also see the value in the training and promotion based on merit model.